2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana

2014 Indiana's 1st congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Pete Visclosky; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Pete Visclosky; Democratic

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana
All 9 Indiana seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 50–60% 60–70%	Democratic 50–60% 60–70%

The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Indiana was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect 9 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana. The Members elected at this election will serve in the 114th Congress. Indiana has placed Republican and Democratic nominees on the ballot in a nation-best 189 consecutive U.S. House races across each of the last 19 election cycles since 1978.^[1]

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2014^[2]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	788,762	58.78%	7	-
	Democratic	502,104	37.42%	2	-
	Libertarian	50,948	3.80%	0	-
Totals		1,341,814	100.00%	9	-

By district

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

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	51,000	35.84%	86,579	60.85%	4,714	3.31%	142,293	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 2	85,583	58.94%	55,590	38.29%	4,027	2.77%	145,200	100.0%	Republican hold
District 3	97,892	65.79%	39,771	26.73%	11,130	7.48%	148,793	100.0%	Republican hold
District 4	94,998	66.87%	47,056	33.13%	0	0.00%	142,054	100.0%	Republican hold
District 5	105,277	65.21%	49,756	30.82%	6,407	3.97%	161,440	100.0%	Republican hold
District 6	102,187	65.90%	45,509	29.35%	7,375	4.76%	155,071	100.0%	Republican hold
District 7	46,887	41.77%	61,443	54.73%	3,931	3.50%	112,261	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 8	103,344	60.32%	61,384	35.83%	6,587	3.85%	171,315	100.0%	Republican hold
District 9	101,594	62.17%	55,016	33.67%	6,777	4.15%	163,387	100.0%	Republican hold
Total	788,762	58.78%	502,104	37.42%	50,948	3.80%	1,341,814	100.0%

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Pete Visclosky, who had represented the 1st district since 1985, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Pete Visclosky, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	34,446	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Mark Leyva, activist and nominee for this seat in 2010

Primary results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Leyva	12,738	100.0

General election

Results

Indiana's 1st congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	86,579	60.9
	Republican	Mark Leyva	51,000	35.8
	Libertarian	Donna Dunn	4,714	3.3
Total votes			142,293	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

Incumbent Republican Jackie Walorski, who had represented the 2nd district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jackie Walorski, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski (incumbent)	28,641	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Joe Bock, University of Notre Dame administrator^[6]

Eliminated in primary

Douglas Carpenter, caregiver^[7]
Bob Kern, part-time paralegal
Dan Morrison, retired former RV industry executive, small business owner and candidate for this seat in 2012

Declined

Ryan Dvorak, state representative^[8]
Brendan Mullen, Army veteran, military contractor and nominee for this seat in 2012^[9]

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Bock	11,103	58.1
	Democratic	Dan Morrison	3,540	18.5
	Democratic	Bob Kern	2,634	13.8
	Democratic	Douglas M. Carpenter	1,837	9.6
Total votes			19,114	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Joe Bock (D)

Organizations

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Emerging Races" Program^[10]

Predictions

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

Results

Indiana's 2nd congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski (incumbent)	85,583	58.9
	Democratic	Joe Bock	55,590	38.3
	Libertarian	Jeff Petermann	4,027	2.8
Total votes			145,200	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

Incumbent Republican Marlin Stutzman, who had represented the 3rd district since 2010, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Marlin Stutzman, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Mark Baringer
James Mahoney, former delegate to the Republican State Convention

Primary results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marlin Stutzman (incumbent)	48,837	81.7
	Republican	Mark William Baringer	5,868	9.8
	Republican	James E. Mahoney III	5,094	8.5
Total votes			59,799	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Justin Kuhnle, family case manager and candidate for this seat in 2012

Eliminated in primary

Jim Redmond
Tommy Schrader, candidate for this seat in 2012

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Justin Kuhnle	2,893	34.9
	Democratic	Tommy A. Schrader	2,805	33.8
	Democratic	Jim Redmond	2,597	31.3
Total votes			8,295	100.0

General election

Results

Indiana's 3rd congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marlin Stutzman (incumbent)	102,889	69.2
	Democratic	Justin Kuhnle	39,771	26.7
	Libertarian	Scott Wise	6,113	4.1
Total votes			148,773	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

Incumbent Republican Todd Rokita, who had represented the 4th district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Todd Rokita, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Kevin Grant, Army National Guard member

Primary results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Rokita (incumbent)	43,179	71.2
	Republican	Kevin J. Grant	17,472	28.8
Total votes			60,651	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

John Dale, teacher

Eliminated in primary

Jeffrey Blaydes
Roger Day
John Futrell
Howard Pollchi

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Dale	3,742	42.2
	Democratic	Roger D. Day	2,266	25.5
	Democratic	Jeffrey Oliver Blaydes	1,332	15.0
	Democratic	Howard Joseph Pollchik	778	8.8
	Democratic	John L. Futrell	754	8.5
Total votes			8,872	100.0

General election

Results

Indiana's 4th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Rokita (Incumbent)	94,998	66.9
	Democratic	John Dale	47,056	33.1
Total votes			142,054	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

Incumbent Republican Susan Brooks, who had represented the 5th district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Susan Brooks, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

David Campbell
David Stockdale, independent insurance broker

Primary results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Brooks (incumbent)	34,996	72.7
	Republican	David S. Stockdale	7,327	15.2
	Republican	David M. Campbell	5,790	12.1
Total votes			48,113	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Shawn Denney, teacher

Eliminated in primary

Allen Davidson, engineer
David Ford, U.S. Air Force Battlefield weather forecaster

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shawn A. Denney	6,141	41.9
	Democratic	David William Ford	4,856	33.1
	Democratic	Allen Ray Davidson	3,660	25.0
Total votes			14,657	100.0

General election

Results

Indiana's 5th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Brooks (incumbent)	105,277	65.2
	Democratic	Shawn Denney	49,756	30.8
	Libertarian	John Krom	6,407	4.0
Total votes			161,440	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

Incumbent Republican Luke Messer, who had represented the 6th district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Luke Messer, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luke Messer (incumbent)	49,094	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Susan Heitzman, small business owner and candidate for this seat in 2012

Eliminated in primary

Lane Siekman, attorney
Corrine Westerfield

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Hall Heitzman	9,078	48.3
	Democratic	Lane Siekman	5,574	29.6
	Democratic	Corrine Nicole Westerfield	4,151	22.1
Total votes			18,803	100.0

General election

Results

Indiana's 6th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luke Messer (incumbent)	102,187	65.9
	Democratic	Susan Hall Heitzman	45,509	29.4
	Libertarian	Eric Miller	7,375	4.7
Total votes			155,071	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

Incumbent Democrat André Carson, who had represented the 7th district since 2008, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

André Carson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Mmoja Ajabu
Curtis Godfrey
Pierre Pullins

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	André Carson (incumbent)	19,446	89.1
	Democratic	Curtis Godfrey	1,209	5.5
	Democratic	Mmoja Ajabu	782	3.6
	Democratic	Pierre Quincy Pullins	390	1.8
Total votes			21,827	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Catherine Ping, Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, business owner and candidate for this seat in 2012

Eliminated in primary

Wayne Harmon, parole agent
J.D. Miniear, Christian ministry outreach and candidate for this seat in 2012
Erin Magee
Gordon Smith, Indiana Army National Guard Coordinator

Primary results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Catherine Ping	4,882	35.1
	Republican	Wayne "Gunny" Harmon	3,258	23.4
	Republican	J.D. Miniear	2,840	20.4
	Republican	Gordon Smith	1,872	13.5
	Republican	Erin Kent Magee	1,057	7.6
Total votes			13,909	100.0

General election

Results

Indiana's 7th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andre Carson (incumbent)	61,443	54.7
	Republican	Catherine Ping	46,887	41.8
	Libertarian	Chris Mayo	3,931	3.5
Total votes			112,261	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 8

Incumbent Republican Larry Bucshon, who had represented the 8th district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Larry Bucshon, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Andrew McNeil

Primary results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Bucshon (incumbent)	30,967	74.8
	Republican	Andrew T. McNeil	10,405	25.2
Total votes			41,372	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Tom Spangler

Declined

Dave Crooks, former state representative and nominee for this seat in 2012

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Spangler	23,055	100.0

General election

Results

Indiana's 8th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Bucshon (incumbent)	103,344	60.3
	Democratic	Tom Spangler	61,384	35.8
	Libertarian	Andrew Horning	6,587	3.9
Total votes			171,315	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

Incumbent Republican Todd Young, who had represented the 9th district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Todd Young, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Kathy Heil
Mark Jones

Primary results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Young (incumbent)	30,402	79.4
	Republican	Kathy Lowe Heil	4,607	12.0
	Republican	Mark G. Jones	3,293	8.6
Total votes			38,302	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bill Bailey, former state representative and former mayor of Seymour^[15]

Eliminated in primary

James McClure Jr.
J.S. Miller
William Thomas

Declined

Shelli Yoder, Monroe County Council member and nominee for this seat in 2012

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Bailey	10,392	45.4
	Democratic	James R. McClure, Jr.	5,733	25.0
	Democratic	J.S. Miller	3,559	15.6
	Democratic	William Joseph Thomas	3,206	14.0
Total votes			22,890	100.0

General election

Results

Indiana's 9th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Young (incumbent)	101,594	62.2
	Democratic	Bill Bailey	55,016	33.7
	Libertarian	Ralph Mike Frey	5,777	4.1
Total votes			162,387	100.0
	Republican hold

References

^ Ostermeier, Eric (September 30, 2014). "No Free Passes: States With 2 Major Party Candidates in Every US House Race". Smart Politics.
^ "Election Statistics, 1920 to Present - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Secretary of State : Election Division: Election Results". Retrieved December 17, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Secretary of State : Election Division: Election Results". Retrieved December 18, 2014.
^ AP (October 20, 2013). "Notre Dame official weighs 2nd District run". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
^ Erin Blasko (April 18, 2014). "2nd District candidate runs as social liberal". southbendtribune.com. South Bend Tribune. Archived from the original on August 9, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
^ Livingson, Abby (June 19, 2013). "Ambitious Hoosiers Wait for Future Statewide Races". Roll Call. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
^ "Brendan Mullen Not Running for Indiana's 2nd #IN02 (Updated) | At the Races". Atr.rollcall.com. July 12, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
^ "DCCC Chairman Israel Announces First 35 Districts In Red To Blue Program, Historic High For Women". dccc.org. DCCC. March 3, 2014. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
^ "2014 House Race Ratings for November 3, 2014". House: Race Ratings. Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
^ "2014 House Ratings (October 24, 2014)". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
^ "2014 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
^ "Daily Kos Elections House race ratings: Initial ratings for 2014". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
^ BRIAN A. HOWEY (September 30, 2013). "Former Seymour Mayor Bailey to challenge Rep. Young in 9th CD". howeypolitics.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2023.

External links

[1] Ostermeier, Eric (September 30, 2014). "No Free Passes: States With 2 Major Party Candidates in Every US House Race". Smart Politics.

[2] "Election Statistics, 1920 to Present - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved April 18, 2018.

[clerk2014-3] 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.

[Results-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Secretary of State : Election Division: Election Results". Retrieved December 17, 2014.

[:1-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Secretary of State : Election Division: Election Results". Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[Bock-6] AP (October 20, 2013). "Notre Dame official weighs 2nd District run". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved October 21, 2013.

[7] Erin Blasko (April 18, 2014). "2nd District candidate runs as social liberal". southbendtribune.com. South Bend Tribune. Archived from the original on August 9, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.

[livingson1-8] Livingson, Abby (June 19, 2013). "Ambitious Hoosiers Wait for Future Statewide Races". Roll Call. Retrieved August 14, 2013.

[9] "Brendan Mullen Not Running for Indiana's 2nd #IN02 (Updated) | At the Races". Atr.rollcall.com. July 12, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2014.

[RtB-10] "DCCC Chairman Israel Announces First 35 Districts In Red To Blue Program, Historic High For Women". dccc.org. DCCC. March 3, 2014. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2023.

[Cook-11] "2014 House Race Ratings for November 3, 2014". House: Race Ratings. Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 3, 2014.

[Rothenberg-12] "2014 House Ratings (October 24, 2014)". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 24, 2014.

[Sabato-13] "2014 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.

[Kos-14] "Daily Kos Elections House race ratings: Initial ratings for 2014". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved November 4, 2014.

[15] BRIAN A. HOWEY (September 30, 2013). "Former Seymour Mayor Bailey to challenge Rep. Young in 9th CD". howeypolitics.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2023.

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