2014 United States Senate election in Texas

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.

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. Until the controversial advertisement, the media had largely ignored Stovall's candidacy.

Declared

 * 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
 * John Cornyn, incumbent U.S. Senator
 * 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 (running for Governor)
 * David Barton, author, minister and former vice chair of the Republican Party of Texas
 * David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor of Texas (running for re-election)
 * Louie Gohmert, U.S. Representative (running for re-election)
 * Debra Medina, activist and candidate for Governor in 2010 (ran for Comptroller of Public Accounts)

Results
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.

Declared

 * David Alameel, businessman and candidate for Texas's 33rd congressional district in 2012
 * 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
 * Kesha Rogers, Worldwide LaRouche Youth Movement activist and nominee for Texas's 22nd congressional district in 2010 and 2012
 * Maxey Scherr, attorney

Declined

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

Results
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.

Declared

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

Results
Rebecca Paddock won the nomination.

Declared

 * Emily Marie Sanchez

Results
Sanchez won the nomination.

Polling

 * With Castro


 * With Davis


 * With Parker


 * With White

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)