2014 United States House of Representatives election ratings
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 Competitive seats highlighted by party Democratic seats: Competitive Uncompetitive Republican seats: Competitive Uncompetitive |
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2014, with early voting taking place in some states in the weeks preceding that date. Voters chose representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states. Non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five inhabited U.S. territories[a] were also elected. These midterm elections took place nearly halfway through the second term of Democratic President Barack Obama. The winners served in the 114th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States census. On Election Day, Republicans had held a House majority since January 2011 as a result of the 2010 elections.
Election ratings
[edit]Several sites and individuals publish ratings of competitive seats. The seats listed below were considered competitive (not "safe" or "solid") by at least one of the rating groups. These ratings are based upon factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan history of the district (the Cook Partisan Voting Index is one example of this metric). Each rating describes the likelihood of a given outcome in the election.
Incumbents not running for re-election have parentheses around their names, while incumbents with a caret (^) sought re-election, but were defeated in the primary election. Note that safeness of a district is not necessarily a prediction as to outcome.
Most election ratings use:
- Tossup: no advantage
- Tilt (sometimes used): slight advantage
- Lean: clear advantage
- Likely: strong, but not certain advantage
- Safe: outcome is nearly certain
| District | CPVI | Incumbent | Previous result |
Cook November 3, 2014[1] |
Rothenberg October 29, 2014[2] |
Sabato October 30, 2014[3] |
RCP November 2, 2014[4] |
Daily Kos November 4, 2014[5] |
Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska at-large | R+12 | Don Young (R) | 63.9% R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Don Young (R) |
| Arizona 1 | R+4 | Ann Kirkpatrick (D) | 48.8% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Ann Kirkpatrick (D) |
| Arizona 2 | R+3 | Ron Barber (D) | 50.4% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Martha McSally (R) |
| Arizona 9 | R+1 | Kyrsten Sinema (D) | 48.5% D | Lean D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Lean D | Kyrsten Sinema (D) |
| Arkansas 2 | R+8 | Timothy Griffin (R) (retiring)[b] | 55.2% R | Tossup | Tilt R | Lean R | Tossup | Tossup | French Hill (R) |
| Arkansas 4 | R+15 | Tom Cotton (R) (retiring)[c] | 59.5% R | Lean R | Likely R | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R | Bruce Westerman (R) |
| California 3 | D+3 | John Garamendi (D) | 53.7% D | Likely D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Likely D | John Garamendi (D) |
| California 7 | EVEN | Ami Bera (D) | 51.1% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Ami Bera (D) |
| California 9 | D+6 | Jerry McNerney (D) | 54.1% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Safe D | Jerry McNerney (D) |
| California 21 | D+2 | David Valadao (R) | 59.9% R | Lean R | Likely R | Likely R | Lean R | Lean R | David Valadao (R) |
| California 24 | D+4 | Lois Capps (D) | 54.8% D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Lois Capps (D) |
| California 26 | D+4 | Julia Brownley (D) | 51.7% D | Tossup | Lean D | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Julia Brownley (D) |
| California 31 | D+5 | Gary Miller (R) (retiring) | 55.2% R | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Pete Aguilar (D) |
| California 36 | R+1 | Raul Ruiz (D) | 51.4% D | Lean D | Safe D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Raul Ruiz (D) |
| California 52 | D+2 | Scott Peters (D) | 50.2% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Scott Peters (D) |
| Colorado 6 | D+1 | Mike Coffman (R) | 48.7% R | Lean R | Tilt R | Lean R | Tossup | Tilt R | Mike Coffman (R) |
| Connecticut 5 | D+3 | Elizabeth Esty (D) | 51.5% D | Likely D | Safe D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Elizabeth Esty (D) |
| Florida 2 | R+6 | Steve Southerland (R) | 52.7% R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Gwen Graham (D) |
| Florida 18 | R+3 | Patrick Murphy (D) | 50.3% D | Likely D | Safe D | Likely D | Lean D | Lean D | Patrick Murphy (D) |
| Florida 26 | R+1 | Joe Garcia (D) | 53.6% D | Tossup | Tilt R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Carlos Curbelo (R) |
| Georgia 12 | R+9 | John Barrow (D) | 53.7% D | Tossup | Lean D | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Rick Allen (R) |
| Hawaii 1 | D+18 | Colleen Hanabusa (D) (retiring)[c] | 54.6% D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Tossup | Lean D | Mark Takai (D) |
| Illinois 8 | D+8 | Tammy Duckworth (D) | 54.7% D | Likely D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Tammy Duckworth (D) |
| Illinois 10 | D+8 | Brad Schneider (D) | 50.5% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Robert Dold (R) |
| Illinois 11 | D+8 | Bill Foster (D) | 58.1% D | Likely D | Safe D | Likely D | Lean D | Likely D | Bill Foster (D) |
| Illinois 12 | EVEN | Bill Enyart (D) | 51.5% D | Tossup | Tilt R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Mike Bost (R) |
| Illinois 13 | EVEN | Rodney Davis (R) | 46.6% R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Lean R | Likely R | Rodney Davis (R) |
| Illinois 17 | D+7 | Cheri Bustos (D) | 53.3% D | Lean D | Likely D | Likely D | Lean D | Lean D | Cheri Bustos (D) |
| Indiana 2 | R+6 | Jackie Walorski (R) | 49.0% R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Safe R | Jackie Walorski (R) |
| Iowa 1 | D+5 | Bruce Braley (D) (retiring)[c] | 56.9% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Rod Blum (R) |
| Iowa 2 | D+4 | Dave Loebsack (D) | 55.6% D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | David Loebsack (D) |
| Iowa 3 | EVEN | Tom Latham (R) (retiring) | 52.3% R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Tossup | David Young (R) |
| Iowa 4 | R+5 | Steve King (R) | 53.2% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Steve King (R) |
| Kansas 2 | R+8 | Lynn Jenkins (R) | 57.0% R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Lynn Jenkins (R) |
| Kansas 3 | R+6 | Kevin Yoder (R) | 68.4% R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Safe R | Kevin Yoder (R) |
| Maine 2 | D+2 | Mike Michaud (D) (retiring)[d] | 58.1% D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Tossup | Lean D | Bruce Poliquin (R) |
| Maryland 6 | D+4 | John Delaney (D) | 58.8% D | Likely D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Likely D | John Delaney (D) |
| Massachusetts 6 | D+4 | John F. Tierney (D) (lost renomination) | 48.3% D | Lean D | Tilt D | Lean D | Lean D | Tilt D | Seth Moulton (D) |
| Massachusetts 9 | D+5 | Bill Keating (D) | 58.3% D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Lean D | Likely D | Bill Keating (D) |
| Michigan 1 | R+5 | Dan Benishek (R) | 48.2% R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Lean R | Lean R | Dan Benishek (R) |
| Michigan 4 | R+5 | Dave Camp (R) (retiring) | 63.1% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | John Moolenaar (R) |
| Michigan 6 | R+1 | Fred Upton (R) | 54.6% R | Likely R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Fred Upton (R) |
| Michigan 7 | R+3 | Tim Walberg (R) | 53.3% R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Tim Walberg (R) |
| Michigan 8 | R+2 | Mike Rogers (R) (retiring) | 58.6% R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Mike Bishop (R) |
| Michigan 11 | R+4 | Kerry Bentivolio (R) (lost renomination)[e][6] | 50.7% R | Likely R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Dave Trott |
| Minnesota 1 | R+1 | Tim Walz (D) | 57.6% D | Likely D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Tim Walz (D) |
| Minnesota 7 | R+6 | Collin Peterson (D) | 60.4% D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Tossup | Collin Peterson (D) |
| Minnesota 8 | D+1 | Rick Nolan (D) | 54.5% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Rick Nolan (D) |
| Montana at-large | R+7 | Steve Daines (R) (retiring)[c] | 53.2% R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Safe R | Ryan Zinke (R) |
| Nebraska 2 | R+4 | Lee Terry (R) | 51.2% R | Tossup | Tilt D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Tilt D (flip) | Brad Ashford (D) |
| Nevada 3 | EVEN | Joe Heck (R) | 50.4% R | Likely R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | Joe Heck (R) |
| Nevada 4 | D+4 | Steven Horsford (D) | 50.1% D | Lean D | Likely D | Lean D | Lean D | Tilt D | Cresent Hardy (R) |
| New Hampshire 1 | R+1 | Carol Shea-Porter (D) | 49.7% D | Tossup | Tilt D | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Frank Guinta (R) |
| New Hampshire 2 | D+3 | Ann McLane Kuster (D) | 50.2% D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Tossup | Lean D | Ann McLane Kuster (D) |
| New Jersey 3 | R+1 | Jon Runyan (R) (retiring) | 53.8% R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Tom MacArthur (R) |
| New Jersey 5 | R+4 | Scott Garrett (R) | 55.5% R | Likely R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | Scott Garrett (R) |
| New York 1 | R+2 | Tim Bishop (D) | 52.2% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Lee Zeldin (R) |
| New York 4 | D+3 | Carolyn McCarthy (D) (retiring) | 61.8% D | Likely D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Likely D | Kathleen Rice (D) |
| New York 11 | R+2 | Michael Grimm (R) | 52.8% R | Lean R | Tilt R | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R | Michael Grimm (R) |
| New York 18 | EVEN | Sean Patrick Maloney (D) | 51.7% D | Tossup | Tilt D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Sean Patrick Maloney (D) |
| New York 19 | D+1 | Chris Gibson (R) | 53.4% R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Chris Gibson (R) |
| New York 21 | EVEN | Bill Owens (D) (retiring) | 50.2% D | Likely R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Elise Stefanik (R) |
| New York 23 | R+3 | Tom Reed (R) | 52.1% R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Tom Reed (R) |
| New York 24 | D+5 | Dan Maffei (D) | 48.4% D | Tossup | Tilt D | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | John Katko (R) |
| North Carolina 7 | R+12 | Mike McIntyre (D) (retiring) | 50.1% D | Likely R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | David Rouzer (R) |
| North Dakota at-large | R+10 | Kevin Cramer (R) | 54.9% R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Kevin Cramer (R) |
| Ohio 6 | R+8 | Bill Johnson (R) | 53.3% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | Bill Johnson (R) |
| Ohio 14 | R+4 | David Joyce (R) | 54.3% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | David Joyce (R) |
| Pennsylvania 6 | R+2 | Jim Gerlach (R) (retiring) | 57.1% R | Likely R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | Ryan Costello (R) |
| Texas 23 | R+3 | Pete Gallego (D) | 50.3% D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Will Hurd (R) |
| Utah 4 | R+16 | Jim Matheson (D) (retiring) | 49.3% D | Likely R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Mia Love (R) |
| Virginia 10 | R+2 | Frank Wolf (R) (retiring) | 58.8% R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R | Barbara Comstock (R) |
| Washington 1 | D+4 | Suzan DelBene (D) | 53.6% D | Likely D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Safe D | Suzan DelBene (D) |
| West Virginia 2 | R+11 | Shelley Moore Capito (R) (retiring)[c] | 69.8% R | Tossup | Tilt R | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R | Alex Mooney (R) |
| West Virginia 3 | R+14 | Nick Rahall (D) | 53.9% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tilt R (flip) | Evan Jenkins (R) |
| Wisconsin 6 | R+5 | Tom Petri (R) (retiring) | 62.1% R | Likely R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Glenn Grothman (R) |
| Wisconsin 7 | R+2 | Sean Duffy (R) | 56.1% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | Sean Duffy (R) |
| Overall | R - 228 D - 182 25 tossups |
R - 235 D - 189 11 tossups |
R - 243 D - 192 |
R - 226 D - 179 30 tossups |
R - 227 D -190 18 tossups |
R - 247 D - 188 | |||
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2014 House Race Ratings for November 3, 2014". House: Race Ratings. Cook Political Report. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
- ^ "House Ratings". rothenbergpoliticalreport.com. Rothenberg Political Report. October 29, 2014. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ "2014 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ^ "Battle for the House". realclearpolitics.com. Real Clear Politics. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ "Daily Kos Elections House race ratings: Initial ratings for 2014". Daily Kos Elections. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ^ Bowman, Bridget (October 2, 2014). "Kerry Bentivolio to Wage Write-In Campaign". Roll Call. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.