2014Final results
2014 election for Texas Senate District 5
Texas State Senate · Texas
Charles Schwertner (R) won with 65.0% of the vote, defeating Joel Shapiro (D) by 33.7 points.
Charles SchwertnerRepublican · winner · incumbent
65.0%112,930
Joel ShapiroDemocrat
31.2%54,286
Matthew WhittingtonLibertarian
3.8%6,595
173,811 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