United States Congress elections, 2014

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2014 Congress Elections

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Election Date
November 4, 2014

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U.S. Senate Elections by State
Alabama • Alaska • Arkansas • Colorado • Delaware • Georgia • Idaho • Illinois • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Montana • Nebraska • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • North Carolina • Oklahoma • Oregon • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Virginia • West Virginia • Wyoming

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U.S. House Elections by State
Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming

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Elections Information
Election Dates • Voting in Primaries •
Voting on November 4, 2014 •
Poll Opening and Closing Times

## Contents

* 1 U.S. Senate
* 1.1 Election results
* 1.2 Who ended up with majority control of the U.S. Senate?
* 1.3 Margin of victory
* 1.4 Open seats
* 1.5 Race ratings
* 1.5.1 Cook Political Report
* 1.6 Campaign finance
* 1.6.1 October 2014
* 1.6.2 August 2014
* 1.6.3 July 2014
* 1.6.4 April 2014
* 1.6.5 August 2013
* 1.6.6 April 2013
* 1.7 DSCC and NRSC
* 1.7.1 Fundraising numbers
* 1.7.1.1 September 2014
* 1.7.1.2 July 2014
* 1.7.1.3 April 2014
* 1.7.1.4 October 2013
* 1.7.2 July 2013 memo
* 2 U.S. House
* 2.1 Did the Democratic Party reduce the Republican U.S. House majority?
* 2.2 Expected seat changes
* 2.3 Incumbents who lost
* 2.4 Margin of victory
* 2.5 Battleground study
* 2.5.1 Five criteria
* 2.5.2 The 26 most competitive
* 2.6 DCCC & NRCC fundraising
* 2.6.1 April 2014
* 2.6.2 December 2013
* 2.6.3 September 2013
* 2.6.4 August 2013
* 2.6.5 July 2013
* 2.6.6 April 2013
* 2.7 Outside race ratings
* 2.7.1 Cook Political Report
* 2.7.2 Sabato's Crystal Ball
* 2.7.3 Party targets
* 2.7.3.1 DCCC Frontline
* 2.7.3.2 DCCC Jumpstart
* 2.7.3.3 NRCC Patriot
* 2.7.3.4 NRCC targets
* 2.7.4 Media mentions
* 2.7.5 "The Monkey Cage"
* 3 Independent expenditures in 2014
* 4 Primary elections
* 4.1 Incumbents defeated in 2014 primary elections
* 4.1.1 Ralph Hall
* 4.1.2 Eric Cantor
* 4.1.3 Kerry Bentivolio
* 4.1.4 John Tierney
* 4.2 Five primaries to watch
* 5 Congressional polling
* 5.1 Republicans in Congress
* 5.2 Constituent approval
* 5.3 After October shutdown
* 5.4 Healthcare.gov polling
* 5.5 "Haters" polling
* 6 Issues in 2014
* 7 Government shutdown
* 7.1 Government shutdown
* 7.2 Polling during the shutdown
* 7.3 Approval of own congressmen
* 8 Affordable Care Act
* 8.1 Sen. Lee letter
* 8.2 Healthcare.gov rollout
* 8.3 Senate Conservative Fund targets
* 9 ISIS
* 10 Farm bill
* 10.1 See also
* 10.2 Footnotes

A total of 471 seats in the U.S. Congress (36 Senate seats, including three special elections, and all 435 House seats) were up for election on November 4, 2014. Additionally, three races, Louisiana's 5th and 6th Districts and the Senate election in Louisiana, were Republican wins in a runoff held on December 6, 2014.

U.S. House

Dem. | 188
Rep. | 247
Ind. | 0
TOTAL | 435
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U.S. Senate

Dem. | 44
Rep. | 54
Ind. | 2
TOTAL | 100
UNDECIDED | 0
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A strong Republican showing occurred. Republicans assumed control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress.

Many believed that the November 4, 2014, general election would be a backlash against the Obama Administration’s Affordable Care Act. According to a study by the Brookings Institution, only 36 percent of 2014 Democratic candidates mentioned support of the Affordable Care Act in their platform.[1]

The GOP went into the election with a 233-199 lead in the House of Representatives. Democrats outnumbered Republicans, 53-45, in the U.S. Senate (with two Independents in the mix).[2][3][4]

Heading into the election, Democrats controlled the U.S. Senate while Republicans were the majority in the U.S. House. For Republicans to take the majority in the Senate, they needed to take six seats held by Democrats and retain control of the 15 seats held by a Republican. That was reached. For Democrats to have taken majority control of the U.S. House, a Democratic pick up of 17 seats was needed. That was not reached. Instead, Democrats lost ground in the House.[5]

There were incorrect predictions that the control of the Senate would not be decided on November 4. With races in Georgia and Louisiana tightening up, it was possible that one or both of those races could have been the deciding seats for the majority. A runoff in Louisiana took place on December 6, however, it did not decide the control of the Senate and Republican Bill Cassidy defeated Sen. Mary Landrieu. Interestingly, a Georgia runoff would have been held on January 6, three days after the 114th Congress is sworn in.[6]

A total of 416 incumbents sought re-election in 2014, and 393, or 94.47 percent, were successful in their re-election bids. Seven incumbent senators (including John Walsh of Montana who was appointed to the Senate in February 2014, but decided against seeking a full-term) and 41 representatives announced they would not seek re-election. Additionally, three senators and 13 representatives left office early.

## U.S. Senate[edit]

### Election results[edit]

See also: United States Senate elections, 2014

### Who ended up with majority control of the U.S. Senate?[edit]

All eyes were on which party would control the U.S. Senate in 2015. The Democratic-controlled Senate in the 113th Congress had a partisan breakdown of 53-45-2, with the two Independents caucusing with the Democrats. For Republicans to take the majority in the Senate, they needed to take at least six of the 36 seats up for election that were held by Democrats, and retain control of the 15 seats held by Republicans. The section updated the seat count for each party throughout the night and the vote totals in the hotly contested races.

Rep. Bill Cassidy (R) won the Louisiana seat in a runoff election on December 6, 2014.

U.S. Senate

Dem. | 44
Rep. | 54
Ind. | 2
TOTAL | 100
UNDECIDED | 0
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State | Before | After

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Incumbent | Party | Winner | Winner Party | Seat Party Change?
Alaska Senate | Mark Begich |  | Dan Sullivan |  | Yes
Arkansas Senate | Mark Pryor |  | Tom Cotton |  | Yes
Colorado Senate | Mark Udall |  | Cory Gardner |  | Yes
Georgia Senate | Saxby Chambliss* |  | David Perdue |  | No
Iowa Senate | Tom Harkin* |  | Joni Ernst |  | Yes
Kansas Senate | Pat Roberts |  | Pat Roberts |  | No
Kentucky Senate | Mitch McConnell |  | Mitch McConnell |  | No
Louisiana Senate | Mary Landrieu |  | Bill Cassidy |  | Yes
Montana Senate | John Walsh* |  | Steve Daines |  | Yes
New Hampshire Senate | Jeanne Shaheen |  | Jeanne Shaheen |  | No
North Carolina Senate | Kay Hagan |  | Thom Tillis |  | Yes
South Dakota Senate | Tim Johnson* |  | Mike Rounds |  | Yes
Virginia Senate | Mark Warner |  | Mark Warner |  | No
West Virginia Senate | Jay Rockefeller* |  | Shelley Moore Capito |  | Yes

"*" indicates that the incumbent retired in 2014.

U.S. Senate, Alabama General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Jeff Sessions Incumbent | 97.3% | 795,606
| N/A  |  Write-in  | 2.7% | 22,484
Total Votes | 818,090
Source: Alabama Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, Alaska General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Dan Sullivan | 48% | 135,445
| Democratic  |  Mark Begich Incumbent | 45.8% | 129,431
| Libertarian  |  Mark Fish  | 3.7% | 10,512
| Independent  |  Ted Gianoutsos  | 2% | 5,636
| N/A  |  Write-in  | 0.5% | 1,376
Total Votes | 282,400
Source: Alaska Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, Arkansas General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Tom Cotton | 56.5% | 478,819
| Democratic  |  Mark Pryor Incumbent | 39.5% | 334,174
| Libertarian  |  Nathan LaFrance  | 2% | 17,210
| Green  |  Mark Swaney  | 2% | 16,797
Total Votes | 847,000
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, Colorado General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Cory Gardner | 48.2% | 983,891
| Democratic  |  Mark Udall Incumbent | 46.3% | 944,203
| Libertarian  |  Gaylon Kent  | 2.6% | 52,876
| Independent  |  Steve Shogan  | 1.4% | 29,472
| Independent  |  Raul Acosta  | 1.2% | 24,151
| Unity Party of Colorado  |  Bill Hammons  | 0.3% | 6,427
Total Votes | 2,041,020
Source: Colorado Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, Delaware General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Democratic  | Chris Coons Incumbent | 55.8% | 130,655
| Republican  |  Kevin Wade  | 42.2% | 98,823
| Green  |  Andrew Groff  | 1.9% | 4,560
Total Votes | 234,038
Source: U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics"

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U.S. Senate, Georgia General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | David Perdue | 52.89% | 1,358,088
| Democratic  |  Michelle Nunn  | 45.21% | 1,160,811
| Libertarian  |  Amanda Swafford  | 1.90% | 48,862
Total Votes | 2,567,761
Source: Georgia Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, Idaho General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Jim Risch Incumbent | 65.3% | 285,596
| Democratic  |  Nels Mitchell  | 34.7% | 151,574
Total Votes | 437,170
Source: Idaho Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, Illinois General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Democratic  | Richard Durbin Incumbent | 53.5% | 1,929,637
| Republican  |  Jim Oberweis  | 42.7% | 1,538,522
| Libertarian  |  Sharon Hansen  | 3.8% | 135,316
Total Votes | 3,603,475
Source: Illinois Secretary of State Official Results

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U.S. Senate, Iowa General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Joni Ernst | 52.1% | 588,575
| Democratic  |  Bruce Braley  | 43.8% | 494,370
| Independent  |  Rick Stewart  | 2.4% | 26,815
| Libertarian  |  Douglas Butzier  | 0.7% | 8,232
| Independent  |  Ruth Smith  | 0.5% | 5,873
| Independent  |  Bob Quast  | 0.4% | 4,724
| Write-in  |  Other  | 0.1% | 1,111
Total Votes | 1,129,700
Source: Iowa Secretary of State Official Results

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U.S. Senate, Kansas General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Pat Roberts Incumbent | 53.1% | 460,350
| Independent  |  Greg Orman  | 42.5% | 368,372
| Libertarian  |  Randall Batson  | 4.3% | 37,469
Total Votes | 866,191
Source: Kansas Secretary of State Official Results

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U.S. Senate, Kentucky General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Mitch McConnell Incumbent | 56.2% | 806,787
| Democratic  |  Alison Lundergan Grimes  | 40.7% | 584,698
| Libertarian  |  David Patterson  | 3.1% | 44,240
Total Votes | 1,435,725
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, Louisiana Primary Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Democratic  | Mary Landrieu Incumbent | 42.1% | 619,402
| Democratic  |  Wayne Ables  | 0.8% | 11,323
| Democratic  |  Vallian Senegal  | 0.3% | 3,831
| Democratic  |  William Waymire Jr.  | 0.3% | 4,673
| Republican  | Bill Cassidy | 41% | 603,084
| Republican  |  Rob Maness  | 13.8% | 202,556
| Republican  |  Thomas Clements  | 1% | 14,173
| Libertarian  |  Brannon Lee McMorris  | 0.9% | 13,034
Total Votes | 1,472,076
Source: Mary Landrieu and Bill Cassidy headed to a runoff election on December 6, 2014. Louisiana Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, Maine General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Susan Collins Incumbent | 67% | 413,505
| Democratic  |  Shenna Bellows  | 30.8% | 190,254
| Other  |  Other  | 0% | 269
| Blank  |  None  | 2.1% | 12,968
Total Votes | 616,996
Source: Maine Secretary of State Official Results

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U.S. Senate, Massachusetts General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Democratic  | Ed Markey Incumbent | 59% | 1,289,944
| Republican  |  Brian Herr  | 36.2% | 791,950
| Write-in  |  Other  | 0.1% | 3,078
| Blank  |  None  | 4.7% | 101,819
Total Votes | 2,186,791
Source: Massachusetts Secretary of State Official Results

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U.S. Senate, Michigan General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Democratic  | Gary Peters | 54.6% | 1,704,936
| Republican  |  Terri Lynn Land  | 41.3% | 1,290,199
| Libertarian  |  Jim Fulner  | 2% | 62,897
| U.S. Taxpayers Party  |  Richard Matkin  | 1.2% | 37,529
| Green  |  Chris Wahmhoff  | 0.8% | 26,137
Total Votes | 3,121,698
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, Minnesota General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Democratic  | Al Franken Incumbent | 53.2% | 1,053,205
| Republican  |  Mike McFadden  | 42.9% | 850,227
| Libertarian  |  Heather Johnson  | 1.5% | 29,685
| Independence  |  Steve Carlson  | 2.4% | 47,530
| N/A  |  Write-in  | 0% | 881
Total Votes | 1,981,528
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, Mississippi General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Thad Cochran Incumbent | 59.9% | 378,481
| Democratic  |  Travis Childers  | 37.9% | 239,439
| Reform  |  Shawn O'Hara  | 2.2% | 13,938
Total Votes | 631,858
Source: Mississippi Secretary of State Official Results

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U.S. Senate, Montana General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Steve Daines | 57.8% | 213,709
| Democratic  |  Amanda Curtis  | 40.1% | 148,184
| Libertarian  |  Roger Roots  | 2.1% | 7,933
Total Votes | 369,826
Source: Montana Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, Nebraska General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Ben Sasse | 64.4% | 347,636
| Democratic  |  Dave Domina  | 31.5% | 170,127
| Independent  |  Jim Jenkins  | 2.9% | 15,868
| Independent  |  Todd Watson  | 1.2% | 6,260
Total Votes | 539,891
Source: Nebraska Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, New Hampshire General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Democratic  | Jeanne Shaheen Incumbent | 51.5% | 251,184
| Republican  |  Scott Brown  | 48.2% | 235,347
| N/A  |  Scatter  | 0.3% | 1,628
Total Votes | 488,159
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, New Jersey General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Democratic  | Cory Booker Incumbent | 55.8% | 1,043,866
| Republican  |  Jeff Bell  | 42.3% | 791,297
| Libertarian  |  Joe Baratelli  | 0.9% | 16,721
| Independent  |  Jeff Boss  | 0.2% | 4,513
| Independent  |  Antonio N. Sabas  | 0.2% | 3,544
| Democratic-Republican  |  Eugene Lavergne  | 0.2% | 3,890
| Economic Growth  |  Hank Schroeder  | 0.3% | 5,704
Total Votes | 1,869,535
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections

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U.S. Senate, New Mexico General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Democratic  | Tom Udall Incumbent | 55.6% | 286,409
| Republican  |  Allen Weh  | 44.4% | 229,097
Total Votes | 515,506
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, North Carolina General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Democratic  |  Kay Hagan Incumbent | 47.3% | 1,377,651
| Republican  | Thom Tillis | 48.8% | 1,423,259
| Libertarian  |  Sean Haugh  | 3.7% | 109,100
| Write-in  |  John Rhodes  | 0% | 621
| Write-in  |  David Waddell  | 0% | 201
| Write-in  |  Barry Gurney  | 0% | 142
| Write-in  |  Write-in (miscellaneous)  | 0.1% | 4,307
Total Votes | 2,915,281
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections

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U.S. Senate, Oklahoma General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Jim Inhofe Incumbent | 68% | 558,166
| Democratic  |  Matt Silverstein  | 28.5% | 234,307
| Independent  |  Ray Woods  | 1.2% | 9,913
| Independent  |  Aaron DeLozier  | 0.9% | 7,793
| Independent  |  Joan Farr  | 1.3% | 10,554
Total Votes | 820,733
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board

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U.S. Senate, Oregon General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Democratic  | Jeff Merkley Incumbent | 55.7% | 814,537
| Republican  |  Monica Wehby  | 36.9% | 538,847
| Libertarian  |  Mike Montchalin  | 3.1% | 44,916
| Constitution  |  James Leuenberger  | 1.7% | 24,212
| Green  |  Christina Jean Lugo  | 2.2% | 32,434
| Miscellaneous  |  Miscellaneous  | 0.5% | 6,672
Total Votes | 1,461,618
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, Rhode Island General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Democratic  | Jack Reed Incumbent | 70.6% | 223,675
| Republican  |  Mark Zaccaria  | 29.2% | 92,684
| N/A  |  Write-in  | 0.2% | 539
Total Votes | 316,898
Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections

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U.S. Senate, South Carolina General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Lindsey Graham Incumbent | 55.3% | 672,941
| Democratic  |  Brad Hutto  | 37.6% | 456,726
| Libertarian  |  Victor Kocher  | 2.8% | 33,839
| Independent  |  Thomas Ravenel  | 3.9% | 47,588
| N/A  |  Write-in  | 0.4% | 4,774
Total Votes | 1,215,868
Source: South Carolina State Election Commission

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U.S. Senate, South Dakota General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Mike Rounds | 50.4% | 140,741
| Democratic  |  Rick Weiland  | 29.5% | 82,456
| Independent  |  Larry Pressler  | 17.1% | 47,741
| Independent  |  Gordon Howie  | 3% | 8,474
Total Votes | 279,412
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State

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U.S. Senate, Tennessee General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Lamar Alexander Incumbent | 61.9% | 850,087
| Democratic  |  Gordon Ball  | 31.9% | 437,848
| Independent  |  Ed Gauthier  | 0.2% | 2,314
| Independent  |  Bartholomew Phillips  | 0.2% | 2,386
| Independent  |  C. Salekin  | 0.1% | 787
| Independent  |  Danny Page  | 0.6% | 7,713
| Independent  |  Eric Schechter  | 0.1% | 1,673
| Constitution  |  Joe Wilmoth  | 2.6% | 36,088
| Independent  |  Joshua James  | 0.4% | 5,678
| Independent  |  Rick Tyler  | 0.4% | 5,759
| Tea Party  |  Tom Emerson, Jr.  | 0.8% | 11,157
| Green  |  Martin Pleasant  | 0.9% | 12,570
| Write-in  |  Erin Kent Magee  | 0% | 5
Total Votes | 1,374,065
Source: U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics"

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U.S. Senate, Texas General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | John Cornyn Incumbent | 61.6% | 2,861,531
| Democratic  |  David Alameel  | 34.4% | 1,597,387
| Libertarian  |  Rebecca Paddock  | 2.9% | 133,751
| Green  |  Emily Marie Sanchez  | 1.2% | 54,701
| Write-in  |  Mohammed Tahiro  | 0% | 988
Total Votes | 4,648,358
Source: U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics"

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U.S. Senate, Virginia General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Democratic  | Mark Warner Incumbent | 49.1% | 1,073,667
| Republican  |  Ed Gillespie  | 48.3% | 1,055,940
| Libertarian  |  Robert Sarvis  | 2.4% | 53,102
| N/A  |  write-in  | 0.1% | 1,764
Total Votes | 2,184,473
Source: Virginia Department of Elections

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U.S. Senate, West Virginia General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Shelley Moore Capito | 62.1% | 281,820
| Democratic  |  Natalie Tennant  | 34.5% | 156,360
| Libertarian  |  John Buckley  | 1.6% | 7,409
| Constitution  |  Phil Hudok  | 0.6% | 2,566
| Mountain  |  Bob Henry Baber  | 1.2% | 5,504
| N/A  |  Write-ins  | 0% | 30
Total Votes | 453,689
Source: U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics"

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U.S. Senate, Wyoming General Election, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Republican  | Mike Enzi Incumbent | 72.2% | 121,554
| Democratic  |  Charlie Hardy  | 17.4% | 29,377
| Independent  |  Curt Gottshall  | 7.9% | 13,311
| Libertarian  |  Joe Porambo  | 2.2% | 3,677
| N/A  |  Write-in  | 0.3% | 471
Total Votes | 168,390
Source: Wyoming Secretary of State

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The 33 Class II U.S. Senate seats were up for election. Of those 33 seats, 20 were held by Democrats and 13 by Republican senators. Additionally, three special elections took place in 2014 to fill vacancies that occurred during the 113th Congress (Hawaii, Oklahoma and South Carolina). All three of these special elections took place on November 4, 2014, for a total of 36 Senate elections.

For Republicans to gain control of the Senate, they needed to pick up at least six seats held by Democrats and maintain control of all Republican seats up for re-election. Unfortunately for Democratic incumbents, seven of their seats up in 2014 were in states carried by Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. Those states were: Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia.[7]

### Margin of victory[edit]

The following table shows the margin of victory for each race winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the top-two vote getters. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100%. Some general facts:

* The average margin of victory was 22.6 percent.
* On average, Democrats won closer races than Republicans. Average MOV for Democratic winners was 18.7 percent, while Republicans had an average margin of 24.7 percent.
* The closest race was in Virginia, where incumbent Mark Warner (D) held on to his seat, defeating Ed Gillespie by 0.8 percent of the vote.
* The largest margin of victory was in Alabama, where incumbent Jeff Sessions (R) faced no opponent in the general election. This election marked the first time in Alabama history that the Democratic Party fielded no candidates for the U.S. Senate race.[8]

Margin of Victory in 2014 United States Senate Elections

State | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Vote | Top Opponent
Alaska |  Dan Sullivan | 2.2% | 282,400 | Mark Begich
Alabama |  Jeff Sessions | 94.5% | 818,090 | Write-in
Arkansas |  Tom Cotton | 17.0% | 847,000 | Mark Pryor
Colorado |  Cory Gardner | 1.9% | 2,041,020 | Mark Udall
Delaware |  Chris Coons | 13.6% | 234,038 | Kevin Wade
Georgia |  David Perdue | 7.7% | 2,567,761 | Michelle Nunn
Hawaii |  Brian Schatz | 42.1% | 353,689 | Cam Cavasso
Iowa |  Joni Ernst | 8.3% | 1,129,700 | Bruce Braley
Idaho |  Jim Risch | 30.7% | 437,170 | Nels Mitchell
Illinois |  Richard Durbin | 10.9% | 3,603,475 | Jim Oberweis
Kansas |  Pat Roberts | 10.6% | 866,191 | Greg Orman
Kentucky |  Mitch McConnell | 15.5% | 1,435,725 | Alison Lundergan Grimes
Louisiana Runoff Election |  Bill Cassidy | 11.8% | 1,273,589 | Mary Landrieu
Massachusetts |  Ed Markey | 22.8% | 2,186,791 | Brian Herr
Maine |  Susan Collins | 36.2% | 616,996 | Shenna Bellows
Michigan |  Gary Peters | 13.3% | 3,121,698 | Terri Lynn Land
Minnesota |  Al Franken | 10.2% | 1,981,528 | Mike McFadden
Mississippi |  Thad Cochran | 22% | 631,858 | Travis Childers
Montana |  Steve Daines | 17.7% | 369,826 | Amanda Curtis
North Carolina |  Thom Tillis | 1.5% | 2,915,281 | Kay Hagan
Nebraska |  Ben Sasse | 32.9% | 539,891 | Dave Domina
New Hampshire |  Jeanne Shaheen | 3.2% | 488,159 | Scott Brown
New Jersey |  Cory Booker | 13.5% | 1,869,535 | Jeff Bell
New Mexico |  Tom Udall | 11.1% | 515,506 | Allen Weh
Oklahoma Special Election |  James Lankford | 38.9% | 820,890 | Constance Johnson
Oklahoma |  Jim Inhofe | 39.5% | 820,733 | Matt Silverstein
Oregon |  Jeff Merkley | 18.9% | 1,461,618 | Monica Wehby
Rhode Island |  Jack Reed | 41.3% | 316,898 | Mark Zaccaria
South Carolina Special Election |  Tim Scott | 24% | 1,238,982 | Joyce Dickerson
South Carolina |  Lindsey Graham | 17.8% | 1,215,868 | Brad Hutto
South Dakota |  Mike Rounds | 20.9% | 279,412 | Rick Weiland
Tennessee |  Lamar Alexander | 31.7% | 1,301,733 | Gordon Ball
Texas |  John Cornyn | 27.2% | 4,647,371 | David Alameel
Virginia |  Mark Warner | 0.8% | 2,184,473 | Ed Gillespie
West Virginia |  Shelley Moore Capito | 27.6% | 451,498 | Natalie Tennant
Wyoming |  Mike Enzi | 54.7% | 168,390 | Charlie Hardy

### Open seats[edit]

Seven senators (including John Walsh of Montana who was appointed to the Senate in February 2014, but decided against seeking a full-term) announced that they would not seek re-election in 2014. In addition to the following list, four senators left office early: Max Baucus (D-MT), John Kerry (D-MA), Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Tom Coburn (R-OK). The deaths of Sens. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and the early resignation of Coburn, necessitated three special elections held with the 33 regular elections on November 4, 2014.

* 5 Democrats
* 2 Republicans

Name:| Party:| Office:

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Carl Levin|  Democratic | U.S. Senator Michigan
Jay Rockefeller|  Democratic | U.S. Senate West Virginia
John Walsh|  Democratic | U.S. Senate Montana
Mike Johanns|  Republican | U.S. Senate Nebraska
Saxby Chambliss|  Republican | U.S. Senate Georgia
Tim Johnson|  Democratic | U.S. Senate South Dakota
Tom Harkin|  Democratic | U.S. Senator Iowa

U.S. Senate Partisan Breakdown

Party  | As of 2014 Election  | After the 2014 Election
| Democratic Party | 53 | 44
| Republican Party | 45  | 54
| Independent  | 2  | 2
Total |  100 |  100

This map shows the Senate seats up for election in 2014. The red and blue colors indicate whether the seat was held by a Republican or a Democrat, respectively.

### Race ratings[edit]

#### Cook Political Report[edit]

Each month the Cook Political Report released race ratings for President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House (competitive only) and Governors in 2014. There were seven possible designations:[9]

Solid D
Likely D
Lean D

Tossup

Lean R
Likely R
Solid R

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Cook Political Report Race Rating -- U.S. Senate

Month  | Solid D  | Likely D  | Lean D  | Tossup  | Lean R  | Likely R  | Solid R  | Total D  | Total R  | Total races
June 27, 2013[10] | 6  | 5  | 6  | 3  | 0  | 4  | 11  | 17  | 15  | 35
August 2, 2013[11] | 7  | 4  | 6  | 2  | 3  | 2  | 11  | 17  | 16  | 35
October 17, 2013[12] | 7  | 4  | 6  | 2  | 3  | 2  | 11  | 17  | 16  | 35
December 19, 2013[13] | 7  | 5  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 1  | 12  | 16  | 16  | 35
February 7, 2014[14] | 6  | 6  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 1  | 13  | 16  | 17  | 36
February 27, 2014[15] | 6  | 5  | 5  | 3  | 3  | 1  | 13  | 16  | 17  | 36
March 19, 2014[16] | 8  | 2  | 3  | 7  | 2  | 2  | 12  | 13  | 16  | 36
April 25, 2014[17] | 8  | 2  | 2  | 8  | 2  | 2  | 12  | 12  | 16  | 36
August 15, 2014[18] | 7  | 3  | 1  | 9  | 2  | 3  | 11  | 11  | 16  | 36
September 19, 2014[19] | 7  | 3  | 1  | 9  | 1  | 3  | 12  | 11  | 16  | 36
October 17, 2014[20] | 7  | 3  | 1  | 10  | 1  | 2  | 12  | 11  | 15  | 36

### Campaign finance[edit]

#### October 2014[edit]

Politico highlighted the following fundraising figures for the third quarter 2014 reports:

* Gwen Graham, challenging Rep. Steve Southerland, in Florida's 2nd District raised $820,000 over Southerland's $620,000.
* Despite putting in $175,000 of his own funds, Rick Allen still lost to Rep. John Barrow's (D) haul in Georgia's 12th District.
* Seth Moulton, running against Richard Tisei (R) for the open seat in Massachusetts' 6th District, outraised Tisei, $600,000 to $333,0000.
* Independent Greg Orman came very close to matching the funds raised by his incumbent opponent, Sen. Pat Roberts. Orman raised $1.5 million to Roberts' $1.65 million.[21]

#### August 2014[edit]

According to OpenSecrets.org, below were the races that had the most satellite spending. They included the U.S. Senate races in North Carolina, Kentucky, Mississippi, Georgia and Arkansas.

List of the races that received the most in independent expenditures, according to OpenSecrets.org.

#### July 2014[edit]

In July 2014, Politico released the highlights from the second quarter 2014 fundraising reports. They included:[22]

* Tom Cotton (R-AR) raised $2.28 million, compared to Sen. Mark Pryor's $1.5 million in the Arkansas Senate race.
* Martha McSally (R-AZ) raised $100,000 more than Rep. Ron Barber ($653,000 to Barber's $550,000) in Arizona's 2nd District.
* Ryan Costello (R-PA) raised $667,000 for Pennsylvania's 6th District.

#### April 2014[edit]

According to an April 2014 Politico report, vulnerable Democrats were being outraised by Republican challengers.[23] The candidates highlighted in the article were:

* Mark Pryor (AR) had raised $1.22 million compared to challenger Rep. Tom Cotton's $1.35 million
* Mark Begich (AK) had raised $1.05 million compared to the $2 million raised by challenger, Dan Sullivan, during the same period.[23]

#### August 2013[edit]

An August 2013 Politico report reported that the 27 incumbents running for re-election in 2014 had together raised about $125 million by the end of June 2013.[24] The report also found that 2014 may be the most expensive midterm election to date, pointing to the fact that the total amount raised for incumbents seeking re-election was $30 million more than at the same point in 2012 and on par with the amount they had raised in 2010.[24]

The incumbents highlighted in the article were:[24]

* Minority Leader Mitch McConnell led in fundraising, having raised more than $15 million for the 2014 cycle
* Lindsey Graham (SC) and John Cornyn (TX) raised more than $8 million in the 2014 cycle
* Kay Hagan (NC), Mark Pryor (AR) and Mary Landrieu (LA) each raised between $4 million to $7 million in the 2014 cycle

#### April 2013[edit]

According to an April 2013 Politico report, incumbent Democrats in red states raised "millions" in the first three months of 2013.[25] The candidates highlighted in the article were:

* Mary Landrieu (LA) had raised $1.2 million and had $3.5 million cash on hand
* Mark Pryor (AR) had raised $1.9 million and had $3.4 million cash on hand
* Kay Hagan (NC) had raised $1.6 million and had $2.7 million cash on hand
* Mark Begich (AK) had raised $948,000 and had $1.5 million cash on hand[25]

### DSCC and NRSC[edit]

Both the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) work to elect candidates from their respective parties to the U.S. Senate.

#### Fundraising numbers[edit]

##### September 2014[edit]

The DSCC raised $16 million in September, while the NRSC was on their heels with $15.5. Both organizations had the highest September hauls in the organizations' histories.[26]

##### July 2014[edit]

The DSCC had its strongest second quarter in organization history, raising $21.7 million during the quarter. As of July 2014, the DSCC had raised $70.3 million in the 2014 cycle, while the NRSC had raised $68.6 million in 2014.[27]

##### April 2014[edit]

The DSCC outraised the NRSC, $6.3 million to $6.04 million. In April, the DSCC ended the month with $25 million on hand, while the NRSC had $21.9 million in the bank. Both organizations remained debt-free.[28]

##### October 2013[edit]

The DSCC outraised their GOP counterpart, the NRSC, by one million dollars in October 2013. The DSCC raised $4.8 million compared to the NRSC's $3.8 million. This was the organization's best off-year October in their history.

At that time, the DSCC had raised $14 million more than the NRSC, a total of $43.5 million raised. They reported $11.1 million cash on hand. However, the organization was also carrying $6.2 million in debt. The NRSC had $5 million cash on hand at the end of October 2013.[29]

#### July 2013 memo[edit]

In July 2013, NRSC president, Rob Collins, circulated a memo to top donors outlining the path to a majority in the Senate for the Republican Party. From the memo:

"Montana now joins West Virginia and South Dakota as the third red-state where Democrats have not only failed to land their top candidates, but to recruit a candidate capable of winning a general election matchup."

Collins reiterated that Republicans needed to win just three seats in states with incumbent Democratic senators.[30]

## U.S. House[edit]

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 2014

### Did the Democratic Party reduce the Republican U.S. House majority?[edit]

All 435 U.S. House of Representatives seats were up for election. Republicans went into the election with a 233-199 majority (with three vacancies). Democrats failed to pick up 19 seats to flip control and instead lost seats. On this page, Ballotpedia tracked the districts identified as battleground districts. Below the battleground chart, we also tracked unexpectedly close races that developed throughout election night.

Note: The tables below were updated in real-time on election night. As races were called, we updated the partisan count totals.

U.S. House

Dem. | 188
Rep. | 247
Ind. | 0
TOTAL | 435
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State | Before | After

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Incumbent | Party | Winner | Winner Party | District Party Change?
Arizona's 1st District | Ann Kirkpatrick |  | Ann Kirkpatrick |  | No
Arizona's 2nd District | Ron Barber |  | Martha McSally |  | Yes
Arizona's 9th District | Kyrsten Sinema |  | Kyrsten Sinema |  | No
California's 7th District | Ami Bera |  | Ami Bera |  | No
California's 21st District | David Valadao |  | David Valadao |  | No
California's 36th District | Raul Ruiz |  | Raul Ruiz |  | No
California's 52nd District | Scott Peters |  | Scott Peters |  | No
Colorado's 6th District | Mike Coffman |  | Mike Coffman |  | No
Florida's 18th District | Patrick Murphy |  | Patrick Murphy |  | No
Florida's 26th District | Joe Garcia |  | Carlos Curbelo |  | Yes
Illinois' 12th District | William Enyart |  | Mike Bost |  | Yes
Illinois' 13th District | Rodney Davis |  | Rodney Davis |  | No
Michigan's 1st District | Dan Benishek |  | Dan Benishek |  | No
Minnesota's 8th District | Rick Nolan |  | Rick Nolan |  | No
Nevada's 3rd District | Joe Heck |  | Joe Heck |  | No
New Hampshire's 1st District | Carol Shea-Porter |  | Frank Guinta |  | Yes
New Jersey's 2nd District | Frank LoBiondo |  | Frank LoBiondo |  | No
New Jersey's 3rd District | Jon Runyan* |  | Tom MacArthur |  | No
New York's 1st District | Tim Bishop |  | Lee Zeldin |  | Yes
New York's 11th District | Michael Grimm |  | Michael Grimm |  | No
New York's 18th District | Sean Maloney |  | Sean Maloney |  | No
New York's 21st District | Bill Owens* |  | Elise Stefanik |  | Yes
New York's 23rd District | Tom Reed |  | Tom Reed |  | No
Texas' 23rd District | Pete Gallego |  | Will Hurd |  | Yes
Virginia's 2nd District | Scott Rigell |  | Scott Rigell |  | No
West Virginia's 3rd District | Nick Rahall |  | Evan Jenkins |  | Yes

"*" indicates that the incumbent retired in 2014.

### Expected seat changes[edit]

These are districts where a change in party was expected due to a very vulnerable incumbent. These races were not rated as battlegrounds because they were likely to flip control.

District | Before | After

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Incumbent | Party | Winner | Winner Party
North Carolina's 7th District | Mike McIntyre (Retiring) |  | David Rouzer |
Utah's 4th District | Jim Matheson (Retiring) |  | Mia Love |
West Virginia's 3rd District | Nick Rahall |  | Evan Jenkins |

### Incumbents who lost[edit]

Partisanship of the losing incumbents:

* 3
* 11

District | Before | After

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Incumbent | Party | Winner | Winner Party
Arizona's 2nd District | Ron Barber |  | Martha McSally |
Florida's 2nd District | Steve Southerland |  | Gwen Graham |
Florida's 26th District | Joe Garcia |  | Carlos Curbelo |
Georgia's 12th District | John Barrow |  | Rick Allen |
Illinois' 10th District | Brad Schneider |  | Robert Dold |
Illinois' 12th District | Bill Enyart |  | Mike Bost |
Louisiana's 5th District | Vance McAllister |  | Ralph Abraham |
Nebraska's 2nd District | Lee Terry |  | Brad Ashford |
Nevada's 4th District | Steven Horsford |  | Cresent Hardy |
New Hampshire's 1st District | Carol Shea-Porter |  | Frank Guinta |
New York's 1st District | Tim Bishop |  | Lee Zeldin |
Texas' 23rd District | Pete Gallego |  | Will Hurd |
New York's 24th District | Dan Maffei |  | John Katko |
West Virginia's 3rd District | Nick Rahall |  | Evan Jenkins |

Democrats hoped to survive a possible referendum on the Obama Administration’s Affordable Care Act and not lose further ground in the Republican-dominated U.S. House of Representatives during the November 4, 2014 general election. All 435 seats of the U.S. House were up for election.

U.S. House Partisan Breakdown

Party  | As of 2014 Election  | After the 2014 Election
| Democratic Party | 201  | 188
| Republican Party | 234 | 247
| Vacancy  | 0  | 0
Total |  435 |  435

### Margin of victory[edit]

The following table shows the margin of victory for each race winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the top-two vote getters. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100%. Some general facts:

* The average margin of victory was 35.8 percent.
* On average, Republicans won slightly closer races than Republicans. Average MOV for Republican winners was 35 percent, while Democrats had an average margin of 36.9 percent.
* The closest race was in Arizona's 2nd Congressional District, where Martha McSally (R) unseated incumbent Ron Barber (D) by 0.1 percent of the vote.

Margin of Victory in 2014 United States House of Representatives Elections

District | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Vote | Top Opponent
Alabama District 1 |  Bradley Byrne | 36.4% | 152234 | Burton LeFlore
Alabama District 2 |  Martha Roby | 34.8% | 167952 | Erick Wright
Alabama District 3 |  Mike Rogers | 32.4% | 156,620 | Jesse Smith
Alabama District 4 |  Robert Aderholt | 97.1% | 134752 | Write-in
Alabama District 5 |  Mo Brooks | 49.3% | 154,974 | Jerry Hill
Alabama District 6 |  Gary Palmer | 52.5% | 178449 | Mark Lester
Alabama District 7 |  Terri Sewell | 96.7% | 135,899 | Write-in
Alaska's At-Large District |  Don Young | 10% | 279,741 | Forrest Dunbar
Arizona District 1 |  Ann Kirkpatrick | 5.2% | 185114 | Andy Tobin
Arizona District 2 |  Martha McSally | 0.1% | 219,351 | Ron Barber
Arizona District 3 |  Raul Grijalva | 11.5% | 104428 | Gabriela Saucedo Mercer
Arizona District 4 |  Paul Gosar | 44.2% | 175,179 | Mikel Weisser
Arizona District 5 |  Matt Salmon | 39.2% | 179,463 | James Woods
Arizona District 6 |  David Schweikert | 29.7% | 199,776 | John Williamson
Arizona District 7 |  Ruben Gallego | 60.1% | 72,454 | Joe Cobb
Arizona District 8 |  Trent Franks | 51.6% | 169,776 | Stephen Dolgos
Arizona District 9 |  Kyrsten Sinema | 12.8% | 162062 | Wendy Rogers
Arkansas District 1 |  Rick Crawford | 30.9% | 196256 | Jackie McPherson
Arkansas District 2 |  French Hill | 8.3% | 237330 | Patrick Hays
Arkansas District 3 |  Steve Womack | 58.8% | 190,935 | Grant Brand
Arkansas District 4 |  Bruce Westerman | 11.2% | 206,131 | James Lee Witt
California District 10 |  Jeff Denham | 12.3% | 125,705 | Michael Eggman
California District 11 |  Mark DeSaulnier | 34.5% | 174,662 | Tue Phan-Quang
California District 12 |  Nancy Pelosi | 66.5% | 192,264 | John Dennis
California District 13 |  Barbara Lee | 77% | 190431 | Dakin Sundeen
California District 14 |  Jackie Speier | 53.4% | 149146 | Robin Chew
California District 15 |  Eric Swalwell | 39.6% | 142,906 | Hugh Bussell
California District 16 |  Jim Costa | 1.5% | 91220 | Johnny Tacherra
California District 17 |  Mike Honda | 3.5% | 134,408 | Ro Khanna
California District 18 |  Anna Eshoo | 35.5% | 196,386 | Richard Fox
California District 19 |  Zoe Lofgren | 34.4% | 127,788 | Robert Murray
California District 1 |  Doug La Malfa | 22.1% | 216,372 | Heidi Hall
California District 20 |  Sam Farr | 50.4% | 141,044 | Ronald Paul Kabat
California District 21 |  David Valadao | 15.7% | 79,377 | Amanda Renteria
California District 22 |  Devin Nunes | 44.1% | 133342 | Suzanna Aguilera-Marrero
California District 23 |  Kevin McCarthy | 49.7% | 134043 | Raul Garcia
California District 24 |  Lois Capps | 3.9% | 198794 | Chris Mitchum
California District 25 |  Steve Knight | 6.7% | 114,072 | Tony Strickland
California District 26 |  Julia Brownley | 2.7% | 169,829 | Jeff Gorell
California District 27 |  Judy Chu | 18.7% | 127,580 | Jack Orswell
California District 28 |  Adam Schiff | 53% | 120,264 | Steve Stokes
California District 29 |  Tony Cardenas | 49.2% | 67,141 | William O'Callaghan Leader
California District 2 |  Jared Huffman | 50% | 217,524 | Dale Mensing
California District 30 |  [[Brad Sherman]] | 31.3% | 131,883 | Mark Reed
California District 31 |  Pete Aguilar | 3.5% | 99784 | Paul Chabot
California District 32 |  Grace Napolitano | 19.3% | 84406 | Art Alas
California District 33 |  Ted Lieu | 18.4% | 183031 | Elan Carr
California District 34 |  Xavier Becerra | 45.1% | 61621 | Adrienne Nicole Edwards
California District 35 |  Norma Torres | 26.9% | 62255 | Christina Gagnier
California District 36 |  Raul Ruiz | 8.4% | 134139 | Brian Nestande
California District 37 |  Karen Bass | 68.6% | 114,838 | Adam King
California District 38 |  Linda Sanchez | 18.2% | 98480 | Benjamin Campos
California District 39 |  Edward Royce | 37.1% | 133,225 | Peter Anderson
California District 3 |  John Garamendi | 5.4% | 150260 | Dan Logue
California District 40 |  Lucille Roybal-Allard | 22.4% | 49,379 | David Sanchez
California District 41 |  Mark Takano | 13.3% | 82,884 | Steve Adams
California District 42 |  Ken Calvert | 31.5% | 113390 | Tim Sheridan
California District 43 |  Maxine Waters | 41.9% | 98202 | John Wood
California District 44 |  Janice Hahn | 73.3% | 68,862 | Adam Shbeita
California District 45 |  Mimi Walters | 30.2% | 162902 | Drew Leavens
California District 46 |  Loretta Sanchez | 19.4% | 83315 | Adam Nick
California District 47 |  Alan Lowenthal | 12% | 123,400 | Andy Whallon
California District 48 |  Dana Rohrabacher | 28.2% | 174795 | Sue Savary
California District 49 |  Darrell Issa | 20.3% | 163142 | Dave Peiser
California District 4 |  Tom McClintock | 20.1% | 211,134 | Art Moore
California District 50 |  Duncan Hunter | 42.4% | 157,299 | James Kimber
California District 51 |  Juan Vargas | 37.6% | 81,950 | Stephen Meade
California District 52 |  Scott Peters | 3.2% | 191,572 | Carl DeMaio
California District 53 |  Susan Davis | 17.7% | 148,044 | Larry Wilske
California District 5 |  Mike Thompson | 51.5% | 171,148 | James Hinton
California District 6 |  Doris Matsui | 45.4% | 133,456 | Joseph McCray, Sr.
California District 7 |  Ami Bera | 0.8% | 183587 | Doug Ose
California District 8 |  Paul Cook | 35.3% | 114,536 | Bob Conaway
California District 9 |  Jerry McNerney | 4.7% | 121,204 | Tony Amador
Colorado District 1 |  Diana DeGette | 36.8% | 278,491 | Martin Walsh
Colorado District 2 |  Jared Polis | 13.5% | 345,945 | George Leing
Colorado District 3 |  Scott Tipton | 22.3% | 281141 | Abel Tapia
Colorado District 4 |  Ken Buck | 35.4% | 286,507 | Vic Meyers
Colorado District 5 |  Doug Lamborn | 19.6% | 262,855 | Irv Halter
Colorado District 6 |  Mike Coffman | 8.9% | 276,440 | Andrew Romanoff
Colorado District 7 |  Ed Perlmutter | 10.1% | 269143 | Don Ytterberg
Connecticut District 1 |  John Larson | 26.3% | 216533 | Matthew Corey
Connecticut District 2 |  Joe Courtney | 26.7% | 225,916 | Lori Hopkins-Cavanagh
Connecticut District 3 |  Rosa DeLauro | 33.5% | 204645 | James Brown
Connecticut District 4 |  Jim Himes | 7.4% | 198770 | Dan Debicella
Connecticut District 5 |  Elizabeth Esty | 6.9% | 203,780 | Mark Greenberg
Delaware's At-Large District |  John C. Carney Jr. | 22.5% | 231617 | Rose Izzo
Florida District 10 |  Daniel Webster | 23.1% | 232574 | Michael Patrick McKenna
Florida District 11 |  Richard Nugent | 33.3% | 272294 | David Koller
Florida District 12 |  Gus Bilirakis | 100% | 0 | Unopposed
Florida District 13 |  David Jolly | 50.5% | 223576 | Lucas Overby
Florida District 14 |  Kathy Castor | 100% | 0 | Unopposed
Florida District 15 |  Dennis Ross | 20.6% | 213,582 | Alan Cohn
Florida District 16 |  Vern Buchanan | 23.2% | 274,829 | Henry Lawrence
Florida District 17 |  Tom Rooney | 26.5% | 223,756 | Will Bronson
Florida District 18 |  Patrick Murphy | 19.6% | 253,374 | Carl Domino
Florida District 19 |  Curt Clawson | 31.8% | 246,861 | April Freeman
Florida District 1 |  Jeff Miller | 46.8% | 235,343 | James Bryan
Florida District 20 |  Alcee Hastings | 63.2% | 157,466 | Jay Bonner
Florida District 21 |  Ted Deutch | 99.3% | 153,970 | W. Michael Trout
Florida District 22 |  Lois Frankel | 16.1% | 216096 | Paul Spain
Florida District 23 |  Debbie Wasserman Schultz | 25.3% | 164,788 | Joe Kaufman
Florida District 24 |  Frederica Wilson | 76% | 149,918 | Dufirstson Julio Neree
Florida District 25 |  Mario Diaz-Balart | 100% | 0 | Unopposed
Florida District 26 |  Carlos Curbelo | 2.9% | 161,337 | Joe Garcia
Florida District 27 |  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 100% | 0 | Unopposed
Florida District 2 |  Gwen Graham | 1.1% | 249780 | Steve Southerland II
Florida District 3 |  Ted Yoho | 32.7% | 228,809 | Marihelen Wheeler
Florida District 4 |  Ander Crenshaw | 62.6% | 227,253 | Paula Moser-Bartlett
Florida District 5 |  Corrine Brown | 30.9% | 171,577 | Gloreatha Scurry-Smith
Florida District 6 |  Ron DeSantis | 25.1% | 265817 | David Cox
Florida District 7 |  John Mica | 31.5% | 227164 | Wesley Neuman
Florida District 8 |  Bill Posey | 31.7% | 274,513 | Gabriel Rothblatt
Florida District 9 |  Alan Grayson | 10.9% | 173,878 | Carol Platt
Georgia District 10 |  Jody Hice | 33% | 196480 | Ken Dious
Georgia District 11 |  Barry Loudermilk | 100% | 161,532 | Unopposed
Georgia District 12 |  Rick Allen | 9.6% | 166,713 | John Barrow
Georgia District 13 |  David Scott | 100% | 159,445 | Unopposed
Georgia District 14 |  Tom Graves | 100% | 118,782 | Unopposed
Georgia District 1 |  Earl "Buddy" Carter | 21.8% | 156512 | Brian Reese
Georgia District 2 |  Sanford Bishop | 18.3% | 162936 | Greg Duke
Georgia District 3 |  Lynn Westmoreland | 100% | 156277 | Unopposed
Georgia District 4 |  Hank Johnson | 100% | 161,211 | Unopposed
Georgia District 5 |  John Lewis | 100% | 170,326 | Unopposed
Georgia District 6 |  Thomas Price | 32.1% | 210504 | Robert Montigel
Georgia District 7 |  Rob Woodall | 30.8% | 173,669 | Thomas Wight
Georgia District 8 |  Austin Scott | 100% | 129,938 | Unopposed
Georgia District 9 |  Doug Collins | 61.3% | 181047 | David Vogel
Hawaii District 1 |  Mark Takai | 3.9% | 179,779 | Charles Djou
Hawaii District 2 |  Tulsi Gabbard | 60.1% | 180,312 | Kawika Crowley
Idaho District 1 |  Raul Labrador | 30% | 220857 | Shirley Ringo
Idaho District 2 |  Michael K. Simpson | 22.7% | 214,293 | Richard Stallings
Illinois District 10 |  Bob Dold Jr. | 2.6% | 187128 | Brad Schneider
Illinois District 11 |  Bill Foster | 6.9% | 174771 | Darlene Senger
Illinois District 12 |  Mike Bost | 10.6% | 209,738 | Bill Enyart
Illinois District 13 |  Rodney Davis | 17.3% | 210,272 | Ann Callis
Illinois District 14 |  Randy Hultgren | 30.8% | 222230 | Dennis Anderson
Illinois District 15 |  John Shimkus | 49.8% | 221,926 | Eric Thorsland
Illinois District 16 |  Adam Kinzinger | 41.2% | 217,198 | Randall Olsen
Illinois District 17 |  Cheri Bustos | 10.9% | 199,345 | Bobby Schilling
Illinois District 18 |  Aaron Schock | 49.5% | 247013 | Darrel Miller
Illinois District 1 |  Bobby Rush | 46.2% | 222017 | Jimmy Lee Tillman
Illinois District 2 |  Robin Kelly | 57.1% | 204,266 | Eric Wallace
Illinois District 3 |  Dan Lipinski | 29.1% | 180,855 | Sharon Brannigan
Illinois District 4 |  Luis Gutierrez | 56.3% | 101944 | Hector Concepcion
Illinois District 5 |  Mike Quigley | 32.6% | 184,019 | Vince Kolber
Illinois District 6 |  Peter Roskam | 34.3% | 238,743 | Michael Mason
Illinois District 7 |  Danny K. Davis | 70.2% | 182,278 | Robert Bumpers
Illinois District 8 |  Tammy Duckworth | 11.5% | 151056 | Lawrence Kaifesh
Illinois District 9 |  Jan Schakowsky | 32.1% | 213450 | Susanne Atanus
Indiana District 1 |  Peter Visclosky | 25% | 142,293 | Mark Leyva
Indiana District 2 |  Jackie Walorski | 20.7% | 145200 | Joe Bock
Indiana District 3 |  Marlin Stutzman | 39.1% | 148793 | Justin Kuhnle
Indiana District 4 |  Todd Rokita | 33.7% | 142054 | John Dale
Indiana District 5 |  Susan Brooks | 34.4% | 161,440 | Shawn Denney
Indiana District 6 |  Luke Messer | 36.5% | 155071 | Susan Hall Heitzman
Indiana District 7 |  André Carson | 13% | 112,261 | Catherine Ping
Indiana District 8 |  Larry Bucshon | 24.5% | 171315 | Tom Spangler
Indiana District 9 |  Todd Young | 28.5% | 163,387 | Bill Bailey
Iowa District 1 |  Rod Blum | 2.3% | 289,306 | Pat Murphy
Iowa District 2 |  Dave Loebsack | 5.1% | 273329 | Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Iowa District 3 |  David Young | 10.5% | 282066 | Staci Appel
Iowa District 4 |  Steve King | 23.3% | 275,633 | Jim Mowrer
Kansas District 1 |  Tim Huelskamp | 35.9% | 204,161 | Jim Sherow
Kansas District 2 |  Lynn Jenkins | 18.4% | 225,686 | Margie Wakefield
Kansas District 3 |  Kevin Yoder | 20% | 224077 | Kelly Kultala
Kansas District 4 |  Mike Pompeo | 33.3% | 208,153 | Perry Schuckman
Kentucky District 1 |  Ed Whitfield | 46.2% | 236618 | Charles Kendall Hatchett
Kentucky District 2 |  Brett Guthrie | 38.4% | 226,834 | Ron Leach
Kentucky District 3 |  John Yarmuth | 27.9% | 247,355 | Michael Macfarlane
Kentucky District 4 |  Thomas Massie | 35.5% | 222,158 | Peter Newberry
Kentucky District 5 |  Hal Rogers | 56.5% | 218,967 | Kenneth Stepp
Kentucky District 6 |  Andy Barr | 20% | 245694 | Elisabeth Jensen
Louisiana District 1 |  Steve Scalise | 68.8% | 244,004 | Lee Dugas
Louisiana District 2 |  Cedric Richmond | 51.6% | 221,570 | Gary Landrieu
Louisiana District 3 |  Charles Boustany | 69.3% | 236,268 | Bryan Barrilleaux
Louisiana District 4 |  John Fleming | 46.9% | 207,919 | Randall Lord
Louisiana District 5 Runoff Election |  Ralph Abraham | 28.4% | 209,616 | Jamie Mayo
Louisiana District 6 Runoff Election |  Garret Graves | 24.9% | 222,967 | Edwin Edwards
Maine District 1 |  Chellie Pingree | 28.5% | 321,987 | Isaac James Misiuk
Maine District 2 |  Bruce Poliquin | 5% | 295,009 | Emily Cain
Maryland District 1 |  Andrew Harris | 41% | 250185 | Bill Tilghman
Maryland District 2 |  C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger | 25.5% | 196,354 | David Banach
Maryland District 3 |  John Sarbanes | 19.3% | 215,623 | Charles Long
Maryland District 4 |  Donna Edwards | 41.9% | 191837 | Nancy Hoyt
Maryland District 5 |  Steny Hoyer | 28.3% | 226,040 | Chris Chaffee
Maryland District 6 |  John Delaney | 1.5% | 190,536 | Dan Bongino
Maryland District 7 |  Elijah Cummings | 42.9% | 206,809 | Corrogan Vaughn
Maryland District 8 |  Chris Van Hollen | 20.6% | 211,487 | Dave Wallace
Massachusetts District 1 |  Richard Neal | 72.3% | 227,075 | Other
Massachusetts District 2 |  Jim McGovern | 70.6% | 235813 | Other
Massachusetts District 3 |  Niki Tsongas | 24.9% | 230,825 | Ann Wofford
Massachusetts District 4 |  Joe Kennedy | 70.6% | 255297 | Other
Massachusetts District 5 |  Katherine Clark | 69.8% | 256,486 | Other
Massachusetts District 6 |  Seth Moulton | 13.5% | 278919 | Richard Tisei
Massachusetts District 7 |  Mike Capuano | 79.4% | 176,077 | Other
Massachusetts District 8 |  Stephen Lynch | 75.6% | 261,781 | Other
Massachusetts District 9 |  Bill Keating | 9.6% | 264,554 | John Chapman
Michigan District 10 |  Candice Miller | 39.3% | 228,692 | Chuck Stadler
Michigan District 11 |  Dave Trott | 15.5% | 249,827 | Bobby McKenzie
Michigan District 12 |  Debbie Dingell | 33.7% | 206,660 | Terry Bowman
Michigan District 13 |  John Conyers, Jr. | 63.2% | 166947 | Jeff Gorman
Michigan District 14 |  Brenda Lawrence | 58.1% | 212,438 | Christina Barr
Michigan District 1 |  Dan Benishek | 6.9% | 250,131 | Jerry Cannon
Michigan District 2 |  Bill Huizenga | 30.4% | 213072 | Dean Vanderstelt
Michigan District 3 |  Justin Amash | 18.9% | 217,165 | Bob Goodrich
Michigan District 4 |  John Moolenaar | 17.4% | 219,423 | Jeff Holmes
Michigan District 5 |  Dan Kildee | 35.5% | 222138 | Allen Hardwick
Michigan District 6 |  Fred Upton | 15.5% | 208976 | Paul Clements
Michigan District 7 |  Tim Walberg | 12.3% | 223,685 | Pam Byrnes
Michigan District 8 |  Mike Bishop | 12.5% | 243125 | Eric Schertzing
Michigan District 9 |  Sander Levin | 24.3% | 225,757 | George Brikho
Minnesota District 1 |  Tim Walz | 8.5% | 226,695 | Jim Hagedorn
Minnesota District 2 |  John Kline | 17.2% | 245848 | Mike Obermueller
Minnesota District 3 |  Erik Paulsen | 24.4% | 269585 | Sharon Sund
Minnesota District 4 |  Betty McCollum | 28.3% | 241637 | Sharna Wahlgren
Minnesota District 5 |  Keith Ellison | 46.8% | 236010 | Doug Daggett
Minnesota District 6 |  Tom Emmer | 17.9% | 236,846 | Joe Perske
Minnesota District 7 |  Collin Peterson | 8.5% | 240,835 | Torrey Westrom
Minnesota District 8 |  Rick Nolan | 1.4% | 266,083 | Stewart Mills
Mississippi District 1 |  Alan Nunnelee | 39% | 151,111 | Ron Dickey
Mississippi District 2 |  Bennie Thompson | 43.2% | 148,646 | Troy Ray
Mississippi District 3 |  Gregg Harper | 41% | 170946 | Doug Magee
Mississippi District 4 |  Steven Palazzo | 45.6% | 155,576 | Matt Moore
Missouri District 1 |  William Lacy Clay | 51.4% | 163494 | Daniel Elder
Missouri District 2 |  Ann Wagner | 31.5% | 231117 | Arthur Lieber
Missouri District 3 |  Blaine Luetkemeyer | 41.2% | 191,620 | Courtney Denton
Missouri District 4 |  Vicky Hartzler | 41.7% | 176,286 | Nate Irvin
Missouri District 5 |  Emanuel Cleaver | 6.6% | 153,635 | Jacob Turk
Missouri District 6 |  Sam Graves | 37.1% | 186,970 | Bill Hedge
Missouri District 7 |  Billy Long | 34.6% | 163,957 | Jim Evans
Missouri District 8 |  Jason Smith | 42.3% | 159,224 | Barbara Stocker
Montana's At-Large District |  Ryan Zinke | 15% | 367963 | John Lewis
Nebraska District 1 |  Jeff Fortenberry | 37.6% | 179,057 | Dennis Crawford
Nebraska District 2 |  Brad Ashford | 3.3% | 171050 | Lee Terry
Nebraska District 3 |  Adrian Smith | 50.8% | 184964 | Mark Sullivan
Nevada District 1 |  Dina Titus | 19% | 80,299 | Annette Teijeiro
Nevada District 2 |  Mark Amodei | 37.8% | 186210 | Kristen Spees
Nevada District 3 |  Joe Heck | 24.6% | 145719 | Erin Bilbray
Nevada District 4 |  Cresent Hardy | 2.8% | 130781 | Steven Horsford
New Hampshire District 1 |  Frank Guinta | 3.6% | 242,736 | Carol Shea-Porter
New Hampshire District 2 |  Annie Kuster | 10% | 238,184 | Marilinda Garcia
New Jersey District 10 |  Donald Payne, Jr. | 72.8% | 112123 | Yolanda Dentley
New Jersey District 11 |  Rodney Frelinghuysen | 25.1% | 174932 | Mark Dunec
New Jersey District 12 |  Bonnie Watson Coleman | 24.4% | 148366 | Alieta Eck
New Jersey District 1 |  Donald Norcross | 18% | 162,492 | Garry Cobb
New Jersey District 1 Special Election |  Donald Norcross | 17.5% | 149938 | Garry Cobb
New Jersey District 2 |  Frank LoBiondo | 24.2% | 177,148 | Bill Hughes, Jr.
New Jersey District 3 |  Tom MacArthur | 9.6% | 186,103 | Aimee Belgard
New Jersey District 4 |  Chris Smith | 36.8% | 174,849 | Ruben Scolavino
New Jersey District 5 |  Scott Garrett | 12.1% | 188921 | Roy Cho
New Jersey District 6 |  Frank Pallone Jr. | 21% | 120457 | Anthony Wilkinson
New Jersey District 7 |  Leonard Lance | 20.5% | 175,997 | Janice Kovach
New Jersey District 8 |  Albio Sires | 58.3% | 79518 | Jude Anthony Tiscornia
New Jersey District 9 |  Bill Pascrell | 38.4% | 120459 | Dierdre Paul
New Mexico District 1 |  Michelle Lujan Grisham | 17.2% | 180,032 | Mike Frese
New Mexico District 2 |  Steve Pearce | 28.9% | 147777 | Roxanne "Rocky" Lara
New Mexico District 3 |  Ben Ray Lujan | 23.1% | 184,076 | Jefferson Byrd
New York District 10 |  Jerrold Nadler | 68% | 113,226 | Ross Brady
New York District 11 |  Michael Grimm | 12.3% | 110999 | Domenic Recchia
New York District 12 |  Carolyn Maloney | 57.8% | 117,420 | Nick Di Iorio
New York District 13 |  Charles Rangel | 63.8% | 91,834 | Daniel Vila Rivera
New York District 14 |  Joseph Crowley | 64.7% | 67372 | Elizabeth Perri
New York District 15 |  Jose Serrano | 87.9% | 61,268 | Eduardo Ramirez
New York District 16 |  Eliot Engel | 43.7% | 138,655 | Blank/Void/Scattering
New York District 17 |  Nita Lowey | 12.3% | 181,674 | Chris Day
New York District 18 |  Sean Maloney | 1.8% | 186640 | Nan Hayworth
New York District 19 |  Chris Gibson | 28.1% | 210,351 | Sean Eldridge
New York District 1 |  Lee Zeldin | 8.7% | 176719 | Tim Bishop
New York District 20 |  Paul Tonko | 21.7% | 211,965 | Jim Fischer
New York District 21 |  Elise Stefanik | 20.5% | 181,558 | Aaron Woolf
New York District 22 |  Richard Hanna | 48.1% | 175372 | Blank/Void/Scattering
New York District 23 |  Tom Reed | 21.9% | 195,874 | Martha Robertson
New York District 24 |  John Katko | 18.8% | 203,417 | Dan Maffei
New York District 25 |  Louise Slaughter | 0.4% | 196516 | Mark Assini
New York District 26 |  Brian Higgins | 34.7% | 173,911 | Kathy Weppner
New York District 27 |  Chris Collins | 39.9% | 215,147 | Jim O'Donnell
New York District 2 |  Peter King | 36.4% | 146617 | Patricia M. Maher
New York District 3 |  Steve Israel | 9.2% | 171,163 | Grant Lally
New York District 4 |  Kathleen M. Rice | 5.5% | 175,305 | Bruce Blakeman
New York District 5 |  Gregory Meeks | 76.1% | 94400 | Allen Steinhardt
New York District 6 |  Grace Meng | 43.2% | 77306 | Blank/Void/Scattering
New York District 7 |  Nydia Velazquez | 74.3% | 68,522 | Jose Luis Fernandez
New York District 8 |  Hakeem Jeffries | 74.2% | 95113 | Alan Bellone
New York District 9 |  Yvette Clarke | 71.8% | 101,606 | Daniel Cavanagh
North Carolina District 10 |  Patrick T. McHenry | 22% | 218796 | Tate MacQueen, IV
North Carolina District 11 |  Mark Meadows | 25.8% | 230,024 | Tom Hill
North Carolina District 12 |  Alma Adams | 50.7% | 172,664 | Vince Coakley
North Carolina District 12 Special Election |  Alma Adams | 50.9% | 169246 | Vince Coakley
North Carolina District 13 |  George Holding | 14.6% | 268,709 | Brenda Cleary
North Carolina District 1 |  G.K. Butterfield | 46.8% | 210,323 | Arthur Rich
North Carolina District 2 |  Renee Ellmers | 17.7% | 207,607 | Clay Aiken
North Carolina District 3 |  Walter Jones | 35.6% | 205,597 | Marshall Adame
North Carolina District 4 |  David Price | 49.5% | 227,362 | Paul Wright
North Carolina District 5 |  Virginia Foxx | 22% | 228,252 | Josh Brannon
North Carolina District 6 |  Mark Walker | 17.3% | 251070 | Laura Fjeld
North Carolina District 7 |  David Rouzer | 22.2% | 226,504 | Jonathan Barfield, Jr.
North Carolina District 8 |  Richard Hudson | 29.7% | 187422 | Antonio Blue
North Carolina District 9 |  Robert Pittenger | 92.5% | 173,668 | Shawn Eckles
North Dakota's At-Large District |  Kevin Cramer | 17.1% | 248,670 | George B. Sinner
Ohio District 10 |  Mike Turner | 33.6% | 200606 | Robert Klepinger
Ohio District 11 |  Marcia Fudge | 58.9% | 172566 | Mark Zetzer
Ohio District 12 |  Patrick Tiberi | 40.4% | 221081 | David Tibbs
Ohio District 13 |  Tim Ryan | 37% | 175,549 | Thomas Pekarek
Ohio District 14 |  David Joyce | 30.2% | 214,580 | Michael Wager
Ohio District 15 |  Steve Stivers | 32% | 194621 | Richard Scott Wharton
Ohio District 16 |  Jim Renacci | 27.5% | 207375 | Pete Crossland
Ohio District 1 |  Steve Chabot | 26.4% | 197,383 | Fred Kundrata
Ohio District 2 |  Brad Wenstrup | 31.9% | 201,111 | Marek Tyszkiewicz
Ohio District 3 |  Joyce Beatty | 28.1% | 143,261 | John Adams
Ohio District 4 |  Jim Jordan | 35.3% | 186072 | Janet Garrett
Ohio District 5 |  Bob Latta | 37.5% | 202300 | Robert Fry
Ohio District 6 |  Bill Johnson | 19.7% | 190,652 | Jennifer Garrison
Ohio District 7 |  Bob Gibbs | 100% | 143959 | Unopposed
Ohio District 8 |  John Boehner | 39.8% | 188330 | Tom Poetter
Ohio District 9 |  Marcy Kaptur | 35.6% | 160,715 | Richard May
Oklahoma District 1 |  Jim Bridenstine | 100% | 0 | Unopposed
Oklahoma District 2 |  Markwayne Mullin | 45.4% | 158,407 | Earl Everett
Oklahoma District 3 |  Frank D. Lucas | 57.2% | 169605 | Frankie Robbins
Oklahoma District 4 |  Tom Cole | 46.1% | 166268 | Bert Smith
Oklahoma District 5 |  Steve Russell | 23.8% | 159133 | Al McAffrey
Oregon District 1 |  Suzanne Bonamici | 22.8% | 279253 | Jason Yates
Oregon District 2 |  Greg Walden | 44.7% | 287425 | Aelea Christofferson
Oregon District 3 |  Earl Blumenauer | 52.7% | 292757 | James Buchal
Oregon District 4 |  Peter DeFazio | 21% | 310179 | Art Robinson
Oregon District 5 |  Kurt Schrader | 14.4% | 281088 | Tootie Smith
Pennsylvania District 10 |  Tom Marino | 37.8% | 180322 | Scott Brion
Pennsylvania District 11 |  Lou Barletta | 32.6% | 184,692 | Andy Ostrowski
Pennsylvania District 12 |  Keith Rothfus | 18.6% | 215,921 | Erin McClelland
Pennsylvania District 13 |  Brendan Boyle | 34.2% | 184150 | Dee Adcock
Pennsylvania District 14 |  Michael F. Doyle | 100% | 148351 | Unopposed
Pennsylvania District 15 |  Charlie Dent | 100% | 128,285 | Unopposed
Pennsylvania District 16 |  Joseph Pitts | 15.4% | 176,235 | Tom Houghton
Pennsylvania District 17 |  Matt Cartwright | 13.5% | 165,051 | David Moylan
Pennsylvania District 18 |  Tim Murphy | 100% | 166076 | Unopposed
Pennsylvania District 1 |  Robert Brady | 65.7% | 158,441 | Megan Rath
Pennsylvania District 2 |  Chaka Fattah | 75.4% | 206,538 | Armond James
Pennsylvania District 3 |  Mike Kelly | 21.3% | 187790 | Dan LaVallee
Pennsylvania District 4 |  Scott Perry | 49.1% | 197340 | Linda Deliah Thompson
Pennsylvania District 5 |  Glenn Thompson | 27.2% | 180,857 | Kerith Strano Taylor
Pennsylvania District 6 |  Ryan Costello | 12.6% | 212,544 | Manan Trivedi
Pennsylvania District 7 |  Patrick Meehan | 24.1% | 235125 | Mary Ellen Balchunis
Pennsylvania District 8 |  Michael G. Fitzpatrick | 23.8% | 222,498 | Kevin Strouse
Pennsylvania District 9 |  Bill Shuster | 27% | 173,317 | Alanna Hartzok
Rhode Island District 1 |  David Cicilline | 19.3% | 146353 | Cormick Lynch
Rhode Island District 2 |  James R. Langevin | 24.6% | 169,904 | Rhue Reis
South Carolina District 1 |  Mark Sanford | 86.8% | 127,815 | Write-in
South Carolina District 2 |  Joe Wilson | 27.2% | 194,808 | Phil Black
South Carolina District 3 |  Jeff Duncan | 42.4% | 164,009 | Barbara Jo Mullis
South Carolina District 4 |  Trey Gowdy | 70.1% | 149049 | Curtis McLaughlin
South Carolina District 5 |  Mick Mulvaney | 21.3% | 169962 | Tom Adams
South Carolina District 6 |  James Clyburn | 47% | 173,432 | Anthony Culler
South Carolina District 7 |  Tom Rice | 20% | 171524 | Gloria Bromell Tinubu
South Dakota's At-Large District |  Kristi Noem | 33.1% | 276,319 | Corinna Robinson
Tennessee District 1 |  Phil Roe | 79.9% | 139414 | Michael Salyer
Tennessee District 2 |  John J. Duncan, Jr. | 49.9% | 166707 | Bob Scott
Tennessee District 3 |  Charles J. Fleischmann | 27.8% | 156,050 | Mary Headrick
Tennessee District 4 |  Scott DesJarlais | 23% | 145,357 | Lenda Sherrell
Tennessee District 5 |  Jim Cooper | 26.5% | 153,606 | Bob Ries
Tennessee District 6 |  Diane Black | 48.1% | 162,035 | Amos Powers
Tennessee District 7 |  Marsha Blackburn | 43.2% | 157850 | Dan Cramer
Tennessee District 8 |  Stephen Lee Fincher | 46.3% | 172,504 | Wes Bradley
Tennessee District 9 |  Steve Cohen | 51.6% | 116,471 | Charlotte Bergmann
Texas District 10 |  Michael McCaul | 28% | 176460 | Tawana Walter-Cadien
Texas District 11 |  Mike Conaway | 80.5% | 119574 | Ryan Lange
Texas District 12 |  Kay Granger | 45% | 158730 | Mark Greene
Texas District 13 |  Mac Thornberry | 71.5% | 131451 | Mike Minter
Texas District 14 |  Randy Weber | 25.8% | 145,698 | Donald Brown
Texas District 15 |  Ruben Hinojosa Sr. | 10.7% | 90,184 | Eddie Zamora
Texas District 16 |  Beto O'Rourke | 38.3% | 73,105 | Corey Roen
Texas District 17 |  Bill Flores | 32.2% | 132865 | Nick Haynes
Texas District 18 |  Sheila Jackson Lee | 47% | 106010 | Sean Seibert
Texas District 19 |  Randy Neugebauer | 58.7% | 115825 | Neal Marchbanks
Texas District 1 |  Louie Gohmert | 54.9% | 148,560 | Shirley McKellar
Texas District 20 |  Joaquin Castro | 51.3% | 87,964 | Jeffrey Blunt
Texas District 21 |  Lamar Smith | 57.1% | 188,996 | Antonio Diaz
Texas District 22 |  Pete Olson | 35% | 151566 | Frank Briscoe
Texas District 23 |  Will Hurd | 2.1% | 115429 | Pete Gallego
Texas District 24 |  Kenny Marchant | 32.7% | 144073 | Patrick McGehearty
Texas District 25 |  Roger Williams | 24% | 177883 | Marco Montoya
Texas District 26 |  Michael Burgess | 65.3% | 141,470 | Mark Boler
Texas District 27 |  Blake Farenthold | 29.9% | 131047 | Wesley Reed
Texas District 28 |  Henry Cuellar | 68.8% | 76,136 | Will Aikens
Texas District 29 |  Gene Green | 79.1% | 46143 | James Stanczak
Texas District 2 |  Ted Poe | 38.3% | 150026 | Niko Letsos
Texas District 30 |  Eddie Bernice Johnson | 81.2% | 105,793 | Max Koch, III
Texas District 31 |  John Carter | 32.1% | 143028 | Louie Minor
Texas District 32 |  Pete Sessions | 26.4% | 156096 | Frank Perez
Texas District 33 |  Marc Veasey | 73% | 50,592 | Jason Reeves
Texas District 34 |  Filemon Vela | 20.9% | 79,877 | Larry Smith
Texas District 35 |  Lloyd Doggett | 29.2% | 96,225 | Susan Narvaiz
Texas District 36 |  Brian Babin | 53.9% | 133,842 | Michael Cole
Texas District 3 |  Sam Johnson | 64% | 138,280 | Paul Blair
Texas District 4 |  John Ratcliffe | 100% | 115,085 | Unopposed
Texas District 5 |  Jeb Hensarling | 70.7% | 104,262 | Ken Ashby
Texas District 6 |  Joe Barton | 24.7% | 150,996 | David Cozad
Texas District 7 |  John Culberson | 28.7% | 143219 | James Cargas
Texas District 8 |  Kevin Brady | 78.6% | 140013 | Ken Petty
Texas District 9 |  Al Green | 81.6% | 86003 | Johnny Johnson
Utah District 1 |  Rob Bishop | 35.3% | 109387 | Donna McAleer
Utah District 2 |  Chris Stewart | 27.1% | 127517 | Luz Robles
Utah District 3 |  Jason Chaffetz | 49.7% | 130717 | Brian Wonnacott
Utah District 4 |  Mia Love | 3.3% | 128687 | Doug Owens
Vermont's At-Large District |  Peter Welch | 33.4% | 191504 | Mark Donka
Virginia District 10 |  Barbara Comstock | 16.1% | 222910 | John Foust
Virginia District 11 |  Gerald Connolly | 16.5% | 187805 | Suzanne Scholte
Virginia District 1 |  Robert J. Wittman | 28.5% | 209621 | Norm Mosher
Virginia District 2 |  Scott Rigell | 17.6% | 173060 | Suzanne Patrick
Virginia District 3 |  Robert C. Scott | 88.9% | 147402 | Write-in
Virginia District 4 |  Randy Forbes | 22.6% | 200,638 | Elliott Fausz
Virginia District 5 |  Robert Hurt | 25% | 204945 | Lawrence Gaughan
Virginia District 6 |  Bob Goodlatte | 62.2% | 179,708 | Will Hammer
Virginia District 7 |  David Brat | 23.9% | 243351 | Jack Trammell
Virginia District 7 Special Election |  David Brat | 23.9% | 241313 | Jack Trammell
Virginia District 8 |  Don Beyer | 31.7% | 203,076 | Micah Edmond
Virginia District 9 |  Morgan Griffith | 47.9% | 162,815 | William Carr
Washington District 10 |  Denny Heck | 9.4% | 181492 | Joyce McDonald
Washington District 1 |  Suzan DelBene | 10.1% | 225,579 | Pedro Celis
Washington District 2 |  Rick Larsen | 21.1% | 201691 | B.J. Guillot
Washington District 3 |  Jaime Herrera Beutler | 23.1% | 202814 | Bob Dingethal
Washington District 4 |  Dan Newhouse | 1.6% | 153,079 | Clint Didier
Washington District 5 |  Cathy McMorris Rodgers | 21.4% | 223242 | Joseph Pakootas
Washington District 6 |  Derek Kilmer | 26% | 224,290 | Marty McClendon
Washington District 7 |  Jim McDermott | 61.9% | 251875 | Craig Keller
Washington District 8 |  Dave Reichert | 26.5% | 198,744 | Jason Ritchie
Washington District 9 |  Adam Smith | 41.7% | 166794 | Doug Basler
West Virginia District 1 |  David McKinley | 27.8% | 143685 | Glen Gainer
West Virginia, District 2 |  Alex Mooney | 3.2% | 153092 | Nick Casey
West Virginia District 3 |  Evan Jenkins | 10.7% | 140,401 | Nick Rahall
Wisconsin District 1 |  Paul Ryan | 26.6% | 288,170 | Rob Zerban
Wisconsin District 2 |  Mark Pocan | 36.9% | 328,847 | Peter Theron
Wisconsin District 3 |  Ron Kind | 13% | 275,161 | Tony Kurtz
Wisconsin District 4 |  Gwen Moore | 43.4% | 254,892 | Dan Sebring
Wisconsin District 5 |  Jim Sensenbrenner | 39.1% | 332,826 | Chris Rockwood
Wisconsin District 6 |  Glenn Grothman | 15.9% | 299,033 | Mark Harris
Wisconsin District 7 |  Sean Duffy | 19.9% | 286,603 | Kelly Westlund
Wisconsin District 8 |  Reid Ribble | 30.1% | 290,048 | Ron Gruett
Wyoming's At-Large District |  Cynthia Lummis | 45.6% | 165,100 | Richard Grayson

### Battleground study[edit]

See also: U.S. House battleground districts, 2014

The purple districts on the Census district map were those found to be competitive in Ballotpedia's study.

#### Five criteria[edit]

A district must have met one or more of the following criteria:

1. If a district had all six quantifiable predictions/results highlighted (Cook, Fairvote, MOV, 2012 presidential, 2008 presidential, and incumbent years in office) and four were of the most competitive nature, purple, they automatically made the cut.

Nineteen districts fit in this category.

2. The district was considered competitive if it had all six quantifiable predictions/results highlighted (Cook, Fairvote, MOV, 2012 presidential, 2008 presidential and incumbent years in office) with three of the highlighted factors being most competitive (purple) and two being intermediate competitive (orange). The district must also have had a “special factor” (high outside spending, redistricting) to be added to the most competitive list.

Two districts fit into this category.

3. Anomalies: This included Republicans or Democrats in a district that otherwise trended heavily toward the other party. The district must also have had some other qualifying factor, such as an MOV of ten percent or less, an incumbent who had served less than ten years or a competitive 2014 candidate. Both Utah's 4th Congressional District and North Carolina's 7th Congressional District were examples of this before Reps. Jim Matheson and Mike McIntyre announced their retirements.

One district fits into this category.

4. Presidential differences: A district that may not have had all the categories highlighted, but voted for the other party in the most recent presidential election and the numbers were tight for the incumbent (redistricting was also factored in here).

One district was considered “Most Competitive” based only on this factor.

5. Recent effects of redistricting: This was relevant to three districts (IL-12, IL-13 and MN-08). Redistricting in the past three years caused these districts to be extremely tight and had the opportunity for a very close midterm election (the first midterm cycle these new districts will be going through).

Three districts were pushed into the most competitive list because of this, just missing meeting the other criteria listed above.

#### The 26 most competitive[edit]

Color Key

Color | Cook Partisan Voting Index | Fairvote (Projected D%) | Margin of Victory (MOV) | 2012 Presidential MOV % % | 2008 Presidential MOV % | Incumbent years in office
Purple- most competitive | Even; R or D 0-4 | 45.1% - 54.9% | 0-4.9 | 0-4.9 | 0-4.9 | 0 - 4
Orange- very competitive | R or D 5-7 | 42.1% - 45.0%; 55% - 57.9% | 5.0-7.9 | 5.0-7.9 | 5.0-7.9 | 5 - 7
Green- competitive | R or D 8-10 | 40.0% - 42.0%; 58% - 60% | 8.0-10.00 | 8.0-10.00 | 8.0-10.00 | 8 - 10
House winners labeled this color indicate the party of the House winner being different from the party of the presidential winner of the district in 2012
Districts labeled this color indicate the districts that were pushed into most competitive based on heavily redrawn congressional districts
Most competitive districts for 2014 elections

Congressional district | Battleground label | Cook PVI | Fairvote (Projected D%) | Margin of Victory (MOV) in 2012 | 2012 Presidential MOV % | 2008 Presidential MOV % | Incumbent years in office | 2012 House winner | Campaign contributions difference | Cost per vote for winner in 2012
Arizona's 1st | Battleground D | R+4 | 48% | 3.6 | -2.5 | -3.2 | 0 | Democratic | 61.38% | $19.13
Arizona's 2nd | Battleground D | R+3 | 50.9% | 0.8 | -1.5 | -0.9 | 0 | Democratic | 65.57% | $18.85
Arizona's 9th | Battleground D | R+1 | 51% | 4.1 | ✓4.5 | ✓3.9 | 0 | Democratic | 64.44% | $17.78
California's 7th | Battleground D | EVEN | 51.4% | 3.4 | ✓4 | ✓5 | 0 | Democratic | 57.34% | $25.72
California's 10th | Battleground R | R+1 | 43.4% | 5.4 | ✓3.6 | ✓3 | 2 | Republican | 61.05% | $25.00
California's 21st | Battleground R | D+2 | 50.9% | 15.5 | ✓11.1 | ✓6 | 0 | Republican | 91.39% | $19.59
California's 36th | Battleground D | R+1 | 51.2% | 5.9 | ✓3.2 | ✓3 | 0 | Democratic | 46.67% | $17.94
Colorado's 6th | Battleground R | D+1 | 45.1% | 2 | ✓5.1 | ✓8.7 | 4 | Republican | 66.81% | $20.99
Florida's 18th | Battleground D | R+3 | 47.7% | 0.6 | -4.1 | ✓3.1 | 0 | Democratic | 19.70% | $28.58
Florida's 26th | Battleground D | R+1 | 53.1% | 10.6 | ✓6.7 | -0.4 | 0 | Democratic | 69.59% | $10.28
Illinois' 12th | Battleground D | EVEN | 50.1% | 8.9 | ✓1.5 | ✓11.1 | 0 | Democratic | 46.64% | $7.52
Illinois' 13th | Battleground R | EVEN | 47.2% | 0.3 | -0.3 | ✓11 | 0 | Republican | 51.38% | $10.22
Michigan's 1st | Battleground R | R+5 | 45.1% | 0.5 | -8.3 | ✓1.3 | 2 | Republican | 59.74% | $13.30
Minnesota's 8th | Battleground D | D+1 | 52.4% | 8.9 | ✓5.5 | ✓8.6 | 0 | Democratic | 34.52% | $6.52
Nevada's 3rd | Battleground R | EVEN | 44.2% | 7.5 | ✓0.8 | ✓8.9 | 2 | Republican | 61.24% | $17.66
New Hampshire's 1st | Battleground D | R+1 | 50.4% | 3.8 | ✓1.6 | ✓6.4 | 0 | Democratic | 47.47% | $10.02
New Jersey's 2nd | Battleground R | D+1 | 40.2% | 17.4 | ✓8.1 | ✓7.7 | 18 | Republican | 96.60% | $9.40
New Jersey's 3rd | Battleground R | R+1 | 44.8% | 8.9 | ✓4.6 | ✓3.4 | 2 | Republican | 66.17% | $11.94
New York's 1st | Battleground D | R+2 | 51.3% | 4.6 | ✓0.5 | ✓3 | 10 | Democratic | 54.54% | $18.81
New York's 11th | Battleground R | R+2 | 46.1% | 5 | ✓4.3 | -3 | 2 | Republican | 70.91% | $21.96
New York's 18th | Battleground D | EVEN | 51.5% | 3.7 | ✓4.3 | ✓5 | 0 | Democratic | 40.94% | $15.69
New York's 21st | Battleground D | EVEN | 51.5% | 1.9 | ✓6.1 | ✓5 | 4 | Democratic | 50.05% | $15.54
New York's 23rd | Battleground R | R+3 | 45.6% | 3.6 | -1.2 | ✓1 | 3 | Republican | 71.76% | $15.31
Texas' 23rd | Battleground D | R+3 | 48.7% | 4.8 | -2.6 | ✓1 | 0 | Democratic | 39.93% | $18.65
Virginia's 2nd | Battleground R | R+2 | 43.4% | 7.7 | ✓1.5 | ✓1.7 | 2 | Republican | 54.38% | $14.42
West Virginia's 3rd | Battleground D | R+14 | 50.4% | 7.1 | -32.2 | -13.4 | 20 | Democratic | 69.55% | $13.26

* Cook's PVI is Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index.[31]
* FairVote's %D is FairVote.org's 2014 congressional election projections.[32]
* Both the 2012 and 2008 presidential MOV have either "✓" or "-" before the number. The "✓" indicates the district went in favor of the winner, in both years this was President Obama. The "-" indicates the district favored the Republican who lost in each election, Romney in 2012 and McCain in 2008.

### DCCC & NRCC fundraising[edit]

#### April 2014[edit]

In the month of April 2014, the NRCC reported raising $4.1 million, falling short of the $7.1 million the DCCC raised. The NRCC ended the month with $32.3 million cash in the bank, while the DCCC had $43.5 on hand.

The DCCC brought in over $20 million more than the NRCC overall during this election cycle.[33]

#### December 2013[edit]

As of December 2, 2013, the NRCC reported raising $52,404,530 and spending $35,697,047, leaving it with $18,242,094 cash on hand.[34] Comparatively, the DCCC reported raising $65,202,181 and spending $41,423,695, leaving it with $25,266,707 cash on hand.[35]

#### September 2013[edit]

The DCCC raised $8.4 million in September compared to the $5.3 million the NRCC raised during the same period. This brought the total raised for 2013 through the third quarter to $58.2 million for the DCCC compared to the NRCC's $42.6 million. As for cash on hand, the DCCC still had an edge: $21.6 million to NRCC's $15.7 million.[36]

#### August 2013[edit]

According to an Open Secrets report on FEC filings released on August 13, 2013, the DCCC had raised $40.8 million to the NRCC's $34.3 million.[37]

#### July 2013[edit]

As of July 2013, the DCCC had outraised the NRCC by $6.5 million.[38]

#### April 2013[edit]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) gained an early fundraising advantage in the first quarter of 2013. It outraised the National Republican Congressional Committee $22.6 million to $17.5 million. Party strategists attributed the edge to Democrats' advantage in internet fundraising and small-dollar donations. Additionally vulnerable Democratic incumbents lead their endangered Republican counterparts in a majority of races.[39]

### Outside race ratings[edit]

#### Cook Political Report[edit]

Each month the Cook Political Report released race ratings for U.S. Senate and U.S. House (competitive only) elections. The races detailed below were only those considered competitive. There were six possible designations.

Likely Democratic
Lean Democratic
D Tossup

R Tossup
Lean Republican
Likely Republican

|

Cook Political Report Race Rating -- 2014 U.S. House Competitive Districts

Month  | Likely D  | Lean D  | D Tossup  | R Tossup  | Lean R  | Likely R  | Total D  | Total R  | Total Competitive races
August 8, 2013[40] | 14  | 16  | 8  | 1  | 11  | 17  | 28  | 29  | 57
September 5, 2013[41] | 14  | 15  | 9  | 1  | 11  | 17  | 38  | 29  | 67
October 21, 2013[42] | 14  | 15  | 9  | 1  | 11  | 17  | 36  | 34  | 70
October 30, 2013[43] | 12  | 15  | 10  | 2  | 16  | 16  | 37  | 34  | 71
December 18, 2013[44] | 14  | 14  | 10  | 4  | 15  | 15  | 38  | 34  | 72
January 7, 2014[45] | 14  | 15  | 10  | 4  | 16  | 16  | 39  | 36  | 75
January 15, 2014[46] | 14  | 14  | 11  | 4  | 16  | 18  | 39  | 38  | 77
February 13, 2014[47] | 14  | 13  | 11  | 4  | 16  | 18  | 38  | 38  | 76
March 13, 2014[48] | 15  | 13  | 11  | 3  | 16  | 18  | 39  | 37  | 76
April 4, 2014[49] | 15  | 13  | 11  | 3  | 17  | 19  | 39  | 39  | 78
June 26, 2014[50] | 16  | 14  | 11  | 2  | 16  | 18  | 41  | 36  | 77
August 8, 2014[51] | 15  | 13  | 13  | 3  | 9  | 17  | 41  | 29  | 70
September 19, 2014[52] | 14  | 13  | 11  | 4  | 8  | 18  | 38  | 30  | 68
October 22, 2014[53] | 11  | 14  | 13  | 5  | 6  | 15  | 38  | 26  | 64

#### Sabato's Crystal Ball[edit]

Each month the Crystal Ball released race ratings for U.S. Senate, U.S. House (competitive only) and Governors. There were seven possible designations:[54]

Likely Democratic
Lean Democratic
D Tossup

R Tossup
Lean Republican
Likely Republican

|

Sabato's Crystal Ball Race Rating -- U.S. House

Month  | Likely D  | Lean D  | D Tossup  | R Tossup  | Lean R  | Likely R  | Total D  | Total R  | Total Competitive races
October 23, 2013[55] | 7  | 20  | 5  | 3  | 15  | 12  | 32  | 30  | 62
December 17, 2013[56] | 8  | 19  | 5  | 6  | 14  | 14  | 32  | 34  | 66
January 7, 2014[57] | 8  | 19  | 5  | 7  | 14  | 14  | 32  | 35  | 67
March 12, 2014[58] | 10  | 15  | 7  | 5  | 14  | 15  | 32  | 34  | 66
March 31, 2014[59] | 10  | 15  | 7  | 5  | 15  | 16  | 32  | 36  | 68
August 6, 2014[60] | 9  | 13  | 10  | 3  | 11  | 16  | 32  | 30  | 62

#### Party targets[edit]

##### DCCC Frontline[edit]

The DCCC's Frontline Program was designed to help vulnerable incumbents win re-election. The following table lists the members of the Frontline Program.

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Frontline Program

District | Incumbent | Result
Arizona's 2nd District | Ron Barber | d
Georgia's 12th District | John Barrow | d
California's 7th District | Ami Bera |
New York's 1st District | Tim Bishop | d
California's 26th District | Julia Brownley |
Illinois' 17th District | Cheri Bustos |
California's 24th District | Lois Capps |
Washington's 1st District | Suzan DelBene |
Illinois' 12th District | Bill Enyart | d
Connecticut's 5th District | Elizabeth Esty |
Texas' 23rd District | Pete Gallego | d
Florida's 26th District | Joe Garcia | d
Arizona's 1st District | Ann Kirkpatrick |
New Hampshire's 2nd District | Ann McLane Kuster |
New York's 18th District | Sean Patrick Maloney |
New York's 24th District | Dan Maffei | d
Utah's 4th District | Jim Matheson | d
North Carolina's 7th District | Mike McIntyre | d
Florida's 18th District | Patrick Murphy |
New York's 21st District | Bill Owens | d
California's 52nd District | Scott Peters |
California's 36th District | Raul Ruiz |
Illinois' 10th District | Brad Schneider | d
New Hampshire's 1st District | Carol Shea-Porter | d
Arizona's 9th District | Kyrsten Sinema |
Massachusetts' 6th District | John Tierney |
West Virginia's 3rd District | Nick Rahall | d

##### DCCC Jumpstart[edit]

The DCCC's Jumpstart Program provided early support to candidates during the beginning stages of the 2014 election cycle.[61]

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Jumpstart Program

District | Challenger | Incumbent | Result
California's 10th District | Michael Eggman | Jeff Denham | d
California's 31st District | Pete Aguilar | Gary Miller |
Colorado's 6th District | Andrew Romanoff | Mike Coffman | d
Florida's 2nd District | Gwen Graham | Steve Southerland |
Illinois' 13th District | Ann Callis | Rodney Davis | d
Iowa's 3rd District | Staci Appel | Tom Latham | d
Michigan's 1st District | Jerry Cannon | Dan Benishek | d
Michigan's 7th District | Pam Byrnes | Tim Walberg | d
Montana's at-large District | John Lewis | Max Baucus | d
Nevada's 3rd District | Erin Bilbray-Kohn | Joe Heck | d
New Mexico's 2nd District | Roxanne Lara | Steve Pearce | d
New York's 11th District | Domenic Recchia | Michael Grimm | d
New York's 23rd District | Martha Robertson | Tom Reed | d
Ohio's 6th District | Jennifer Garrison | Bill Johnson | d
Pennsylvania's 8th District | Kevin Strouse | Michael Fitzpatrick | d
Virginia's 2nd District | Suzanne Patrick | Scott Rigell | d

##### NRCC Patriot[edit]

The NRCC's Patriot Program was the counterpart of the DCCC's Frontline Program and was designed to assist vulnerable incumbents in their re-election bids. The following table lists the members of the Patriot Program in 2014.

National Republican Congressional Committee Patriot Program, 2014

District | Incumbent | Result
Michigan's 1st District | Dan Benishek |
Colorado's 6th District | Mike Coffman |
Illinois' 13th District | Rodney Davis |
California's 10th District | Jeff Denham |
Pennsylvania's 8th District | Michael G. Fitzpatrick |
New York's 19th District | Chris Gibson |
New York's 11th District | Mike Grimm |
Nevada's 3rd District | Joe Heck |
Ohio's 6th District | Bill Johnson |
Florida's 13th District | David Jolly |
Ohio's 14th District | David Joyce |
New York's 23rd District | Tom Reed |
Virginia's 2nd District | Scott Rigell |
Florida's 2nd District | Steve Southerland II | d
California's 21st District | David G. Valadao |
Michigan's 7th District | Tim Walberg |
Indiana's 2nd District | Jackie Walorski |

##### NRCC targets[edit]

The following Democratic incumbents were targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) in 2014.

National Republican Congressional Committee, Targeted incumbents

District | Targeted incumbent | November 4 Results
Arizona's 1st District | Ann Kirkpatrick | Ann Kirkpatrick
Arizona's 2nd District | Ron Barber | Martha McSally
Georgia's 12th District | John Barrow | Rick Allen
Minnesota's 7th District | Collin Peterson | Collin Peterson
North Carolina's 7th District | Mike McIntyre | David Rouzer
Utah's 4th District | Jim Matheson | Mia Love
West Virginia's 3rd District | Nick Rahall | Evan Jenkins

Nick Rahall
In September 2013, the NRCC issued a press release in response to Rahall, one of the organization's main targets in 2014, mistaking an umbrella for a lump of coal during a press conference. The press release stated:

"But Barack Obama, the EPA, and Nick Rahall aren’t waging a war on umbrellas – they are waging a war on coal. And yesterday, Bloomberg reported a new front opening in that war – the EPA is set to issue a rule that will completely halt the development of new coal-fueled plants by requiring they meet unachievable carbon standards."[62]

#### Media mentions[edit]

Across the country, media and experts published stories that chronicled the incumbents that were in danger of losing their bid for re-election. Some of those incumbents mentioned included:[63]

* Raul Ruiz
* Ann Kirkpatrick
* Rodney Davis
* Ron Barber
* Patrick Murphy
* Dan Benishek
* Joe Garcia
* Gary Miller
* Scott DesJarlais

#### "The Monkey Cage"[edit]

In December 2013, John Sides' column, "The Monkey Cage," a blog published by The Washington Post, released his first predictions for the 2014 elections. Sides and Eric McGhee, a political scientist, developed a forecasting model that uses numerous factors, including: presidential popularity, economic growth and whether it is a presidential or midterm election cycle.

* September 2014:[64]
* Democrats would win 191 seats, for a loss of ten seats.

* December 2013:[65]
* Democrats would win approximately 48 percent of the popular vote for the House.
* Democrats would win 196 seats, for a loss of five seats.

## Independent expenditures in 2014[edit]

According to OpenSecrets.org, three of the five organizations donating the most in independent expenditures were conservative organizations (as denoted in the chart by the L, for liberal, or C, for conservative, under the "View" column).

List of the top independent expenditure players in mid-2014 according to OpenSecrets.org.

## Primary elections[edit]

See also: At least 52 new members will walk the halls of the U.S. Congress in 2015

Only four U.S. Representatives and no U.S. Senators were defeated in their primaries during the 2014 election cycle. One article from National Journal suggests that, despite the small number of defeats, incumbents have been gradually losing their advantage. The article states, "Fewer and fewer incumbents are running unopposed each election, and the rate of incumbents finishing under 60 or 70 percent in their primaries has more than doubled in recent elections."[66] Studies on the competitiveness of U.S. House primaries further support this conclusion. According to a 2013 Ballotpedia study on contested primaries, in the four congressional elections between 2004 and 2010, an average of only 26.3 percent of incumbents faced primary challengers. By 2012, this percentage had almost doubled, with 51.40 percent of incumbents facing primary challengers.

### Incumbents defeated in 2014 primary elections[edit]

####  Ralph Hall[edit]

Name: Ralph Hall (R-TX)
Office: U.S. Representative for Texas' 4th Congressional District
Years in office: 1981-present
2014 election: Texas' 4th Congressional District elections, 2014
Defeated by: John Ratcliffe

Ralph Hall was defeated by John Ratcliffe in a runoff primary on May 27, 2014, after failing to secure 50 percent of the vote in the initial Republican primary on March 4. Hall, 91, is the oldest U.S. Representative in history, and one of only two remaining World War II veterans in  Congress.[67] Hall had previously run as a Democrat before switching to the Republican Party in 2004.[68] Ratcliffe, Hall's tea party-backed challenger, formerly served as the mayor of Heath, Texas, as a U.S. Attorney and as the Chief of Anti-Terrorism and National Security for the Eastern District of Texas.[69] Although Ratcliffe trailed by 16.6 percent in the Republican primary, he jumped ahead in the runoff, defeating Hall by a 5.6 percent margin of victory.[70] In addition to large personal loans to his campaign, Ratcliffe had support from conservative groups such as Club for Growth and the Senate Conservatives Fund.[71] Hall had promised to make 2014 his last term in office, and he stated regarding his loss, "I’m not hurt about it. I’m not really terribly surprised about it, and I’m not happy about it. I’m going to keep on doing my job and coming home and visiting people that I love."[72]

U.S. House, Texas District 4 Republican Primary, 2014 Candidate | Vote % | Votes
Ralph Hall Incumbent | 45.4% | 29,848
John Ratcliffe | 28.8% | 18,917
Lou Gigliotti  | 16.1% | 10,601
John Stacy  | 4.3% | 2,812
Brent Lawson  | 3.5% | 2,290
Tony Arterburn  | 1.9% | 1,252
Total Votes | 65,720
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 4 Runoff Republican Primary, 2014 Candidate | Vote % | Votes
John Ratcliffe | 52.8% | 22,271
Ralph Hall Incumbent | 47.2% | 19,899
Total Votes | 42,170
Source: Texas Secretary of State
Note: Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available.

####  Eric Cantor[edit]

Name: Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Office: U.S. Representative for Virginia's 7th Congressional District
Years in office: 2001-2014
2014 election: Virginia's 7th Congressional District elections, 2014
Defeated by: David Brat

Eric Cantor's loss to David Brat in the Republican primary on June 10, 2014, was the biggest and most shocking upset of the 2014 primary season, making Cantor the first-ever sitting House Majority Leader to lose a primary bid.[73] Leading up to the election, Cantor had a significant financial advantage, having spent around $1 million in the weeks prior to the primary. Brat, in contrast, had raised only about $100,000 during his entire primary campaign.[74] Brat, an economics professor at Randolph-Macon College, had never before run for public office, and he did not receive any donations from political action committees (PACs).[75] Though he had a disadvantage in these areas, as well as name recognition, Brat attributed his success to his grassroots efforts and spending large amounts of time knocking on doors and talking with constituents. In an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News, Brat explained, "The good news is dollars don't vote, people do."[76]

Cantor stepped down from his position as House Majority Leader on July 31, 2014, and resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives on August 18, 2014. Kevin McCarthy of California took over the position of House Majority Leader after Cantor's resignation.[77]

U.S. House, Virginia District 7 Republican Primary, 2014 Candidate | Vote % | Votes
David Brat | 55.5% | 36,110
Eric Cantor Incumbent | 44.5% | 28,898
Total Votes | 65,008
Source: Results via Associated Press

####  Kerry Bentivolio[edit]

Name: Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI)
Office: U.S. Representative for Michigan's 11th Congressional District
Years in office: 2013-present
2014 election: Michigan's 11th Congressional District elections, 2014
Defeated by: Dave Trott

Of the four incumbents who were defeated in primaries in 2014, Kerry Bentivolio lost by the widest margin. Bentivolio lost to Dave Trott in the Republican primary on August 5, 2014, by a margin of 32.6 percent.[78] While it was common in the 2014 Republican primaries to see a tea party-backed challenger taking on the Republican "establishment" incumbent, Michigan's 11th District turned this narrative on its head. Bentivolio's spokesman explained the race from the incumbent's perspective, saying, "This is really a race about the establishment versus the tea party. It just so happens that the incumbent is the member of the tea party who is being targeted by a wealthy foreclosure attorney who simply wants to be a congressman."[79] Bentivolio had received many negative headlines throughout his term. He had often been referred to as an "accidental" congressman, referring to his 2012 election, when he easily won the Republican nomination after incumbent Thaddeus McCotter submitted invalid signatures and chose to resign. Bentivolio was also known for being a reindeer farmer and Santa Claus impersonator.[80]

U.S. House, Michigan District 11 Republican Primary, 2014 Candidate | Vote % | Votes
Kerry Bentivolio Incumbent | 33.6% | 21,254
David Trott | 66.4% | 42,008
Total Votes | 63,262
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

####  John Tierney[edit]

Name: John Tierney (D-MA)
Office: U.S. Representative for Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District
Years in office: 1997-present
2014 election: Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District elections, 2014
Defeated by: Seth Moulton

John Tierney was the only Democratic congressman to lose his primary election in 2014. On September 9, 2014, Seth Moulton, a former Marine and a veteran of the Iraq War, defeated Tierney by 7.9 percent, making Tierney the fourth and final incumbent to be defeated in the 2014 primary election season.[81] Tierney was a vulnerable incumbent in 2012 and won re-election by a mere 1.1 percent margin of victory against Republican Richard Tisei, who is running again in 2014.[82] In 2011, Tierney's wife was involved in a scandal, when she served time in jail for "aiding and abetting the filing of false tax returns" for her brother, Robert Eremian, who was accused of running an illegal gambling business.[83]

Both Tierney and Moulton ran well-financed campaigns, raising $1.9 million and $1.6 million, respectively.[84] Tierney led in the Democratic primary polls, and had support from influential Democrats, such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi from California.[85]

The primary elections included:

See also: Contested primaries in U.S. Congressional elections, 2014 and Signature requirements and deadlines for 2014 U.S. Congress elections

September 9, 2014

* Delaware
* Massachusetts
* New Hampshire
* Rhode Island

August 26, 2014

* Arizona
* Florida
* Vermont

August 19, 2014

* Alaska
* Wyoming

August 12, 2014

* Connecticut
* Minnesota
* Wisconsin

August 9, 2014

* Hawaii

August 7, 2014

* Tennessee

August 5, 2014

* Kansas
* Michigan
* Missouri
* Washington

June 24, 2014

* Colorado
* Maryland
* New York
* Oklahoma

June 10, 2014

* Maine
* Nevada
* North Dakota
* South Carolina
* Virginia

June 3, 2014

* Alabama
* California
* Iowa
* Mississippi
* Montana
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* South Dakota

May 20, 2014

* Arkansas
* Georgia
* Idaho
* Kentucky
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* Nebraska
* West Virginia

May 6, 2014

* Indiana
* North Carolina
* Ohio

March 18, 2014

* Illinois

March 4, 2014

* Texas

### Five primaries to watch[edit]

Politico published a list of the five primaries to watch in 2014. Of their five predictions, only one of the incumbents (Rep. John Tierney) was defeated.[86]

* Mike Simpson; Idaho's 2nd District; Primary date: May 20, 2014

Results: Simpson defeated Smith by over 23 percentage points.
U.S. House, Idaho District 2 Republican Primary, 2014 Candidate | Vote % | Votes
Mike Simpson Incumbent | 61.6% | 48,632
Bryan Smith  | 38.4% | 30,263
Total Votes | 78,895
Source: Idaho Secretary of State

* Bill Shuster; Pennsylvania's 9th District; Primary date: May 20, 2014

Results: Despite the high profile endorsements, Shuster won by over 15 percentage points.
U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 9 Republican Primary, 2014 Candidate | Vote % | Votes
Bill Shuster Incumbent | 52.8% | 24,106
Art Halvorson  | 34.5% | 15,761
Travis Schooley  | 12.7% | 5,802
Total Votes | 45,669
Source: Results via Associated Press

* Mike Honda; California's 17th District; Primary date: June 3, 2014

Results: The predictions were correct. The race came down to the two Democratic front runners. In California's blanket primary system, both Ro Khanna and Rep. Mike Honda advanced to the general election.
U.S. House, California District 17 Primary, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Democratic  |  Mike Honda Incumbent | 48.2% | 43,607
| Democratic  | Ro Khanna | 28% | 25,384
| Republican  |  Vanila Singh  | 17% | 15,359
| Republican  |  Joel Vanlandingham  | 6.8% | 6,154
Total Votes | 90,504
Source: California Secretary of State

* Scott DesJarlais; Tennessee's 4th District; Primary date: August 7, 2014

Results: In what truly was a competitive race, DesJarlais won by just over 30 votes.
U.S. House, Tennessee District 4 Republican Primary, 2014 Candidate | Vote % | Votes
Scott DesJarlais Incumbent | 44.9% | 34,793
Jim Tracy  | 44.8% | 34,755
John Anderson  | 5.9% | 4,592
Steve Lane  | 1.9% | 1,483
David Tate  | 1.2% | 938
Michael Warden  | 0.9% | 659
Oluyomi Faparusi  | 0.4% | 284
Total Votes | 77,504
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

* John Tierney; Massachusetts' 6th District; Primary date: September 9, 2014

Results: Tierney was defeated in the primary by Seth Moulton.
U.S. House, Massachusetts District 6 Democratic Primary, 2014 Candidate | Vote % | Votes
Seth Moulton | 50.8% | 36,575
John Tierney Incumbent | 40.1% | 28,915
Marisa DeFranco  | 6% | 4,293
John Devine  | 2.1% | 1,527
John Gutta  | 1% | 691
All others  | 0% | 36
Total Votes | 72,037
Source: Massachusetts Elections Division

## Congressional polling[edit]

Congressional Approval Rating

Poll | Total Approve | Total Disapprove | Margin of Error | Sample Size
The Economist/YouGov (December 13-15, 2014) | 11 | 72 | +/-4.5 | 1000
The Economist/YouGov Poll (August 16-18, 2014) | 11 | 71 | +/-4.6 | 1000
Gallup (June 5-8, 2014) | 16 | 81 | +/-4 | 1027
The Economist/YouGov (March 29-31, 2014) | 8 | 76 | +/-4.5 | 1000
The Economist/YouGov (February 22-24, 2014) | 10 | 74 | +/-4.5 | 710
The Economist/YouGov (January 11-13, 2014) | 8 | 77 | +/-4.3 | 696
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

### Republicans in Congress[edit]

In a September 2014 poll, 72 percent of Americans were unhappy with Republicans in the 113th Congress. This is compared to 61 percent who disapproved of Democrats in Congress.[87]

### Constituent approval[edit]

During the shutdown, Americans' disapproval rating of their own congressmen reached a new high, with almost as many people stating disapproval of their member (43%) to approval (44%). The Gallup poll concluded:

"While members of Congress may continue to argue that problems with the image of the body as a whole is not their fault, and that they are doing nothing more than faithfully representing their particular constituents, it is clear that even their own constituents are less positive about the job they are doing than they were in the past."

### After October shutdown[edit]

United States budget debate, 2013

A USA TODAY/Princeton Survey Research Poll, taken October 17-21, 2013, came to the following post-shutdown conclusions:

* 54% of Americans blamed both parties, 29% blamed solely Republicans and just 12% placed the blame squarely on the Democrats' shoulders.
* Despite only 4% of Americans' belief that Congress would change for the worse if current members were replaced by all new members, 52% of respondents said it made no difference on whether they would vote for their incumbent in the next election.[88]

### Healthcare.gov polling[edit]

See also: Healthcare.gov website rollout

After the numerous problems the Healthcare.gov website dealt with after the initial rollout on October 1, 2013, approval for the Affordable Care Act remained low at the end of 2013. According to a CBS News/New York Times poll in December 2013, more Americans continued to disapprove of the 2010 legislation than approve of it: 50% to 39%, respectively.

### "Haters" polling[edit]

According to a December 2013 Washington Post-ABC News poll, 72 percent of voters who disapproved of both parties at the federal level said that they would vote for a Republican if the election were held today. Only 14 percent said they would vote for the Democrat.[89]

## Issues in 2014[edit]

# Government shutdown[edit]

## Government shutdown[edit]

See also United States budget debate, 2013

Beginning in August 2013, House and Senate members began discussing the possibility of a government shutdown over the funding of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). On September 20, Republicans passed a spending bill in the House that funds the government until December, but strips funding from Obamacare. When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that the Senate would hold a procedural vote on Wednesday, September 24, many senators began to announce their positions on voting against a cloture, the motion to end debate on a bill. After Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) gave a marathon speech, the motion for cloture was accepted and Reid was able to strip the Obamacare defunding language contained in the Republican House members' continuing resolution (CR).

Following the successful cloture vote and the Senate subsequently sending a clean continuing resolution back to the House, the two chambers began a high-stakes game of hot potato. By September 30, the House had voted and sent three resolutions to the Senate that all were struck down. The Senate then sent back a clean resolution stripped of any healthcare defunding language. With Obamacare being the issue-at-hand, Congress was unable to agree on whether a resolution would fund the landmark healthcare law.[90]

In the midst of the government shutdown in October 2013, talks began regarding the need to increase the debt ceiling.[91][92] Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) drafted a proposal that would have addressed both the budget shutdown, through the repeal of the medical device tax, and a plan to increase the debt ceiling through January 2014. Collins explained, "I’m hearing from many Democrats that if there were a way to deal somehow with the debt limit as well as part of this plan that that would be helpful. And obviously time is of the essence."[93] Although her plan was ultimately rejected by Senate Democrats, her framework began a bipartisan effort to draft a resolution. Ultimately, Sens. Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell were able to propose a plan on October 16.[94]

A deal was reached late on October 16, just hours before the debt ceiling deadline. The government reopened.

## Polling during the shutdown[edit]

Congressional approval rating

Poll | Total approve | Total disapprove| Margin of error| Sample size
AP-GfK (October 3-7, 2013)
| 5%| 83%| +/-3.4| 1,227
Gallup (October 3-6, 2013)
| 11%| 85%| +/-4| 1,028
CNN/ORC (September 27-29, 2013)
| 10%| 87%| +/-3.5| 803
CBS/New York Times (September 19-23, 2013)
| 14%| 80%| +/-3| 1,014
The Economist/YouGov (September 21-23, 2013)
| 9%| 72%| +/-5.1| 690
AVERAGES|  9.8%|  81.4%|  +/-3.8|  952.4
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

## Approval of own congressmen[edit]

During the shutdown, American's disapproval rating of their own congressmen reached new a new high, with almost as many people stating disapproval of their member (43%) to approval (44%). The Gallup poll concluded:

"While members of Congress may continue to argue that problems with the image of the body as a whole is not their fault, and that they are doing nothing more than faithfully representing their particular constituents, it is clear that even their own constituents are less positive about the job they are doing than they were in the past."

# Affordable Care Act[edit]

For senators up for re-election in 2014, this was the first election since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This may have been problematic for Democratic senators who voted in favor of the bill in states where it was no longer popular. Among these senators included:

* Mark Begich (AK)
* Mark Pryor (AR)
* Mary Landrieu (LA)

[95]

## Sen. Lee letter[edit]

In July 2013, Lee authored a letter, which was signed by 14 Republican senators, which promised a government shutdown unless the Affordable Care Act was defunded. The senators up for re-election in 2014 who signed the letter were:

* Mike Enzi (WY)
* Jim Inhofe (OK)
* Jim Risch (ID)
* Pat Roberts (KS)

## Healthcare.gov rollout[edit]

See also: Healthcare.gov website rollout

The open enrollment period ended on March 31, 2014. The penalty, payable to the federal government, for not being enrolled in a health insurance plan by March 31 was either $95 or 1 percent of income, whichever was greater.[96] The White House stated anyone selecting a plan before the deadline would not be subject to the penalty.[97] In March 2014, however, the administration announced that uninsured people were allowed to enroll in plans into April as long as they had a plan selected on the website by March 31.[98]

The rollout date was met with high demand for the website, both by those seeking insurance and those curious to see how the site worked. Attempts to use the website resulted in errors, including:

* Error messages while creating an account and trying to log in
* Data transfer problems from the exchange to healthcare providers
* Errors in price quotes when not logged in
* Lack of ability to sign up directly through individual insurance providers

In an October 30, 2013, hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius stated, "Hold me accountable for the debacle. I’m responsible."[99]

The first official report from the Obama administration was released November 13, 2013, covering October enrollment numbers. The report stated 26,794 users completed enrollment through the Healthcare.gov federal exchange. Another 79,391 users were able to enroll in the 15 state exchanges, bringing the total enrollment to 106,185 in October. Prior to rollout, the administration estimated 500,000 would sign up in the first month.[100][101]

On November 22, 2013, the Obama administration announced an eight-day extension on completing applications for coverage starting January 1, 2014. The deadline to complete the application was moved from December 15 to December 23, 2013. Additionally, the 2014 open enrollment period was pushed back from the original October 15 start date to November 15, 2014, just after midterm elections.[102] On November 25, 2013, the administration announced the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) would be delayed by one year. The program was supposed to be rolled out in October 2013 but was delayed until November 2014. The small business program delay did not impact states with state-run exchanges.[103]

On April 10, 2014, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius resigned from her post as a result of the troubled rollout of Obamacare.[104]

## Senate Conservative Fund targets[edit]

The Senate Conservative Fund targeted Sens. Isakson (R-GA), Graham (R-SC), Alexander (R-TN) and Burr (R-NC) in August 2013 with two weeks of radio ads designed to push Senate Republicans to support Utah's Mike Lee's effort to defund Obamacare.[105]

# ISIS[edit]

See also: ISIS insurgency in Iraq and Syria

Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle were in disagreement over the need to pass congressional approval of the administration's air strikes in Iraq as well as any future strikes on ISIS. Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Carl Levin (D-MI) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) each stated on September 8, 2014, that gaining congressional approval was not necessary for the actions taken by President Barack Obama, with Levin claiming, "I think the president has an abundant amount of authority to conduct operations. It would be good to have Congress on board. I don’t think the War Powers Act is constitutional. If Congress doesn’t like what he’s doing, we can always cut the money off." Members such as Tim Kaine (D-VA), Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Rand Paul (R-KY) disagreed and continued to push for a vote. Paul argued, "It would show a disregard for the Constitution and for the history of our country."[106]

Congressional leadership did not want to take quick action, bringing a vote to the floor, with one Republican aide stating, "We want to wait and see what he’s going to say to the four leaders and what he’s going to say to the nation. How he lays out his strategy will determine how our guys and members of Congress respond."[107] Reid backed up that sentiment, saying, "Tomorrow the president is addressing the nation. That doesn’t happen very often. On Thursday afternoon we’re having a briefing here from the administration on what’s going on in the Middle East. I’m going to wait and get the facts before I jump off into something that you read on the Internet someplace."[108]

# Farm bill[edit]

See also: United States Farm Bill 2013

The vote was 66-27, with 25 of the 27 nay votes being from Republicans. The two Democratic senators to vote against the bill were Jack Reed (RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)

The comprehensive bill failed in the House due largely in part to the votes of eight Democratic House members who joined the Republican majority to vote down the measure.[109] Reps. Collin Peterson, John Barrow, Sanford Bishop, Cheri Bustos, Sean Maloney, Mike McIntyre, Bill Owens and Tim Walz were the eight Democratic members who voted to reject the bill.[109] According to analysis by OpenSecrets.org, many of these Democratic members received significant political contributions from agricultural organizations that benefit from crop insurance subsidies.[109] Five of the eight were on the House Agriculture Committee\--Peterson, Bustos, Maloney, McIntyre and Walz.[109][110]

## See also[edit]

* U.S. House
* U.S. Senate
* United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
* United States Senate elections, 2014
* Misconduct in the 113th Congress (2013-2014)

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