2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for Texas House District 144
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Gilbert Pena (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Mary Ann Perez (D) by 1.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Gilbert PenaRepublican · winner
50.6%6,015
Mary Ann PerezDemocrat · incumbent
49.4%5,863
11,878 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