Indiana's 4th Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 4th Congressional District of Indiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Todd Rokita (R), who was first elected in 2010, defeated challenger John Dale in the general election. He won re-election in 2012 with 62 percent of the vote. Rokita defeated challenger Kevin Grant in the Republican primary with over 70 percent of the vote.
Dale won the contested Democratic primary, which included four other candidates. He received 42% of the vote, while Roger Day placed second. No third party candidates filed to run in the general election.
Rokita maintained a strong financial advantage in the July Quarterly with over $1 million of cash-on-hand.[4]
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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. Indiana law requires a closed primary, where a voter must be affiliated with a party to vote in that party's primary. This includes if they voted for a majority of that party’s candidates in the last general election or plan to in the upcoming election. However, it is possible for any voter to vote in any party's primary so long as they meet this criteria.
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.[5]
- See also: Indiana elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Todd Rokita (R), who was first elected in 2010.
Indiana's 4th Congressional District is based primarily in western Indiana and includes Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Jasper, Montgomery, Newton, Putnam, Tippecanoe, Warren, and White counties. The district also includes parts of Boone, Howard and Morgan counties.[6]
Candidates
General election candidates
- Todd Rokita - Incumbent
John Dale
May 6, 2014, primary results
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Election results
General election results
The 4th Congressional District of Indiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Todd Rokita (R) defeated challenger John Dale (D) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Todd Rokita Incumbent |
66.9% | 94,998 | |
| Democratic | John Dale | 33.1% | 47,056 | |
| Total Votes | 142,054 | |||
| Source: Indiana Secretary of State Official Results | ||||
Primary results
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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John Dale |
42.2% | 3,742 | ||
| Roger Day | 25.5% | 2,266 | ||
| Jeffrey Blaydes | 15% | 1,332 | ||
| Howard Pollchick | 8.8% | 778 | ||
| John Futrell | 8.5% | 754 | ||
| Total Votes | 8,872 | |||
| Source: Indiana Division of Elections |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Todd Rokita Incumbent |
71.2% | 43,179 | ||
| Kevin Grant | 28.8% | 17,472 | ||
| Total Votes | 60,651 | |||
| Source: Indiana Division of Elections |
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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.[8] Rokita joined the other 224 Republicans in favor of the lawsuit. All Democrats voted against the resolution.[9][10]
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. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[12] Todd Rokita voted to approve 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. Todd Rokita voted against HR 2775.[15]
Campaign contributions
Todd Rokita
| Todd Rokita (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 13, 2013 | $673,749.87 | $80,173.26 | $(31,545.58) | $722,377.55 | ||||
| July Quarterly[17] | July 14, 2013 | $722,377.55 | $191,582.89 | $(96,624.66) | $817,355.78 | ||||
| October Quarterly[18] | October 13, 2013 | $817,335.78 | $140,875.21 | $(60,504.34) | $897,706.65 | ||||
| Year-end[19] | January 31, 2014 | $897,706 | $285,098 | $(94,762) | $1,088,042 | ||||
| April Quarterly[20] | April 15, 2014 | $1,088,042 | $200,610 | $(84,036) | $1,204,616 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $898,339.36 | $(367,472.58) | ||||||||
John Dale
| John Dale (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[21] | April 15, 2014 | $0 | $4,153 | $(2,554) | $1,599 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[22] | April 17, 2014 | $1,599 | $300 | $(1,897) | $1 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $4,453 | $(4,451) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
The 4th Congressional District of Indiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Todd Rokita (R) won re-election. He defeated Tara Nelson (D) and Benjamin J. Gehlhausen (L) in the general election.[23]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Todd Rokita Incumbent |
62% | 168,688 | |
| Democratic | Tara Nelson | 34.2% | 93,015 | |
| Libertarian | Benjamin J. Gehlhausen | 3.9% | 10,565 | |
| Total Votes | 272,268 | |||
| Source: Indiana Secretary of State "House of Representatives Election Results" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Todd Rokita won election to the United States House. He defeated David Sanders (D) and John Duncan (L) in the general election.[24]
| U.S. House, Indiana District 4 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Todd Rokita |
68.6% | 138,732 | |
| Democratic | David Sanders | 26.3% | 53,167 | |
| Libertarian | John Duncan | 5.2% | 10,423 | |
| Total Votes | 202,322 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
- Indiana Division of Elections
- 2014 Primary Election Candidates
- 2014 General Election Candidates
- 2014 Candidate Guide
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Fairvote, "FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Report for Receipts and Disbursements," accessed October 7, 2014
- ↑ Indiana Election Division, "Voter Registration," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Indiana Secretary of State, "Primary Candidate List," accessed February 5, 2014
- ↑ 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, "April Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 15, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-Primary," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Indiana"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
