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Republican Party Primary 2014 Republican Primary Election, 2014 Following are the official results for the contested races in the Republican Party primary held March 4, 2014. Included are statewide races and selected district races. Runoffs were held on May 27, 2014. Governor Tony Arterburn ........................................ 1,252 ......... 1.90% Greg Abbott ..................................... 1,222,596 ....... 91.48% John Stacy .............................................. 2,812 ......... 4.27% Lisa Fritsch ........................................... 59,172 ......... 4.42% Total Vote ....................................... 65,720 Miriam Martinez .................................... 35,567 ......... 2.66% District 6 Secede Kilgore ..................................... 19,039 ......... 1.42% Joe L. Barton ........................................ 32,618 ....... 72.66% Total Vote .................................. 1,336,374 Frank C. Kuchar ................................... 12,272 ....... 27.33% Total Vote ....................................... 44,890 U.S. Senator John Cornyn ....................................... 780,454 ....... 59.43% District 8 Steve Stockman ................................. 251,273 ....... 19.13% Kevin Brady .......................................... 41,590 ....... 68.12% Chris Mapp ........................................... 23,514 ......... 1.79% Craig McMichael ................................... 19,459 ....... 31.87% Dwayne Stovall ................................... 140,545 ....... 10.70% Total Vote ....................................... 61,049 Linda Vega............................................ 50,025 ......... 3.80% Curt Cleaver ......................................... 12,319 ......... 0.93% District 11 Reid Reasor.......................................... 20,587 ......... 1.56% Mike Conaway ...................................... 53,272 ....... 73.70% Ken Cope.............................................. 34,362 ......... 2.61% Wade Brown ......................................... 19,010 ....... 26.29% Total Vote .................................. 1,313,079 Total Vote ....................................... 72,282 Lieutenant Governor District 13 Dan Patrick ......................................... 552,243 ....... 41.44% Mac Thornberry .................................... 45,168 ....... 68,20% David Dewhurst .................................. 377,521 ....... 28.33% Elaine Hays .......................................... 12,330 ....... 18.61% Todd Staples ....................................... 236,364 ....... 17.73% Pam Barlow ............................................ 8,723 ....... 13.17% Jerry Patterson ................................... 166,261 ....... 12.47% Total Vote ....................................... 66,221 Total Vote .................................. 1,332,389 District 15 Attorney General Eddie Zamora ......................................... 7,810 ....... 54.93% Ken Paxton ......................................... 568,446 ....... 44.45% Doug Carlile ............................................ 6,407 ....... 45.06% Dan Branch......................................... 427,764 ....... 33.45% Total Vote ....................................... 14,217 Barry Smitherman............................... 282,419 ....... 22.08% Total Vote .................................. 1,278,629 District 19 Randy Neugebauer .............................. 39,611 ....... 64.36% Comptroller of Public Accounts Donald R. May ...................................... 14,498 ....... 23.55% Glenn Hegar ....................................... 611,681 ....... 50.00% Chris Winn .............................................. 7,429 ....... 12.07% Harvey Hilderbran............................... 318,474 ....... 26.03% Total Vote ....................................... 61,538 Debra Medina ..................................... 236,220 ....... 19.31% Raul Torres ........................................... 56,903 ......... 4.65% District 21 Total Vote .................................. 1,223,278 Lamar Smith ......................................... 40,441 ....... 60.43% Land Commissioner Matt McCall ........................................... 22,681 ....... 33.89% George P. Bush .................................. 936,937 ....... 72.99% Michael J. Smith ..................................... 3,796 ......... 5.67% David Watts ........................................ 346,582 ....... 27.00% Total Vote ....................................... 66,918 Total Vote .................................. 1,283,519 District 23 Agriculture Commissioner Will Hurd ............................................... 10,496 ....... 40.96% Sid Miller ............................................. 411,187 ....... 34.56% Francisco “Quico” Canseco .................. 10,332 ....... 40.32% Tommy Merritt ..................................... 249,179 ....... 20.94% Robert Lowry .......................................... 4,796 ....... 18.71% Eric Opiela .......................................... 207,050 ....... 17.40% Total Vote ....................................... 25,624 Joe Cotten .......................................... 174,075 ....... 14.63% District 26 J. Allen Carnes ................................... 147,973 ....... 12.44% Michael Burgess ................................... 33,909 ....... 82.62% Total Vote .................................. 1,189,464 Joel A. Krause ........................................ 6,433 ....... 15.67% Railroad Commissioner Divency Watrous ....................................... 698 ......... 1.70% Wayne Christian ................................. 502,893 ....... 42.66% Total Vote ....................................... 41,040 Ryan Sitton ......................................... 359,827 ....... 30.52% District 32 Malachi Boyuls ................................... 117,397 ......... 9.96% Pete Sessions....................................... 28,981 ....... 63.61% Becky Berger ...................................... 198,507 ....... 16.84% Katrina Pierson ..................................... 16,574 ....... 36.38% Total Vote .................................. 1,178,624 Total Vote ....................................... 45,555 District 36 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Brian Babin ........................................... 17,194 ....... 33.36% District 3 Ben Streusand ...................................... 12,024 ....... 23.33% Sam Johnson........................................ 31,178 ....... 80.55% John Manlove ......................................... 3,556 ......... 6.90% Harry Pierce............................................ 3,004 ......... 7.76% Jim Engstrand......................................... 1,288 ......... 2.49% Cami Dean.............................................. 2,435 ......... 6.29% Chuck Meyer .......................................... 1,574 ......... 3.05% Josh Loveless ......................................... 2,086 ......... 5.38% Kim I. Morrell .......................................... 1,444 ......... 2.80% Total Vote ....................................... 38,703 John Amdur ............................................ 1,470 ......... 2.85% Dave Norman ......................................... 2,325 ......... 4.51% District 4 Pat Kasprzak .......................................... 1,116 ......... 2.16% Ralph M. Hall ........................................ 29,848 ....... 45.41% Robin Riley ............................................. 2,648 ......... 5,13% John Ratcliffe ........................................ 18,917 ....... 28.78% Phil Fitzgerald ......................................... 3,388 ......... 6.57% Lou Gigliotti........................................... 10,601 ....... 16.13% Doug Centilli ........................................... 3,506 ......... 6.80% Brent Lawson.......................................... 2,290 ......... 3.48% Total Vote ....................................... 51,533 STATE COURTS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION Chief Justice, Supreme Court District 7 Nathan Hecht...................................... 709,674 ....... 60.48% David Bradley ....................................... 50,434 ....... 55.28% Robert Talton ...................................... 463,701 ....... 39.51% Rita Ashley............................................ 40,788 ....... 44.71% Total Vote .................................. 1,173,375 Total Vote ....................................... 91,222 Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6 (unexpired) District 11 Jeff Brown ........................................... 822,482 ....... 71.89% Patricia “Pat” Hardy .............................. 43,113 ....... 49.57% Joe Pool.............................................. 321,506 ....... 28.10% Eric Mahroum ....................................... 37,843 ....... 43.51% Total Vote .................................. 1,143,988 Lady Theresa Thombs ............................ 6,011 ......... 6.91% Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8 Total Vote ....................................... 86,967 Phil Johnson ....................................... 733,032 ....... 64.01% Sharon McCally. ................................. 412,025 ....... 35.98% Total Vote .................................. 1,145,057 PROPOSITIONS Prop. 1 – Allow prayer in public places Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 In Favor ........................................... 1,314,296 ....... 97.24% Bert Richardson .................................. 667,729 ....... 60.33% Against.................................................. 37,238 ......... 2.75% Barbara Walther ................................
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