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%.
Republican primary Candidates Declared
Glenn Hegar, state senator Harvey Hilderbran, state representative Debra Medina, activist and candidate for governor in 2010 Raul Torres, former state representative
Declined
Susan Combs, Comptroller of Public Accounts
Polling Poll sourceDate(s) administeredSample sizeMargin of errorGlenn HegarHarvey HilderbranDebra MedinaRaul TorresOtherUndecidedUoT/Texas TribuneUoT/Texas TribuneFebruary 7–17, 2014461±4.56%24%26%39%11%——UoT/Texas TribuneUoT/Texas TribuneOctober 18–27, 2013519±5.02%4%2%14%5%—75%
Results
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. When the final results were released, Hegar had come only 50 votes short of winning the primary outright.
Democratic primary
Candidates Declared
Mike Collier, businessman and accountant
Libertarian nomination
Candidates Declared
Ben Sanders
Green nomination
Candidates Declared
Deb Shafto, nominee for Governor in 2010
General election
Polling Poll sourceDate(s) administeredSample sizeMargin of errorGlenn Hegar (R)Mike Collier (D)OtherUndecidedUoT/Texas TribuneUoT/Texas TribuneOctober 10–19, 2014866± 3.6%49%34%17%Ben Sanders (L) 11%, Deb Shafto (G) 6%—UoT/Texas TribuneUoT/Texas TribuneMay 30–June 8, 20141,200± 2.83%32%25%7%Ben Sanders (L) 5%, Deb Shafto (G) 2%37%
Results
See also Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
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