The 2014 election was held as part of 2014 Czech Senate election. Václav Hampl was elected new Senator when he defeated incumbent senator Zdeněk Schwarz.[1] Hampl was supported by KDU-ČSL while Schwarz was supported by ODS.[2] Much attention was also given to Laura Janáčková who ran as a candidate of ANO 2011. Janáčková was originally considered one of the possible front-runners but her campaign suffered from controversies and scandals.[3][4]