2014 Texas House of Representatives election

2014 Texas House of Representatives election

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All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Joe Straus Craig Eiland
(retired)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 13, 2009 January 9, 2007
Leader's seat 121st 23rd
Seats before 95 55
Seats won 98 52
Seat change Increase3 Decrease3
Popular vote 2,589,656 1,305,080
Percentage 63.70% 32.10%
Swing Increase1.18% Decrease1.26%

     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Democratic hold

Republican:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%

Democratic:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%

Speaker before election

Joe Straus
Republican

Elected Speaker

Joe Straus
Republican

The 2014 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state representatives in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 84th Texas Legislature. State representatives serve for two-year terms.

At the beginning of the Eighty-third Texas Legislature following the 2012 Texas State House of Representatives elections, the Democrats held 55 seats to the Republicans' 95.

This election marked the first time Republicans ever won a state house race in Chambers County.[1]

  1. ^ "Legislative Reference Library | Legislators and Leaders | Texas Legislators: Past & Present". lrl.texas.gov. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

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