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Index 2014 Texas gubernatorial election

The 2014 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor of Texas.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 92 relations: Amy Walter, Annise Parker, Austin, Texas, Ballotpedia, Bexar County, Texas, Bill White (Texas politician), Cotulla, Texas, Crowell, Texas, Culberson County, Texas, David Dewhurst, Democracy for America, Democratic National Committee, EMILY's List, Falls County, Texas, Foard County, Texas, Frio County, Texas, George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, Governor of Vermont, Green Party of the United States, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Texas, Hays County, Texas, Houston, Howard Dean, Howard Dean 2004 presidential campaign, Human Rights Campaign, Incumbent, Jim Wells County, Texas, Julian Castro, KGBT-TV, Kingsville, Texas, Kinky Friedman, Kirk Watson, Kleberg County, Texas, La Salle County, Texas, Larry Kilgore, Larry Sabato, Libertarian National Committee, Libertarian Party (United States), Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Lisa Fritsch, List of governors of Alaska, List of mayors of Houston, Mark Levin, Marlin, Texas, Mayor of Austin, Mike Villarreal, Pecos, Texas, Perennial candidate, ... Expand index (42 more) »

  2. 2014 Texas elections
  3. 2014 United States gubernatorial elections
  4. 2014 in Texas
  5. Greg Abbott
  6. November 2014 events in the United States

Amy Walter

Amy Elizabeth Walter (born October 19, 1969), NNDB is an American political analyst who is the publisher and editor-in-chief of The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter.

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Annise Parker

Annise Danette Parker (born May 17, 1956) is an American politician who served as the 61st Mayor of Houston, Texas, from 2010 until 2016.

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Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.

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Ballotpedia

Ballotpedia is a nonprofit and nonpartisan online political encyclopedia that covers federal, state, and local politics, elections, and public policy in the United States.

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Bexar County, Texas

Bexar County (or; Béxar) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Bill White (Texas politician)

William Howard White (born June 16, 1954) is an American attorney, businessman and politician who was the 60th mayor of Houston from 2004 to 2010.

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Cotulla, Texas

Cotulla is a city in and the county seat of La Salle County, Texas, United States.

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Crowell, Texas

Crowell is a city in Foard County, Texas, United States.

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Culberson County, Texas

Culberson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.

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David Dewhurst

David Henry Dewhurst (born August 18, 1945) is an American politician, businessman, and attorney who served as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Texas, serving from 2003 to 2015.

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Democracy for America

Democracy for America (DFA) was a progressive political action committee headquartered in Burlington, Vermont.

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Democratic National Committee

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal committee of the United States Democratic Party.

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EMILY's List

EMILYs List is an American political action committee (PAC) that aims to help elect Democratic female candidates in favor of abortion rights to office.

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Falls County, Texas

Falls County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Foard County, Texas

Foard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Frio County, Texas

Frio County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Governor of Texas

The Governor of Texas heads the state government of Texas and is the highest elected official in the state.

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Governor of Vermont

The governor of Vermont is the head of government of the U.S. state of Vermont.

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Green Party of the United States

The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green state political parties in the United States.

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Greg Abbott

Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American politician, attorney, and jurist serving as the 48th governor of Texas since 2015.

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Harris County, Texas

Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas; as of the 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, making it the most populous county in Texas and the third-most populous county in the United States.

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Hays County, Texas

Hays County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Texas.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.

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Howard Dean

Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American physician, author, consultant, and retired politician who served as the 79th governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003 and chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 2005 to 2009.

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Howard Dean 2004 presidential campaign

The 2004 presidential campaign of Howard Dean, 79th Governor of Vermont, began when he formed an exploratory committee to evaluate a presidential election campaign on May 31, 2002.

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Human Rights Campaign

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is an American LGBTQ advocacy group.

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Incumbent

The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position.

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Jim Wells County, Texas

Jim Wells County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Julian Castro

Julián Castro (born September 16, 1974) is an American lawyer and politician from San Antonio, Texas.

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KGBT-TV

KGBT-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Harlingen, Texas, United States, serving the Lower Rio Grande Valley as a primary Antenna TV owned-and-operated station and a secondary MyNetworkTV affiliate.

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Kingsville, Texas

Kingsville is a city in the southern region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Kleberg County.

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Kinky Friedman

Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman (November 1, 1944 – June 27, 2024) was an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist for Texas Monthly, who styled himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain.

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Kirk Watson

Kirk Preston Watson (born March 18, 1958) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 59th mayor of Austin, Texas, since 2023, previously holding the office as the 54th mayor from 1997 to 2001.

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Kleberg County, Texas

Kleberg County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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La Salle County, Texas

La Salle County is a county in Texas.

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Larry Kilgore

Larry SECEDE Kilgore (born 1965) is a political activist in the Texas Secessionist Movement.

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Larry Sabato

Larry Joseph Sabato (born August 7, 1952) is an American political scientist and political analyst.

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Libertarian National Committee

The Libertarian National Committee (LNC) controls and manages the affairs, properties, and funds of the United States Libertarian Party.

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Libertarian Party (United States)

The Libertarian Party (LP) is a political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, ''laissez-faire'' capitalism, and limiting the size and scope of government.

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Lieutenant Governor of Texas

The lieutenant governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the U.S. It is the second most powerful post in Texas government because its occupant controls the work of the Texas Senate and controls the budgeting process as a leader of the Legislative Budget Board.

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Lisa Fritsch

DeLisa “Lisa” Fritsch (born January 2, 1975) is an American lawyer, author, public speaker, entrepreneur and community activist.

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List of governors of Alaska

The governor of Alaska (Iñupiaq: Alaaskam kavanaa) is the head of government of Alaska.

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List of mayors of Houston

The following is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Mark Levin

Mark Reed Levin (born September 21, 1957) is an American broadcast news analyst, columnist, lawyer, political commentator, radio personality, and writer.

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Marlin, Texas

Marlin is a city in Falls County, Texas, United States.

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Mayor of Austin

The mayor of Austin is the official head of the city of Austin in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Mike Villarreal

Michael U. Villarreal (born August 19, 1971 in San Antonio) is an American state politician who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from a district centered in north central San Antonio.

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Pecos, Texas

Pecos is the largest city in and the county seat of Reeves County, Texas, United States.

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Perennial candidate

A perennial candidate is a political candidate who frequently runs for elected office and rarely, if ever, wins.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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RealClearPolitics

RealClearPolitics (RCP) is an American political news website and polling data aggregator.

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Reeves County, Texas

Reeves County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Republican Party of Texas

The Republican Party of Texas (RPT) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in the state of Texas.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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Rick Perry

James Richard Perry (born March 4, 1950) is an American politician who served as the 14th United States secretary of energy from 2017 to 2019 in the administration of Donald Trump.

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San Antonio

San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 US census.

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San Antonio Express-News

The San Antonio Express-News is a daily newspaper in San Antonio, Texas, founded in 1865.

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Sarah Palin

Sarah Louise Palin (Heath; born February 11, 1964) is an American politician, commentator, author, and reality television personality who served as the ninth governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009.

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Stuart Rothenberg

Stuart Rothenberg (born 1948) is an American editor, publisher, and political analyst.

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Texas Attorney General

The Texas attorney general is the chief legal officer.

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Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is an executive branch position created by the Texas Constitution.

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Texas Department of Agriculture

The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is a state agency within the state of Texas, which is responsible for matters pertaining to agriculture, rural community affairs, and related matters.

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Texas Senate

The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature, with the Texas House of Representatives being the lower house.

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Texas Workforce Commission

The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is a governmental agency in the U.S. state of Texas that provides unemployment benefits and services related to employment to eligible individuals and businesses.

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Texas's 6th congressional district

Texas's 6th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in an area that includes Ellis and Navarro counties to the south and southeast of the Dallas/Fort Worth area plus the southeast corner of Tarrant County.

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The Hill (newspaper)

The Hill is an American newspaper and digital media company based in Washington, D.C., that was founded in 1994.

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The Monitor (Texas)

The Monitor is a newspaper in McAllen, Texas that covers Starr and Hidalgo counties.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Tom Pauken

Thomas Weir Pauken (born January 11, 1944) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party.

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Trinity County, Texas

Trinity County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Trinity, Texas

Trinity is a city in Trinity County, Texas, United States.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

The United States secretary of housing and urban development (or HUD secretary) is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, a member of the president's Cabinet, and thirteenth in the presidential line of succession.

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United States Special Operations Command

The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM or SOCOM) is the unified combatant command charged with overseeing the various special operations component commands of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force of the United States Armed Forces.

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Univision

Univision is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision.

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Val Verde County, Texas

Val Verde County is a county located on the southern Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Van Horn, Texas

Van Horn is a town in and the seat of Culberson County, Texas, United States.

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Wendy Davis (politician)

Wendy Russell Davis (born Wendy Jean Russell; May 16, 1963) is an American lawyer and politician from Fort Worth, Texas.

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William H. McRaven

William Harry McRaven (born November 6, 1955) is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral who served as the ninth commander of the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) from August 8, 2011 to August 28, 2014.

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1990 Texas gubernatorial election

The 1990 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990, to elect the governor of Texas. 2014 Texas gubernatorial election and 1990 Texas gubernatorial election are Texas gubernatorial elections.

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2004 United States presidential election

The 2004 United States presidential election was the 55th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

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2006 Texas gubernatorial election

The 2006 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006, to elect the governor of Texas. 2014 Texas gubernatorial election and 2006 Texas gubernatorial election are Texas gubernatorial elections.

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2008 United States presidential election

The 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on November 4, 2008.

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2010 Texas gubernatorial election

The 2010 Texas gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect the governor of Texas. 2014 Texas gubernatorial election and 2010 Texas gubernatorial election are Texas gubernatorial elections.

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2012 Libertarian National Convention

The 2012 Libertarian National Convention, in which delegates of the Libertarian Party (LP) chose the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2012 general election, was held May 2–6, 2012, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino.

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2012 United States presidential election

The 2012 United States presidential election was the 57th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.

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2014 Texas elections

The 2014 general election was held in the U.S. state of Texas on November 4, 2014. 2014 Texas gubernatorial election and 2014 Texas elections are 2014 in Texas.

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2014 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 4, 2014, in 36 states and three territories, concurrent with other elections during the 2014 United States elections. 2014 Texas gubernatorial election and 2014 United States gubernatorial elections are November 2014 events in the United States.

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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the 36 U.S. representatives from the state of Texas, one from each of the state's 36 congressional districts. 2014 Texas gubernatorial election and 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas are 2014 Texas elections.

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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. 2014 Texas gubernatorial election and 2014 United States Senate election in Texas are 2014 Texas elections.

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See also

2014 Texas elections

2014 United States gubernatorial elections

2014 in Texas

Greg Abbott

November 2014 events in the United States

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Texas_gubernatorial_election

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