2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma
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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oklahoma, one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections, including the Governor of Oklahoma and both of Oklahoma's United States Senate seats. Primary elections were held on June 24, 2014. Primary runoffs were held on August 26, 2014, in contests where no candidate won more than 50% of the vote.[1]
Overview
[edit]Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma by district:[2]
| District | Republican | Democratic | Others | Total | Result | ||||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| District 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Republican hold |
| District 2 | 110,925 | 70.03% | 38,964 | 24.60% | 8,518 | 5.38% | 158,407 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 3 | 133,335 | 78.62% | 36,270 | 21.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 169,605 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 4 | 117,721 | 70.80% | 40,998 | 24.66% | 7,549 | 4.54% | 166,268 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 5 | 95,632 | 60.10% | 57,790 | 36.32% | 5,711 | 3.59% | 159,133 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| Total | 457,613 | 70.04% | 174,022 | 26.63% | 21,778 | 3.33% | 653,413 | 100.00% | |
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District 1
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The 1st district is located in the Tulsa metropolitan area and includes Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington counties. Incumbent Republican Jim Bridenstine, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was elected with 64% of the vote in 2012 having defeated incumbent Republican John Sullivan in the Republican primary with 54% of the vote. The district had a PVI of R+18.
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Jim Bridenstine, incumbent U.S. Representative
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Declined
[edit]- Kathy Taylor, former Mayor of Tulsa[3]
General Election
[edit]Bridenstine ran unopposed for re-election.
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Jim Bridenstine (incumbent) | Unopposed | N/a | |
| Total votes | N/a | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 2
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The 2nd district is located in Green Country and Kiamichi Country and includes the city of Muskogee and numerous sparsely populated counties. Incumbent Republican Markwayne Mullin, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was elected with 57% of the vote in 2012, succeeding retiring Democratic incumbent Dan Boren. The district had a PVI of R+20.
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Markwayne Mullin, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary
[edit]- Darrell Robertson, farmer[4]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Markwayne Mullin (incumbent) | 26,245 | 79.7 | |
| Republican | Darrell Robertson | 6,673 | 20.3 | |
| Total votes | 32,918 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Earl E. Everett, candidate for this seat in 2012
Eliminated in primary
[edit]- Joshua Harris-Till[4]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Earl E. Everett | 33,119 | 62.6 | |
| Democratic | Joshua Harris-Till | 19,813 | 37.4 | |
| Total votes | 52,932 | 100.0 | ||
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Markwayne Mullin (incumbent) | 110,925 | 70.0 | |
| Democratic | Earl Everett | 38,964 | 24.6 | |
| Independent | Jon Douthitt | 8,518 | 5.4 | |
| Total votes | 158,407 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 3
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The 3rd district is located in Western Oklahoma. The largest district in Oklahoma and one of the largest in the country, it includes the Oklahoma Panhandle, Ponca City and the city of Stillwater as well as the Osage Nation. Incumbent Republican Frank Lucas, who had represented the district since 2003 and previously represented the 6th district from 1994 to 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 75% of the vote in 2012 and the district had a PVI of R+26.
Republican primary
[edit]The Club for Growth announced that they intended to support a Republican challenger to Lucas in the primary election, calling him a "Republican In Name Only".[7]
Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Frank Lucas, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary
[edit]- Robert Hubbard, businessman and candidate for Governor in 2010
- Timothy Ray Murray, businessman and Democratic nominee for this seat in 2012[4]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Frank Lucas (incumbent) | 54,847 | 82.8 | |
| Republican | Robert Hubbard | 7,925 | 12.0 | |
| Republican | Timothy Ray Murray | 3,449 | 5.2 | |
| Total votes | 66,221 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Frankie Robbins, engineer and United States Forest Service employee, candidate for this seat in 2012 and the nominee for the seat in 2008 and 2010[4]
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Frank Lucas (incumbent) | 133,335 | 78.6 | |
| Democratic | Frankie Robbins | 36,270 | 21.4 | |
| Total votes | 169,605 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 4
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The 4th district is located in South Central Oklahoma and includes Canadian, Comanche and Cleveland counties as well as numerous other sparsely populated counties. Incumbent Republican Tom Cole, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 68% of the vote in 2012 and the district had a PVI of R+19.
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Tom Cole, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary
[edit]- Anna Flatt, chair of the Carter County Republican Party[8]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Tom Cole (incumbent) | 40,790 | 84.4 | |
| Republican | Anna Flatt | 7,511 | 15.6 | |
| Total votes | 48,301 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Bert Smith, retired teacher and retired United States Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, nominee for the 5th district in 2004, candidate for the 5th district in 2006 and 2008 and candidate for this seat in 2012[4]
Eliminated in primary
[edit]- Tae Si, software engineer
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Bert Smith | 24,268 | 81.6 | |
| Democratic | Tae Si | 5,485 | 18.4 | |
| Total votes | 29,753 | 100.0 | ||
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Tom Cole (incumbent) | 117,721 | 70.8 | |
| Democratic | Bert Smith | 40,998 | 24.7 | |
| Independent | Dennis Johnson | 7,549 | 4.5 | |
| Total votes | 166,268 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 5
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The 5th district is located in Central Oklahoma and includes Oklahoma, Pottawatomie and Seminole counties. The incumbent is Republican James Lankford, who had represented the district since 2011, did not run for re-election. He instead ran in the special election to replace retiring Republican U.S. Senator Tom Coburn.[9] He was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2012 and the district had a PVI of R+12.
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Steve Russell, former state senator[10]
Eliminated in primary
[edit]- Patrice Douglas, chairman of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and former mayor of Edmond[11]
- Shane Jett, former state representative[10]
- Clark Jolley, state senator[10]
- Harvey Sparks, minister and former aide to U.S. Representative Jim Bridenstine[12]
- Mike Turner, state representative[12]
Withdrew
[edit]- James Lankford, incumbent U.S. Representative (running for the U.S. Senate)[9]
Declined
[edit]- Mick Cornett, Mayor of Oklahoma City[13]
- David Holt, state senator[13]
- Tom Newell, state representative[13]
Polling
[edit]| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Patrice Douglas |
Shane Jett |
Clark Jolley |
Steve Russell |
Harvey Sparks |
Mike Turner |
Undecided |
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| SoonerPoll[14] | June 19–21, 2014 | 334 | ± 5.36% | 23 | 6% | 12% | 19% | 5% | 13% | 22% |
| SoonerPoll[15] | May 5–10, 2014 | 671 | ± 3.77% | 12% | 5% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 11% | 49% |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Steve Russell | 14,604 | 26.6 | |
| Republican | Patrice Douglas | 13,445 | 24.5 | |
| Republican | Clark Jolley | 9,232 | 16.8 | |
| Republican | Mike Turner | 7,760 | 14.1 | |
| Republican | Shane Jett | 7,022 | 12.8 | |
| Republican | Harvey Sparks | 2,898 | 5.3 | |
| Total votes | 54,961 | 100.0 | ||
Runoff
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Steve Russell | 19,374 | 59.3 | |
| Republican | Patrice Douglas | 13,319 | 40.7 | |
| Total votes | 32,693 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Al McAffrey, state senator[17]
Eliminated in primary
[edit]- Tom Guild, University of Central Oklahoma professor and nominee for this seat 2010 and 2012[10]
- Leona Leonard, chair of the Seminole County Democratic Party[18]
Withdrew
[edit]- Keith Davenport, minister[10]
- Scott Inman, Minority Leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (running for re-election)[10]
- Marilyn Rainwater, pastor, retired child welfare worker and nominee for the state house in 2012 (running for the state senate)[10]
Declined
[edit]- Anastasia Pittman, state representative (running for the state senate)[10]
- Jim Roth, former Corporation Commissioner[19]
Polling
[edit]| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Tom Guild |
Leona Leonard |
Al McAffrey |
Undecided |
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| SoonerPoll[14] | June 19–21, 2014 | 279 | ± 5.86% | 21% | 9% | 16% | 54% |
| SoonerPoll[20] | May 5–10, 2014 | 674 | ± 3.76% | 11% | 8% | 16% | 65% |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Tom Guild | 11,603 | 42.1 | |
| Democratic | Al McAffrey | 8,507 | 30.9 | |
| Democratic | Leona Leonard | 7,431 | 27.0 | |
| Total votes | 27,541 | 100.0 | ||
Runoff
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Al McAffrey | 10,417 | 54.2 | |
| Democratic | Tom Guild | 8,793 | 45.8 | |
| Total votes | 19,210 | 100.0 | ||
Independent
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Declared
[edit]- Tom Boggs, resident of Thailand[4]
- Robert T. Murphy, Libertarian and perennial candidate[4]
- Buddy Ray[4]
General election
[edit]Polling
[edit]| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Steve Russell (R) |
Al McAffrey (D) |
Robert Murphy (I) |
Buddy Ray (I) |
Undecided |
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| News 9/SoonerPoll[21] | October 28, 2014 | 762 (LV) | 3.54% | 55% | 31% | – | – | 11% |
| News 9/SoonerPoll[22] | August 28–30, 2014 | 334 (LV) | 5.36% | 52% | 30% | 2% | 2% | 14% |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Steve Russell | 95,632 | 60.1 | |
| Democratic | Al McAffrey | 57,790 | 36.3 | |
| Independent | Robert T. Murphy | 2,176 | 1.4 | |
| Independent | Tom Boggs | 2,065 | 1.3 | |
| Independent | Buddy Ray | 1,470 | 0.9 | |
| Total votes | 159,133 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Oklahoma Elections – 2014". Oklahoma Secretary of State. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "In Oklahoma, Open Seats Could Come Sooner". Roll Call. January 15, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Candidates for Federal, State and Legislative Offices". Oklahoma Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Official Results – Primary Election" (PDF). Oklahoma Secretary of State. July 7, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Oklahoma Secretary of State 2014 General Election". Oklahoma Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
- ^ Casteel, Chris (February 27, 2013). "Rep. Frank Lucas Targeted by Club for Growth for "Low" Lifetime Rating, Called Liberal". News OK. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
- ^ "Anna Flatt Announces Her Candidacy to Represent Oklahoma's 4th U.S. Congressional District". The Okie Blaze. April 14, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
- ^ a b "US Rep. Lankford Announces Run For US Senate Seat". news9.com. January 20, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Konopasek, Michael (January 21, 2014). "Race Heats Up For Fifth District Congressional Seat". News 9 Oklahoma. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ Coburn, James (January 21, 2014). "Douglas announces for 5th District". Edmond Sun. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ a b Randy Ellis (March 11, 2014). "Two Oklahoma candidates launch campaigns for U.S. Congressman Lankford's seat in 5th District". News OK. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ a b c "In Oklahoma, Open Seats Could Come Sooner". Roll Call. January 15, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ a b SoonerPoll
- ^ SoonerPoll
- ^ a b "Runoff Primary Election". Oklahoma State Election Board. August 26, 2014. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
- ^ "UPDATE: McAffrey Formally Announces U.S. House Candidacy". KGOU. February 13, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- ^ "Jolley says Oklahoma common sense needed in Congress". Edmond Sun. April 21, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
- ^ AP (January 22, 2014). "Two Democrats May Run For Lankford's Seat". KGOU. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ SoonerPoll
- ^ News 9/SoonerPoll
- ^ News 9/SoonerPoll