2014 United States Senate election in Texas

2014 United States Senate election in Texas
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Turnout	33.1%
	Cornyn: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Alameel: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Tie: 40–50% 50% No data
U.S. senator before election; John Cornyn; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; John Cornyn; Republican

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 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.

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

Republican primary

In February 2014, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was targeted in a controversial television ad by Dwayne Stovall, who labeled McConnell—John Cornyn’s Senate leadership superior—an ineffective “Beltway turtle” out of touch with rank-and-file Republicans. Before the ad, Stovall’s candidacy had received little media attention.

Candidates

Nominee

John Cornyn, incumbent U.S. Senator

Eliminated in primary

Curt Cleaver, hotel industry consultant and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012
Ken Cope, aerospace executive and retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel
Chris Mapp, businessman
Reid Reasor, Tea Party activist
Steve Stockman, U.S. Representative
Dwayne Stovall, bridge construction contractor, school board member from Cleveland and candidate for the State House of Representatives in 2012
Linda Vega, attorney and immigration activist

Withdrew

Erick Wyatt, U.S. Army veteran

Declined

Greg Abbott, Texas attorney general (ran for governor)
David Barton, author, minister and former vice chair of the Republican Party of Texas
David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor of Texas (ran for re-election)
Louie Gohmert, U.S. Representative (ran for re-election)
Debra Medina, activist and candidate for Governor in 2010 (ran for Comptroller of Public Accounts)

Endorsements

John Cornyn

Individuals

Kay Granger, U.S. Representative
James C. Ho, former Solicitor General of Texas
Rick Perry, Governor of Texas
Karl Rove, Republican campaign consultant; appeared with Cornyn in rally in Longview
George Strake Jr., former chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, former Secretary of State of Texas, and unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1982

Organizations

Texas Right to Life PAC
United States Chamber of Commerce

Steve Stockman

Individuals

Jerome Corsi, historian and journalist

Organizations

Revolution PAC
Gun Owners of America

Linda Vega

Individuals

Erick Wyatt, former candidate for the U.S. Senate

Declined to endorse

Individuals

Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General
Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator
Blake Farenthold, U.S. Representative
Louie Gohmert, U.S. Representative
Ralph Hall, U.S. Representative
Ted Nugent, musician and conservative activist
Kenny Marchant, U.S. Representative

Organizations

Club for Growth

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Curt Cleaver	Ken Cope	John Cornyn	Chris Mapp	Reid Reasor	Steve Stockman	Dwayne Stovall	Linda Vega	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 1–4, 2013	388	± 4.4%	—	—	41%	—	—	18%	—	—	—	44%
Wilson Perkins Allen	December 13, 2013	762	± 3.6%	—	—	50%	—	—	6%	—	—	5%	39%
Gravis Marketing	February 10–12, 2014	729	± 3.6%	—	—	43%	—	—	28%	—	—	—	29%
UoT/Texas Tribune	February 7–17, 2014	461	± 4.56%	1%	4%	62%	3%	3%	16%	4%	7%	—	—

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Cornyn	Someone more conservative	Undecided
Gravis Marketing	October 26, 2013	563	± 3%	33%	46%	21%
Public Policy Polling	November 1–4, 2013	388	± 4.4%	33%	49%	18%

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Cornyn	Dwayne Stovall	Erick Wyatt	Undecided
UoT/Texas Tribune	October 18–27, 2013	519	± 5.02%	39%	7%	6%	48%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Cornyn	David Barton	Rafael Cruz	Louie Gohmert	Ron Paul	Rick Perry	Steve Stockman	Undecided
UoT/Texas Tribune	October 18–27, 2013	519	± 5.02%	25%	—	41%	—	18%	—	3%	13%
35%	—	—	—	—	46%	—	20%
34%	—	—	—	44%	—	—	22%
40%	—	—	31%	—	—	—	29%
39%	—	33%	—	—	—	—	28%
Public Policy Polling	November 1–4, 2013	388	± 4.4%	51%	18%	—	—	—	—	—	31%

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Cornyn (incumbent)	781,259	59.43%
	Republican	Steve Stockman	251,577	19.13%
	Republican	Dwayne Stovall	140,794	10.71%
	Republican	Linda Vega	50,057	3.80%
	Republican	Ken Cope	34,409	2.61%
	Republican	Chris Mapp	23,535	1.79%
	Republican	Reid Reasor	20,600	1.56%
	Republican	Curt Cleaver	12,325	0.94%
Total votes			1,314,556	100.00%

Because Cornyn surpassed a majority in the primary, he faced no runoff election. 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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

David Alameel, businessman and candidate for Texas's 33rd congressional district in 2012

Eliminated in the runoff

Kesha Rogers, Worldwide LaRouche Youth Movement activist and nominee for Texas's 22nd congressional district in 2010 and 2012

Eliminated in the primary

Michael Fjetland, businessman, Independent candidate for Texas's 22nd congressional district in 2004 and Republican candidate for the seat in 2006
HyeTae "Harry" Kim, physician
Maxey Scherr, attorney

Declined

Wendy Davis, state senator (running for governor)
Bill White, former mayor of Houston and nominee for governor in 2010

Endorsements

David Alameel

Individuals

Roberto Alonzo, state representative
John Wiley Bryant, former U.S. Representative (TX-05)
Wendy Davis, State Senator and candidate for Governor
Yvonne Davis, state representative
Ryan Guillen, state representative
Joe Pickett, state representative
Ciro Rodriguez, former U.S. Representative (TX-23)
Rosa Rosales, former national president of LULAC
Chris Turner
Carlos Uresti, state senator
Leticia Van de Putte, State Senator and nominee for Lieutenant Governor
Marc Veasey, U.S. Representative (TX-33)

Organizations

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

Media

Michael Fjetland

Media

Texpatriate

Kesha Rogers

Organizations

Doctors Against Murderous Obamacare

Maxey Scherr

Individuals

Carol Alvarado, state representative
John Cook, former Mayor of El Paso and nominee for Land Commissioner
Veronica Escobar, El Paso County Judge
David Langston, former Mayor of Lubbock
Sergio Lewis, El Paso County Commissioner
Marisa Marquez, state representative
Joe Moody, state representative
Beto O'Rourke, U.S. Representative (TX-16)
Barbara Ann Radnofsky, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2006 and for Attorney General in 2010
Silvestre Reyes, former U.S. Representative
José R. Rodríguez, state senator
Eliot Shapleigh, former state senator
Sylvester Turner, state representative
Armando Walle, state representative

Organizations

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

Media

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	David Alameel	Michael Fjetland	Harry Kim	Kesha Rogers	Maxey Scherr	Other	Undecided
UoT/Texas Tribune	February 7–17, 2014	263	± 6.04%	27%	9%	14%	35%	15%	—	—

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Alameel	239,914	47.04%
	Democratic	Kesha Rogers	110,146	21.59%
	Democratic	Maxey Scherr	90,359	17.71%
	Democratic	HyeTae "Harry" Kim	45,207	8.86%
	Democratic	Michael Fjetland	24,383	4.80%
Total votes			510,009	100.00%

Runoff

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.

Democratic primary runoff results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Alameel	145,039	72.16%
	Democratic	Kesha Rogers	55,953	27.84%
Total votes			200,992	100.00%

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

Rebecca Paddock, electrical engineer

Eliminated at the convention

Tanuja Paruchuri, holistic wellness coach
Jon Roland, computer programmer and nominee for Texas Attorney General in 2002, 2006 and 2010

Green nomination

Candidates

Nominee

Emily Marie Sanchez

General election

Debates

2014 United States Senate election in Texas debate
No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Republican	Democratic
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn
				John Cornyn	David Alameel
1	Oct. 24, 2014	KUVN-DT	Wendy Cruz	P	P

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Solid R	November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics	Safe R	November 3, 2014

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Cornyn (R)	David Alameel (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	April 10–13, 2014	559	± 4.1%	49%	32%	—	20%
UoT/Texas Tribune	May 30 – June 8, 2014	1,200	± 2.83%	36%	25%	13%	26%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	July 5–24, 2014	4,353	± 3.7%	52%	35%	3%	10%
Rasmussen Reports	August 4–5, 2014	4,353	± 3.0%	47%	29%	6%	19%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	August 18 – September 2, 2014	4,189	± 2%	55%	39%	3%	8%
Texas Lyceum	September 11–25, 2014	666	± 3.8%	48%	30%	8%	14%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	September 20 – October 1, 2014	4,177	± 2%	55%	35%	1%	9%
Rasmussen Reports	October 1–2, 2014	840	± 3.5%	50%	29%	6%	15%
UoT/Texas Tribune	October 10–19, 2014	866	± 3.6%	57%	31%	12%	—
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	October 16–23, 2014	3,987	± 3%	57%	35%	1%	8%

Hypothetical polling

With Castro

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Cornyn (R)	Julian Castro (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 24–27, 2012	500	± 4.4%	48%	41%	11%
Public Policy Polling	June 28 – July 1, 2013	500	± 4.4%	50%	37%	13%
Public Policy Polling	November 1–4, 2013	500	± 4.4%	49%	35%	17%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Louie Gohmert (R)	Julian Castro (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 1–4, 2013	500	± 4.4%	44%	35%	21%

With Davis

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Cornyn (R)	Wendy Davis (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 24–27, 2012	500	± 4.4%	48%	37%	14%
Public Policy Polling	June 28 – July 1, 2013	500	± 4.4%	48%	40%	12%

With Parker

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Cornyn (R)	Annise Parker (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 24–27, 2012	500	± 4.4%	47%	36%	16%
Public Policy Polling	June 28 – July 1, 2013	500	± 4.4%	49%	36%	15%

With White

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Cornyn (R)	Bill White (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 24–27, 2012	500	± 4.4%	45%	42%	13%
Public Policy Polling	June 28 – July 1, 2013	500	± 4.4%	47%	40%	13%
Public Policy Polling	November 1–4, 2013	500	± 4.4%	44%	39%	17%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Louie Gohmert (R)	Bill White (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 1–4, 2013	500	± 4.4%	40%	39%	21%

Results

2014 United States Senate election in Texas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Cornyn (incumbent)	2,861,531	61.56%	+6.74%
	Democratic	David Alameel	1,597,387	34.36%	−8.48%
	Libertarian	Rebecca Paddock	133,751	2.88%	+0.54%
	Green	Emily Sanchez	54,701	1.18%	N/A
	Independent	Mohammed Tahiro (write-in)	998	0.02%	N/A
Total votes			4,648,358	100.0%	N/A
	Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Bexar (largest municipality: San Antonio)
Culberson (largest municipality: Van Horn)
Harris (largest municipality: Houston)
Kenedy (largest municipality: Sarita)
Kleberg (largest municipality: Kingsville)
La Salle (largest municipality: Cotulla)
Reeves (largest municipality: Pecos)
Brewster (largest city: Alpine)
Uvalde (largest city: Uvalde)
Nueces (largest municipality: Corpus Christi)
Val Verde (largest municipality: Del Rio)
Jefferson (largest city: Beaumont)
Hudspeth (largest city: Fort Hancock)

By congressional district

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

District	Cornyn	Alameel	Representative
1st	79%	21%	Louie Gohmert
2nd	68%	32%	Ted Poe
3rd	70%	30%	Sam Johnson
4th	80%	20%	Ralph Hall (113th Congress)
4th	80%	20%	John Ratcliffe (114th Congress)
5th	71%	29%	Jeb Hensarling
6th	63%	37%	Joe Barton
7th	67%	33%	John Culberson
8th	83%	17%	Kevin Brady
9th	26%	74%	Al Green
10th	64%	36%	Michael McCaul
11th	87%	13%	Mike Conaway
12th	71%	29%	Kay Granger
13th	87%	13%	Mac Thornberry
14th	64%	36%	Randy Weber
15th	49.9%	50.1%	Rubén Hinojosa
16th	44%	56%	Beto O'Rourke
17th	68%	32%	Bill Flores
18th	27%	73%	Sheila Jackson Lee
19th	84%	16%	Randy Neugebauer
20th	49%	51%	Joaquín Castro
21st	65%	35%	Lamar Smith
22nd	68%	32%	Pete Olson
23rd	61%	39%	Pete Gallego (113th Congress)
23rd	61%	39%	Will Hurd (114th Congress)
24th	67%	33%	Kenny Marchant
25th	64%	36%	Roger Williams
26th	73%	27%	Michael Burgess
27th	69%	31%	Blake Farenthold
28th	50.1%	49.9%	Henry Cuellar
29th	39%	61%	Gene Green
30th	23%	77%	Eddie Bernice Johnson
31st	67%	33%	John Carter
32nd	64%	36%	Pete Sessions
33rd	32%	68%	Marc Veasey
34th	49.6%	50.4%	Filemon Vela Jr.
35th	41%	59%	Lloyd Doggett
36th	78%	22%	Steve Stockman (113th Congress)
36th	78%	22%	Brian Babin (114th Congress)

Notes

↑ Not including third party candidates.

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External links

Official campaign websites (Archived)

[74] Not including third party candidates.

[1] "Samantha Lachman, "GOP Senate Candidate Calls Mitch McConnell 'Beltway Turtle' in Anti-Cornyn Ad", February 14, 2014". Huffington Post. February 14, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2014.

[2] "John Cornyn Airs First Re-Election Campaign Spot". Roll Call. October 7, 2013. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2013.

[filingends-3] 1 2 Tinsley, Anna M. (December 9, 2013). "Filing ends, ballot set for 2014 election". Roll Call. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2013.

[4] "A Local Man Plans on Running for U.S. Senate". Crossroads Today. November 13, 2013. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2013.

[5] Alexa Ura (November 29, 2013). "Democrat Alameel Will Run for Cornyn's Senate Seat". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved December 10, 2013.

[auto-6] 1 2 "2014 Republican Party Primary Election". Archived from the original on January 9, 2014.

[7] "U.S. Senate hopeful addresses Lone Star Patriots of Leon County". Leon County Today. June 4, 2013. Archived from the original on July 24, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2013.

[8] "Attorney Vega challenging Cornyn in GOP primary". Houston Chronicle. October 23, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2013.

[9] Krehbiel, Randy. "Hope springs eternal in U.S. Senate primaries". tulsaworld.com. Tulsa World. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[10] Reilly, Molly (July 14, 2013). "Greg Abbott Launches Texas Governor Campaign For 2014". huffpost.com. Verizon Media. Retrieved February 9, 2020.

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