Ohio's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 3rd Congressional District of Ohio held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Joyce Beatty (D) defeated John Adams (R) in the general election.
Incumbent Beatty was one of only four Democratic representatives in Ohio's U.S. House, out of the 16 total seats. Beatty was serving her first term in 2014, and her 2012 election shifted the partisan control of the seat from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party.[4] After redistricting following the 2010 census, Beatty won the general election by a 42 percent margin of victory.
Beatty ran uncontested in the May 6, 2014, Democratic primary, while her challenger, Adams, defeated one other candidate to receive the Republican nomination.[5] Adams previously ran against Chris Long in the 2012 Republican primary.
Beatty reported over $300,000 in cash on hand as of her 2014 April Quarterly FEC report. Adams did not report any campaign contributions. The Cook Political Report rated Beatty's seat as "Solid Democratic."[6]
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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. Ohio law provides for closed primaries, meaning a voter to be affiliated with a party to vote in that party's primary. However a voter of any affiliation can choose the ballot they would like to vote on the day of the primary and their choice may be regarded as registration with that party.[7][8]
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 April 7, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 6, 2014.[9]
- See also: Ohio elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Joyce Beatty (D), who was first elected in 2012.
Ohio's 3rd Congressional District is located in the central portion of the state and includes portions of Franklin County.[10]
Candidates
General election candidates
John Adams- Joyce Beatty - Incumbent
May 6, 2014, primary results
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Election results
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Joyce Beatty Incumbent |
64.1% | 91,769 | |
| Republican | John Adams | 35.9% | 51,475 | |
| Write-in | Ralph A. Applegate (write-in) | 0% | 17 | |
| Total Votes | 143,261 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State | ||||
Primary election
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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John Adams |
58.8% | 10,045 | ||
| Eric Vennon | 41.2% | 7,032 | ||
| Total Votes | 17,077 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State, Official Election Results |
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Key votes
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. Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[12] Joyce Beatty 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. Joyce Beatty voted for HR 2775.[15]
Campaign contributions
Joyce Beatty
| Joyce Beatty (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 | $82,346.34 | $43,347.49 | $(53,650.30) | $72,043.53 | ||||
| July Quarterly[17] | July 15, 2013 | $72,043.53 | $102,051.13 | $(43,802.88) | $130,291.78 | ||||
| October Quarterly[18] | October 15, 2013 | $130,291.78 | $101,837.87 | $(40,218.80) | $191,910.85 | ||||
| Year-End Quarterly[19] | December 31, 2014 | $195,510.00 | $108,985.00 | $(36,608.00) | $262,887.00 | ||||
| April Quarterly[20] | April 15, 2014 | $262,887.28 | $93,368.00 | $(47,293.85) | $308,961.43 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[21] | April 23, 2014 | $308,961.43 | $12,084.04 | $(8,395.35) | $312,650.12 | ||||
| July Quarterly[22] | August 27, 2014 | $312,650.12 | $118,539.31 | $(76,183.59) | $355,005.84 | ||||
| October Quarterly[23] | Ostober 15, 2014 | $355,005.84 | $175,825.16 | $(212,578.53) | $318,252.47 | ||||
| Pre-General[24] | October 23, 2014 | $318,252.47 | $21,400.00 | $(13,513.75) | $326,138.72 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $777,438 | $(532,245.05) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
The 3rd Congressional District of Ohio held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Democrat Joyce Beatty won the election in the district.[25]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Joyce Beatty |
68.3% | 201,897 | |
| Republican | Chris Long | 26.3% | 77,901 | |
| Libertarian | Richard Ehrbar III | 3.2% | 9,462 | |
| Green | Bob Fitrakis | 2.2% | 6,387 | |
| Total Votes | 295,647 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Michael Turner won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Joe Roberts (D) in the general election.[26]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 10 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Michael R. Turner incumbent |
68.1% | 152,629 | |
| Democratic | Joe Roberts | 31.9% | 71,455 | |
| Total Votes | 224,084 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 House Race Ratings for August 8, 2014," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ FairVote's Monopoly Politics, "2014 House Projections," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "BEATTY, Joyce, (1950 - )," accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "Ohio - Summary Vote Results," accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ The Cook Political Report, "2014 House Race Ratings for June 26, 2014," accessed July 14, 2014
- ↑ Ohio Laws and Administrative Codes, "Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.19," accessed September 5, 2025
- ↑ Ohio Laws and Administrative Codes, "Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.05," accessed September 5, 2025
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State Website, "Frequently Asked Questions About General Voting and Voter Registration," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ Ohio Redistricting Map, "Map," accessed August 9, 2012
- ↑ 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, "Joyce Beatty April Quarterly," accessed August 1, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Joyce Beatty July Quarterly," accessed July 30, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Joyce Beatty October Quarterly," accessed October 22, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Joyce Beatty Year-End Quarterly," accessed October 22, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Joyce Beatty April Quarterly," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Joyce Beatty Pre-Primary," accessed October 31, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Joyce Beatty July Quarterly," accessed October 31, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Joyce Beatty October Quarterly," accessed October 31, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Joyce Beatty Pre-General," accessed October 31, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Ohio," accessed November 11, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
