2014 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election
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November 4, 2014
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 County results Hegar: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Collier: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2014 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the comptroller of public accounts of Texas. Incumbent Republican comptroller Susan Combs retired and did not seek a third term in office. State senator Glenn Hegar emerged as the winner of a crowded Republican primary, while businessman Mike Collier won the Democratic nomination unopposed. Hegar won the general election in a landslide, earning 58% of the vote to Collier's 38%.
Candidates
Declared
- Glenn Hegar, state senator[1]
- Harvey Hilderbran, state representative[2]
- Debra Medina, activist and candidate for governor in 2010[3]
- Raul Torres, former state representative[4]
Declined
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s)
administered |
Sample
size |
Margin of
error |
Glenn
Hegar |
Harvey
Hilderbran |
Debra
Medina |
Raul
Torres |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UoT/Texas Tribune[6] | February 7–17, 2014 | 461 | ±4.56% | 24% | 26% | 39% | 11% | — | — |
| UoT/Texas Tribune[7] | October 18–27, 2013 | 519 | ±5.02% | 4% | 2% | 14% | 5% | — | 75% |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Glenn Hegar | 612,269 | 49.99 | |
| Republican | Harvey Hilderbran | 318,899 | 26.04 | |
| Republican | Debra Medina | 236,531 | 19.31 | |
| Republican | Raul Torres | 56,937 | 4.64 | |
| Total votes | 1,224,636 | 100 | ||
A runoff was to be held, but with Hegar only narrowly below the 50% threshold and with several thousand provisional and overseas ballots to be counted, Hildebran withdrew on March 7, 2014, and endorsed Hegar.[9] When the final results were released, Hegar had come only 50 votes short of winning the primary outright.