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2014Final results

2014 election for Texas Senate District 17

Texas State Senate · Texas

Joan Huffman (R) won with 63.3% of the vote, defeating Rita Lucido (D) by 29.4 points.

Joan HuffmanRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.3%113,817
Rita LucidoDemocrat
33.9%60,934
George HardyLibertarian
2.0%3,642
0.7%1,303
179,696 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+45.21994R+41.21998R+22.92002R+29.42014R+4.62018R+30.72022

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

The candidates

Joan Huffman (R)Rita Lucido (D)

Also on the ballot: George Hardy (Libertarian), 2.0%; David Courtney (Green), 0.7%