Alabama's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 2nd Congressional District of Alabama held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Martha Roby won re-election in 2014. She was unchallenged in the primary and defeated Erick Wright (D) in November. Alabama's 2nd District had been held by the Republican Party since the 1964 election, except for one term held by Democrat Bobby Bright. Bright represented the district from 2009 to 2011 and was defeated in his 2010 re-election bid by Martha Roby.[3]
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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. Alabama uses an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[4][5][6]
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 May 24, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 25, 2014 (10 days prior to the general election).[7]
- See also: Alabama elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Martha Roby (R), who was first elected in 2010.
As of the 2010 redistricting cycle, Alabama's 2nd Congressional District was located in the southeastern portion of the state. Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston, and Pike counties and part of Montgomery County were included in the district's boundaries.[8]
Candidates
General election candidates
June 3, 2014, primary results
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Martha Roby Incumbent |
67.3% | 113,103 | |
| Democratic | Erick Wright | 32.6% | 54,692 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 157 | |
| Total Votes | 167,952 | |||
| Source: Alabama Secretary of State | ||||
Key votes
Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.
HR 676
On July 30, 2014, the U.S. House approved a resolution 225 to 201 to sue President Barack Obama for exceeding his constitutional authority. Five Republicans—Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Paul Broun of Georgia, Scott Garrett of New Jersey, Walter Jones of North Carolina and Steve Stockman of Texas—voted with Democrats against the lawsuit.[9] Roby joined the other 224 Republicans in favor of the lawsuit. All Democrats voted against the resolution.[10][11]
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.[12] 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.[13] Martha Roby voted to approve the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[14]
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.[15] 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. Martha Roby voted against HR 2775.[16]
Campaign contributions
Martha Roby
| Martha Roby (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[17] | April 15, 2013 | $186,496.35 | $168,078.25 | $(71,959.58) | $282,615.02 | ||||
| July Quarterly[18] | July 15, 2013 | $282,615.02 | $125,077.02 | $(58,258.25) | $349,433.79 | ||||
| October Quarterly[19] | October 15, 2013 | $349,433.79 | $204,445.08 | $(72,123.34) | $481,755.53 | ||||
| Year-End[20] | January 23, 2014 | $481,755 | $109,675 | $(78,299) | $513,130 | ||||
| April Quarterly[21] | April 15, 2014 | $513,130 | $143,090 | $(89,346) | $566,874 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[22] | May 22, 2014 | $566,874 | $32,100 | $(123,075) | $475,898 | ||||
| July Quarterly[23] | July 15, 2014 | $475,898 | $107,765 | $(19,480) | $564,183 | ||||
| October Quarterly[24] | October 15, 2014 | $564,183 | $145,984 | $(129,213) | $580,954 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $1,036,214.35 | $(641,754.17) | ||||||||
Erick Wright
| Erick Wright (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| July Quarterly[25] | July 14, 2014 | $3,776 | $2,909 | $(6,608) | $77 | ||||
| October Quarterly[26] | October 14, 2014 | $77 | $769 | $(406) | $441 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $3,678 | $(7,014) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
On November 6, 2012, Martha Roby (R) won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Therese Ford in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Therese Ford | 36.3% | 103,092 | |
| Republican | Martha Roby Incumbent |
63.6% | 180,591 | |
| N/A | Write-In | 0.1% | 270 | |
| Total Votes | 283,953 | |||
| Source: Alabama Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Martha Roby won election to the United States House. She defeated Bobby Bright (D) in the general election.[27]
| U.S. House, Alabama District 2 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Martha Roby |
51.1% | 111,645 | |
| Democratic | Bobby Bright incumbent | 48.9% | 106,865 | |
| Total Votes | 218,510 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed July 28, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed July 28, 2014
- ↑ U.S. House Clerk, "2010 Election Statistics," accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-13-1," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-3-30," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State Website, "Voter Registration," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ U.S. House, "House Resolution 676," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "Suing Obama: GOP-led House gives the go-ahead," July 31, 2014
- ↑ Washington Post, "House clears way for lawsuit against Obama," accessed July 30, 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, "Martha Roby April Quarterly," accessed July 22, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Martha Roby July Quarterly," accessed July 22, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Martha Roby October Quarterly," accessed October 21, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Martha Roby Year-End," accessed February 4, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Martha Roby April Quarterly," accessed April 17, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Martha Roby Pre-Primary," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Martha Roby July Quarterly," accessed July 22, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Martha Roby October Quarterly," accessed October 20, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Erick Wright July Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Erick Wright October Quarterly," accessed October 21, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
