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2014 United States House of Representatives elections

2014 United States House of Representatives elections

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All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives[a] 218 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	36.4% 15.6 pp
Majority party Minority party   Leader John Boehner Nancy Pelosi Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 3, 2007 January 3, 2003 Leader's seat Ohio 8th California 12th Last election 234 seats, 47.6% 201 seats, 48.8% Seats won 247 188 Seat change 13 13 Popular vote 40,081,282[1] 35,624,357[1] Percentage 51.2% 45.5% Swing 3.6% 3.3%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain
Speaker before election John Boehner Republican Elected Speaker John Boehner Republican

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2014, in the middle of President Barack Obama's second term in office. Elections were held for all 435 seats of the House of Representatives, representing the 50 states. Elections were also held for the non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five territories. The winners of these elections served in the 114th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States census.

The Republicans won 16 seats from Democrats, while three Republican-held seats turned Democratic. The Republicans achieved their largest majority in the House since 1928 due to a sizeable Republican wave. Combined with the Republican gains made in 2010, the total number of Democratic-held House seats lost under Barack Obama's presidency in midterm elections rose to 77 with these elections. This marked the highest number of House seats lost under a two-term president of the same party since Harry S. Truman.^[2] With 36.4% of eligible voters voting, the voter turnout was the lowest since 1942.^[3]

As of 2022, this is the last congressional election in which Democrats won a House seat in Nebraska, and the last time Republicans won a House seat in New Hampshire.

Parties		Seats				Popular vote
		2012	2014	Net change	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Republican Party	234	247	13	56.8%	40,081,282	51.2%	+3.6%
	Democratic Party	201	188	13	43.2%	35,624,357	45.5%	-3.3%
	Libertarian Party	–	–	–	–	954,077	1.2%	+0.1%
	Independent	–	–	–	–	640,994	0.8%	+0.2%
	Green Party	–	–	–	–	246,567	0.3%	–
	Independence Party	–	–	–	–	81,498	0.1%	+0.1%
	Constitution Party	–	–	–	–	58,863	0.1%	–
	Americans Elect Party	–	–	–	–	44,924	0.1%	+0.1%
	Others	-	-	-	-	502,678	0.6%	-0.4%
Totals		435	435	0	100.0%	78,235,240	100.0%	-

Source: Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk (does not include blank and over/under votes)

State	Total seats	Democratic		Republican
		Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Alabama	7	1		6
Alaska	1	0		1
Arizona	9	4	1	5	1
Arkansas	4	0		4
California	53	39	1	14	1
Colorado	7	3		4
Connecticut	5	5		0
Delaware	1	1		0
Florida	27	10		17
Georgia	14	4	1	10	1
Hawaii	2	2		0
Idaho	2	0		2
Illinois	18	10	2	8	2
Indiana	9	2		7
Iowa	4	1	1	3	1
Kansas	4	0		4
Kentucky	6	1		5
Louisiana	6	1		5
Maine	2	1	1	1	1
Maryland	8	7		1
Massachusetts	9	9		0
Michigan	14	5		9
Minnesota	8	5		3
Mississippi	4	1		3
Missouri	8	2		6
Montana	1	0		1
Nebraska	3	1	1	2	1
Nevada	4	1	1	3	1
New Hampshire	2	1	1	1	1
New Jersey	12	6		6
New Mexico	3	2		1
New York	27	18	3	9	3
North Carolina	13	3	1	10	1
North Dakota	1	0		1
Ohio	16	4		12
Oklahoma	5	0		5
Oregon	5	4		1
Pennsylvania	18	5		13
Rhode Island	2	2		0
South Carolina	7	1		6
South Dakota	1	0		1
Tennessee	9	2		7
Texas	36	11	1	25	1
Utah	4	0	1	4	1
Vermont	1	1		0
Virginia	11	3		8
Washington	10	6		4
West Virginia	3	0	1	3	1
Wisconsin	8	3		5
Wyoming	1	0		1
Total	435	188	13	247	13

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  Number of seats won by state
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  House seats by party holding plurality in state
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  Defeated incumbents by party.
  
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  Results shaded according to winning candidate's share of vote

Source: CNN exit poll^[4]

Forty-one representatives retired from their seats.

Sixteen Democrats (seventeen, including the delegate from the Virgin Islands) retired from their seats.

Twenty-five Republicans retired from their seats.

1. Louisiana 5: Vance McAllister (R) lost a Nonpartisan blanket primary to Jamie Mayo (D) and Ralph Abraham (R). Abraham then won the runoff. Republican hold.
2. Massachusetts 6: John F. Tierney (D) lost renomination to Seth Moulton (D), who then won the general election. Democratic hold.
3. Michigan 11: Kerry Bentivolio (R) lost renomination to David Trott (R),^[45] who then won the general election. Republican hold.
4. Texas 4: Ralph Hall (R), lost renomination to John Ratcliffe (R),^[46] who then won the general election. Republican hold.
5. Virginia 7: Eric Cantor (R) lost renomination to Dave Brat (R),^[47] who then won the general election. Republican hold.

Republicans had a net gain of nine seats, taken from Democrats.

Eleven Democrats (twelve, including the delegate from American Samoa) lost re-election to Republicans.

1. Arizona 2: Ron Barber (D) lost to Martha McSally (R).
2. Florida 26: Joe Garcia (D) lost to Carlos Curbelo (R).
3. Georgia 12: John Barrow (D) lost to Rick W. Allen (R).
4. Illinois 10: Brad Schneider (D) lost to Bob Dold (R).
5. Illinois 12: Bill Enyart (D) lost to Mike Bost (R).
6. Nevada 4: Steven Horsford (D) lost to Cresent Hardy (R).
7. New Hampshire 1: Carol Shea-Porter (D) lost to Frank Guinta (R).
8. New York 1: Tim Bishop (D) lost to Lee Zeldin (R).
9. New York 24: Dan Maffei (D) lost to John Katko (R).
10. Texas 23: Pete Gallego (D) lost to Will Hurd (R).
11. West Virginia 3: Nick Rahall (D) lost to Evan Jenkins (R).
12. American Samoa: Eni Faleomavaega (D) lost to Amata Coleman Radewagen (R).

Two Republicans lost re-election to Democrats.

1. Florida 2: Steve Southerland (R) lost to Gwen Graham (D).
2. Nebraska 2: Lee Terry (R) lost to Brad Ashford (D).

Republicans had a net gain of four seats previously held by Democrats.

Five open seats previously held by Democrats were won by Republicans.

1. Iowa 1: Bruce Braley (D) retired to run for U.S. Senate. Seat won by Rod Blum (R).
2. Maine 2: Mike Michaud (D) retired to run for Governor of Maine. Seat won by Bruce Poliquin (R).
3. New York 21: Bill Owens (D) retired. Seat won by Elise Stefanik (R).
4. North Carolina 7: Mike McIntyre (D) retired. Seat won by David Rouzer (R).
5. Utah 4: Jim Matheson (D) retired. Seat won by Mia Love (R).

One open seat previously held by a Republican was won by a Democrat.

1. California 31: Gary Miller (R) retired. Seat won by Pete Aguilar (D).

Forty-seven races were decided by 10% or lower.

Five special elections were held in 2014.

• Two elections were held concurrent with the November elections. The winners received a seniority advantage over other freshmen, as their seniority starts on the day of the elections.
• Three elections were held separate from the November general elections.