DENPAC ELECTION REPORT 2014 TEXAS GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS
DENTISTS ON THE HILL BRUSHING THE COMPETITION Voters elected three dentists to the 114th Congress last Tuesday. Dr Brian Babin, newly elected to represent Texas’ 36th congressional district, will join incumbent Representatives Paul Gosar, Arizona 4th, and Mike Simpson, Idaho 2nd, in the Republican majority in the House of Representatives when Congress convenes January 3, 2015.
MIKE SIMPSON ID - 02
62%
TEXAS STILL SEEING RED The 2014 Texas general election results confirmed what most predicted – Texas remains a Republican state. Democrats, state and national, placed additional resources and personnel on the ground in Texas in an attempt to bring a shade of “blue” to the Lone Star State. Their efforts and goals were thwarted by conservative voters in all categories – statewide, senate, house. In the statewide races – governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, agriculture commissioner, land commissioner – all posts will have new office holders, the first-ever complete turnover in state history. In the race for governor, Attorney General Greg Abbott handily defeated Wendy Davis who resigned her senate seat to seek the state’s highest office. In the lieutenant governor race, Senator Dan Patrick of Houston defeated Senator Leticia Van de Putte of San Antonio. Van de Putte’s senate seat was not on the ballot this cycle so she will remain a state senator. Senator Ken Paxton of Dallas won the race for attorney general and Senator Glen Hegar of Katy won the race for Comptroller. In the race for agriculture commissioner, Sid Miller defeated political newcomer Jim Hogan and George P. Bush entered the state political arena with a victory in the race for Texas land commissioner. Texas legislative districts are drawn every 10 years by the senate and house and, in most cases, they are drawn to favor one party or the other. For that reason, most senate and house races were decided months ago in the primary election. In the Texas Senate, members serve 4-year terms and one-half are up for election every 2 years. Fifteen senate seats were on general election ballot this cycle and Republicans will represent 12. Of those 12, five will be new to the chamber including Bob Hall of Dallas, Paul Bettencourt of Houston, Van Taylor of Dallas, Konni Burton of Fort Worth, and Donald Huffines of Dallas. Veteran incumbents who won re-election include Senator Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville), Senator Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown), Senator Kelly Hancock (R-North Richland Hills), Senator Kirk Watson (D-Austin), Senator John Whitmire (D-Houston), Senator Joan Huffman (R-Houston), Senator Royce West (D-Dallas), Senator Donna Campbell (R-San Antonio), Senator Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls), and Senator Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo). Overall, Republicans gained one seat in the senate to hold a 20-11 majority. In the Texas House, all 150 members are up for election every 2 years. There were few surprises in house elections except two incumbent Democrats lost their seats – Representative Philip Cortez of San Antonio and Representative Mary Edna Perez of Houston. A third seat historically held by Democrats turned Republican as Wayne Faircloth of Galveston defeated Susan Criss for the seat vacated by Democrat Craig Eiland. Overall, Republicans gained three seats in the house to hold a 98-52 majority.
PAUL GOSAR AZ - 04
70%
PAC STATS BUILDING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS
BRIAN BABIN TX - 36
76%
The Texas Dental Association Political Action Committee, DENPAC, represents organized dentistry in statewide elections building relationships with candidates that demonstrate concern for the preservation of dentistry and for the dental health of the people of Texas. During the 2014 general election cycle, DENPAC supported 154 state candidates. DENPAC was involved in 14 state senate races where all 14 won their contests. DENPAC was also involved in 136 state house races. Of those, 135 won their contests with only one defeated. DENPAC, alongside statewide key contact dentists, continues to foster relationships with elected officials in order to protect the practice of dentistry in Texas.
STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS STATEWIDE Governor Greg Abbott (R) Wendy R Davis (D) Kathie Glass (L) Brandon Parmer (G) Sarah M Pavitt (W-I) Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R) Leticia Van de Putte (D) Robert D Butler (L) Chandrakantha Courtney (G)
Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) Sam Houston (D) Jamie Balagia (L) Jamar Osborne (G)
Land Commissioner George P Bush (R) John Cook (D) Justin Knight (L) Valerie Alessi (G)
Comptroller Glenn Hegar (R) Mike Collier (D) Ben Sanders (L) Deb Shafto (G)
Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller (R) Jim Hogan (D) David (Rocky) Palmquist (L) Kenneth Kendrick (G)
TEXAS SENATE GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS TEXAS SENATE State Senator, District 2 Bob Hall (R) Don Bates (L) State Senator, District 3 Robert Nichols (R) - Incumbent J Tyler Lindsey (L) State Senator, District 5 Charles Schwertner (R) - Incumbent Joel Shapiro (D) Matthew Whittington (L) State Senator, District 7 Paul Bettencourt (R) Jim Davis (D) Whitney Bilyeu (L) State Senator, District 8 Van Taylor (R) Scott Jameson (L) State Senator, District 9 Kelly Hancock (R) - Incumbent Gregory R Perry (D)
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State Senator, District 10 Konni Burton (R) Libby Willis (D) Gene Lord (L) John Tunmire (G) State Senator, District 14 Kirk Watson (D) - Incumbent James Arthur Strohm (L) State Senator, District 15 Ron Hale (R) John Whitmire (D) - Incumbent Gilberto Velasquez Jr (L) State Senator, District 16 Donald Huffines (R)
State Senator, District 23 John Lawson (R) Royce West (D) - Incumbent Jonathan F Erhardt (L) State Senator, District 25 Donna Campbell (R) - Incumbent Daniel Boone (D) Brandin P Lea (L) State Senator, District 30 Craig Estes (R) - Incumbent Cory Lane (L) State Senator, District 31 Kel Seliger (R) - Incumbent Steven Gibson (L)
State Senator, District 17 Joan Huffman (R) - Incumbent Rita Lucido (D) George Hardy (L) David Courtney (G)
BOLD - Winning Candidates
STAR - DENPAC Supported
TEXAS HOUSE GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS TEXAS HOUSE State Representative, District 1 Gary VanDeaver (R) State Representative, District 2 Dan Flynn (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 3 Cecil Bell Jr (R) - Incumbent Larry Parr (L) State Representative, District 4 Stuart Spitzer (R) Frederick “Rick� Stralow (L) State Representative, District 5 Bryan Hughes (R) - Incumbent Ron Walenta (L) State Representative, District 6 Matt Schaefer (R) - Incumbent Joel Gardner (L) State Representative, District 7 David Simpson (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 8 Byron Cook (R) - Incumbent John Wilford (L) State Representative, District 9 Christopher Paddie (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 10 John Wray (R) State Representative, District 11 Travis Clardy (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 12 Kyle Kacal (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 13 Lois Kolkhorst (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 14 John Raney (R) - Incumbent Andrew Metscher (D) Bruce L Pugh (L)
State Representative, District 18 John Otto (R) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 37 Rene Oliveira (D) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 19 James White (R) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 38 Eddie Lucio III (D) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 20 Marsha Farney (R) - Incumbent Stephen M Wyman (D) Jarrod Weaver (L)
State Representative, District 39 Armando Martinez (D) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 21 Dade Phelan (R) Gavin Bruney (D) State Representative, District 22 Joe Deshotel (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 23 Wayne Faircloth (R) Susan Criss (D) State Representative, District 23 Greg Bonnen (R) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 42 Richard Pena Raymond (D) - Incumbent Nicolas Serna III (G) State Representative, District 43 JM Lozano (R) - Incumbent Kim Gonzalez (D) State Representative, District 44 John Kuempel (R) - Incumbent Robert M Bohmfalk (D)
State Representative, District 26 Rick Miller (R) - Incumbent Amber C Paaso (D)
State Representative, District 45 Jason A Isaac (R) - Incumbent Jim Duke (L)
State Representative, District 27 David Hamilton (R) Ron Reynolds (D) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 46 Dawnna Dukes (D) - Incumbent Kevin Ludlow (L)
State Representative, District 28 John Zerwas (R) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 47 Paul D Workman (R) - Incumbent Scott G. McKinlay (L)
State Representative, District 29 Ed Thompson (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 30 Geanie W Morrison (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 31 Ryan Guillen (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 32 Todd Hunter (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 33 Scott Tuner (R) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 16 Will Metcalf (R) Michael Hayles Sr (D) Bob Townsend (L)
State Representative, District 34 Abel Herrero (D) - Incumbent
BOLD - Winning Candidates
State Representative, District 41 Elijah Israel Casas (R) Bobby Guerra (D) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 24 Dennis Bonnen (R) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 15 Mark Keough (R)
State Representative, District 17 Tim Kleinschmidt (R) - Incumbent Carolyn Banks (D)
State Representative, District 40 Terry Canales (D) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 35 Oscar Longoria (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 36 Sergio Munoz Jr (D) - Incumbent
STAR - DENPAC Supported
State Representative, District 48 Donna Howard (D) - Incumbent Ben Easton (L) State Representative, District 49 Elliott Naishtat (D) - Incumbent Daniel Krawisz (L) State Representative, District 50 Mike VanDeWalle (R) Celia Israel (D) David Dreesen (L) State Representative, District 51 Eddie Rodriguez (D) - Incumbent Arthur DiBianca (L) State Representative, District 52 Larry Gonzales (R) - Incumbent Chris Osborn (D) Irene Johnson (L)
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TEXAS HOUSE GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS State Representative, District 53 Andrew Murr (R) Maximilian Martin (L) State Representative, District 54 Jimmie Don Aycock (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 55 Molly White (R) State Representative, District 56 Charles “Doc� Anderson (R) - Incumbent Clif Deuvall (L) State Representative, District 57 Trent Ashby (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 58 DeWayne Burns (R) Greg A Kauffman (D) State Representative, District 59 JD Sheffield (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 60 Jim Keffer (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 61 Phil King (R) - Incumbent Matthew Britt (D)
State Representative, District 70 Scott Sanford (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 71 Susan L King (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 72 Drew Darby (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 73 Doug Miller (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 74 Alfonso Nevarez (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 75 Mary Gonzalez (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 76 Cesar Blanco (D) J Alexandro Lozano (L) State Representative, District 77 Marisa Marquez (D) - Incumbent Ben E Mendoza (I) State Representative, District 78 Joe Moody (R) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 88 Ken King (R) - Incumbent Kerry McKennon (L) State Representative, District 89 Jodie Laubenberg (R) - Incumbent Sameena Karmally (D) State Representative, District 90 Ramon Romero Jr (D) State Representative, District 91 Stephanie Klick (R) - Incumbent David L Ragan (D) Felecia Whatley (L) State Representative, District 92 Jonathan Stickland (R) - Incumbent Tina Penney (D) State Representative, District 93 Matt Krause (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 94 Tony Tinderholt (R) Cole Ballweg (D) Robert Harris (L)
State Representative, District 79 Joe Pickett (D) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 95 Albert G McDaniel (R) Nicole Collier (D) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 80 Tracy O King (D) - Incumbent Marco Buentello (G)
State Representative, District 96 Bill Zedler (R) - Incumbent Quinn Eaker (L)
State Representative, District 81 Brooks Landgraf (R) Michael J McCulloch (W-I)
State Representative, District 97 Craig Goldman (R) - Incumbent Rod Wingo (L)
State Representative, District 82 Tom Craddick (R) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 98 Giovanni Capriglione (R) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 65 Ron Simmons (R) - Incumbent Alex Mendoza (D)
State Representative, District 83 Dustin Burrows (R) Max R Tarbox (D)
State Representative, District 99 Charlie Geren (R) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 66 Matt Shaheen (R)
State Representative, District 84 John Frullo (R) - Incumbent Ed Tishler (D)
State Representative, District 62 Larry Phillips (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 63 Tan Parker (R) - Incumbent Daniel Moran (D) State Representative, District 64 Myra Crownover (R) - Incumbent Emy Lyons (D) Braeden Wright (G)
State Representative, District 67 Jeff Leach (R) - Incumbent Patrick Peavy (L) State Representative, District 68 Drew Springer (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 69 James Frank (R) - Incumbent
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State Representative, District 85 Phil Stephenson (R) - Incumbent Cynthia Drabek (D) State Representative, District 86 John Smithee (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 87 Four Price (R) - Incumbent Abel Bosquez (D)
State Representative, District 100 Eric Johnson (D) - Incumbent Brian Chapman (L) State Representative, District 101 Chris Turner (D) - Incumbent Carl Nulsen (L) State Representative, District 102 Linda Koop (R) George M Clayton (D) State Representative, District 103 Rafael Anchia (D) - Incumbent
BOLD - Winning Candidates
STAR - DENPAC Supported
TEXAS HOUSE GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS State Representative, District 104 Roberto R Alonzo (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 105 Rodney Anderson (R) Susan Motley (D) W Carl Spiller (L) State Representative, District 106 Pat Fallon (R) - Incumbent Lisa Osterholt (D) Rodney Caston (L) State Representative, District 107 Kenneth Sheets (R) - Incumbent Carol Donovan (D) State Representative, District 108 Morgan Meyer (R) Leigh Bailey (D) State Representative, District 109 Helen Giddings (D) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 120 Ruth Jones McClendon (D) - Incumbent Gilberto Villela (L) State Representative, District 121 Joe Straus (R) - Incumbent Jeff Carruthers (L) State Representative, District 122 Lyle Larson (R) - Incumbent James M Holland (L) State Representative, District 123 Mike Villarreal (D) - Incumbent Paul Ingmundson (G) State Representative, District 124 Jose Menendez (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 125 Justin Rodriguez (D) - Incumbent Daniel Behrman (L)
State Representative, District 110 Toni Rose (D) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 126 Patricia Harless (R) - Incumbent Cris Hernandez (L)
State Representative, District 111 Yvonne Davis (D) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 127 Dan Huberty (R) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 112 Angie Chen Button (R) - Incumbent Michael Binkley (L)
State Representative, District 128 Wayne Smith (R) - Incumbent Ken Lowder (L)
State Representative, District 113 Cindy Burkett (R) - Incumbent Milton Whitley (D)
State Representative, District 129 Dennis Paul (R) John Gay (D)
State Representative, District 114 Jason Villalba (R) - Incumbent Thomas Griffing (L)
State Representative, District 130 Allen Fletcher (R) - Incumbent Art Browning (G)
State Representative, District 115 Matt Rinaldi (R) Paul K Stafford (D) Kim Kelley (L)
State Representative, District 131 Alma A Allen (D) - Incumbent
State Representative, District 116 Trey Martinez Fischer (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 117 Rick Galindo (R) Philip Cortez (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 118 Joe Farias (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 119 Roland Gutierrez (D) - Incumbent
BOLD - Winning Candidates
State Representative, District 132 Mike Schofield (R) Luis Lopez (D) State Representative, District 133 Jim Murphy (R) - Incumbent Laura Nicol (D) State Representative, District 134 Sarah Davis (R) - Incumbent Alison Ruff (D)
State Representative, District 136 Tony Dale (R) - Incumbent John H Bucy, III (D) Justin Billiot (L) State Representative, District 137 Morad H Fiki (R) Gene Wu (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 138 Dwayne Bohac (R) - Incumbent Fred R Vernon (D) State Representative, District 139 Sylvester Turner (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 140 Armando Walle (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 141 Senfronia Thompson (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 142 Harold Dutton Jr (R) - Incumbent State Representative, District 143 Ana Hernandez (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 144 Gilbert Pena (R) Mary Ann Perez (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 145 Carol Alvarado (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 146 Borris L Miles (D) - Incumbent Morgan Bradford (G) State Representative, District 147 Garnet Coleman (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 148 Chris Carmona (R) Jessica Farrar (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 149 Al Hoang (R) Hubert Vo (D) - Incumbent State Representative, District 150 Debbie Riddle (R) - Incumbent Amy Perez (D)
State Representative, District 135 Gary Elkins (R) - Incumbent Moiz Abbas (D)
STAR - DENPAC Supported
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