The total amount of money raised by candidates for seats in the legislature of the State of Texas during 2014 was $23.5 million for the Senate and $55 million for the House of Representatives. This last amount represented the most expensive race for a seat in the House of any of the 50 States.
Joe Strauss, a speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, spent approximately $9 million during his campaign for reelection in 2014 despite the fact that he did not face competition from a candidate from the Democratic Party that year.