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2014 U.S. House Elections in Virginia
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The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Virginia took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected 11 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
March 27, 2014
June 10, 2014
November 4, 2014

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. Virginia utilizes an open primary process in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1][2]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by February 10, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014 (22 days before election).[3]

See also: Virginia elections, 2014


Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held 8 of the 11 congressional seats from Virginia.

Members of the U.S. House from Virginia -- Partisan Breakdown
Party As of November 2014 After the 2014 Election
     Democratic Party 3 3
     Republican Party 8 8
Total 11 11

Incumbents

Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the 11 congressional districts were:

Name Party District
Robert J. Wittman Ends.png Republican 1
Scott Rigell Ends.png Republican 2
Robert C. Scott Electiondot.png Democratic 3
Randy Forbes Ends.png Republican 4
Robert Hurt Ends.png Republican 5
Bob Goodlatte Ends.png Republican 6
Eric Cantor Ends.png Republican 7
Jim Moran Electiondot.png Democratic 8
Morgan Griffith Ends.png Republican 9
Frank Wolf Ends.png Republican 10
Gerald Connolly Electiondot.png Democratic 11

Margin of victory for winners

There were a total of 11 seats up for election in 2014 in Virginia. The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the two candidates who received the most votes. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100 percent.

District Winner Margin of Victory Total Vote Top Opponent
Virginia District 10 Republican Party Barbara Comstock 16.1% 222,910 John Foust
Virginia District 11 Democratic Party Gerald Connolly 16.5% 187,805 Suzanne Scholte
Virginia District 1 Republican Party Robert J. Wittman 28.5% 209,621 Norm Mosher
Virginia District 2 Republican Party Scott Rigell 17.6% 173,060 Suzanne Patrick
Virginia District 3 Democratic Party Robert C. Scott 88.9% 147,402 Write-in
Virginia District 4 Republican Party Randy Forbes 22.6% 200,638 Elliott Fausz
Virginia District 5 Republican Party Robert Hurt 25% 204,945 Lawrence Gaughan
Virginia District 6 Republican Party Bob Goodlatte 62.2% 179,708 Will Hammer
Virginia District 7 Republican Party David Brat 23.9% 243,351 Jack Trammell
Virginia District 7 Special Election Republican Party David Brat 23.9% 241,313 Jack Trammell
Virginia District 8 Democratic Party Don Beyer 31.7% 203,076 Micah Edmond
Virginia District 9 Republican Party Morgan Griffith 47.9% 162,815 William Carr

Candidates

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1st Congressional District

General election candidates


Republican Party June 10, 2014, Republican primary

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2nd Congressional District

General election candidates

Failed to file

3rd Congressional District

General election candidates

Failed to file


4th Congressional District

General election candidates

5th Congressional District

General election candidates


Republican Party May 22, 2014, Republican Candidate Announcement

Democratic Party May 31, 2014, Democratic Convention

Third Party candidates


6th Congressional District

General election candidates

Failed to file


7th Congressional District

General election candidates


Republican Party June 10, 2014, Republican primary


Libertarian Party Libertarian candidate

Failed to file


8th Congressional District

General election candidates


Republican Party Republican convention results

Democratic Party June 10, 2014, Democratic primary

Grey.png Third Party Candidates

Failed to file

Withdrew prior to primary

Potential candidates

  • Democratic Party Walter Tejada: Arlington County Board member[38]


9th Congressional District

General election candidates

Failed to file

10th Congressional District

General election candidates

April 26, 2014, Republican primary results[61]

Failed to file

Withdrew from race

Declined to run


11th Congressional District

General election candidates

Failed to file


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed October 7, 2024
  2. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections,"Casting a Ballot," accessed October 7, 2024
  3. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections Website, "Become a Registered Voter," accessed January 3, 2014
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections, "List of Candidates," accessed July 24, 2014
  5. ↑ Facebook, "Vote Hailey 2014," accessed June 24, 2014
  6. ↑ Associated Press, "Virginia - Summary Vote Results," accessed June 10, 2014
  7. ↑ Anthony Riedel for U.S. Congress Facebook Page, "Info," accessed February 25, 2014
  8. ↑ Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, "Libertarian to Challenge Wittman for House Seat," accessed February 11, 2014
  9. ↑ Roll Call, "Rigell receives Democratic challenger," accessed August 28, 2013
  10. ↑ Libertarian Party of Virginia, "Our Candidates," accessed March 21, 2014
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections, "List of Candidates," accessed July 24, 2014
  12. ↑ FreedomOutpost.com, "Virginia Libertarian Party has Recruited Candidates for each of the State’s 11 Congressional Districts," accessed June 2, 2014
  13. ↑ GSforCongress.com, "Home," accessed June 2, 2014
  14. ↑ Fausz 4 Congress, "Elliott Fausz announces candidacy for VA-4 Congressional District," accessed June 19, 2014
  15. ↑ Libertarian Party of Virginia, "Our Candidates," accessed March 21, 2014
  16. ↑ FaquierGOP.com, "Rep. Robert Hurt Unopposed For Republican 5th District Nomination," accessed June 1, 2014
  17. ↑ WINA.com, "Democrats Nominate Lawrence Gaughan For Congress," accessed June 1, 2014
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Virginia State Board of Elections, "Primary Nominees," accessed April 3, 2014
  19. ↑ Bearing Drift, "Robert Hurt gets Democratic challenger in Fifth Congressional District," accessed February 25, 2014
  20. ↑ NBC 29, "Lawrence Gaughan Announces Candidacy for 5th District Congressional Seat," accessed March 20, 2014
  21. ↑ FreedomOutpost.com, "Virginia Libertarian Party has Recruited Candidates for each of the State’s 11 Congressional Districts," accessed June 2, 2014
  22. ↑ Elect Ken, "Home," accessed June 2, 2014
  23. ↑ Times Dispatch, "Hammer receives Libertarian nod in 6th," accessed June 1, 2014
  24. ↑ Virginia Conservative, "Bevington Still In Race, Picks Up Endorsement," accessed April 5, 2014
  25. ↑ Paul Bevington for Congress, "Home," accessed March 19, 2014
  26. ↑ The Hill, "Eric Cantor gets a Tea Party challenger", accessed January 7, 2014
  27. ↑ Libertarian Party of Virginia, "Our Candidates," accessed March 21, 2014
  28. ↑ Campaign website, "Home", accessed December 3, 2013
  29. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "2014 Republican Primaries for U.S House of Representatives," accessed April 3, 2014
  30. ↑ Examiner, "Congressional candidate: 'Pro life people are the true tyrants of America'," accessed March 1, 2014
  31. ↑ MrMediaTraining.com, "The Candidate Who Got Crushed by a Smarter Interviewer," April 13, 2014
  32. ↑ Associated Press, "Virginia - Summary Vote Results," accessed June 10, 2014
  33. ↑ National Review, "Meet Micah Edmond, a Republican Running in Moran’s District," accessed March 12, 2014
  34. ↑ VAGOP8CD.org, "8th Congressional District Virginia Republican Convention," accessed April 30, 2014
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 35.6 35.7 Virginia Public Access Project, "U.S. House District 8," accessed April 3, 2014 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "vpap" defined multiple times with different content
  36. ↑ Arlington Patch, "Patrick Hope Launches Congressional Campaign," accessed February 3, 2014
  37. ↑ Lavern Chatman for Congress, "LAVERN CHATMAN, COMMUNITY LEADER, ENTERS RACE FOR CONGRESS IN 8TH DISTRICT OFFERING A NEW TYPE OF LEADERSHIP," accessed February 10, 2014
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.3 38.4 Washington Post, "A crowded sprint to the left looms in race for Jim Moran’s N.Va. congressional seat," accessed February 3, 2014
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 Washington Post, "Former Va. Lt. Gov. Don Beyer will enter race for Jim Moran’s congressional seat this week," accessed February 3, 2014
  40. ↑ Roll Call, "Democrat Don Beyer Will Run to Replace Jim Moran in Virginia", accessed January 24, 2014
  41. ↑ Richmond Times Dispatch, "Ebbin formally announces bid for Moran's congressional seat," accessed February 3, 2014
  42. ↑ Metro Weekly, "Adam Ebbin announces congressional run for Virginia's 8th District seat," accessed February 3, 2014
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 Washington Blade, "Adam Ebbin enters race for Congress," accessed February 3, 2014
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 Washington Post, "Derek Hyra, Mark Levine entering Democratic field to replace Rep. James P. Moran in House," accessed February 19, 2014
  45. ↑ Libertarian Party of Virginia, "Our Candidates," accessed March 21, 2014
  46. ↑ Gwendolyn Beck, "Home," accessed June 2, 2014
  47. ↑ Armenian Reporter, "Nancy Najarian joins congressional race in N. Virginia," accessed March 31, 2014
  48. ↑ Washington Post, "Charniele Herring joins field for Rep. Moran’s seat, will step down as chair of Va. Democrats," accessed February 3, 2014
  49. ↑ Washington Post "Alexandria delegate drops out of Democratic primary in Virginia’s 8th District", accessed May 15, 2014
  50. ↑ Facebook "Korpe for Congress" accessed May 15, 2014
  51. ↑ Washington Post, "Va. Del Alfonso Lopez drops out of 8th congressional district Democratic primary," accessed April 5, 2014
  52. ↑ Roll Call, "Fifth Democrat to Enter Race to Replace Jim Moran," accessed January 27, 2014
  53. ↑ Washington Post, "Shuttleworth withdraws from Northern Virginia congressional race", accessed May 15, 2014
  54. ↑ The Washington Post, "Sickles drops out of race for Moran’s N.Va. congressional seat," accessed March 17, 2014
  55. ↑ William Carr for Congress, "Home," accessed July 17, 2014
  56. ↑ Matthew Edwards, "Home," accessed June 2, 2014
  57. ↑ Washington Post, "Democratic Fairfax supervisor John Foust will enter 2014 race to unseat GOP Rep. Frank Wolf," accessed January 7, 2014
  58. ↑ The Hill, "Comstock launches bid to succeed Wolf," accessed January 7, 2014
  59. ↑ Libertarian Party of Virginia, "Our Candidates," accessed March 21, 2014
  60. ↑ VAGOP10.org, "April 26, 2014 Party Canvass: Unofficial Results," accessed April 28, 2014
  61. ↑ VAGOP10.org, "April 26, 2014 Party Canvass: Unofficial Results," accessed April 28, 2014
  62. ↑ 62.0 62.1 62.2 62.3 62.4 Washington Post, "Bob Marshall jumps into crowded GOP race to succeed Frank Wolf in Congress," accessed February 17, 2014
  63. ↑ Times Dispatch, "Marshall seeking Wolf’s congressional seat," accessed February 17, 2014
  64. ↑ Campaign website, "Home," accessed January 27, 2014
  65. ↑ Washington Post, "Bob Marshall jumps into crowded GOP race to succeed Frank Wolf in Congress," accessed February 15, 2014
  66. ↑ ABC News, "State Dinner Crasher Tareq Salahi to Run for Congress," accessed December 20, 2013
  67. ↑ Northern Virginia Daily, "Candidate Salahi says residency no bar to serving 10th District," accessed February 3, 2014
  68. ↑ Email submission to Ballotpedia on January 7, 2014
  69. ↑ [Candidate submitted information to BP Staff on March 12, 2014]
  70. ↑ Bolger for Congress, "Richard Bolger Suspends Campaign for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District," accessed March 17, 2014
  71. ↑ Roll Call, "Frank Wolf Receives Democratic Challenger," accessed September 9, 2013
  72. ↑ Loudon Times, "Leesburg Democrat exits 10th Congressional District race," accessed March 17,2014
  73. ↑ Campaign website, "About," accessed January 7, 2014
  74. ↑ Washington Post, "Race to succeed Frank Wolf in Congress could feature sharp Republican divide," accessed February 17, 2014
  75. ↑ Mother Jones, "GOP Congressional Candidate: Spousal Rape Shouldn't Be a Crime," accessed January 17, 2014
  76. ↑ Roll Call, "Republican Drops Bid for Wolf’s Seat in Virginia," accessed January 23, 2014
  77. ↑ Suzanne Scholte for Congress, "Meet Suzanne," accessed May 8, 2014
  78. ↑ Joe Galdo for Congress, "Home," accessed March 5, 2014
  79. ↑ Libertarian Party of Virginia, "Our Candidates," accessed March 21, 2014
  80. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Mark Gibson for Congress," accessed March 11, 2014
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