Arkansas' 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 3rd Congressional District of Arkansas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Steve Womack (R) won re-election in 2014. He faced no major party challenger this election cycle. He did defeat Grant Brand (L) in the general election.
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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. Arkansas utilizes an open primary system. Registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[3][4]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register to vote by April 20, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 5, 2014.[5]
- See also: Arkansas elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Steve Womack (R), who was first elected in 2010.
As of the 2010 redistricting cycle, the 3rd Congressional District was located in northwestern Arkansas. Benton, Boone, Carroll, Marion, Pope, and Washington counties as well as portions of Crawford, Newton, Searcy, and Sebastian counties were included in the boundaries of the district.[6]
Candidates
General election candidates
May 20, 2014, primary results
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Steve Womack Incumbent |
79.4% | 151,630 | |
| Libertarian | Grant Brand | 20.6% | 39,305 | |
| Total Votes | 190,935 | |||
| Source: Arkansas 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.[7] Womack joined the other 224 Republicans in favor of the lawsuit. All Democrats voted against the resolution.[8][9]
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.[10] 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.[11] Steve Womack voted to approve the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[12]
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.[13] 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. Steve Womack voted for HR 2775.[14]
Campaign contributions
Steve Womack
| Steve Womack (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[15] | April 15, 2013 | $407,109.23 | $105,470.00 | $(27,091.29) | $485,487.94 | ||||
| July Quarterly[16] | July 13, 2013 | $485,487.94 | $123,426.67 | $(29,943.77) | $578,970.84 | ||||
| October Quarterly[17] | October 13, 2013 | $578,970.84 | $88,397.00 | $(62,253.85) | $605,113.99 | ||||
| Year-End[18] | January 23, 2014 | $605,113 | $148,971 | $(54,399) | $699,686 | ||||
| April Quarterly[19] | April 12, 2014 | $699,686 | $52,650 | $(57,428) | $694,907 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[20] | May 7, 2014 | $694,907 | $13,031 | $(8,277) | $699,661 | ||||
| July Quarterly[21] | July 12, 2014 | $699,661 | $124,453 | $(128,730) | $695,384 | ||||
| October Quarterly[22] | October 12, 2014 | $695,384 | $219,739 | $(109,644) | $805,479 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $876,137.67 | $(477,766.91) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
On November 6, 2012, Steve Womack (R) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Rebekah Kennedy and David Pangrac in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Steve Womack Incumbent |
75.9% | 186,467 | |
| Green | Rebekah Kennedy | 16% | 39,318 | |
| Libertarian | David Pangrac | 8.1% | 19,875 | |
| Total Votes | 245,660 | |||
| Source: Arkansas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Steve Womack won election to the United States House. He defeated David Whitaker (D) in the general election.[23]
| U.S. House, Arkansas District 3 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Steve Womack |
72.4% | 148,581 | |
| Democratic | David Whitaker | 27.6% | 56,542 | |
| Total Votes | 205,123 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 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
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures Website, "State Primary Election Types," accessed April 3, 2023
- ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State Website, "Voter Registration Information," 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, "Steve Womack April Quarterly," accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Steve Womack July Quarterly," accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Steve Womack October Quarterly," accessed October 21, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Steve Womack Year-End," accessed February 4, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Steve Womack April Quarterly," accessed April 20, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Steve Womack Pre-Primary," accessed May 12, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Steve Womack July Quarterly," accessed July 23, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Steve Womack October Quarterly," accessed October 20, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
