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2014 United States House of Representatives elections

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2014 United States House of Representatives elections
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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2014, in the middle of President Barack Obama's second term in office. Elections were held for all 435 seats of the House of Representatives, representing the 50 states. Elections were also held for the non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five territories. The winners of these elections served in the 114th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States census.

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The Republicans won 16 seats from Democrats, while three Republican-held seats turned Democratic. The Republicans achieved their largest majority in the House since 1928 due to a sizeable Republican wave.[2] Combined with the Republican gains made in 2010, the total number of Democratic-held House seats lost under Barack Obama's presidency in midterm elections rose to 77 with these elections. This marked the highest number of House seats lost under a two-term president of the same party since Harry S. Truman.[3] With 36.4% of eligible voters voting, the voter turnout was the lowest since 1942.[4]

As of 2024, this is the last congressional election in which Democrats won a House seat in Nebraska, the last time Republicans won a House seat in New Hampshire, and the last time Republicans won more than one House seat in the New England region.

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Results summary

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188 247
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Source: Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk (does not include blank and over/under votes)

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Source: NBC News exit poll[5]

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Democratic-held seats:      Retired      Not retired
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Forty-one representatives retired from their seats.

Democrats

Sixteen Democrats (seventeen, including the delegate from the Virgin Islands) retired from their seats.

Republicans

Twenty-five Republicans retired from their seats.

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Incumbents defeated

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In primary elections

  1. Louisiana 5: Vance McAllister (R) lost a Nonpartisan blanket primary to Jamie Mayo (D) and Ralph Abraham (R). Abraham then won the runoff. Republican hold.
  2. Massachusetts 6: John F. Tierney (D) lost renomination to Seth Moulton (D), who then won the general election. Democratic hold.
  3. Michigan 11: Kerry Bentivolio (R) lost renomination to David Trott (R),[46] who then won the general election. Republican hold.
  4. Texas 4: Ralph Hall (R), lost renomination to John Ratcliffe (R),[47] who then won the general election. Republican hold.
  5. Virginia 7: Eric Cantor (R) lost renomination to Dave Brat (R),[48] who then won the general election. Republican hold.

In the general election

Republicans had a net gain of nine seats, taken from Democrats.

Democrats

Twelve Democrats lost re-election to Republicans.

  1. Arizona 2: Ron Barber (D) lost to Martha McSally (R).
  2. Florida 26: Joe Garcia (D) lost to Carlos Curbelo (R).
  3. Georgia 12: John Barrow (D) lost to Rick W. Allen (R).
  4. Illinois 10: Brad Schneider (D) lost to Bob Dold (R).
  5. Illinois 12: Bill Enyart (D) lost to Mike Bost (R).
  6. Nevada 4: Steven Horsford (D) lost to Cresent Hardy (R).
  7. New Hampshire 1: Carol Shea-Porter (D) lost to Frank Guinta (R).
  8. New York 1: Tim Bishop (D) lost to Lee Zeldin (R).
  9. New York 24: Dan Maffei (D) lost to John Katko (R).
  10. Texas 23: Pete Gallego (D) lost to Will Hurd (R).
  11. West Virginia 3: Nick Rahall (D) lost to Evan Jenkins (R).
  12. American Samoa: Eni Faleomavaega (D) lost to Amata Coleman Radewagen (R).

Republicans

Two Republicans lost re-election to Democrats.

  1. Florida 2: Steve Southerland (R) lost to Gwen Graham (D).
  2. Nebraska 2: Lee Terry (R) lost to Brad Ashford (D).

Open seat gains

Republicans had a net gain of four seats previously held by Democrats.

Democratic to Republican

Five open seats previously held by Democrats were won by Republicans.

  1. Iowa 1: Bruce Braley (D) retired to run for U.S. Senate. Seat won by Rod Blum (R).
  2. Maine 2: Mike Michaud (D) retired to run for Governor of Maine. Seat won by Bruce Poliquin (R).
  3. New York 21: Bill Owens (D) retired. Seat won by Elise Stefanik (R).
  4. North Carolina 7: Mike McIntyre (D) retired. Seat won by David Rouzer (R).
  5. Utah 4: Jim Matheson (D) retired. Seat won by Mia Love (R).

Republican to Democratic

One open seat previously held by a Republican was won by a Democrat.

  1. California 31: Gary Miller (R) retired. Seat won by Pete Aguilar (D).
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Closest races

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Forty-seven races were decided by 10% or lower.

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North Carolina's 13th was the tipping point seat.

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Special elections

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Five special elections were held in 2014.

  • Two elections were held concurrent with the November elections. The winners received a seniority advantage over other freshmen, as their seniority starts on the day of the elections.
  • Three elections were held separate from the November general elections.
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Notes

  1. In addition, five of the six non-voting delegates in the U.S. House of Representatives were elected.
  2. Under Washington's "jungle primary" system, the general election was between two Republicans.
  3. Under California's "jungle primary" system, the general election was between two Democrats.
  4. Under California's "jungle primary" system, the general election was between two Republicans.
  5. Hall was first elected as a Democrat. He became a Republican in January 2004.

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