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Maryland's 5th Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 5th Congressional District of Maryland held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
The incumbent was Steny Hoyer (D), who was first elected in 1981. He defeated challenger Chris Chaffee (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014. He ran unopposed for the Democratic primary. Chaffee defeated Tom Potter and Mark Kenneth Arness to win the Republican nomination.
Hoyer accumulated over $1 million in cash on hand during the campaign.[4]
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Maryland law stipulates that political parties can determine for themselves who may participate in their primary elections. As of October 2025, both the Democratic and Republican parties operated a closed primary where only a voter affiliated with the party may vote in a party's primary.[5]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by June 3, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014.[6]
- See also: Maryland elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Steny Hoyer (D), who was first elected in 1981.
Maryland's 5th Congressional District encompasses Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's counties, as well as parts of Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties.[7]
Candidates
General election candidates
Chris Chaffee- Steny Hoyer - Incumbent
Dennis Fritz (Write-in)
June 24, 2014, primary results
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Election results
General election results
The 5th Congressional District of Maryland held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Steny Hoyer (D) defeated challenger Chris Chaffee (R) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Steny Hoyer Incumbent |
64% | 144,725 | |
| Republican | Chris Chaffee | 35.7% | 80,752 | |
| Write-in | Others | 0.2% | 563 | |
| Total Votes | 226,040 | |||
| Source: Maryland Secretary of State Official Results | ||||
Republican primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Chris Chaffee |
41.6% | 8,137 | ||
| Mark Arness | 30.9% | 6,050 | ||
| Tom Potter | 27.5% | 5,374 | ||
| Total Votes | 19,561 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections |
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Key votes
Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[11] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[12] Steny Hoyer voted against the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[13]
The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[14] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. Steny Hoyer voted for HR 2775.[15]
Campaign contributions
Steny Hoyer
| Steny Hoyer (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[16] | April 15, 2013 | $777,032.09 | $385,020.97 | $(433,340.63) | $728,712.43 | ||||
| July Quarterly[17] | July 15, 2013 | $728,712.43 | $668,527.27 | $(511,266.18) | $885,973.52 | ||||
| October Quarterly[18] | October 13, 2013 | $885,973.52 | $473,490.17 | $(491,537.91) | $867,925.78 | ||||
| Year-end[19] | January 31, 2014 | $867,925 | $495,753 | $(185,329) | $1,178,349 | ||||
| April Quarterly[20] | April 15, 2014 | $1,178,349 | $427,698 | $(351,244) | $1,254,804 | ||||
| July Quarterly[21] | July 15, 2014 | $1,308,477 | $338,394 | $(149,800) | $1,497,071 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $2,788,883.41 | $(2,122,517.72) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
The 5th Congressional District of Maryland held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Steny Hoyer (D) won re-election. He defeated Anthony O'Donnell (R), Arvin Vohra (L) and Bob Auerbach (G) in the general election.[22]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Steny Hoyer Incumbent |
69.4% | 238,618 | |
| Republican | Anthony O'Donnell | 27.7% | 95,271 | |
| Libertarian | Arvin Vohra | 1.3% | 4,503 | |
| Green | Bob Auerbach | 1.5% | 5,040 | |
| N/A | Other Write-ins | 0.1% | 388 | |
| Total Votes | 343,820 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections "Representative in Congress" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Steny Hoyer won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Charles Lollar (R) and H. Gavin Shickle (L) in the general election.[23]
| U.S. House, Maryland District 5 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Steny Hoyer incumbent |
64.3% | 155,110 | |
| Republican | Charles Lollar | 34.6% | 83,575 | |
| Libertarian | Gavin Shickle | 1.1% | 2,578 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0% | 120 | |
| Total Votes | 241,383 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Maryland's 2nd Congressional District
- United States congressional delegations from Maryland
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Fairvote, "FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Report for Receipts and Disbursements," accessed October 2, 2014
- ↑ LexisNexis, "Md. Election Code Ann. § 8–202," accessed October 20, 2025
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections Website, "Voter Registration Introduction," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ Steny Hoyer for Congress, "Congressman Hoyer Files For Re-Election, September 6, 2013
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Maryland Elections, "Primary Candidates," accessed February 25, 2014
- ↑ Maryland Elections Division, "General Election Candidates," accessed August 11, 2014
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Steny Hoyer April Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Steny Hoyer July Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 28, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 17, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed October 15, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Maryland"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
