2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the 11 members from the state of Virginia to the United States House of Representatives, one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts. On the same day, elections took place for other federal and state offices, including an election to the United States Senate. Primary elections, in which party nominees were chosen, were held on June 10, 2014.[1] On June 10, 2014, Republican Eric Cantor became the first sitting House majority leader to lose in a primary election since the position was created in 1899.[2][3][4]

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia
November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)
All 11 Virginia seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 8 3
Seats won 8 3
Seat change
Popular vote 1,143,747 845,939
Percentage 53.56% 39.62%
Swing 3.39% 8.66%
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Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2014[5]
Party Votes Percentage Seats Before Seats After +/–
Republican 1,143,747 53.56% 8 8 -
Democratic 845,939 39.62% 3 3 -
Libertarian 47,038 2.20% 0 0 -
Independent Greens 30,662 1.44% 0 0 -
Green 1,739 0.08% 0 0 -
Independents/Write-In 66,206 3.10% 0 0 -
Totals 2,135,331 100.00% 11 11 —

By district

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia by district:[6]

District Republican Democratic Others Total Result
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 1131,86162.90%72,05934.38%5,7012.72%209,621100.0%Republican Hold
District 2101,55858.68%71,17841.13%3240.19%173,060100.0%Republican Hold
District 300.00%139,19794.43%8,2055.57%147,402100.0%Democratic Hold
District 4120,68460.15%75,27037.52%4,6842.33%200,638100.0%Republican Hold
District 5124,73560.86%73,48235.86%6,7283.28%204,945100.0%Republican Hold
District 6133,89874.51%00.00%45,81025.49%179,708100.0%Republican Hold
District 7148,02660.83%89,91436.95%5,4112.22%243,351100.0%Republican Hold
District 863,81031.42%128,10263.08%11,1645.50%203,076100.0%Democratic Hold
District 9117,46572.15%00.00%45,35027.85%162,815100.0%Republican Hold
District 10125,91456.49%89,95740.36%7,0393.16%222,910100.0%Republican Hold
District 1175,79640.36%106,78056.86%5,2292.78%187,805100.0%Democratic Hold
Total1,143,74753.56%845,93939.62%145,6456.82%2,135,331100.0%

District 1
See also: Virginia's 1st congressional district

Republican primary

Republican Rob Wittman has represented Virginia's 1st congressional district since 2007 and ran for re-election. He was challenged by Anthony Riedel, a public relations specialist working for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.[7]

Results
Republican primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rob Wittman (incumbent) 13,292 76.2
Republican Anthony Riedel 4,159 23.8
Total votes 17,451 100.0

Democratic primary
  • Norm Mosher, former navy officer and U.S. Senate staffer[9][10][11]

Minor candidates

Withdrew

Endorsements
Rob Wittman
Organizations
  • National Rifle Association[20]
  • Virginia National Federation of Independent Business[21]
Gail Parker
Organizations

Results
Virginia's 1st congressional district, 2014 [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rob Wittman (incumbent) 131,861 62.9
Democratic Norm Mosher 72,059 34.4
Independent Greens G. Gail Parker 5,097 2.4
n/a Write-ins 606 0.3
Total votes 209,623 100.0
Republican hold
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District 2
See also: Virginia's 2nd congressional district

Republican Scott Rigell represented Virginia's 2nd congressional district since 2011. He won re-election to a second term in 2012 against Democratic businessman Paul Hirschbiel with 54% of the vote. Rigell was running for re-election.

Republican primary

Democratic primary

Withdrew
  • Allen Knapp (Libertarian) is not listed on the ballot.[19][23]
  • John Smith (Independent Green) is not listed on the ballot.[12][19]

Endorsements
Scott Rigell
Organizations
  • Virginia National Federation of Independent Business[21]
Suzanne Patrick
Organizations

Results
Virginia's 2nd congressional district, 2014 [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Rigell (incumbent) 101,558 58.7
Democratic Suzanne Patrick 71,178 41.1
n/a Write-ins 326 0.2
Total votes 173,062 100.0
Republican hold
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District 3
See also: Virginia's 3rd congressional district

Democrat Bobby Scott has represented Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. He won re-election to an eleventh term in 2012 against Republican businessman Dean Longo, with 81% of the vote. Scott is running for re-election unopposed.

Democratic primary

Minor parties
  • Justin Gandino-Saadein (Independent) is not listed on the ballot.[19][25]
  • Justin Upshaw (Libertarian) is not listed on the ballot.[19][26]

Results
Virginia's 3rd congressional district, 2014 [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bobby Scott (incumbent) 139,197 94.4
n/a Write-ins 8,206 5.6
Total votes 147,403 100.0
Democratic hold
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District 4
See also: Virginia's 4th congressional district

Republican Randy Forbes has represented Virginia's 4th congressional district since 2001. He won re-election in 2012 against Democratic Chesapeake City Councilwoman Ella Ward, with 57% of the vote. Forbes is running for re-election.

Republican primary

Democratic primary
  • Elliott Fausz, a publishing manager

Minor parties
  • Bo Brown (Libertarian), accounting professional[27]

Withdrew
  • Albert Burckardt (Independent Green) is not listed on the ballot.[12][19]

Endorsements
Randy Forbes
Organizations
  • Virginia National Federation of Independent Business[21]
Bo Brown
Organizations
  • The Virginia Liberty Party[28]

Results
Virginia's 4th congressional district, 2014 [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy Forbes (incumbent) 120,684 60.1
Democratic Elliott Fausz 75,270 37.5
Libertarian Bo Brown 4,427 2.2
n/a Write-ins 263 0.1
Total votes 200,644 100.0
Republican hold
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District 5
See also: Virginia's 5th congressional district

Republican Robert Hurt has represented Virginia's 5th congressional district since 2011. He won re-election to a second term in 2012 against Democrat John W. Douglass, with 55% of the vote. Hurt is running for re-election.

Republican primary

Democratic convention
  • Lawrence Gaughan, actor and political activist[29]
  • Ben Hudson, teacher and retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel

Results

Hudson challenged Gaughan at the Democratic convention on May 31, 2014. Gaughan won the nomination.[30][31]

Minor parties
  • Kenneth Hildebrandt (Independent Green), former chiropractic physician[12]
  • Paul Jones (Libertarian), entrepreneur and owner of The Belvedere Company[32][33][34]

Endorsements
Robert Hurt
Organizations
  • Virginia National Federation of Independent Business[21]
Paul Jones
Organizations
  • The Virginia Liberty Party[28]

Results
Virginia's 5th congressional district, 2014 [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Hurt (incumbent) 124,735 60.9
Democratic Lawrence Gaughan 73,482 35.9
Libertarian Paul Jones 4,298 2.1
Independent Greens Kenneth Hildebrandt 2,209 1.1
n/a Write-ins 224 0.1
Total votes 204,948 100.0
Republican hold
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District 6
See also: Virginia's 6th congressional district

Republican Bob Goodlatte has represented Virginia's 6th congressional district since 1993. He won his eleventh term to Congress over Democrat Andy Schmookler with 65% of the vote in 2012. Goodlatte is running for re-election.

Republican primary

Minor parties
  • Will Hammer (Libertarian)[35][36]
  • Elaine Hildebrandt (Independent Green)[12]

Endorsements
Bob Goodlatte
Organizations
  • Virginia National Federation of Independent Business[21]
Will Hammer
Organizations
  • The Virginia Liberty Party[28]

Results
Virginia's 6th congressional district, 2014 [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Goodlatte (incumbent) 133,898 74.5
Libertarian Will Hammer 22,161 12.3
Independent Greens Elaine Hildebrandt 21,447 11.9
n/a Write-ins 2,202 1.2
Total votes 179,708 100.0
Republican hold
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District 7
See also: Virginia's 7th congressional district

Eric Cantor, the U.S. House Majority Leader, has represented the 7th District since 2001. Cantor won re-election to a seventh term in 2012 against Democrat Wayne Powell with 58% of the vote.

Republican primary

On June 10, 2014,[2] Cantor lost the nomination of the Republican Party to college professor Dave Brat.[4] This was the first time a sitting House Majority Leader lost in a primary election since the position was created in 1899.[3]

Candidates
Declared
Withdrew

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Eric
Cantor		 Dave
Brat		 Undecided
McLaughlin & Associates (R-Cantor) May 27–28, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 62% 28% 11%

Results
Republican primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Brat 36,105 55.5
Republican Eric Cantor (incumbent) 28,912 44.5
Total votes 65,017 100.0

Democratic primary

Minor parties
  • James Carr (Libertarian), financial analyst[23][40]

Withdrew
  • Tareq Salahi (Independent Green), television personality and write-in candidate for governor in 2013 (declared as a Republican, then switched parties)[41][42][43][44] Originally, Joe Oddo, the state chairman for the Independent Greens, was listed as the 7th district's candidate.[12] However, Salahi failed to file the required 1,000 signatures to get on the ballot.[19][45]

Endorsements
Dave Brat
Individuals
Organizations
  • The Fredericksburg Virginia Patriots[47]
  • The Virginia Liberty Party[28]
James Carr
Organizations
  • The Virginia Liberty Party[28]

Results
Virginia's 7th congressional district, 2014 [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Brat 148,026 60.8
Democratic Jack Trammell 89,914 36.9
Libertarian James Carr 5,086 2.1
n/a Write-ins 332 0.1
Total votes 243,358 100.0
Republican hold
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Special election

A special election was held on the same date as the general election as Cantor resigned from Congress on August 18, 2014, after his surprising loss to Brat.[48][49][50]

Results
Virginia's 7th congressional district, 2014 (special)[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Brat 148,841 61.7
Democratic Jack Trammell 91,236 37.8
n/a Write-ins 1,263 0.5
Total votes 241,340 100.0
Republican hold

District 8
See also: Virginia's 8th congressional district

Democrat Jim Moran, who has represented Virginia's 8th congressional district since 1991, was re-elected in 2012 over Republican Jay Patrick Murray with 65% of the vote. On January 15, 2014, Moran announced that he would retire from Congress, rather than run for re-election.[51]

Candidates
Declared
Withdrew
Declined

Endorsements
Don Beyer
Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers
Lavern Chatman
Adam Ebbin
Individuals
Organizations
William Euille
Patrick Hope
Individuals
Organizations
  • Arab American Democratic Caucus of Virginia[101]
  • Blue America[102]
Mark Levine
Individuals
Bruce Shuttleworth
Individuals
Organizations

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Don
Beyer		 Lavern
Chatman		 Adam
Ebbin		 William
Euille		 Charniele
Herring		 Patrick
Hope		 Derek
Hyra		 Mark
Levine		 Bruce
Shuttleworth		 Undecided
EMC Research (D-Shuttleworth) May 1–5, 2014 402 ± 4.9% 30% 3% 9% 8% 3% 9% 0% 3% 3% 31%

Results
Democratic primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Don Beyer 17,783 45.7
Democratic Patrick Hope 7,095 18.3
Democratic Adam Ebbin 5,262 13.5
Democratic William Euille 3,264 8.4
Democratic Mark Levine 2,613 6.7
Democratic Lavern Chatman 2,117 5.5
Democratic Derek Hyra 479 1.2
Democratic Charniele Herring (withdrew) 126 0.3
Democratic Bruce Shuttleworth (withdrew) 85 0.2
Democratic Satish Korpe (withdrew) 42 0.1
Total votes 38,866 100.0

Candidates

Endorsements
Micah Edmond
Organizations

Results

Micah Edmond won the nomination for the seat at the 8th District Republican Convention on April 26, 2014, with 51% of the vote.[111][112]

Minor parties
  • Jeffrey Carson (Libertarian), U.S. Army veteran[23][113]
  • Gerard Blais (Independent Green)[12]
  • Gwendolyn Beck (Independent)

Endorsements
Jeffrey Carson
Organizations
  • The Virginia Liberty Party[28]

Results
Virginia's 8th congressional district, 2014 [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Don Beyer 128,102 63.1
Republican Micah Edmond 63,810 31.4
Independent Gwendolyn Beck 5,420 2.7
Libertarian Jeffrey Carson 4,409 2.2
Independent Greens Gerry Blais 963 0.5
n/a Write-ins 376 0.2
Total votes 203,080 100.0
Democratic hold
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District 9
See also: Virginia's 9th congressional district

Republican Morgan Griffith has represented Virginia's 9th congressional district since 2011. He won re-election to a second term in 2012 against Democrat Anthony Flaccavento with 61% of the vote. Griffith is running for re-election.

Republican primary

Minor parties
  • William Carr (Independent), businessman[19]

Withdrew
  • Matthew Edwards (Libertarian) is not listed on the ballot.[19][114][115]

Endorsements
Morgan Griffith
Organizations
  • Virginia National Federation of Independent Business[21]

Results
Virginia's 9th congressional district, 2014 [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Morgan Griffith (incumbent) 117,465 72.1
Independent William Carr 39,412 24.2
n/a Write-ins 5,940 3.7
Total votes 162,817 100.0
Republican hold
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District 10
See also: Virginia's 10th congressional district

Republican Frank Wolf has served 17 terms in the House of Representatives, he announced in January, 2014 that he will not seek re-election in 2014.[116]

Republican primary

Six candidates filed to run for the Republican nomination.[117] There were two debates for the Republican candidates, held on March 15 and April 9.[118]

Candidates
Declared
Withdrew
Declined

Endorsements
Barbara Comstock
Individuals
Organizations
Stephen Hollingshead
Individuals
  • Brent Anderson, retired US Air Force officer and withdrawn candidate[126]
Howie Lind
Organizations
Bob Marshall
Individuals
Media
Rob Wasinger
Individuals

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Barbara
Comstock		 Stephen
Hollingshead		 Howie
Lind		 Bob
Marshall		 Marc
Savitt		 Bob
Wasinger		 Undecided
The Polling Company/WomanTrend April 4–5, 2014 402 ± 4.9% 44% 3% 3% 10% 1% 3% 30%

Results

Over 13,000 votes were cast in the firehouse primary held on April 26. Comstock won with 53.9% of the vote.[182][183][184] Marshall was second with 28.1%, followed by Lind (8.1%), Hollingshead (5.9%), Wasinger (2.2%), and Savitt (1.6%).[184][185]

Candidates
Declared
Withdrew
Declined

Endorsements
John Foust
Individuals

Results

John Foust was the only candidate to file for the Democratic nomination; as such, he was certified as the nominee by the Democratic Party in March 2014.[193]

Minor parties

Withdrew
  • Francis "Frank" Pilliere (Independent) is not listed on the ballot.[12][19]
  • James Rouse (Independent) is not listed on the ballot.[12][19]

Endorsements
Barbara Comstock
Media
Bill Redpath
Organizations
  • The Virginia Liberty Party[28]

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Barbara
Comstock (R)		 John
Foust (D)		 Other Undecided
YouGov October 16–23, 2014 176 ± 11% 42% 40% – 18%
The Polling Company October 17–18, 2014 404 ± 4.9% 51% 35% 5%[198] 9%
Victory Research September 24–28, 2014 – – 41% 39% 4% 16%
Tarrance Group September 23–25, 2014 403 ± 4.9% 46% 34% 7% 14%

Results
Virginia's 10th congressional district, 2014 [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barbara Comstock 125,914 56.5
Democratic John Foust 89,957 40.4
Libertarian Bill Redpath 3,393 1.5
Independent Brad Eickholt 2,442 1.1
Independent Greens Dianne Blais 946 0.4
n/a Write-ins 262 0.1
Total votes 222,914 100.0
Republican hold
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District 11
See also: Virginia's 11th congressional district

Democrat Gerry Connolly, who has represented Virginia's 11th congressional district since 2009, was re-elected in 2012 against Republican Christopher Perkins with 61% of the vote. Connolly is seeking re-election to a fourth term in 2014.

Democratic primary

Republican primary

Minor parties
  • Joseph "Joe" Galdo (Green Party), former United States Department of Energy employee[12]
  • Marc Harrold (Libertarian), attorney, author, television analyst and former law-enforcement officer[27]
  • Joseph Plummer (write-in), founder of The Three Birds Foundation

Withdrew
  • Mark Gibson (Independent) is not listed on the ballot.[12][19]

Endorsements
Marc Harrold
Organizations
  • The Virginia Liberty Party[28]

Results
Virginia's 11th congressional district, 2014 [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gerry Connolly (incumbent) 106,780 56.9
Republican Suzanne Scholte 75,796 40.4
Libertarian Marc Harrold 3,264 1.7
Green Joe F. Galdo 1,739 0.9
n/a Write-ins 226 0.1
Total votes 187,805 100.0
Democratic hold
External links

See also

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