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2014Final results

2014 election for Texas Senate District 15

Texas State Senate · Texas

John Whitmire (D) won with 59.2% of the vote, defeating Ron Hale (R) by 20.7 points.

John WhitmireDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.2%74,192
Ron HaleRepublican
38.5%48,249
2.4%2,947
125,388 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

EvenD+26.02006D+18.62010D+24.72012D+20.72014D+33.02018D+30.72022

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

The candidates

John Whitmire (D)Ron Hale (R)

Also on the ballot: Gilberto Velasquez Jr. (Libertarian), 2.4%