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Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry Race Summary Report Unofficial Election Tabulation 2014 General Election November 4, 2014 U. S. Senator Early Provisional Ballots: 3,703 Total Provisional Ballots: 16,514 Precincts Reported: 8,453 of 8,453 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % John Cornyn - Incumbent REP* 1,537,396 61.17% 2,855,068 61.55% David M. Alameel DEM* 889,618 35.40% 1,594,252 34.37% Rebecca Paddock LIB* 60,971 2.43% 133,467 2.88% Emily "Spicybrown" Sanchez GRN* 24,794 0.99% 54,587 1.18% Mohammed Tahiro W-I* 621 0.02% 1,178 0.03% Registered Voters: 14,025,441 Total Votes Cast 2,513,400 17.92% Voting Early 4,638,552 33.07% Voting Total Number of Voters Voted 4,792,686 U. S. Representative District 1 Multi County Precincts Reported: 272 of 272 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Louie Gohmert - Incumbent REP* 54,304 76.38% 114,925 77.48% Shirley J. McKellar DEM* 16,796 23.62% 33,409 22.52% Total Votes Cast 71,100 148,334 U. S. Representative District 2 Single County Precincts Reported: 172 of 172 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Ted Poe - Incumbent REP* 56,746 69.86% 101,795 67.97% Niko Letsos DEM* 23,089 28.42% 44,349 29.61% James B. Veasaw LIB* 850 1.05% 2,315 1.55% Mark Roberts GRN* 543 0.67% 1,307 0.87% Total Votes Cast 81,228 149,766 * DEM - Democratic GRN - Green IND - Independent LIB - Libertarian REP - Republican W-I - Write In 02/05/2015 12:46 pm Page 1 of 46 Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry Race Summary Report Unofficial Election Tabulation 2014 General Election November 4, 2014 U. S. Representative District 3 Single County Precincts Reported: 67 of 67 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Sam Johnson - Incumbent REP* 68,005 82.16% 112,726 81.99% Paul Blair GRN* 14,765 17.84% 24,759 18.01% Total Votes Cast 82,770 137,485 U. S. Representative District 5 Multi County Precincts Reported: 244 of 244 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Jeb Hensarling - Incumbent REP* 44,156 85.43% 89,638 85.46% Ken Ashby LIB* 7,532 14.57% 15,252 14.54% Total Votes Cast 51,688 104,890 U. S. Representative District 6 Multi County Precincts Reported: 252 of 252 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Joe Barton - Incumbent REP* 50,192 60.38% 92,285 61.15% David E. Cozad DEM* 31,222 37.56% 54,986 36.44% Hugh Chauvin LIB* 1,716 2.06% 3,634 2.41% Total Votes Cast 83,130 150,905 * DEM - Democratic GRN - Green IND - Independent LIB - Libertarian REP - Republican W-I - Write In 02/05/2015 12:46 pm Page 2 of 46 Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry Race Summary Report Unofficial Election Tabulation 2014 General Election November 4, 2014 U. S. Representative District 7 Single County Precincts Reported: 166 of 166 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % John Culberson - Incumbent REP* 47,177 64.58% 90,422 63.28% James Cargas DEM* 24,718 33.84% 49,341 34.53% Gerald Fowler LIB* 1,153 1.58% 3,133 2.19% Total Votes Cast 73,048 142,896 U. S. Representative District 8 Multi County Precincts Reported: 212 of 212 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Kevin Brady - Incumbent REP* 65,604 90.06% 124,897 89.32% Ken Petty LIB* 7,239 9.94% 14,930 10.68% Total Votes Cast 72,843 139,827 U. S. Representative District 9 Multi County Precincts Reported: 158 of 158 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Al Green - Incumbent DEM* 44,666 91.17% 77,979 90.82% Johnny Johnson LIB* 4,325 8.83% 7,886 9.18% Total Votes Cast 48,991 85,865 * DEM - Democratic GRN - Green IND - Independent LIB - Libertarian REP - Republican W-I - Write In 02/05/2015 12:46 pm Page 3 of 46 Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry Race Summary Report Unofficial Election Tabulation 2014 General Election November 4, 2014 U. S. Representative District 10 Multi County Precincts Reported: 357 of 357 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Michael McCaul - Incumbent REP* 57,596 62.88% 109,311 62.18% Tawana Walter-Cadien DEM* 31,419 34.30% 60,020 34.14% Bill Kelsey LIB* 2,583 2.82% 6,476 3.68% Total Votes Cast 91,598 175,807 U. S. Representative District 11 Multi County Precincts Reported: 325 of 325 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Mike Conaway - Incumbent REP* 55,701 90.28% 107,752 90.28% Ryan T. Lange LIB* 6,000 9.72% 11,607 9.72% Total Votes Cast 61,701 119,359 U. S. Representative District 12 Multi County Precincts Reported: 269 of 269 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Kay Granger - Incumbent REP* 62,041 70.30% 113,105 71.31% Mark Greene DEM* 24,484 27.74% 41,720 26.30% Ed Colliver LIB* 1,728 1.96% 3,785 2.39% Total Votes Cast 88,253 158,610 * DEM - Democratic GRN - Green IND - Independent LIB - Libertarian REP - Republican W-I - Write In 02/05/2015 12:46 pm Page 4 of 46 Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry Race Summary Report Unofficial Election Tabulation 2014 General Election November 4, 2014 U. S. Representative District 13 Multi County Precincts Reported: 384 of 384 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Mac Thornberry - Incumbent REP* 51,301 83.44% 110,636 84.31% Mike Minter DEM* 8,562 13.93% 16,803 12.80% Emily Pivoda LIB* 1,194 1.94% 2,860 2.18% Don Cook GRN* 424 0.69% 926 0.71% Total Votes Cast 61,481 131,225 U. S. Representative District 14 Multi County Precincts Reported: 115 of 115 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Randy Weber - Incumbent REP* 57,237 62.50% 89,876 61.85% Donald G. Brown DEM* 32,798 35.82% 52,420 36.07% John W ieder LIB* 1,541 1.68% 3,025 2.08% Total Votes Cast 91,576 145,321 U. S. Representative District 15 Multi County Precincts Reported: 297 of 297 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Eddie Zamora REP* 22,839 40.00% 38,551 43.05% Rubén Hinojosa - Incumbent DEM* 32,791 57.42% 48,561 54.23% Johnny Partain LIB* 1,474 2.58% 2,437 2.72% Total Votes Cast 57,104 89,549 * DEM - Democratic GRN - Green IND - Independent LIB - Libertarian REP - Republican W-I - Write In 02/05/2015 12:46 pm Page 5 of 46 Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry Race Summary Report Unofficial Election Tabulation 2014 General Election November 4, 2014 U. S. Representative District 16 Single County Precincts Reported: 173 of 173 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Corey Roen REP* 10,177 29.53% 21,293 29.17% Beto O'Rourke - Incumbent DEM* 23,155 67.18% 49,257 67.49% Jaime O. Perez LIB* 1,133 3.29% 2,438 3.34% Total Votes Cast 34,465 72,988 U. S. Representative District 17 Multi County Precincts Reported: 416 of 416 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Bill Flores - Incumbent REP* 39,607 64.02% 85,085 64.57% Nick Haynes DEM* 20,868 33.73% 42,696 32.40% Shawn Michael Hamilton LIB* 1,394 2.25% 3,997 3.03% Total Votes Cast 61,869 131,778 U. S. Representative District 18 Single County Precincts Reported: 258 of 258 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Sean Seibert REP* 12,784 22.82% 26,194 24.75% Sheila Jackson Lee - Incumbent DEM* 41,632 74.33% 75,963 71.79% Remington Alessi GRN* 533 0.95% 1,298 1.23% Vince Duncan IND* 1,064 1.90% 2,359 2.23% Total Votes Cast 56,013 105,814 * DEM - Democratic GRN - Green IND - Independent LIB - Libertarian REP - Republican W-I - Write In 02/05/2015 12:46 pm Page 6 of 46 Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry Race Summary Report Unofficial Election Tabulation 2014 General Election November 4, 2014 U. S. Representative District 19 Multi County Precincts Reported: 302 of 302 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Randy Neugebauer - Incumbent REP* 49,457 76.86% 89,701 77.17% Neal Marchbanks DEM* 12,127 18.85% 21,350 18.37% Richard (Chip) Peterson LIB* 2,737 4.25% 5,134 4.42% Donald L. Vance W-I* 26 0.04% 54 0.05% Total Votes Cast 64,347 116,239 U. S. Representative District 20 Single County Precincts Reported: 255 of 255 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Joaquin Castro - Incumbent DEM* 40,522 75.09% 66,538 75.66% Jeffrey C. Blunt LIB* 13,443 24.91% 21,400 24.34% Total Votes Cast 53,965 87,938 U. S. Representative District 21 Multi County Precincts Reported: 432 of 432 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Lamar Smith - Incumbent REP* 82,196 73.32% 135,513 71.78% Ryan Shields LIB* 13,636 12.16% 25,483 13.50% Antonio Diaz GRN* 16,272 14.52% 27,782 14.72% Total Votes Cast 112,104 188,778 * DEM - Democratic GRN - Green IND - Independent LIB - Libertarian REP - Republican W-I - Write In 02/05/2015 12:46 pm Page 7 of 46 Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry Race Summary Report Unofficial Election Tabulation 2014 General Election November 4, 2014 U. S. Representative District 22 Multi County Precincts Reported: 157 of 157 100.00% Early Voting % Vote Total % Pete Olson - Incumbent REP* 60,627 67.90% 100,780 66.55% Frank Briscoe DEM* 27,278 30.55% 47,789 31.56% Rob Lapham LIB* 1,379 1.54% 2,861 1.89% Total Votes Cast 89,284 151,430 U.
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