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2014Final results

2014 election for Texas House District 17

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Tim Kleinschmidt (R) won with 64.6% of the vote, defeating Carolyn Banks (D) by 29.2 points.

Tim KleinschmidtRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.6%22,737
35.4%12,459
35,196 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

EvenR+11.12008R+33.22010R+24.52012R+29.22014R+25.12018R+27.22020

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET