2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for Texas House District 117
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Rick Galindo (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Philip Cortez (D) by 5.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Rick GalindoRepublican · winner
52.7%12,835
Philip CortezDemocrat · incumbent
47.3%11,521
24,356 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2014
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET