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U.S. Senate, Texas General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John CornynIncumbent	61.6%	2,861,531
	Democratic	David Alameel	34.4%	1,597,387
	Libertarian	Rebecca Paddock	2.9%	133,751
	Green	Emily Marie Sanchez	1.2%	54,701
	Write-in	Mohammed Tahiro	0%	988
Total Votes				4,648,358
Source:U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics"

2014 U.S. Senate Elections in Texas

General Election Date November 4, 2014

Primary Date March 4, 2014

November 4 Election Winner: John Cornyn

Incumbent prior to election: John Cornyn

Race Ratings Cook Political Report:Solid R[1] Sabato's Crystal Ball:Safe R[2]

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2014 U.S. House Elections

Voters inTexaselected one member to theU.S. Senate in theelection on November 4, 2014.

IncumbentJohn Cornyn was initially thought to be vulnerable in the primary, due to Rep.Steve Stockman's entrance into the race andTed Cruz's refusal to endorse the incumbent. However, as the primary approached it became clear that neither Stockman nor the other primary challengers were a legitimate threat to Cornyn. He was able to easily avoid a runoff election by securing nearly 60% of the primary vote.^[3] With the primary threat over, Cornyn easily won re-election in November. He defeatedDavid Alameel (D) and several third-party candidates in the general election.^[4]

Primary: Aprimary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Texas utilizes anopen primary system. State law requires voters to sign the following pledge before voting in a primary: "I am a (insert appropriate political party) and understand that I am ineligible to vote or participate in another political party's primary election or convention during this voting year."^[5]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, seethis article.

Voter registration: Voters had to register tovote in the primary by February 2, 2014. For thegeneral election, the voter registration deadline was October 5, 2014 (30 days prior to election).^[6]

See also:Texas elections, 2014

Incumbent: The election filled the Senate seat held byJohn Cornyn (R). Cornyn was first elected in 2002.

Candidates

General election candidates

John Cornyn

David Alameel

Rebecca Paddock

Emily Marie Sanchez

May 27, 2014, primary runoff
Democratic candidates

• David Alameela
• Kesha Rogers

March 4, 2014, primary results

Not running

David Barton^[9][10]

Erick Wyatt^[11]

Election results

General election

U.S. Senate, Texas General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John CornynIncumbent	61.6%	2,861,531
	Democratic	David Alameel	34.4%	1,597,387
	Libertarian	Rebecca Paddock	2.9%	133,751
	Green	Emily Marie Sanchez	1.2%	54,701
	Write-in	Mohammed Tahiro	0%	988
Total Votes				4,648,358
Source:U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics"

Primary election

U.S. Senate, Texas Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John CornynIncumbent	59.4%	781,259
Steve Stockman	19.1%	251,577
Dwayne Stovall	10.7%	140,794
Linda Vega	3.8%	50,057
Ken Cope	2.6%	34,409
Chris Mapp	1.8%	23,535
Reid Reasor	1.6%	20,600
Curt Cleaver	0.9%	12,325
Total Votes		1,314,556
Source:Texas Secretary of State

U.S. Senate, Texas Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
David Alameel	47%	239,914
Kesha Rogers	21.6%	110,146
Maxey Marie Scherr	17.7%	90,359
Harry Kim	8.9%	45,207
Michael Fjetland	4.8%	24,383
Total Votes		510,009
Source:Texas Secretary of State

U.S. Senate, Texas Runoff Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
David Alameel	72.2%	145,052
Kesha Rogers	27.8%	55,956
Total Votes		201,008
Source:Texas Secretary of State Note: Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available.

Race background

Fellow Texas senatorTed Cruz refused to endorse his colleague, John Cornyn, or any other incumbent. He stated, "I think every elected official, including me, owes it to the people, owes it the grass roots, to go and make the case to the grass roots why he or she is representing their interests."^[12]

Rep.Steve Stockman's entrance into the race initially represented a possible strong primary challenge to Cornyn. However, it was relatively short-lived. Cornyn's massive fundraising advantage proved to be too much for Stockman to overcome, and Cornyn easily won the primary with nearly 60% of the vote.^[3][13]

With the primary threat lifted, Cornyn easily defeated DemocratDavid Alameel in the November general election.

Key votes

Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the113th Congress.

Government shutdown

See also:United States budget debate, 2013

During the shutdown in October 2013, theSenate rejected, down party lines, every House-originated bill that stripped the budget of funding for the Affordable Care Act. A deal was reached late on October 16, 2013, just hours before the debt ceiling deadline. The bill to reopen the government, H.R. 2775, lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made bySenate Democrats was to require income verification forObamacare subsidies.^[14] The final vote on H.R. 2775 was 81-18, with all 18 votes against the bill fromRepublican members.John Cornyn voted with the Republican Party against the bill.^[15]

Noteworthy events

Stockman arrest record

Stockman denied allegations from the Cornyn campaign that he was tried with a felony in 1977. He filed a libel lawsuit against Texas for a Conservative Majority, accusing the PAC of "falsely asserting that he was charged with a felony." The suit reads, "This case involves some of the most outrageous, malicious defamation ever recorded in Harris County."^[16]

According to the arrest record, Stockman was initially charged with felony possession of Valium, but the charges were dropped when he pleaded no contest to "use of a controlled substance" - a misdemeanor.^[16]

Polls

Media

John Cornyn

Dwayne Stovall

Campaign contributions

Candidate ballot access
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John Cornyn

David Alameel

**As of the 2014 October Quarterly Report, Alameel's committee owed $5,775,000 in outstanding loans to David Alameel.

Kesha Rogers

Michael Fjetland

Harry Kim

Maxey Marie Scherr

Curt Cleaver

Ken Cope

Chris Mapp

Steve Stockman

Dwayne Stovall

Linda Vega

Election history

2012

On November 6, 2012,Ted Cruz won election to theUnited States Senate. He defeatedPaul Sadler (D),John Jay Myers (L) andDavid Collins (G) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Texas General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ted Cruz	56.5%	4,440,137
	Democratic	Paul Sadler	40.6%	3,194,927
	Libertarian	John Jay Myers	2.1%	162,354
	Green	David B. Collins	0.9%	67,404
Total Votes				7,864,822
Source:Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2008

On November 4, 2008, John Cornyn won re-election to theUnited States Senate. He defeated Richard Noriega (D) and Yvonne Adams Schick (L) in the general election.^[49]

U.S. Senate, Texas General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Cornynincumbent	54.8%	4,337,469
	Democratic	Richard Noriega	42.8%	3,389,365
	Libertarian	Yvonne Adams Schick	2.3%	185,241
Total Votes				7,912,075

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2014
• United States Senate elections, 2014
• John Cornyn
• Steve Stockman

External links

• Candidate filings by county
• Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary results
• Texas Secretary of State, Democratic primary results
• Vote and discuss at SystemWiki

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