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Texas state legislative special elections, 2014

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In 2014, four seats were vacated and filled by special elections in the Texas State Legislature. The following districts had vacancies in 2014:

How vacancies are filled


If there is a vacancy in the Texas State Legislature, the governor must call a special election to fill the vacant seat.[1] A governor's proclamation to hold a special election must be delivered to county judges in the legislative district no later than 36 days before the scheduled election.[2]

The secretary of state can declare a candidate duly elected in a special election if there is no opposition.[3]

DocumentIcon.jpg See sources: Texas Elec. Code § 203.001 et. seq.


Special elections

January 28, 2014



May 10, 2014



August 5, 2014



September 9, 2014



December 6, 2014



See also

Footnotes

  1. Texas Legislature, "Election Code," accessed February 16, 2021 (Statute 3.003 (3))
  2. Texas Legislature, "Election Code," accessed February 16, 2021 (Statute 3.003 (3)(b)-(c))
  3. Texas Legislature, "Election Code," accessed February 16, 2021 (Statute 2.055)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 sos.state.tx.us, "Candidates for House of Representatives, District 50 Special Election," accessed September 6, 2013 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content
  5. Texas Secretary of State, "Special Election State Representative District 50," accessed December 29, 2022
  6. Texas Tribune, "Israel Defeats VanDeWalle in HD-50 Runoff," January 28, 2014
  7. Texas Secretary of State, "Official special election results," accessed February 21, 2014
  8. 8.0 8.1 texastribune.org, "Special Election to Replace Strama Set for Nov. 5," July 11, 2013
  9. yourhoustonnews.com, "ELECTION 2014: Senate District 4 race headed for runoff," May 10, 2014
  10. Texas Secretary of State, "Runoff Election Declaration," accessed June 2, 2014
  11. Texas Tribune, "Creighton Easily Wins Special State Senate Race," August 5, 2014
  12. kxan.com, "Special state Senate election date set," November 7, 2013 (dead link)
  13. yourhoustonnews.com, "ELECTION 2014: Senate District 4 race headed for runoff," May 10, 2014
  14. Texas Secretary of State, "Runoff Election Declaration," accessed June 2, 2014
  15. Texas Tribune, "Creighton Easily Wins Special State Senate Race," August 5, 2014
  16. kxan.com, "Special state Senate election date set," November 7, 2013 (dead link)
  17. 17.0 17.1 Texas Tribune, "Perry Wins Special Election for Senate Seat," September 9, 2014 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "result" defined multiple times with different content
  18. Texas Secretary of State, "Official special election results," accessed September 30, 2014
  19. Burnt Orange Report, "Sen. Robert Duncan (R) to Resign from Texas Senate, Become Chancellor of Texas Tech," May 20, 2014
  20. My Fox Lubbock, "Gov. Perry sets date for special election in Dist. 28 Senate seat," July 22, 2014
  21. 21.0 21.1 statesman.com, "As Hegar resigns, Dec. 6 special election set for Senate District 18," November 14, 2014