2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada

See also: 2014 Nevada elections

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Nevada, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a gubernatorial election. As of 2024, this is the last time the Republicans won a majority of House districts in Nevada, as well as the last time Nevada's 2nd congressional district was won with over 60% of the vote.

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada

← 2012 November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 2016 →
All 4 Nevada seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 2 2 Seats won 3 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 304,809 210,147 Percentage 56.13% 38.70% Swing 9.17% 7.85%
District results County results Republican   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Democratic   50–60%

Overview

Statewide

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican	4	304,809	56.13	3	1	75.00
	Democratic	4	210,147	38.70	1	1	25.00
	Independent American	3	16,770	3.09	0		0.0
	Libertarian	3	8,302	1.53	0		0.0
	Independent	2	2,981	0.55	0		0.0
Total		16	543,009	100.0	4		100.0

Popular vote Republican   56.13% Democratic   38.70% American Ind   3.09% Libertarian   1.53% Other   0.55%

House seats Republican   75.00% Democratic   25.00%

By district

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada by district:^[1]

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	30,413	37.88%	45,643	56.84%	4,243	5.28%	80,299	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 2	122,402	65.73%	52,016	27.93%	11,792	6.33%	186,210	100.0%	Republican hold
District 3	88,528	60.75%	52,644	36.13%	4,547	3.12%	145,719	100.0%	Republican hold
District 4	63,466	48.53%	59,844	45.76%	7,471	5.71%	130,781	100.0%	Republican gain
Total	304,809	56.13%	210,147	38.70%	28,053	5.17%	543,009	100.0%

District 1

2014 Nevada's 1st congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Dina Titus Annette Teijeiro Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 45,643 30,413 Percentage 56.8% 37.9%

U.S. Representative before election Dina Titus Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Dina Titus Democratic

See also: Nevada's 1st congressional district

Nevada's 1st congressional district occupies most of Nevada's largest city, Las Vegas, as well as parts of North Las Vegas and parts of unincorporated Clark County. The district is strongly Democratic. The incumbent Democrat Dina Titus, who had represented the 1st district since January 2013 and the 3rd district between 2009 and 2011, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Dina Titus, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Herb Peters, retired aerospace engineer, seven-time Libertarian candidate for Congress in California and Republican candidate for this seat in 2012

Withdrawn

• Darren Welsh

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dina Titus (incumbent)	12,966	86.0
	Democratic	Herbert Glenn Peters	2,106	14.0
Total votes			15,072	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Annette Teijeiro, doctor and candidate for state senate in 2012

Eliminated in primary

• Jose Padilla

Results

Republican primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Annette Teijeiro	6,083	54.7
	Republican	Jose Padilla	5,045	45.3
Total votes			11,128	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Dina Titus (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[3]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[4]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[5]

Organizations

• Human Rights Campaign^[6]
• National Organization for Women^[7]
• Sierra Club^[8]

Newspapers

• Las Vegas Sun^[9]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dina Titus (D)	Annette Teijeiro (R)	Other	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[10]	October 16–23, 2014	197	± 12.0%	52%	37%	7%	5%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[11]	Safe D	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[12]	Safe D	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[13]	Safe D	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe D	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[14]	Safe D	November 4, 2014

Results

Nevada's 1st congressional district, 2014^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dina Titus (incumbent)	45,643	56.8
	Republican	Annette Teijeiro	30,413	37.9
	Libertarian	Richard Charles	2,617	3.3
	Independent American	Kamau Bakari	1,626	2.0
Total votes			80,299	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

2014 Nevada's 2nd congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Mark Amodei Kristen Spees Janine Hansen Party Republican Democratic Independent American Popular vote 122,402 52,016 11,792 Percentage 65.7% 28.0% 6.3%

U.S. Representative before election Mark Amodei Republican Elected U.S. Representative Mark Amodei Republican

See also: Nevada's 2nd congressional district

Nevada's 2nd congressional district includes the northern third of the state. It includes most of Douglas and Lyon counties; all of Churchill, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Pershing and Washoe counties; and the state capital, Carson City. The largest city in the district is Reno, the state's third largest city. Although the district appears rural, its politics are dominated by Reno and Carson City, which combined cast over 85 percent of the district's vote. The incumbent Republican Mark Amodei, who had represented the 2nd district since September 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Mark Amodei, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Kristen Spees, planning attorney

Eliminated in primary

• Vance Alm
• Brian Dempsey
• Ed Lee

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kristen Spees	8,206	38.3
	Democratic	Brian Dempsey	6,804	31.8
	Democratic	Vance Alm	3,225	15.1
	Democratic	Ed Lee	3,164	14.8
Total votes			21,399	100.0

General election

Spees was aiming to become the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.^[16]

Endorsements

Mark Amodei (R)

Organizations

• National Federation of Independent Business^[17]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[18]
• National Right to Life Committee^[19]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mark Amodei (R)	Kristen Spees (D)	Other	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[10]	October 16–23, 2014	310	± 8.0%	62%	24%	5%	9%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[11]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[12]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[13]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[14]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

Nevada's 2nd congressional district, 2014^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Amodei (incumbent)	122,402	65.7
	Democratic	Kristen Spees	52,016	28.0
	Independent American	Janine Hansen	11,792	6.3
Total votes			186,210	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

2014 Nevada's 3rd congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Joe Heck Erin Bilbray Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 88,528 52,644 Percentage 60.8% 36.1%

U.S. Representative before election Joe Heck Republican Elected U.S. Representative Joe Heck Republican

See also: Nevada's 3rd congressional district

The 3rd congressional district occupies the area south of Las Vegas, including Henderson, and most of unincorporated Clark County. The district was initially created after the 2000 census. The incumbent Republican Joe Heck, who had represented the 3rd district since January 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Joe Heck, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee invited Bilbray to the second inauguration of Barack Obama, where she met with party figures.^[20] She is the daughter of James Bilbray, who represented the 1st district from 1987 to 1995 and served in the Nevada State Senate from 1980 to 1986.

Candidates

Nominee

• Erin Bilbray, Democratic National Committee member and founder of Emerge Nevada^[21]

Eliminated in primary

• Zachary "Mr. Z" Campbell

Withdrawn

• Frank Kassela, professional poker player^[22]

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Erin Bilbray	13,204	84.0
	Democratic	Zachary "Mr. Z" Campbell	2,511	16.0
Total votes			15,715	100.0

General election

Campaign

Although initially being seen as a competitive race, heading into the general election, most political analysts had Heck with a clear advantage.^[23] Throughout the campaign, Heck's campaign raised $2,402,397.89, over twice Bilbray's $1,118,057.80. Heck also befitted from $1,703,762 from outside groups, while only $13,473 was spent supporting Bilbray.^[24]

Bilbray also had three different campaign managers in eight months, which led to the lack of a clear strategy.^[25]

Endorsements

Joe Heck (R)

State officials

• Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts and Republican presidential nominee in 2012^[26]

Organizations

• National Federation of Independent Business^[17]
• National Republican Congressional Committee "Patriot" Program^[27]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[18]
• National Right to Life Committee^[19]

Erin Bilbray (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[3]
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[4]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[5]

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[28]
• EMILY's List^[29]
• Human Rights Campaign^[6]
• National Organization for Women^[7]
• Sierra Club^[8]

Newspapers

• Las Vegas Sun^[9]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Heck (R)	Erin Bilbray (D)	Other	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[10]	October 16–23, 2014	491	± 7.0%	46%	32%	5%	17%
Mellman Group (D−Bilbray)[30]	April 21–23, 2014	400	± 4.9%	39%	31%	–	30%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[11]	Likely R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[12]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[13]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Likely R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[14]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

Nevada's 3rd congressional district, 2014^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Heck (incumbent)	88,528	60.8
	Democratic	Erin Bilbray	52,644	36.1
	Independent	David Goossen	1,637	1.1
	Libertarian	Randy Kimmick	1,566	1.1
	Independent	Steven St John	1,344	0.9
Total votes			145,719	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

2014 Nevada's 4th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Cresent Hardy Steven Horsford Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 63,466 59,844 Percentage 48.5% 45.8%

County results Hardy:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Horsford:      40–50%

U.S. Representative before election Steven Horsford Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Cresent Hardy Republican

See also: Nevada's 4th congressional district

The 4th congressional district is located in the central portion of the state, it includes most of northern Clark County, parts of Douglas and Lyon counties, and all of Esmeralda, Lincoln, Mineral, Nye and White Pine counties. More than four-fifths of the district's population lives in Clark County. The incumbent Democrat Steven Horsford, who had represented the 4th district since January 2013, ran for re-election, but narrowly lost to Republican Cresent Hardy in one of the biggest upsets of the cycle.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Steven Horsford, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Mark J. Budetich
• Sid Zeller, retired Marine intelligence officer and Republican candidate for this seat in 2012

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steven Horsford (incumbent)	16,269	84.3
	Democratic	Mark J. Budetich	1,532	7.9
	Democratic	Sid Zeller	1,498	7.8
Total votes			19,299	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Cresent Hardy, Assistant Minority Leader of the Nevada Assembly

Eliminated in primary

• Niger Innis, spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality^[31]
• Michael Ace Monroe
• Carlo "Mazunga" Poliak

Results

Republican primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cresent Hardy	10,398	42.6
	Republican	Niger Innis	8,077	33.1
	Republican	Michael Ace Monroe	5,393	22.1
	Republican	Carlo "Mazunga" Poliak	523	2.2
Total votes			27,075	100.0

General election

Campaign

Being at a large financial disadvantage to the incumbent, the Hardy campaign adopted the unusual strategy of paying to run a Horsford ad featuring President Obama in the rural parts of the district where Republicans tend to poll well.^[32]

Endorsements

Steven Horsford (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[3]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[4]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[5]

Organizations

• Human Rights Campaign^[6]
• League of Conservation Voters^[33]
• Sierra Club^[8]

Newspapers

• Las Vegas Sun^[9]

Cresent Hardy (R)

Organizations

• National Republican Congressional Committee "On the Radar" Program^[34]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[18]
• National Right to Life Committee^[19]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Steven Horsford (D)	Cresent Hardy (R)	Other	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[10]	October 16–23, 2014	316	± 9.0%	45%	36%	5%	13%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[11]	Lean D	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[12]	Likely D	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[13]	Lean D	October 30, 2014
RCP	Lean D	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[14]	Tilt D	November 4, 2014

Results

On election night, Hardy upset Horsford by just over 3,500 votes, with a combination of, a favorable national environment for Republicans, weak Democratic turnout and a superior Republican strategy all being credited as factors in the result.^[35]

Nevada's 4th congressional district, 2014^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cresent Hardy	63,466	48.5
	Democratic	Steven Horsford (incumbent)	59,844	45.8
	Libertarian	Steve Brown	4,119	3.1
	Independent American	Russell Best	3,352	2.6
Total votes			130,781	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• 2014 United States House of Representatives elections
• 2014 United States elections