Texas Senate, District 14

Texas's 14th
State Senate district
Texas's 14th; State Senate district
Senator
	Sarah Eckhardt; D–Austin
Demographics	50.7% White; 10.2% Black; 31.2% Hispanic; 8.2% Asian
Population	970,392

District 14 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Travis county in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1]

The current senator from District 14 is Sarah Eckhardt.

Biggest cities in the district

District 14 has a population of 834,750 with 640,349 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.^[2]

	Name	County	Pop.^[3]^[a]
1	Austin	Travis	560,768
2	Pflugerville	Travis	46,636
3	Elgin	Bastrop/Travis	8,135
4	Bastrop	Bastrop	7,218
5	Lago Vista	Travis	6,041

District officeholders

Name		Party	Years	Legislature	Counties served
1	John F. Miller		February 16, 1846 – December 13, 1847	1st	Colorado, Fayette
2	John Winfield Scott Dancy		December 13, 1847 – November 5, 1849	2nd	Colorado, Fayette
3	Jerome B. Robertson		November 5, 1849 – November 3, 1851	3rd	Burleson, Milam, Washington, Williamson
4	James H. Armstrong		November 3, 1851 – November 7, 1853	4th	Brazos, Burleson, Leon, Milam, Robertson, Williamson
5	James K. Holland		November 7, 1853 – November 5, 1855	5th	Panola, Shelby
6	James A. Truitt		November 5, 1855 – November 7, 1859	6th 7th
7	John R. Dickinson		November 7, 1859 – February 13, 1860	8th
8	Henry P. C. Dulany		January 28, 1861 – November 4, 1861	8th
9	John F. Crawford		November 4, 1861 – September 21, 1863	9th	Fannin, Hunt
10	James B. Davis		October 24, 1863 – August 6, 1866	9th 10th
11	Robert H. Lane		August 6, 1866 – October 31, 1866	11th
12	William Henry Parsons	Republican	February 8, 1870 – December 4, 1871	12th	Harris, Montgomery
13	James G. Tracy	Republican	January 14, 1873 – January 13, 1874	13th
14	William R. Baker	Democratic	January 13, 1874 – April 18, 1876	14th
15	John R. Henry	Democratic	April 18, 1876 – January 14, 1879	15th	Freestone, Limestone, Navarro
16	Francis Marion Martin	Democratic	January 14, 1879 – January 8, 1883	16th 17th	Freestone, Limestone, Navarro
17	James S. Perry	Democratic	January 8, 1883 – January 11, 1887	18th 19th	Brazos, Milam, Robertson
18	Scott Field	Democratic	January 11, 1887 – January 13, 1891	20th 21st
19	James M. McKinney	Democratic	January 13, 1891 – January 10, 1893	22nd
20	Robert A. Greer	Democratic	January 10, 1893 – January 12, 1897	23rd 24th	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler
21	George C. Greer	Democratic	January 18, 1897 – January 8, 1901	25th 26th
22	John T. Beaty	Democratic	January 8, 1901 – January 8, 1907	27th 28th 29th
23	Edward I. Kellie	Democratic	January 9, 1907 – January 10, 1911	30th 31st
24	Vinson A. Collins	Democratic	January 10, 1911 – January 12, 1915	32nd 33rd
25	Steve M. King	Democratic	January 12, 1915 – May 17, 1917	34th 35th
26	Vinson A. Collins	Democratic	September 4, 1917 – January 14, 1919	35th
27	Wilfred Roy Cousins, Sr.	Democratic	January 14, 1919 – January 13, 1925	36th 37th 38th
28	Richard S. Bowers	Democratic	January 13, 1925 – January 8, 1929	39th 40th	Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Lee, Robertson, Washington
29	Charles S. Gainer	Democratic	January 8, 1929 – January 3, 1933	41st 42nd
30	Albert Stone	Democratic	January 10, 1933 – January 14, 1941	43rd 44th 45th 46th
31	Joseph Alton York	Democratic	January 14, 1941 – January 11, 1949	47th 48th 49th 50th
32	William T. "Bill" Moore	Democratic	January 11, 1949 – January 13, 1953	51st 52nd
33	Johnnie B. Rogers	Democratic	January 13, 1953 – January 8, 1957	53rd 54th	Bastrop, Travis, Williamson
34	Charles F. Herring	Democratic	January 8, 1957 – January 10, 1967	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th	Bastrop, Travis, Williamson
		Democratic	January 10, 1967 – January 9, 1973	60th 61st 62nd	Bastrop, Blanco, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Williamson
		Democratic	January 9, 1973 – June 1, 1973	63rd	Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, Travis
35	Lloyd Doggett	Democratic	August 18, 1973 – January 11, 1983	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th	Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, Travis
35	Lloyd Doggett	Democratic	January 11, 1983 – January 8, 1985	68th	Hays, Travis
36	Gonzalo Barrientos	Democratic	January 8, 1985 – January 14, 2003	69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Hays, Travis
36	Gonzalo Barrientos	Democratic	January 14, 2003 – January 9, 2007	78th 79th	Travis
37	Kirk Watson	Democratic	January 9, 2007 – April 30, 2020	80th 81st 82nd	Travis
37	Kirk Watson	Democratic	January 9, 2007 – April 30, 2020	83rd 84th 85th 86th	Bastrop, Travis
38	Sarah Eckhardt	Democratic	July 31, 2020 – Present	86th 87th	Bastrop, Travis
38	Sarah Eckhardt	Democratic	July 31, 2020 – Present	88th	Travis

Election history

Election history of District 14 from 1992.^[b]

2022

Texas general election, 2022: Senate District 14^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Sarah Eckhardt (Incumbent)	265,094	82.23	−8.05
	Libertarian	Steven Haskett	57,305	17.77	+16.68
Majority			207,789	64.45	+17.75
Turnout			322,399
	Democratic hold

2020

The seat for District 14 became vacant on April 30, 2020, after the resignation of Kirk Watson.^[5] A special election was called for July 14, 2020. No candidate had received over 50 percent of the vote, therefore the race was to proceed to a runoff later in 2020 between the top two candidates in the first round, resulting in two Democrats advancing to the runoff.^[6] On July 27, 2020, Eddie Rodriguez, dropped out of the race for a runoff election, resulting in Sarah Eckhardt being declared winner.^[7]

Texas special general election: Senate District 14
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah Eckhardt	59,267	49.66
	Democratic	Eddie Rodriguez	40,384	33.84
	Republican	Donald Zimmerman	15,565	13.04
	Republican	Waller Thomas Burns II	1,442	1.21
	Independent	Jeff Ridgeway	1,386	1.16
	Libertarian	Pat Dixon	1,306	1.09
Turnout			119,350
	Democratic hold

2018

Texas general election, 2018: Senate District 14^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kirk Watson (Incumbent)	276,052	71.93	−8.05
	Republican	George W. Hindman	96,834	25.23	+25.23
	Libertarian	Micah M. Verlander	10,889	2.84	−17.18
Majority			179,218	46.70	−13.26
Turnout			383,775		+98.80
	Democratic hold

2014

Texas general election, 2014: Senate District 14^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kirk Watson (Incumbent)	154,391	79.98	+19.25
	Libertarian	James Arthur Strohm	38,648	20.02	+16.41
Majority			115,743	59.96	+34.90
Turnout			193,039		+2.11
	Democratic hold

2010

Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 14^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kirk Watson (Incumbent)	115,949	60.73	−19.59
	Republican	Mary Lou Serafine	68,100	35.67	+35.67
	Libertarian	Kent Phillips	6,884	3.61	−16.07
Majority			47,849	25.06	−35.57
Turnout			190,933		+32.53
	Democratic hold

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 14^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kirk Watson	127,223	80.32	+27.61
	Libertarian	Robert "Rock" Howard	31,180	19.68	+15.51
Majority			96,043	60.63	+51.05
Turnout			158,403		−12.29
	Democratic hold

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 14^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gonzalo Barrientos (Incumbent)	95,182	52.70	−29.25
	Republican	Ben Bentzin	77,885	43.12	+43.12
	Libertarian	Marianne Robbins	7,537	4.17	−13.87
Majority			17,297	9.58	−54.33
Turnout			180,604		−20.20
	Democratic hold

2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 14^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gonzalo Barrientos (Incumbent)	185,48	81.95	−2.92
	Libertarian	Tom Davis	40,847	18.05	+2.92
Majority			144,631	63.90	−5.85
Turnout			180,604		−20.20
	Democratic hold

1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 14^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gonzalo Barrientos (Incumbent)	157,194	84.87	+1.86
	Natural Law	Sandra L. BonSell	28,013	15.13	+15.13
Majority			129,181	69.75	+3.72
Turnout			185,207		+13.07
	Democratic hold

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 14^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gonzalo Barrientos (Incumbent)	135,979	83.02	+15.40
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	27,820	16.98	+13.52
Majority			108,159	66.03	+27.34
Turnout			163,799		−35.75
	Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 14^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gonzalo Barrientos (Incumbent)	172,384	67.61
	Republican	Bill Malone, Jr.	73,729	28.92
	Libertarian	Gary E. Johnson	8,837	3.47
Majority			98,655	38.70
Turnout			147,975
	Democratic hold

Notes

^ Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city
^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

References

^ "State Senate Districts PLANS2168" (PDF). WTAW. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
^ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "Official Canvass Report 2022 NOVEMBER 8TH GENERAL ELECTION" (PDF). Texas Election Results. Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "State Sen. Kirk Watson to retire from Texas Senate". Texas Tribune. February 18, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
^ "Sarah Eckhardt leads special election, but doesn't avoid runoff for former Texas Sen. Kirk Watson's seat". KVUE. July 15, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
^ Pollock, Cassandra (July 27, 2020). "Sarah Eckhardt wins special election for Texas Senate seat after Rep. Eddie Rodriguez forgoes a runoff". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
^ "2018 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 17, 2020.
^ "2014 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved November 30, 2017.
^ "2010 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved November 30, 2017.
^ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[pop-4] Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city

[primary-5] Uncontested primary elections are not shown.

[1] "State Senate Districts PLANS2168" (PDF). WTAW. Retrieved July 25, 2024.

[2] "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[3] "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF). The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[6] "Official Canvass Report 2022 NOVEMBER 8TH GENERAL ELECTION" (PDF). Texas Election Results. Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[7] "State Sen. Kirk Watson to retire from Texas Senate". Texas Tribune. February 18, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.

[20se-8] "Sarah Eckhardt leads special election, but doesn't avoid runoff for former Texas Sen. Kirk Watson's seat". KVUE. July 15, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2021.

[20sero-9] Pollock, Cassandra (July 27, 2020). "Sarah Eckhardt wins special election for Texas Senate seat after Rep. Eddie Rodriguez forgoes a runoff". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved June 22, 2021.

[10] "2018 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved June 17, 2020.

[11] "2014 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved November 30, 2017.

[12] "2010 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved November 30, 2017.

[13] "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[14] "2002 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[15] "2000 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[16] "1996 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[17] "1994 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[18] "1992 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

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