2014 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the 13 U.S. representatives from the state of North Carolina, one from each of the state's 13 congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections, including an election to the U.S. Senate.

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

← 2012 November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 2016 →
All 13 North Carolina seats in the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 9 4 Seats won 10 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,555,364 1,234,027 Percentage 55.39% 43.95% Swing 6.64% 6.65%
District results County results Republican   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Democratic   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

Primary elections were held on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. In primaries in which no candidate won more than 40% of the vote (the Democratic primary in the 5th district and the Republican primary in the 6th district), second primary elections (runoffs) were held between the top two candidates on July 15, 2014.^[1]

Overview

Statewide

Party		Candidates	Votes[2]		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican	13	1,555,364	55.39	10	1	76.92
	Democratic	12	1,234,027	43.95	3	1	23.08
	Libertarian	1	7,850	0.28	0		0.00
	Write-In	2	10,757	0.38	0		0.00
Total		28	2,807,998	100.0	13		100.0

Popular vote Republican   55.39% Democratic   43.95% Libertarian   0.28% Other   0.38%

House seats Republican   76.92% Democratic   23.08% Libertarian   0.00% Other   0.00%

By district

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina by district:^[3]

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	55,990	26.62%	154,333	73.38%	0	0.00%	210,323	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 2	122,128	58.83%	85,479	41.17%	0	0.00%	207,607	100.00%	Republican hold
District 3	139,415	67.81%	66,182	32.19%	0	0.00%	205,597	100.00%	Republican hold
District 4	57,416	25.25%	169,946	75.75%	0	0.00%	227,362	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 5	139,279	61.02%	88,973	38.98%	0	0.00%	228,252	100.00%	Republican hold
District 6	147,312	58.67%	103,758	41.33%	0	0.00%	251,070	100.00%	Republican hold
District 7	134,431	59.35%	84,054	37.11%	8,019	3.54%	226,504	100.00%	Republican gain
District 8	121,568	64.86%	65,854	35.14%	0	0.00%	187,422	100.00%	Republican hold
District 9	163,080	93.90%	0	0.00%	10,588	6.10%	173,668	100.00%	Republican hold
District 10	133,504	61.02%	85,292	38.98%	0	0.00%	218,796	100.00%	Republican hold
District 11	144,682	62.90%	85,342	37.10%	0	0.00%	230,024	100.00%	Republican hold
District 12	42,568	24.65%	130,096	75.35%	0	0.00%	172,664	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 13	153,991	57.31%	114,718	42.69%	0	0.00%	268,709	100.00%	Republican hold
Total	1,555,364	55.39%	1,234,027	43.95%	18,607	0.66%	2,807,998	100.00%

District 1

2014 North Carolina's 1st congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee G. K. Butterfield Arthur Rich Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 240,661 55,990 Percentage 73.4% 26.6%

U.S. Representative before election G. K. Butterfield Democratic Elected U.S. Representative G. K. Butterfield Democratic

See also: North Carolina's 1st congressional district

The 1st district is located in Northeastern North Carolina and includes towns such as Durham, Elizabeth City, Henderson, Roanoke Rapids, Rocky Mount, Goldsboro and New Bern. The incumbent was Democrat G. K. Butterfield, who ha represented the district since 2004. He was re-elected with 75% of the vote in 2012, and the district has a PVI of D+19.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• G. K. Butterfield, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Dan Whittacre, high school teacher, HHS federal agent, and candidate for this district in 2012^[4]

Withdrawn

• Rodward Hewlin

Results

Democratic primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	G. K. Butterfield (incumbent)	60,847	81.1
	Democratic	Dan Whittacre	14,147	18.9
Total votes			74,994	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Arthur Rich, accountant and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2012^[6][7]

Eliminated in primary

• Brent Shypulefski^[4]

Results

Republican primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur Rich	5,519	51.3
	Republican	Brent Shypulefski	5,232	48.7
Total votes			10,751	100.0

General election

Endorsements

G. K. Butterfield (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[9]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[10]
• North Carolina Association of Educators^[11]

Organizations

• Human Rights Campaign^[12]
• Sierra Club^[13]

Newspapers

• Indy Week^[14]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	G. K. Butterfield (D)	Arthur Rich (R)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[15]	October 16–23, 2014	84	± 17%	58%	22%	20%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[16]	Safe D	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[17]	Safe D	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18]	Safe D	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe D	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[19]	Safe D	November 4, 2014

Results

North Carolina's 1st congressional district, 2014^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	G. K. Butterfield (incumbent)	154,333	73.4
	Republican	Arthur Rich	55,990	26.6
Total votes			210,323	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

2014 North Carolina's 2nd congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Renee Ellmers Clay Aiken Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 122,128 85,479 Percentage 58.8% 41.2%

U.S. Representative before election Renee Ellmers Republican Elected U.S. Representative Renee Ellmers Republican

See also: North Carolina's 2nd congressional district

The 2nd district is located in central North Carolina and includes all or parts of Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, and Wake counties. The incumbent was Republican Renee Ellmers, who had represented the district since 2011. She was re-elected with 56% of the vote in 2012, and the district has a PVI of R+10.

Ellmers had considered running for the U.S. Senate^[21] but instead ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Renee Ellmers, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Frank Roche, conservative internet talk show host and lecturer in economics at Elon University, candidate for North Carolina's 4th congressional district in 2010 & candidate for State Treasurer in 2012^[22][23]

Declined

• Jim Duncan, chair of the Chatham County Republican Party, co-founder of the grassroots organization Coalition for American Principles^[24][25]

Results

Republican primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Renee Ellmers (incumbent)	21,412	58.7
	Republican	Frank Roche	15,045	41.3
Total votes			36,457	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Clay Aiken, singer, actor and activist^[26][27]

Eliminated in primary

• Keith Crisco, former North Carolina Secretary of Commerce^[28]
• Toni Morris, professional counselor and candidate for the district in 2012^[4][29]

Withdrawn

• Houston Barnes, attorney^[30] (endorsed Aiken)^[31]

Results

The results were too close to call even a week later, with Crisco only narrowly behind Aiken, who was only just above the 40% necessary to avoid a runoff.^[32] As both candidates were waiting for the results to be certified (this was to be done May 13, 2014), Crisco died suddenly on May 12, after suffering a fall in his home.^[32][33] He was 71.^[32] Though Crisco had initially said he would not concede,^[34] he changed his mind and had planned to concede on May 13.^[35]

Democratic primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clay Aiken	11,678	40.9
	Democratic	Keith Crisco	11,288	39.5
	Democratic	Toni Morris	5,616	19.6
Total votes			28,582	100.0

General election

Debate

2014 North Carolina's 2nd congressional district debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Renee Ellmers	Clay Aiken
1	Oct. 6, 2014	Capital Broadcasting Company North Carolina Bankers Association	David Crabtree	[36]	P	P

Endorsements

Renee Ellmers (R)

Organizations

• National Association of Women Business Owners^[37]
• National Federation of Independent Business^[38]
• National Right to Life Committee^[39]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[40]

Clay Aiken (D)

U.S. Representatives

• Brad Miller, U.S. representative from North Carolina's 13th congressional district (2001–2013)^[41]

State legislators

• Duane Hall, state representative (2013–present)
• Eric L. Mansfield, former state senator from the 21st district (2011–2013) and candidate for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina in 2012

Labor unions

• AFL–CIO^[8]
• American Postal Workers Union
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[9]
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
• North Carolina Association of Educators^[11]

Organizations

• American Association for Justice
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Emerging Races" Program^[42]
• Equality North Carolina^[43]
• Human Rights Campaign^[12]
• National Organization for Women^[44]
• Victory Fund

Newspapers

• Indy Week^[14]
• The News & Observer^[45]
• The Pilot

Local officials

• Bill Bell, Mayor of Durham (2001–present)

Individuals

• Mark Wylea Erwin, former United States Ambassador to Mauritius & Seychelles (1999–2001)
• Jeanette W. Hyde, former United States Ambassador to Barbados (1994–1998)

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Renee Ellmers (R)	Clay Aiken (D)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[15]	October 16–23, 2014	132	± 13%	59%	36%	4%
Civitas[46]	September 26–28, 2014	400	± 5%	47%	39%	14%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[16]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[17]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[19]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

North Carolina's 2nd congressional district, 2014^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Renee Ellmers (incumbent)	122,128	58.8
	Democratic	Clay Aiken	85,479	41.2
Total votes			207,607	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

2014 North Carolina's 3rd congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Walter B. Jones Jr. Marshall Adame Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 139,415 66,182 Percentage 67.8% 32.2%

U.S. Representative before election Walter B. Jones Jr. Republican Elected U.S. Representative Walter B. Jones Jr. Republican

See also: North Carolina's 3rd congressional district

The 3rd district is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. It covers the Outer Banks and the counties adjacent to the Pamlico Sound. The incumbent was Republican Walter B. Jones, Jr., who had represented the district since 1995.^[47] He was re-elected with 63% of the vote in 2012, and the district has a PVI of R+11.

Republican primary

Taylor Griffin, a one-time aide to United States Senator Jesse Helms and to President George W. Bush, ran in the primary against Jones.^[48] Griffin sold his consulting firm in Washington, D.C., and moved back to New Bern.^[48]

Candidates

Nominee

• Walter Jones, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Taylor Griffin, former aide to Senator Jesse Helms and President George W. Bush
• Albin "Big Al" Novinec^[4]

Declined

• Scott Dacey, Craven County Commissioner^[49][50]

Jason Thigpen, a U.S. Army veteran and founder of the Student Veterans Advocacy Group, first announced that he would challenge Jones in the Republican primary,^[51] but then left the Republican Party and said he would run as a Democrat.^[47][52] Ultimately, he did not file to run for any party's nomination.^[4]

Endorsements

Taylor Griffin

State officials

• Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska (2006–2009) and nominee for Vice President in 2008^[53]

Organizations

• Emergency Committee for Israel

Walter B. Jones

U.S. Representatives

• Ron Paul, U.S. representative from Texas's 14th congressional district (1976–1977, 1979–1985, 1997–2013)

Organizations

• Republican Liberty Caucus

Individuals

• Dorothy Helms, widow of U.S. Senator Jesse Helms

Results

Republican primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones, Jr. (incumbent)	22,616	50.9
	Republican	Taylor Griffin	20,024	45.1
	Republican	Albin "Big Al" Novinec	1,798	4.0
Total votes			44,438	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Marshall Adame, retired U.S. Marine, former U.S. diplomat in Iraq, former member of the Congressional Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan and former U.S. Basra International Airport Director^[4]

General election

Endorsements

Walter B. Jones (R)

U.S. Representatives

• Ron Paul, U.S. representative from Texas's 14th congressional district (1976–1977, 1979–1985, 1997–2013)

Organizations

• J Street^[54]
• National Federation of Independent Business^[38]
• National Right to Life Committee^[39]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[40]
• Republican Liberty Caucus

Individuals

• Dorothy Helms, widow of U.S. Senator Jesse Helms

Marshall Adame (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]

Organizations

• Equality North Carolina^[43]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Walter B. Jones, Jr. (R)	Marshall Adame (D)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[15]	October 16–23, 2014	128	± 19%	60%	37%	3%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[16]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[17]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[19]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

North Carolina's 3rd congressional district, 2014^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones, Jr. (incumbent)	139,415	67.8
	Democratic	Marshall Adame	66,182	32.2
Total votes			205,597	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

2014 North Carolina's 4th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee David Price Paul Wright Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 169,946 57,416 Percentage 74.2% 25.2%

U.S. Representative before election David Price Democratic Elected U.S. Representative David Price Democratic

See also: North Carolina's 4th congressional district

The 4th district is located in northern North Carolina and includes Orange, Durham, Harnett, Chatham and Wake counties. The incumbent was Democrat David Price, who had represented the district since 1997, and previously represented it from 1987 to 1995. He was re-elected with 74% of the vote in 2012, and the district has a PVI of D+20.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• David Price, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Paul Wright, attorney, former District Court & Superior Court judge and candidate for Governor of North Carolina in 2012^[4]

General election

Endorsements

David Price (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[9]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[10]
• North Carolina Association of Educators^[11]

Organizations

• Equality North Carolina^[43]
• Everytown for Gun Safety^[55]
• Human Rights Campaign^[12]
• J Street^[54]
• Sierra Club^[13]

Newspapers

• Indy Week^[14]
• The News & Observer^[45]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	David Price (D)	Paul Wright (R)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[15]	October 16–23, 2014	158	± 12%	73%	21%	6%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[16]	Safe D	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[17]	Safe D	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18]	Safe D	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe D	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[19]	Safe D	November 4, 2014

Results

North Carolina's 4th congressional district, 2014^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Price (incumbent)	169,946	74.8
	Republican	Paul Wright	57,416	25.2
Total votes			227,362	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 5

2014 North Carolina's 5th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Virginia Foxx Josh Brannon Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 139,279 88,973 Percentage 61.0% 39.0%

U.S. Representative before election Virginia Foxx Republican Elected U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx Republican

See also: North Carolina's 5th congressional district

The 5th district is located in northwestern North Carolina, from the Appalachian Mountains to the Piedmont Triad and includes Watauga, Ashe, Wilkes, Alexander, Iredell, Davie, Yadkin, Surry, Alleghany, Forsyth, Stokes and Reckingham counties. The incumbent was Republican Virginia Foxx, who had represented the district since 2005. She was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2012, and the district has a PVI of R+11.

Foxx had considered running for the U.S. Senate^[56] but instead ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Virginia Foxx, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Philip Doyle^[4]

Results

Republican primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Virginia Foxx (incumbent)	49,572	75.4
	Republican	Philip Doyle	16,175	24.6
Total votes			65,747	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Joshua Brannon, software developer

Eliminated in primary

• Gardenia Henley, retired U.S. Agency for International Development auditor, candidate for state representative in 2010, for governor in 2012 and for Mayor of Winston-Salem in 2013
• Michael W. Holleman
• Will Stinson, candidate for state representative in 2012^[4]

Results

Democratic primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joshua Brannon	8,010	33.0
	Democratic	Gardenia Henley	6,417	26.5
	Democratic	Michael W. Holleman	5,618	23.2
	Democratic	Will Stinson	4,189	17.3
Total votes			24,234	100.0

Runoff

Because Brannon did not secure more than 40 percent of the vote, he and Henley advanced to a runoff.

Democratic primary runoff results^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joshua Brannon	2,748	65.6
	Democratic	Gardenia Henley	1,443	34.4
Total votes			4,191	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Virginia Foxx (R)

Organizations

• National Federation of Independent Business^[38]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[40][58]
• National Right to Life Committee^[39]

Joshua Brannon (D)

Organizations

• Equality North Carolina^[43]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Virginia Foxx (R)	Joshua Brannon (D)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[15]	October 16–23, 2014	140	± 12%	58%	29%	12%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[16]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[17]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[19]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

North Carolina's 5th congressional district, 2014^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Virginia Foxx (incumbent)	139,279	61.0
	Democratic	Joshua Brannon	88,973	39.0
Total votes			228,252	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

2014 North Carolina's 6th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Mark Walker Laura Fjeld Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 147,312 103,758 Percentage 58.7% 41.3%

U.S. Representative before election Howard Coble Republican Elected U.S. Representative Mark Walker Republican

See also: North Carolina's 6th congressional district

The 6th district is located in northern North Carolina and includes all of Caswell, Person, Rockingham, Surry and Stokes counties as well as parts of Guilford, Alamance, Durham, Granville and Orange counties. The incumbent was Republican Howard Coble, who had represented the district since 1985. He was re-elected with 61% of the vote in 2012, and the district has a PVI of R+10.

Republican primary

Citing his health, Coble announced on November 7, 2013, that he would retire and not seek another term in 2014.^[59]

Candidates

Nominee

• Mark Walker, pastor^[4]

Eliminated in primary

• Phil Berger Jr., Rockingham County District Attorney^[60]
• Mike Causey, former insurance agent and nominee for North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance in 2012^[61]
• Kenn Kopf, attorney^[4]
• Zack Matheny, businessman and Greensboro City Councilman^[62]
• Jeff Phillips, financial adviser, Guilford County Commissioner and candidate for this seat in 2010^[4]
• Charlie Sutherland, retired businessman and candidate for District 13 in 2006^[4]
• Bruce VonCannon, retired banker^[4]
• Don Webb, financial adviser and Piedmont Triad International Airport Authority member^[4][63][64]

Declined

• Howard Coble, incumbent U.S. Representative^[59]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Phil Berger	Mike Causey	Kenn Kopf	Zack Matheny	Jeff Phillips	Charlie Sutherland	Bruce VonCannon	Mark Walker	Don Webb	Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Berger)[65]	April 8–10, 2014	300	±5.66%	36%	—	—	6%	—	—	6%	14%	—	38%
Tel Opinion Research[66]	April 2014	–	–	29%	1%	0%	2%	4%	0%	4%	4%	2%	54%

Endorsements

Phil Berger Jr.

U.S. Representatives

• Howard Coble, U.S. representative from North Carolina's 6th congressional district (1985–present)
• Virginia Foxx, U.S. representative from North Carolina's 5th congressional district (2005–present)
• Patrick McHenry, U.S. representative from North Carolina's 10th congressional district (2005–present)
• Mark Meadows, U.S. representative from North Carolina's 11th congressional district (2013–present)

State legislators

• Mike Hager, state representative (2011–present)
• Jason Saine, state representative (2011–present)
• Sarah Stevens, state representative (2009–present)

Organizations

• Tea Party Express^[67]

Mark Walker

State legislators

• John Blust, state representative (2001–present)

Organizations

• Eagle Forum

Results

Republican primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Berger, Jr.	15,127	34.3
	Republican	Mark Walker	11,123	25.2
	Republican	Bruce VonCannon	5,055	11.4
	Republican	Zack Matheny	5,043	11.4
	Republican	Jeff Phillips	3,494	7.9
	Republican	Don Webb	1,899	4.3
	Republican	Mike Causey	1,427	3.2
	Republican	Kenn Kopf	510	1.2
	Republican	Charlie Sutherland	458	1.0
Total votes			44,136	100.0

Runoff

Because Berger did not win more than 40 percent of the vote, he and Walker advanced to a runoff, which Walker won.

Republican primary runoff results^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Walker	18,965	59.9
	Republican	Phil Berger, Jr.	12,722	40.1
Total votes			31,687	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Laura Fjeld, attorney and former vice president of the University of North Carolina system^[68]

Eliminated in primary

• Bruce Davis, Guilford County Commissioner and candidate for the state senate in 2008, 2010 and 2012^[69]

Results

Democratic primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Laura Fjeld	19,066	56.2
	Democratic	Bruce Davis	14,882	43.8
Total votes			33,948	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Mark Walker (R)

State legislators

• John Blust, state representative (2001–present)

Organizations

• Eagle Forum^[70]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[40][71]
• National Right to Life Committee^[39]

Laura Fjeld (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[9]
• North Carolina Association of Educators^[11]

Organizations

• EMILY's List^[72]
• Equality North Carolina^[43]

Newspapers

• Indy Week^[14]
• The News & Observer^[45]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mark Walker (R)	Laura Fjeld (D)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[15]	October 16–23, 2014	180	± 10%	60%	38%	2%
WPA Opinion Research (R-Walker)[73]	September 3–4, 2014	306	± 5.7%	54%	31%	15%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[16]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[17]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[19]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

North Carolina's 6th congressional district, 2014^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Walker	147,312	58.7
	Democratic	Laura Fjeld	103,758	41.3
Total votes			251,070	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

2014 North Carolina's 7th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee David Rouzer Jonathan Barfield, Jr. Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 134,431 84,054 Percentage 59.3% 37.1%

U.S. Representative before election Mike McIntyre Democratic Elected U.S. Representative David Rouzer Republican

See also: North Carolina's 7th congressional district

The 7th district is located in southeastern North Carolina and includes Robeson, Cumberland, Sampson, Bladen, Columbus, Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender and Duplin counties. The incumbent was Democrat Mike McIntyre, who had represented the district since 1997. He was re-elected with 50% of the vote in 2012, and the district has a PVI of R+12.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jonathan Barfield, Jr., New Hanover County Commissioner^[74]

Eliminated in primary

• Walter A. Martin, Jr., Princeton Town Commissioner^[75][4]

Declined

• Mike McIntyre, incumbent U.S. Representative^[76]

Results

Democratic primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jonathan Barfield, Jr.	21,966	58.2
	Democratic	Walter A. Martin, Jr.	15,741	41.8
Total votes			37,707	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• David Rouzer, former state senator from the 12th district and nominee for this district in 2012^[77]

Eliminated in primary

• Chris Andrade^[4]
• Haywood "Woody" White, New Hanover County Commissioner and former state senator^[78]

Results

Republican primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Rouzer	23,010	53.0
	Republican	Haywood "Woody" White	17,389	40.1
	Republican	Chris Andrade	3,000	6.9
Total votes			43,399	100.0

Minor parties

Attorney J. Wesley Casteen, who ran for a seat on the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 2010, was the Libertarian Party nominee.^[79] Louis Harmati, who ran for the state legislature as a Republican in 2012,^[80] ran as a write-in candidate.^[81]

General election

Endorsements

Jonathan Barfield (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[9]
• North Carolina Association of Educators^[11]

Newspapers

• The News & Observer^[45]

David Rouzer (R)

State officials

• Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas (1996–2007) and candidate for President in 2008^[82]

Organizations

• National Federation of Independent Business^[38]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[40]
• National Right to Life Committee^[39]
• Tea Party Express^[83]
• United States Chamber of Commerce^[84]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jonathan Barfield, Jr. (D)	David Rouzer (R)	J. Wesley Casteen (L)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[15]	October 16–23, 2014	324	± 9%	32%	54%	—	13%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[85]	Likely R (flip)	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[86]	Safe R (flip)	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[87]	Safe R (flip)	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R (flip)	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[88]	Safe R (flip)	November 4, 2014

Results

North Carolina's 7th congressional district, 2014^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Rouzer	134,431	59.3
	Democratic	Jonathan Barfield, Jr.	84,054	37.1
	Libertarian	J. Wesley Casteen	7,850	3.5
	Write-in		169	0.1
Total votes			226,504	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 8

2014 North Carolina's 8th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Richard Hudson Antonio Blue Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 121,568 65,854 Percentage 64.9% 35.1%

U.S. Representative before election Richard Hudson Republican Elected U.S. Representative Richard Hudson Republican

See also: North Carolina's 8th congressional district

The 8th district is located in Southern North Carolina and includes all of Anson County, Montgomery County, Richmond County, Scotland County and Stanly County, as well as portions of Cabarrus County, Davidson County, Mecklenburg County, Randolph County, Robeson County, Rowan County and Union County. The incumbent was Republican Richard Hudson, who had represented the district since 2013. He was elected in 2012, defeating Democratic incumbent Larry Kissell with 53% of the vote. The district has a PVI of R+11.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Richard Hudson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Antonio Blue, Mayor of Dobbins Heights, U.S. Army veteran and write-in candidate for this district in 2012^[4]

General election

Endorsements

Richard Hudson (R)

Organizations

• National Federation of Independent Business^[38]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[40]
• National Right to Life Committee^[39]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Richard Hudson (R)	Antonio Blue (D)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[15]	October 16–23, 2014	90	± 16%	57%	33%	9%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[16]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[17]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[19]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

North Carolina's 8th congressional district, 2014^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Hudson (incumbent)	121,568	64.9
	Democratic	Antonio Blue	65,854	35.1
Total votes			187,422	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

2014 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Candidate Robert Pittenger Party Republican Popular vote 163,080 Percentage 93.9%

U.S. Representative before election Robert Pittenger Republican Elected U.S. Representative Robert Pittenger Republican

See also: North Carolina's 9th congressional district

The 9th district is located in south-central North Carolina and includes parts of Iredell, Mecklenburg and Union counties. The incumbent was Republican Robert Pittenger, who had represented the district since 2013. He was elected with 52% of the vote in 2012, succeeding retiring Republican incumbent Sue Myrick. The district has a PVI of R+8.

Pittenger had considered running for the U.S. Senate^[89] but instead ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Robert Pittenger, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Michael Steinberg, businessman and candidate for this seat in 2012.

Results

Republican primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Pittenger (incumbent)	29,505	67.6
	Republican	Michael Steinberg	14,146	32.4
Total votes			43,651	100.0

Democratic primary

No Democrat filed to run for the seat, making this district the only one in the state not being contested by both major parties in 2014.^[4]

Independents

There was a write-in campaign for candidate Shawn Eckles of Iredell County.^[90][81]

General election

Endorsements

Robert Pittenger (R)

Organizations

• National Federation of Independent Business^[38]
• National Right to Life Committee^[39]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[40]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[16]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[17]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[19]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

North Carolina's 9th congressional district, 2014^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Pittenger (incumbent)	163,080	93.9
	Write-in		8,219	4.7
	Independent	Shawn Eckles (write-in)	2,369	1.4
Total votes			173,668	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

2014 North Carolina's 10th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Patrick McHenry Tate MacQueen Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 133,504 85,292 Percentage 61.0% 39.0%

U.S. Representative before election Patrick McHenry Republican Elected U.S. Representative Patrick McHenry Republican

See also: North Carolina's 10th congressional district

The 10th district is located in central and western North Carolina and includes all of Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln and Rutherford counties and parts of Catawba, Iredell and Buncombe counties. The incumbent was Republican Patrick McHenry, who had represented the district since 2005. He was re-elected with 57% of the vote in 2012, and the district has a PVI of R+11.

McHenry had considered running for the U.S. Senate^[91] but instead ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Patrick McHenry, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Richard Lynch, business owner and candidate for North Carolina's 9th congressional district in 2012^[4]

Results

Republican primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick McHenry (incumbent)	29,400	78.0
	Republican	Richard Lynch	8,273	22.0
Total votes			37,673	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Tate MacQueen, High school social studies teacher and soccer coach^[92]

Declined

• Terry Bellamy, Mayor of Asheville and candidate for this seat in 2012^[93][94]

General election

Endorsements

Patrick McHenry (R)

Organizations

• National Federation of Independent Business^[38]
• National Right to Life Committee^[39]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[40]

Tate MacQueen (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]
• North Carolina Association of Educators^[11]

Organizations

• Equality North Carolina^[43]
• Progressive Democrats of America^[95]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Patrick McHenry (R)	Tate MacQueen (D)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[15]	October 16–23, 2014	128	± 21%	51%	29%	20%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[16]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[17]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[19]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

North Carolina's 10th congressional district, 2014^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick McHenry (incumbent)	133,504	61.0
	Democratic	Tate MacQueen	85,292	39.0
Total votes			218,796	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11

2014 North Carolina's 11th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Mark Meadows Tom Hill Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 144,682 85,342 Percentage 62.9% 37.1%

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

See also: North Carolina's 11th congressional district

The 11th district is located in western North Carolina and includes Yancey, McDowell, Rutherford, Polk, Henderson, Buncombe, Madison, Haywood, Jackson, Transylvania, Swain, Macon, Clay, Graham and Cherokee counties. The incumbent was Republican Mark Meadows, who had represented the district since 2013. He was elected with 57% of the vote in 2012, succeeding retiring Democratic incumbent Heath Shuler. The district has a PVI of R+13.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Mark Meadows, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Tom Hill, physicist and candidate for this seat in 2012

Eliminated in primary

• Keith Ruehl, businessman and volunteer firefighter^[96]

Results

Democratic primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Hill	16,819	54.1
	Democratic	Keith Ruehl	14,272	45.9
Total votes			31,091	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Mark Meadows (R)

Organizations

• Eagle Forum^[70]
• National Federation of Independent Business^[38]
• National Right to Life Committee^[39]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[40]

Tom Hill (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mark Meadows (R)	Tom Hill (D)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[15]	October 16–23, 2014	141	± 14%	59%	34%	8%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[16]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[17]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[19]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

North Carolina's 11th congressional district, 2014^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Meadows (incumbent)	144,682	62.9
	Democratic	Tom Hill	85,342	37.1
Total votes			230,024	100.0
	Republican hold

District 12

2014 North Carolina's 12th congressional district election

← 2014 (special) 2016 →

Nominee Alma Adams Vince Coakley Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 130,096 42,568 Percentage 75.4% 24.6%

U.S. Representative before election Alma Adams Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Alma Adams Democratic

See also: 2014 North Carolina's 12th congressional district special election

See also: North Carolina's 12th congressional district

The 12th district is located in central North Carolina and includes parts of Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Lexington, Salisbury, Concord, and High Point. Democrat Mel Watt held this seat from 1993 until he resigned on January 6, 2014, to become director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.^[97][98] The special election to fill the seat for the remainder of the current Congress would be held concurrently with the regular 2014 elections.^[99] Watt was re-elected with 80% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+26.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Alma Adams, state representative^[100]

Eliminated in primary

• George Battle III, general counsel to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board^[100]
• Marcus Brandon, state representative^[100]
• Malcolm Graham, state senator^[100]
• Curtis C. Osborne, attorney^[100]
• Rajive Patel, former mayor of East Spencer^[100]

All except Patel also ran in the special election.^[4]

Withdrew

• Brad Craver, management consultant^[101]
• Beverly M. Earle, state representative and nominee for Mayor of Charlotte in 2007^[100]
• James "Smuggie" Mitchell, Jr., former Charlotte City Council member and candidate for Mayor of Charlotte in 2013^[102]
• Rodney W. Moore, state representative^[103]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Alma Adams	George Battle	Marcus Brandon	Malcolm Graham	James Mitchell	Curtis Osborne	Rajive Patel	Undecided
Hamilton Campaigns (D-Adams)[104]	Feb. 28–Mar. 4, 2014	500	± 4.4%	26%	9%	4%	19%	9%	3%	1%	29%

Results

Democratic primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alma Adams	15,235	44.0
	Democratic	Malcolm Graham	8,180	23.6
	Democratic	George Battle III	4,342	12.5
	Democratic	Marcus Brandon	2,856	8.3
	Democratic	James "Smuggie" Mitchell, Jr.	1,775	5.1
	Democratic	Curtis C. Osborne	1,733	5.0
	Democratic	Rajive Patel	502	1.4
Total votes			34,623	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Vince Coakley, former TV news anchor^[105]

Eliminated in primary

• Leon Threatt^[4]

Coakley was the only Republican to file for the special election.

Results

Republican primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vince Coakley	8,652	78.0
	Republican	Leon Threatt	2,439	22.0
Total votes			11,091	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Alma Adams (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[9]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[10]
• North Carolina Association of Educators^[11]

Organizations

• Equality North Carolina^[43]
• Human Rights Campaign^[12]
• League of Conservation Voters^[106]
• National Organization for Women^[44]
• Sierra Club^[13][107]

Vince Coakley (R)

Organizations

• Eagle Forum^[70]
• National Right to Life Committee^[39]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Alma Adams (D)	Vince Coakley (R)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[15]	October 16–23, 2014	91	± 15%	70%	19%	11%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[16]	Safe D	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[17]	Safe D	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18]	Safe D	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe D	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[19]	Safe D	November 4, 2014

Results

North Carolina's 12th congressional district, 2014^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alma Adams	130,096	75.4
	Republican	Vince Coakley	42,568	24.6
Total votes			172,664	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 13

2014 North Carolina's 13th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee George Holding Brenda Cleary Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 153,991 114,718 Percentage 57.3% 42.7%

U.S. Representative before election George Holding Republican Elected U.S. Representative George Holding Republican

See also: North Carolina's 13th congressional district

The 13th district is located in northern North Carolina and includes parts of Granville, Wake, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Vance, Wayne and Wilson counties. The incumbent was Republican George Holding, who had represented the district since 2013. He was elected with 57% of the vote in 2012, succeeding retiring Democratic incumbent Brad Miller. The district has a PVI of R+8.

Holding had considered running for the U.S. Senate^[89] but instead ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• George Holding, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Brenda Cleary, registered nurse and former executive director of the North Carolina Center for Nursing^[108]

Eliminated in primary

• Virginia Conlon^[4]
• Arunava "Ron" Sanyal^[4]

Results

Democratic primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brenda Cleary	24,631	70.4
	Democratic	Virginia Conlon	6,308	18.0
	Democratic	Arunava "Ron" Sanyal	4,052	11.6
Total votes			34,991	100.0

General election

Endorsements

George Holding (R)

Organizations

• National Federation of Independent Business^[38]
• National Right to Life Committee^[39]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[40]

Brenda Cleary (D)

Labor unions

• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[9]

Organizations

• Equality North Carolina^[43]

Newspapers

• Indy Week^[14]
• The News & Observer^[45]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	George Holding (R)	Brenda Cleary (D)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[15]	October 16–23, 2014	168	± 13%	62%	31%	7%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[16]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[17]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[19]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

North Carolina's 13th congressional district, 2014^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Holding (incumbent)	153,991	57.3
	Democratic	Brenda Cleary	114,718	42.7
Total votes			268,709	100.0
	Republican hold

See also

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