in the march 4 primary, ratcliffe finished second with 29 percent of the vote, behind hall's 45 percent. because hall came up short of a majority, a runoff election was required. for the may 27 runoff, ratcliffe was endorsed by the tea party express, the senate conservatives fund, and the club for growth. hall was endorsed by the national rifle association, former congressman ron paul, former congresswoman michele bachmann, and former arkansas governor mike huckabee. ratcliffe defeated hall with 53 percent of the vote, the first time in twenty years that a sitting republican congressman in texas had been ousted in a primary. ratcliffe was one of four candidates to defeat a sitting incumbent u.s. representative in a primary election in 2014.