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
By district
Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas by district:[1]
District 1
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.
Shirley McKellar, Army veteran, non-profit businesswoman and nominee for this seat in 2012[3]
Results
General election
Results
District 2
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.
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.
Harry Pierce, pilot and candidate for this seat in 2012[6]
Results
Democratic primary
No Democrats filed to run.
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Nominee
Cecil Ince
Green primary
Candidates
Nominee
Paul Blair
General election
Results
District 4
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
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]
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
Ratcliffe won the election uncontested.
Results
District 5
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.
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.
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.
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.
Craig McMichael, network engineer and Marine Corps veteran
Results
Democratic primary
No Democrats filed to run.
Libertarian primary
Libertarian Russ Jones and Ken Petty ran in a petition primary, which Petty won.
Candidates
Nominee
Ken Petty
Eliminated in primary
Russ Jones
General election
Results
District 9
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.
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
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Tawana Walter-Cadien, consultant, registered nurse, MMA surgery supervisor, quality assurance director and nominee for this seat in 2012
Results
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Nominee
Bill Kelsey
General election
Results
District 11
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.
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.
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.
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
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Donald Brown, small business owner
Eliminated in primary
Gagan Panjhazari
Buck Willis
Results
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Nominee
John Wieder, clergy and nominee for the 9th district in 2012
General election
Results
District 15
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.
Eddie Zamora, sales consultant and candidate for this seat in 2012
Eliminated in primary
Doug Carlile[16]
Results
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Nominee
Johnny Partain
Eliminated in primary
Ross Lynn Leone, candidate for the 35th district in 2012
General election
Results
District 16
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.
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
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Nick Haynes
Results
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Nominee
Shawn Hamilton[14]
Eliminated in primary
Bill Oliver
General election
Results
District 18
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
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Sean Seibert, Afghanistan veteran and nominee for this seat in 2012
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.
Chris Winn, former Chair of the Lubbock County Republican Party and candidate for this seat in 2012.
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Neal Marchbanks, meteorologist[15]
Results
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Nominee
Richard Peterson[14]
Green primary
Candidates
Nominee
Mark Lawson
General election
Results
District 20
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.
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.
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.
Incumbent Democrat Pete Gallego, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was first elected in 2012, defeating Republican incumbent Quico Canseco with 50% of the vote. The district had a PVI of R+3.
Rolando Pablos, public utility commissioner and former chairman of the board for the Museo Alameda[17]
Results
Runoff
Results
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Nominee
Ruben Corvalan
General election
Results
Hurd was elected with 49.78% of the vote, making this the only U.S. House seat in Texas to flip in 2014.
District 24
Incumbent Republican Kenny Marchant, 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+13.
Incumbent Republican Roger Williams, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was elected in 2012 with 58% of the vote. The district has a PVI of R+12.
Incumbent Republican Michael C. Burgess, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 68% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+20.
Mark Boler, computer scientist and nominee for this seat in 2012
General election
Results
District 27
Incumbent Republican Blake Farenthold, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 57% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+13.
Incumbent Democrat Henry Cuellar, who had represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 68% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of D+7.
Incumbent Democrat, Gene Green, who had represented the district since 1993, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 90% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of D+12.
Incumbent Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson, who had represented the district since 1993, ran for re-election. She was re-elected in 2012 with 79% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of D+27.
Incumbent Republican John Carter, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 61% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+12.
Incumbent Republican Pete Sessions, who had represented the district since 2003, and previously represented the 5th district from 1997 to 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 58% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of R+10.
Incumbent Democrat Marc Veasey, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was elected to the newly-created district in 2012 with 73% of the vote. The district had a PVI of D+18.
Incumbent Democrat Filemon Vela Jr., who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was elected to the newly-created district in 2012 with 62% of the vote. The district had a PVI of D+8.
Ryan Rowley, former U.S. Army Airborne infantryman[16]
Eliminated in primary
Doug Purl
General election
Results
District 35
Incumbent Democrat Lloyd Doggett, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 25th district from 2005 to 2013 and the 10th district from 1995 to 2005, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 64% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of D+11.
Incumbent Republican Steve Stockman, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 9th district from 1995 to 1997, chose to challenge John Cornyn for the United States Senate, rather than run for re-election.[23] He was elected to the newly-created district in 2012 with 71% of the vote. The district had a PVI of R+25.
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External links
U.S. House elections in Texas, 2014 at Ballotpedia
