2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

2014 Texas's 17th congressional district election
← 2012 2016 →
	County results ; Flores: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% ; Haynes: 50–60%
U.S. Representative before election; Bill Flores; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Bill Flores; Republican

2014 Texas's 6th congressional district election
← 2012 2016 →
	County results ; Barton: 50–60% 70–80%
U.S. Representative before election; Joe Barton; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Joe Barton; Republican

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas
All 36 Texas seats to the United States House of Representatives
Turnout	25%
Republican 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% No Vote	Democratic 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the 36 U.S. representatives from the state of Texas, one from each of the state's 36 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a gubernatorial election and an election to the U.S. Senate.

The candidate filing deadline was December 9, 2013, the primary elections were held on March 4 and primary runoffs were on May 27.

With 25% of voting age people turning out, all seats except for that of district 23 were retained by their respective parties, with the Republican Party receiving 25 seats and the Democratic Party receiving 11 seats.

Overview[edit]

Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Republican	2,684,592	60.28%	24	25	+1
	Democratic	1,474,016	33.10%	12	11	-1
	Libertarian	225,178	5.06%	0	0	-
	Green	61,699	1.39%	0	0	-
	Independent	8,014	0.18%	0	0	-
Totals		4,453,499	100.00%	36	36	0

By district[edit]

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas by district:^[1]

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	115,084	77.47%	33,476	22.53%	0	0.00%	148,560	100%	Republican hold
District 2	101,936	67.95%	44,462	29.64%	3,628	2.42%	150,026	100%	Republican hold
District 3	113,404	82.01%	0	0.00%	24,876	17.99%	138,280	100%	Republican hold
District 4	115,085	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	115,085	100%	Republican hold
District 5	88,998	85.36%	0	0.00%	15,264	14.64%	104,262	100%	Republican hold
District 6	92,334	61.15%	55,027	36.44%	3,731	2.47%	150,996	100%	Republican hold
District 7	90,606	63.26%	49,478	34.55%	3,135	2.19%	143,219	100%	Republican hold
District 8	125,066	89.32%	0	0.00%	14,947	10.68%	140,013	100%	Republican hold
District 9	0	0.0%	78,109	90.82%	7,894	9.18%	86,003	100%	Democratic hold
District 10	109,726	62.18%	60,243	34.14%	6,491	3.68%	176,460	100%	Republican hold
District 11	107,939	90.27%	0	0.00%	11,635	9.73%	119,574	100%	Republican hold
District 12	113,186	71.31%	41,757	26.31%	3,787	2.38%	158,730	100%	Republican hold
District 13	110,842	84.32%	16,822	12.80%	2,863	2.18%	131,451	100%	Republican hold
District 14	90,116	61.85%	52,545	36.06%	3,037	2.09%	145,698	100%	Republican hold
District 15	39,016	43.26%	48,708	54.01%	2,460	2.73%	90,184	100%	Democratic hold
District 16	21,324	29.17%	49,338	67.49%	2,443	3.34%	73,105	100%	Democratic hold
District 17	85,807	64.58%	43,049	32.40%	4,009	3.02%	132,865	100%	Republican hold
District 18	26,249	24.76%	76,097	71.78%	3,664	3.46%	106,010	100%	Democratic hold
District 19	90,160	77.18%	21,458	18.37%	5,200	4.45%	116,818	100%	Republican hold
District 20	0	0.0%	66,554	75.66%	21,410	24.34%	87,964	100%	Democratic hold
District 21	135,660	71.78%	0	28.22%	53,336	2.1%	188,996	100%	Republican hold
District 22	100,861	66.55%	47,844	31.57%	2,861	1.89%	151,566	100%	Republican hold
District 23	57,459	49.78%	55,037	47.68%	2,933	2.54%	115,429	100%	Republican gain
District 24	93,712	65.05%	46,548	32.31%	3,813	2.65%	144,073	100%	Republican hold
District 25	107,120	60.22%	64,463	36.24%	6,300	3.54%	177,883	100%	Republican hold
District 26	116,944	82.66%	0	0.00%	24,526	17.34%	141,470	100%	Republican hold
District 27	83,342	63.60%	44,152	33.69%	3,553	3.1%	131,047	100%	Republican hold
District 28	0	0.00%	62,508	82.10%	13,628	17.90%	76,136	100%	Democratic hold
District 29	0	0.00%	41,321	89.55%	4,822	10.45%	46,143	100%	Democratic hold
District 30	0	0.00%	93,041	87.95%	12,752	12.05%	105,793	100%	Democratic hold
District 31	91,607	64.05%	45,715	31.96%	5,706	3.99%	143,028	100%	Republican hold
District 32	96,495	61.82%	55,325	35.44%	4,276	2.74%	156,096	100%	Republican hold
District 33	0	0.00%	43,769	86.51%	6,823	13.49%	50,592	100%	Democratic hold
District 34	30,811	38.57%	47,503	59.47%	1,563	1.96%	79,877	100%	Democratic hold
District 35	32,040	33.30%	60,124	62.48%	4,061	4.22%	96,225	100%	Democratic hold
District 36	101,663	75.96%	29,543	22.07%	2,636	1.97%	133,842	100%	Republican hold
Total	2,684,592	60.28%	1,474,016	33.10%	294,891	6.62%	4,453,499	100%

District 1[edit]

Incumbent Republican Louie Gohmert, who had represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 71% of the vote in 2012, and the district had a PVI of R+24.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Louie Gohmert, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louie Gohmert (incumbent)	16,096	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Shirley McKellar, Army veteran, non-profit businesswoman and nominee for this seat in 2012^[3]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shirley McKellar	7,240	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

Texas's 1st congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louie Gohmert (incumbent)	115,084	77.5
	Democratic	Shirley McKellar	33,476	22.5
Total votes			148,560	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2[edit]

Incumbent Republican Ted Poe, who had represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 65% of the vote in 2012, and the district had a PVI of R+16.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Ted Poe, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Poe (incumbent)	34,863	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Niko Letsos

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Niko Letsos	5,906	100.0

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

James Veasaw

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Craig Cleveland

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

Texas's 2nd congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Poe (Incumbent)	101,936	68.0
	Democratic	Niko Letsos	44,462	29.6
	Libertarian	James B Veasaw	2,316	1.5
	Green	Mark Roberts	1,312	0.9
Total votes			150,026	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3[edit]

Incumbent Republican Sam Johnson, who had represented the district since 1991, ran for re-election. He was re-elected unopposed in 2012, and the district had a PVI of R+17.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Sam Johnson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Cami Dean, businesswoman
Josh Loveless, network engineer
Harry Pierce, pilot and candidate for this seat in 2012^[6]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Johnson (incumbent)	31,178	80.5
	Republican	Harry Pierce	3,004	7.8
	Republican	Cami Dean	2,435	6.3
	Republican	Josh Loveless	2,086	5.4
Total votes			38,703	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

No Democrats filed to run.

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Cecil Ince

Green primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Paul Blair

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

Texas's 3rd congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Johnson (incumbent)	113,404	82.0
	Green	Paul Blair	24,876	18.0
Total votes			138,280	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4[edit]

Incumbent Republican Ralph Hall, represented the district since 1981, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 73% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+25.

Republican primary[edit]

At 91 years of age, Hall was the oldest member of the US House of Representatives. He was challenged in the primary by five Republicans. Hall announced that this campaign would be the last time he runs for public office.^[7]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

John Ratcliffe, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas and former mayor of Heath^[8]

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Tony Arterburn, Army veteran
Lou Gigliotti, auto racing part company owner and candidate in 2012
Ralph Hall, incumbent U.S. Representative
Brent Lawson, engineering manager^[9]
John Stacy, former city councillor of Fate City

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Hall (incumbent)	29,848	45.4
	Republican	John Ratcliffe	18,917	28.8
	Republican	Lou Gigliotti	10,601	16.1
	Republican	John Stacy	2,812	4.3
	Republican	Brent Lawson	2,290	3.5
	Republican	Tony Arterburn	1,252	1.9
Total votes			65,720	100.0

Runoff[edit]

Polling[edit]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ralph Hall	John Ratcliffe	Undecided
Gravis Marketing	May 12, 2014	656	± 4.0%	46%	38%	16%
Wenzel Strategies (R-Ratcliffe)	March 12–13, 2014	436	± ?	35%	47%	17%

Results[edit]

Republican primary runoff results^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Ratcliffe	22,271	52.8
	Republican	Ralph Hall (incumbent)	19,899	47.2
Total votes			42,170	100.0

Hall became the first incumbent Congressman of the 2014 cycle to be defeated in the primary, the oldest Congressman to lose a primary and the only sitting Republican U.S. Representative from Texas to unsuccessfully seek renomination to his or her seat out of 257 attempts since statehood.^[11]

General election[edit]

Ratcliffe won the election uncontested.

Results[edit]

Texas's 4th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Ratcliffe	115,085	100.0
Total votes			115,085	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5[edit]

Incumbent Republican Jeb Hensarling, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 64% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+17.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Jeb Hensarling, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling (incumbent)	41,634	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

No Democrats filed to run.

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Ken Ashby

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

Texas's 5th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling (incumbent)	88,998	85.4
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	15,264	14.6
Total votes			104,262	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6[edit]

Incumbent Republican Joe Barton, who had represented the district since 1985, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 58% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+11.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Joe Barton, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Frank Kuchar

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Barton (incumbent)	32,618	72.7
	Republican	Frank Kuchar	12,272	27.3
Total votes			44,890	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

David Edwin Cozad

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Edwin Cozad	11,727	100.0

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Hugh Chauvin

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

David Cozad (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[12]

Results[edit]

Texas's 6th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Barton (incumbent)	92,334	61.2
	Democratic	David Cozad	55,027	36.4
	Libertarian	Hugh Chauvin	3,635	2.4
Total votes			150,996	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7[edit]

Incumbent Republican John Culberson, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 61% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+13.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

John Culberson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Culberson (incumbent)	31,065	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

James Cargas, energy attorney and nominee for this seat in 2012

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Lissa Squires, activist

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Cargas	4,098	62.2
	Democratic	Lissa Squiers	2,491	37.8
Total votes			6,589	100.0

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Gerald Fowler

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

James Cargas (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[12]

Results[edit]

Texas's 7th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Culberson (incumbent)	90,606	63.3
	Democratic	James Cargas	49,478	34.5
	Libertarian	Grant Fowler	3,135	2.2
Total votes			143,219	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8[edit]

Incumbent Republican Kevin Brady, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 77% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+29.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Kevin Brady, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Craig McMichael, network engineer and Marine Corps veteran

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Brady (incumbent)	42,368	68.3
	Republican	Craig McMichael	19,687	31.7
Total votes			62,055	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

No Democrats filed to run.

Libertarian primary[edit]

Libertarian Russ Jones and Ken Petty ran in a petition primary, which Petty won.

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Ken Petty

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Russ Jones

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

Texas's 8th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Brady (incumbent)	125,066	89.3
	Libertarian	Ken Petty	14,947	10.7
Total votes			140,013	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9[edit]

Incumbent Democrat Al Green, who had represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 78% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of D+25.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Al Green, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Green (incumbent)	13,442	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

No Republicans filed to run.

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Johnny Johnson

Green primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Withdrawn[edit]

George Reiter

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Al Green (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[12]

Results[edit]

Texas's 9th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Green (incumbent)	78,109	90.8
	Libertarian	Johnny Johnson	7,894	9.2
Total votes			86,003	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 10[edit]

Incumbent Republican Michael McCaul, who had represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 61% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+29.

Republican primary[edit]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael McCaul (incumbent)	38,406	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Tawana Walter-Cadien, consultant, registered nurse, MMA surgery supervisor, quality assurance director and nominee for this seat in 2012

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tawana Walter-Cadien	13,915	100.0

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Bill Kelsey

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

Texas's 10th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael McCaul (incumbent)	109,726	62.2
	Democratic	Tawana Walter-Cadien	60,243	34.1
	Libertarian	Bill Kelsey	6,491	3.7
Total votes			176,460	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11[edit]

Incumbent Republican Mike Conaway, who had represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 79% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+31.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Mike Conaway, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Wade Brown

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Conaway (incumbent)	53,272	73.7
	Republican	Wade Brown	19,010	26.3
Total votes			72,282	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

No Democrats filed to run.

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Ryan T. Lange

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

Texas's 11th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Conaway (incumbent)	107,939	90.3
	Libertarian	Ryan T. Lange	11,635	9.7
Total votes			119,574	100.0
	Republican hold

District 12[edit]

Incumbent Republican Kay Granger, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election. She was re-elected in 2012 with 71% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+19.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Kay Granger, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kay Granger (incumbent)	39,907	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Mark Greene, U.S. Army veteran, journalist and nominee for this seat in 2000^[13]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Greene	9,700	100.0

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Ed Colliver^[14]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Mark Greene (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[12]

Results[edit]

Texas's 12th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kay Granger (incumbent)	113,186	71.3
	Democratic	Mark Greene	41,757	26.3
	Libertarian	Ed Colliver	3,787	2.4
Total votes			158,730	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13[edit]

Incumbent Republican Mac Thornberry, who had represented the district since 1995, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 91% of the vote. The district has a PVI of R+32, making it the most Republican district in the entire country.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Mac Thornberry, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Pam Barlow, veterinarian^[15]
Elaine Hays, businesswoman

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mac Thornberry (incumbent)	45,168	68.2
	Republican	Elaine Hays	12,330	18.6
	Republican	Pam Barlow	8,723	13.2
Total votes			66,221	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Mike Minter

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Minter	4,842	100.0

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Emily Pivoda^[14]

Green primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Don Cook

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

Texas's 13th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mac Thornberry (incumbent)	110,842	84.3
	Democratic	Mike Minter	16,822	12.8
	Libertarian	Emily Pivoda	2,863	2.2
	Green	Don Cook	924	0.7
Total votes			131,451	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14[edit]

Incumbent Republican, Randy Weber, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He won the seat in 2012 with 53% of the vote. The district had a PVI of R+12.

Republican primary[edit]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Weber (incumbent)	34,131	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Donald Brown, small business owner

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Gagan Panjhazari
Buck Willis

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Brown	9,780	68.2
	Democratic	Buck Willis	3,699	25.8
	Democratic	Gagan Panjhazari	853	6.0
Total votes			14,332	100.0

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

John Wieder, clergy and nominee for the 9th district in 2012

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

Texas's 14th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Weber (incumbent)	90,116	61.8
	Democratic	Donald Brown	52,545	36.1
	Libertarian	John Wieder	3,037	2.1
Total votes			145,698	100.0
	Republican hold

District 15[edit]

Incumbent Democrat Rubén Hinojosa, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 61% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of D+5.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Rubén Hinojosa, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa (incumbent)	29,916	100

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Eddie Zamora, sales consultant and candidate for this seat in 2012

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Doug Carlile^[16]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eddie Zamora	7,810	54.9
	Republican	Doug Carlile	6,407	45.1
Total votes			14,217	100.0

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Johnny Partain

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Ross Lynn Leone, candidate for the 35th district in 2012

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

Texas's 15th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ruben Hinojosa (incumbent)	48,708	54.0
	Republican	Eddie Zamora	39,016	43.3
	Libertarian	Johnny Partain	2,460	2.7
Total votes			90,184	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 16[edit]

Incumbent Democrat Beto O'Rourke, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was first elected in 2012 winning with 65% of the vote. The district had a PVI of D+5.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Beto O'Rourke, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beto O'Rourke (incumbent)	24,728	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Corey Roen, business owner and retired lieutenant colonel

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Corey Roen	6,239	100.0

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Jaime Perez, professor

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Beto O'Rourke (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[12]

Results[edit]

Texas's 16th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beto O'Rourke (incumbent)	49,338	67.5
	Republican	Corey Roen	21,324	29.2
	Libertarian	Jamie O. Perez	2,443	3.3
Total votes			73,105	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 17[edit]

Incumbent Republican Bill Flores, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 80% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+13.

Republican primary[edit]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Flores (incumbent)	32,770	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Nick Haynes

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nick Haynes	10,141	100.0

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Shawn Hamilton^[14]

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Bill Oliver

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

Texas's 17th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Flores (incumbent)	85,807	64.6
	Democratic	Nick Haynes	43,049	32.4
	Libertarian	Shawn Michael Hamilton	4,009	3.0
Total votes			132,865	100.0
	Republican hold

District 18[edit]

Incumbent Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee, who had represented the district since 1995, ran for re-election. She was re-elected in 2012 with 75% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of D+24.

Democratic primary[edit]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheila Jackson Lee (incumbent)	14,373	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Sean Seibert, Afghanistan veteran and nominee for this seat in 2012

Results[edit]

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sean Seibert	6,527	100.0

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Jennifer Whelan^[14]

Green primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Remington Alessi

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Sheila Jackson Lee (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[12]

Results[edit]

Texas's 18th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheila Jackson Lee (incumbent)	76,097	71.8
	Republican	Sean Seibert	26,249	24.8
	Independent	Vince Duncan	2,362	2.2
	Green	Remington Alessi	1,302	1.2
Total votes			106,010	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19[edit]

Incumbent Republican Randy Neugebauer, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 85% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+26.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Randy Neugebauer, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Donald May, physician
Chris Winn, former Chair of the Lubbock County Republican Party and candidate for this seat in 2012.

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Neugebauer (incumbent)	39,611	64.4
	Republican	Donald May	14,498	23.5
	Republican	Chris Winn	7,429	12.1
Total votes			61,538	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Neal Marchbanks, meteorologist^[15]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neal Marchbanks	6,476	100.0

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Richard Peterson^[14]

Green primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Mark Lawson

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

Texas's 19th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Neugebauer (incumbent)	90,160	77.2
	Democratic	Neal Marchbanks	21,458	18.4
	Libertarian	Richard (Chip) Peterson	5,146	4.4
	Independent	Donald Vance (write-in)	54	0.0
Total votes			116,818	100.0
	Republican hold

District 20[edit]

Incumbent Democrat Joaquín Castro, who had represented the district since 2013. He was elected in 2012 with 64% of the vote. The district had a PVI of D+6.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Joaquín Castro, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joaquín Castro (incumbent)	16,275	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

No Republicans filed to run.^[14]^[16]

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Jeffrey Blunt

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

Texas's 20th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joaquin Castro (incumbent)	66,554	75.7
	Libertarian	Jeffrey C. Blunt	21,410	24.3
Total votes			87,964	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21[edit]

Incumbent Republican Lamar Smith, who had represented the district since 1987, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 61% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+12.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Lamar Smith, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Matt McCall, small business owner
Michael Smith

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lamar S. Smith (incumbent)	40,441	60.4
	Republican	Matt McCall	22,681	33.9
	Republican	Michael J. Smith	3,796	5.7
Total votes			66,918	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

No Democrats filed.

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Ryan Shields, oilfield worker^[14]

Eliminated in primary[edit]

David Cunningham
Mark Loewe, researcher

Green primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Antonio Diaz, small business owner

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

Texas's 21st congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lamar Smith (incumbent)	135,660	71.8
	Green	Antonio Diaz	27,831	14.7
	Libertarian	Ryan Shields	25,505	13.5
Total votes			188,996	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22[edit]

Incumbent Republican Pete Olson, who had represented the district since 2009, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 64% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+15.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Pete Olson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Olson (incumbent)	33,167	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Frank Briscoe, small business owner

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Mark Gibson, attorney

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Briscoe	3,378	53.2
	Democratic	Mark Gibson	2,973	46.8
Total votes			6,351	100.0

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Rob Lapham

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

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