2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama
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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected the 7 U.S. representatives from the state of Alabama. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including the Governor of Alabama.
Primary elections were held on June 3, 2014. Primary runoffs, necessary if no candidate won a majority of the vote, were held on July 15.
Overview
[edit]Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama by district:[1]
| District | Republican | Democratic | Others | Total | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| District 1 | 103,758 | 68.16% | 48,278 | 31.71% | 198 | 0.13% | 152,234 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 2 | 113,103 | 67.34% | 54,692 | 32.56% | 157 | 0.09% | 167,952 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 3 | 103,558 | 63.72% | 52,816 | 36.22% | 246 | 0.06% | 156,620 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 4 | 132,831 | 98.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,921 | 1.43% | 134,752 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 5 | 115,338 | 74.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 39,636 | 25.58% | 154,974 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 6 | 135,945 | 76.18% | 42,291 | 23.70% | 213 | 0.12% | 178,449 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 7 | 0 | 0.00% | 133,687 | 98.37% | 2,212 | 1.63% | 135,899 | 100.0% | Democratic hold |
| Total | 704,533 | 65.18% | 331,764 | 30.69% | 44,583 | 4.13% | 1,080,880 | 100.0% | |
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District 1
[edit]Republican incumbent Bradley Byrne, who had represented the district since a December 2013 special election,[2] ran for re-election.
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Bradley Byrne, incumbent U.S. Representative
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Burton LeFlore, real estate agent and nominee for this seat in 2013
General election
[edit]Campaign
[edit]Byrne was originally believed to be running for re-election unopposed, but LeFlore managed to qualify.[3][4]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bradley Byrne (incumbent) | 103,758 | 68.2 | |
| Democratic | Burton LeFlore | 48,278 | 31.7 | |
| n/a | Write-ins | 198 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 152,234 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 2
[edit]Republican incumbent Martha Roby, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Martha Roby, incumbent U.S. Representative
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Erick Wright[3]
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Martha Roby (incumbent) | 113,103 | 67.3 | |
| Democratic | Erick Wright | 54,692 | 32.6 | |
| n/a | Write-ins | 157 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 167,952 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 3
[edit]Republican incumbent Mike Rogers, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election.
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Mike Rogers, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary
[edit]- Thomas Casson
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Rogers (incumbent) | 50,372 | 75.9 | |
| Republican | Thomas Casson | 15,999 | 24.1 | |
| Total votes | 66,371 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Jesse T. Smith, U.S. Army veteran[3]
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike D. Rogers (incumbent) | 103,558 | 66.1 | |
| Democratic | Jesse Smith | 52,816 | 33.7 | |
| n/a | Write-ins | 246 | 0.2 | |
| Total votes | 156,620 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 4
[edit]Republican incumbent Robert Aderholt, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election.
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Robert Aderholt, incumbent U.S. Representative
Withdrawn
[edit]- Thomas E. Drake II
Democratic primary
[edit]No Democrats filed for the office.[3]
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Robert Aderholt (incumbent) | 132,831 | 98.6 | |
| n/a | Write-ins | 1,921 | 1.4 | |
| Total votes | 134,752 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 5
[edit]Republican incumbent Mo Brooks, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.
Republican primary
[edit]Brooks had defeated the then incumbent Democrat-turned-Republican Parker Griffith, in the 2010 Republican primary and again in 2012. Supporters of Griffith circulated petitions to get him on the ballot as an independent.[7] He considered doing so, but instead re-joined the Democratic Party and ran for Governor.
Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]Eliminated in primary
[edit]- Jerry Hill
Declined
[edit]- Parker Griffith, former U.S. Representative
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mo Brooks (incumbent) | 49,117 | 80.3 | |
| Republican | Jerry Hill | 12,038 | 19.7 | |
| Total votes | 61,155 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]No Democrats filed to run.
Declined
[edit]- Parker Griffith, former U.S. Representative
General election
[edit]Mark Bray challenged Brooks as an independent candidate,[8] with Reggie Hill running as a write-in candidate.[9]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mo Brooks (incumbent) | 115,338 | 74.4 | |
| Independent | Mark Bray | 39,005 | 25.2 | |
| n/a | Write-ins | 631 | 0.4 | |
| Total votes | 154,974 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 6
[edit]Republican incumbent Spencer Bachus, who had represented the 6th district since 1993, did not run for re-election.[10]
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Gary Palmer, president of the conservative think tank Alabama Policy Institute[3]
Eliminated in primary
[edit]- Scott Beason, state senator and candidate for this seat in 2012[3]
- Will Brooke, executive vice president and managing partner of Harbert Management Corporation[3]
- Paul DeMarco, state representative[11]
- Chad Mathis, orthopedic surgeon[3]
- Robert Shattuck, attorney[3]
- Tom Vigneulle, businessman[3]
Declined
[edit]- Bill Armistead, chairman of the Alabama Republican Party and former state senator[12][13]
- Spencer Bachus, incumbent U.S. Representative[12][13]
- Slade Blackwell, state senator[12]
- Greg Canfield, Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce and former state representative[12]
- David Carrington, president of the Jefferson County Commission[12]
- Steve French, former state senator[14]
- Tony Petelos, Jefferson County Manager[12]
- Rob Riley, attorney and son of former governor Riley[12]
- Minda Riley Campbell, attorney and daughter of former governor Bob Riley[12]
- Cliff Sims, blogger[14]
- David Standridge, state representative and candidate for this seat in 2012[12]
- Cam Ward, state senator[14]
- Jack Williams, state representative[14]
Polling
[edit]| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Scott Beason |
Will Brooke |
Paul DeMarco |
Chad Mathis |
Gary Palmer |
Tom Vignuelle |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cygnal[15] | May 2014 | – | – | 12% | 11% | 20% | 17% | 18% | 3% | 19% |
| JMC Analytics (R-Mathis)[16] | April 15 & 17, 2014 | 445 | ± 4.6% | 9% | 10% | 15% | 16% | 4% | 2% | 44% |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Paul DeMarco | 30,894 | 32.7 | |
| Republican | Gary Palmer | 18,655 | 19.7 | |
| Republican | Scott Beason | 14,451 | 15.3 | |
| Republican | Chad Mathis | 14,420 | 15.3 | |
| Republican | Will Brooke | 13,130 | 13.9 | |
| Republican | Tom Vigneulle | 2,397 | 2.5 | |
| Republican | Robert Shattuck | 587 | 0.5 | |
| Total votes | 94,534 | 100.0 | ||
DeMarco and Palmer advanced to a July 15 runoff election to decide the Republican primary.[17]
Runoff
[edit]Polling
[edit]| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Paul DeMarco |
Gary Palmer |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cygnal[15] | July 7–8, 2014 | 647 | ± 3.84% | 29% | 60% | 11% |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Gary Palmer | 47,491 | 63.5 | |
| Republican | Paul DeMarco | 27,295 | 36.5 | |
| Total votes | 74,786 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Avery Vise, businessman
General election
[edit]Campaign
[edit]Palmer faced Democrat Mark Lester, a professor at Birmingham-Southern College who replaced original nominee Avery Vise.[4][19]
Robert Shattuck, who lost in the Republican primary, ran as a write-in candidate.[20]
Libertarian Aimee Love had been running, but the Alabama Libertarian Party was unable to secure ballot access for federal elections.
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Gary Palmer | 135,945 | 76.2 | |
| Democratic | Mark Lester | 42,291 | 23.7 | |
| n/a | Write-ins | 213 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 178,449 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 7
[edit]Democrat incumbent Terri Sewell, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Terri Sewell, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary
[edit]- Tamara Harris Johnson, former Birmingham City Attorney
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Terri Sewell (incumbent) | 74,953 | 83.9 | |
| Democratic | Tamara Harris Johnson | 14,374 | 16.1 | |
| Total votes | 89,327 | 100.0 | ||
Republican primary
[edit]No Republicans filed to run for the office.[3]
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Terri Sewell (incumbent) | 133,687 | 98.4 | |
| n/a | Write-ins | 2,212 | 1.6 | |
| Total votes | 135,899 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ Haas, Karen L. (March 9, 2015). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2014". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
- ^ Sullivan, Sean (December 17, 2013). "Republican Bradley Byrne wins Alabama special election". The Washington Post. Washington, DC. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "List of candidates for major Alabama offices". ABC 3340. February 8, 2014. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
- ^ a b "Alabama Democrats". Alabama Democratic Party. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Certified General Election Results" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- ^ a b c Official Alabama Secretary of State Results Archived July 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Parker Griffith to challenge Mo Brooks as an independent candidate for Congress? | AL.com". Blog.al.com. October 31, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
- ^ Gattis, Paul (June 3, 2014). "Huntsville's Mark Bray expects to qualify as independent to run for Congress". AL.com. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ Gattis, Paul (July 18, 2014). "Huntsville's Reggie Hill to run for Congress as write-in candidate". AL.com. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ^ "Alabama Rep. Spencer Bachus won't seek re-election". Fox News. Associated Press. September 30, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ "Ala state Rep. Paul DeMarco running for Congress - ABC 33/40 - Birmingham News, Weather, Sports". ABC 33/40. October 24, 2013. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Cahn, Emily (September 30, 2013). "Crowded GOP Race Expected in Bachus District | #AL06". Roll Call. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ a b Dean, Charles J. (September 30, 2013). "Let's get ready to rumble In the race to succeed Spencer Bachus in Congress". The Birmingham News. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Sen. Ward, Rep. Williams won't seek Alabama's 6th Congressional District". The Republic. Associated Press. October 2, 2013. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ a b http://cygn.al/polls/al-06-runoff-flash-poll-070914/ Cygnal
- ^ http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2014/04/chad_mathis_leads_a_tight_pack.html JMC Analytics (R-Mathis)
- ^ Cahn, Emily. "Gary Palmer Marks Second Chance for Club for Growth in Alabama Race". Atr.rollcall.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
- ^ "Alabama Runoff Results". Al.com. July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
- ^ Cason, Mike (August 16, 2014). "Alabama Democratic Party nominates Birmingham-Southern professor Mark Lester in 6th congressional district". AL.com. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- ^ Stinson, Jim (July 17, 2014). "Robert Shattuck, defeated early in GOP primary for 6th Congressional District, weighs write-in run". AL.com. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ^ "Alabama Democratic Primary Results". alabamavote.gov. June 3, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.