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2014 United States Senate election in Texas

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2014 United States Senate election in Texas
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The 2014 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican senator and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn ran for re-election to a third term. Primary elections were held on March 4, 2014. Since no Democratic candidate received over 50% in the first round of the primary, a runoff election was required on May 27, 2014. David Alameel, who came in first in the primary, won the runoff and became his party's nominee. In the general election, Cornyn defeated Alameel in a landslide.

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This is the last time Bexar, Fort Bend, Harris and Hays would vote for a Republican in a U.S. Senate election.

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Republican primary

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In February 2014, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was featured in a controversial television advertisement by Dwayne Stovall. Stovall belittled McConnell, Cornyn's superior in the Senate leadership, as an ineffective "Beltway turtle" who is out-of-touch with the party rank-and-file.[1] Until the controversial advertisement, the media had largely ignored Stovall's candidacy.

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • Erick Wyatt, U.S. Army veteran[9]

Declined

Endorsements

John Cornyn

Individuals

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Steve Stockman

Individuals

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Linda Vega

Individuals

  • Erick Wyatt, former candidate for the U.S. Senate[26]
Declined to endorse

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Results

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Because Cornyn surpassed a majority in the primary, he faced no runoff election.[34] Cornyn's winning percent and margin of victory were the lowest by any Texas Republican U.S. Senator in a primary election in state history.[35]

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

David Alameel

Individuals

Organizations

  • Bexar County African-American Political Alliance[42]
  • Bexar County Northside Coalition of Women[42]
  • Bexar County Mexican American Democrats[42]
  • Bexar County Second Chance Democrats[42]
  • Bexar County Tejano Democrats[42]
  • Bexar County Young Tejano Democrats[42]
  • Hispanic Women for Better Justice[42]
  • Houston GLBT Political Caucus[42]
  • Mexican American Democrats of Texas, San Antonio Chapter[42]
  • Texas Young Democrats Women's Caucus[42]

Media

Michael Fjetland
Kesha Rogers

Organizations

  • Doctors Against Murderous Obamacare[45]
Maxey Scherr

Individuals

Organizations

  • Amalgamated Transit Union Local 694[46]
  • American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 59[46]
  • Austin Environmental Democrats[46]
  • Austin North by Northwest (NxNW) Democrats[46]
  • Austin Progressive Coalition[46]
  • Austin Stonewall Democrats[46]
  • Austin Young Democrats[46]
  • Bay Area New Democrats (BAND)[46]
  • Capital Area Asian American Democrats[46]
  • Central Austin Democrats[46]
  • Democracy for Houston[46]
  • El Paso Black Democrats[46]
  • El Paso Central Labor Union[46]
  • El Paso West Side Democrats[46]
  • Galveston Democratic Coalition[46]
  • International Association of Fire Fighters Local 51[46]
  • NE Travis County Democrats[46]
  • San Antonio Stonewall Democrats[46]
  • South East Texas Stonewall Democrats[46]
  • State Tejano Democrats[46]
  • Texas Womans Coalition[46]
  • University Democrats (UDems)[46]
  • University of Houston Democrats[46]

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Because no candidate received over 50% of the vote in the primary, the two with the most votes – David Alameel and Kesha Rogers – advanced to a runoff on May 27.[50]

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Libertarian convention

Candidates

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Rebecca Paddock won the nomination.

Green nomination

Candidates

Declared

  • Emily Marie Sanchez[53]

Results

Sanchez won the nomination.

General election

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Results

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Cornyn won 26 of 36 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[73][a]

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Notes

  1. Not including third party candidates.

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