United States Senate election in Texas, 2014

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See also: Texas elections, 2014
United States Senate election in Texas, 2014
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Nominee John Cornyn David Alameel
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 2,855,068 1,594,252
Percentage 61.55% 34.36%
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County results
U.S. senator before election

John Cornyn
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

John Cornyn
Republican

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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. The Democratic primary required a runoff election on May 27, 2014 to choose an opponent to Cornyn. David Alameel, who came in first in the primary, won the runoff and became his party's nominee.

Republican primary

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. Greta Van Susteren of Fox News called Stovall a "jerk" for running the "turtle" ad against McConnell: "You can be clever and funny in ads... or you can be gratuitously insulting."[2]

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • Erick Wyatt, U.S. Army veteran[10][11]

Declined

Endorsements

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
UoT/Texas Tribune February 7–17, 2014 461 ± 4.56% 1% 4% 62% 3% 3% 16% 4% 7% — —
Gravis Marketing February 10–12, 2014 729 ± 3.6% — — 43% — — 28% — — — 29%
Wilson Perkins Allen December 13, 2013 762 ± 3.6% — — 50% — — 6% — — 5% 39%
Public Policy Polling November 1–4, 2013 388 ± 4.4% — — 41% — — 18% — — — 44%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 John
Cornyn		 Someone
more conservative		 Undecided
Public Policy Polling November 1–4, 2013 388 ± 4.4% 33% 49% 18%
Gravis Marketing October 26, 2013 563 ± 3% 33% 46% 21%

Results

Republican Primary results[35]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Cornyn 781,259 59.43
Republican Steve Stockman 251,577 19.13
Republican Dwayne Stovall 140,794 10.71
Republican Linda Vega 50,057 3.8
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 0.93
Total votes 1,314,556 100

Because Cornyn surpassed a majority in the primary, he faced no runoff election.[36] 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.[37]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

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[50]
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 4.78
Total votes 510,009 100

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.[51]

Democratic primary runoff results[52]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Alameel 145,039 72.16
Democratic Kesha Rogers 55,953 27.84
Total votes 200,992 100

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Declared

Results

Rebecca Paddock won the nomination.

Green nomination

Candidates

Declared

  • Emily Marie Sanchez[54]

Results

Sanchez won the nomination.

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 John
Cornyn (R)		 David
Alameel (D)		 Other Undecided
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 2014 3,987 ± 3% 57% 35% 1% 8%
UoT/Texas Tribune October 10–19, 2014 866 ± 3.6% 57% 31% 12%[55] —
Rasmussen Reports October 1–2, 2014 840 ± 3.5% 50% 29% 6% 15%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20–October 1, 2014 4,177 ± 2% 55% 35% 1% 9%
Texas Lyceum September 11–25, 2014 666 ± 3.8% 48% 30% 8%[56] 14%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18–September 2, 2014 4,189 ± 2% 55% 39% 3% 8%
Rasmussen Reports August 4–5, 2014 4,353 ± 3.0% 47% 29% 6% 19%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 2014 4,353 ± 3.7% 52% 35% 3% 10%
UoT/Texas Tribune May 30–June 8, 2014 1,200 ± 2.83% 36% 25% 13%[57] 26%
Public Policy Polling April 10–13, 2014 559 ± 4.1% 49% 32% — 20%

Results

United States Senate election in Texas, 2014[58]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Cornyn 2,855,068 61.55
Democratic David Alameel 1,594,252 34.36
Libertarian Rebecca Paddock 133,467 2.87
Green Emily Marie Sanchez 54,587 1.17
Independent Mohammed Tahiro 1,178 0.02
Majority 1,022,814 22.05%
Total votes 4,638,552 100
Voter turnout 33.07%
Republican hold

See also

References

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