United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia, 2014

General Election Date November 4, 2014

Incumbent prior to election: Eleanor Holmes Norton

The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected one nonvoting delegate to serve in the U.S. House from the commonwealth's At-Large Congressional District.

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election
January 2, 2014	April 1, 2014	November 4, 2014

Primary: The District of Columbia holds closed primaries. Only voters registered with the party may vote in their party's primary election.

Voter registration: The deadline for voters wishing to vote in the general election was October 6, 2014.

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 2014

Incumbent: The incumbent heading into the election was Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), who was first elected in 1990.

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 4 election, the Democratic Party held the one congressional seat from the District of Columbia.

Members of the U.S. House from the District of Columbia -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of September 2025	After the 2014 Election
	Democratic Party	1	1
	Republican Party	0	0
Total		1	1

Candidates

General election candidates

• Eleanor Holmes Nortona
• Nelson Rimensnyder
• Timothy Krepp
• Natale Stracuzzi

Democratic primary

• Eleanor Holmes Nortona

Election results

General election

U.S. House, District of Columbia General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Eleanor Holmes Norton Incumbent	81.1%	143,923
	Republican	Nelson Rimensnyder	6.6%	11,673
	Independent	Timothy Krepp	5.1%	9,101
	D.C. Statehood	Natale Stracuzzi	3.4%	6,073
	N/A	Other	3.7%	6,607
Total Votes				177,377
Source: DC Board of Elections "Official 2014 General Election Results"

Primary election

U.S. House, District of Columbia Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Eleanor Holmes Norton Incumbent	97%	73,218
Write-in	3%	2,251
Total Votes		75,469
Source: District of Columbia Board of Elections Note: Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available.

District history

2012

Norton won re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Washington, D.C. as a Democrat.

U.S. House, District of Columbia General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Eleanor Holmes Norton Incumbent	88.5%	246,664
	Libertarian	Bruce Majors	5.9%	16,524
	Green	Natale Lino Stracuzzi	4.8%	13,243
	N/A	Write-in	0.8%	2,132
Total Votes				278,563
Source: District of Columbia Board of Elections "Official Election Results"

2010

Norton won re-election in the 2010 election for the U.S. House, representing Washington, D.C. as a Democrat.

U.S. House, District of Columbia General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Eleanor Holmes Norton Incumbent	88.9%	117,990
	Republican	Missy Reilly Smith	6.1%	8,109
	SHE	Queen Noble	0.6%	785
	Green	Rick Tingling-Clemmons	3.3%	4,413
	N/A	Write-in	1%	1,359
Total Votes				132,656
Source: District of Columbia Board of Elections "Official Election Results"

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
• Eleanor Holmes Norton

External links

• Eleanor Holmes Norton's Office website
• Archive of election results