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A general election will be held in the U.S. state of Texas on November 4, 2014. All of Texas' executive officers are up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Texas' thirty-six seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections will be held on March 4, 2014 for offices that need to nominate candidates. Primary runoffs, if necessary, will be held on May 27, 2014.

Governor

Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry, who has served in the office since December 21, 2000, when George W. Bush resigned ahead of being sworn-in as President of the United States, has announced that he will not run for a fourth full term as Governor. This will be the first open election for Governor since 1990, when Ann Richards was elected.

Republicans Greg Abbott,^[1] Lisa Fritsch,^[2] Larry Kilgore^[3] and Miriam Martinez^[4] and Democrats Wendy Davis^[5] and Ray Madrigal^[6] and Libertarians Gene Chapman,^[7] Kathie Glass^[8] and R. Lee Wrights^[9] and Robert Bell ^[10][11] have declared their candidacies.

Lieutenant Governor

Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst is running for re-election to an unprecedented fourth term in office.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• David Dewhurst, incumbent Lieutenant Governor^[12]
• Dan Patrick, State Senator^[13]
• Jerry E. Patterson, Commissioner of the General Land Office^[14]
• Todd Staples, Commissioner of Agriculture^[15]

Declined

• Susan Combs, Comptroller of Public Accounts^[16]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	David Dewhurst	Dan Branch	Susan Combs	Ed Emmett	Dan Patrick	Jerry Patterson	Todd Staples	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 1–4, 2013	388	± 5%	37%	—	—	—	18%	10%	4%	—	31%
UoT/Texas Tribune	October 18–27, 2013	519	± 5.02%	26%	—	—	—	13%	10%	5%	—	46%
Public Policy Polling	June 28–July 1, 2013	318	± ?	37%	—	—	—	17%	7%	5%	—	34%
UoT/Texas Tribune	May 31–June 9, 2013	492	± 5.27%	19%	—	—	—	10%	6%	5%	—	61%
Public Policy Polling	January 24–27, 2013	400	± ?	37%	—	18%	—	12%	2%	4%	—	26%
University of Texas-Austin	May 7–13, 2012	343	± 5.29%	—	3%	29%	—	23%	9%	10%	22%	4%
Dresner Wickers Barber Sanders	April 27–30, 2012	400	± 4.5%	—	2%	28%	5%	15%	5%	7%	—	39%
University of Texas-Austin	February 8–15, 2012	361	± 5.16%	—	3%	27%	—	20%	8%	8%	34%	—
University of Texas-Austin	October 19–26, 2011	397	± 4.92%	—	1%	14%	—	9%	5%	2%	5%	64%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Maria Luisa Alvarado, retired United States Air Force master sergeant and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2006^[17]
• Leticia Van de Putte, State Senator^[18]

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

• Brandon de Hoyos, journalist^[8]
• Ed Kless, businessman^[8]

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	David Dewhurst (R)	Leticia Van de Putte (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 1–4, 2013	500	± 4.4%	46%	37%	—	17%

Attorney General

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott is not running for re-election to a fourth term. He is instead running for Governor.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Dan Branch, State Representative^[19]
• Ken Paxton, State Senator^[20]
• Barry Smitherman, Chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas^[21]

Declined

• Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General^[1]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dan Branch	Ken Paxton	Barry Smitherman	Other	Undecided
UoT/Texas Tribune	October 18–27, 2013	519	± 5.02%	5%	10%	11%	—	74%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Sam Houston, attorney and nominee for Texas Supreme Court Justice Place 7 in 2008^[22]

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

• Tom Glass, Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of Texas^[8]

Comptroller of Public Accounts

Incumbent Republican Comptroller Susan Combs is retiring and will not seek a third term in office.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Glenn Hegar, State Senator^[23]
• Harvey Hilderbran, State Representative^[24]
• Debra Medina, activist and candidate for Governor in 2010^[25]
• Raul Torres, former State Representative^[26]

Declined

• Susan Combs, Comptroller of Public Accounts^[16]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Glenn Hegar	Harvey Hilderbran	Debra Medina	Raul Torres	Other	Undecided
UoT/Texas Tribune	October 18–27, 2013	519	± 5.02%	4%	2%	14%	5%	—	75%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Mike Collier, businessman and accountant^[27]

Commissioner of the General Land Office

Incumbent Republican Commissioner Jerry E. Patterson is not running for re-election to a fourth term. He is instead running for Lieutenant Governor.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• George P. Bush, attorney and son of former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush^[28]
• David Watts, businessman, author, preacher and flight instructor^[29]

Declined

• Jerry E. Patterson, Commissioner of the General Land Office^[14]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• John Cook, former Mayor of El Paso^[30]

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

• Ed Tidwell, Lago Vista City Councilman^[8]

Commissioner of Agriculture

Incumbent Republican Commissioner Todd Staples is not running for re-election to a third term. He is instead running for Lieutenant Governor.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• J. Allen Carnes, Mayor of Uvalde^[31]
• Tommy Merritt, former State Representative^[32]
• Eric Opiela, attorney, rancher and former Executive Director of the Republican Party of Texas^[33]
• Sid Miller, former State Representative^[34]

Withdrawn

• Brandon Creighton, State Representative (running for the State Senate)^[34]

Declined

• Todd Staples, Commissioner of Agriculture^[15]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Kinky Friedman, singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist and Independent candidate for Governor in 2006^[35]
• Jim Hogan^[36]

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

• Rocky Palmquist, rancher^[8]

Railroad Commissioner

Incumbent Republican Commissioner Barry Smitherman is not running for re-election to a full term. He is instead running for Attorney General.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Becky Berger, geologist and candidate for the Railroad Commission in 2012^[37]
• Malachi Boyuls, attorney and venture capitalist^[38]
• Wayne Christian, former State Representative^[39]
• Ray Keller, former State Representative^[40]
• Joe Pool, Jr., candidate for Texas Supreme Court Justice Place 4 in 2012 and son of former U.S. Representative Joe R. Pool^[41]
• Ryan Sitton, oil and gas engineer and candidate for the Texas House of Representatives in 2012^[41]

Withdrawn

• Stefani Carter, State Representative (running for re-election)^[42]

Declined

• Barry Smitherman, Chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas^[21]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Steve Brown, former Chairman of the Fort Bend County Democratic Party^[43]

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

• Mark Miller, businessman^[8]

United States Senate

Incumbent Republican Senator and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn is running for re-election to a third term.^[44] Republicans Curt Cleaver,^[45] Ken Cope,^[45] Chris Mapp,^[46] Reid Reasor,^[47] Steve Stockman,^[48] Dwayne Stovall^[49] and Linda Vega,^[50] Democrats David Alameel,^[51] Michael Fjetland,^[52] HyeTae "Harry" Kim,^[51] Kesha Rogers^[53] and Maxey Scherr^[54] and Libertarians Tanuja Paruchuri^[55] and Jon Roland^[55] are also running.

United States House of Representatives

All of Texas' thirty-six seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election in 2014.

References

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