2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

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All 27 Florida seats to theUnited States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 17 10 Seats won 17 10 Seat change Popular vote 2,713,441 2,130,626 Percentage 56.02% 43.98% Swing 4.41% 1.69%
District results County results Republican   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100%

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The2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the 27U.S. representatives from the state ofFlorida, one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, includingGovernor of Florida. There was no net party change, as DemocratGwen Graham defeated Republican incumbentSteve Southerland in the2nd district, while RepublicanCarlos Curbelo defeated Democratic incumbentJoe Garcia in the26th district.

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican	26	2,713,451	54.3%	17		63.0%
	Democratic	24	2,130,626	42.6%	10		37.0%
	Independent	9	91,081	1.8%	0		0.0%
	Libertarian	2	61,989	1.2%	0		0.0%
	Write-in	8	1,388	0.0%	0		0.0%
Total			4,998,555	100.0%	27		100.0%

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida by district:^[1]

Incumbent RepublicanJeff Miller, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election.

• Jeff Miller, incumbent U.S. Representative

• John Krause

• Travis Pierce Miller

• Jim Bryan, retired Army officer and nominee for this seat in2010

2014 Florida's 2nd congressional district election

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Nominee Gwen Graham Steve Southerland Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 126,096 123,262 Percentage 50.5% 49.3%

County results Graham:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Southerland:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Steve Southerland Republican Elected U.S. Representative Gwen Graham Democratic

Incumbent RepublicanSteve Southerland, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.

• Steve Southerland, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Gwen Graham,Leon County school administrator and the daughter ofBob Graham, former United States Senator andGovernor of Florida^[8]

Graham won the race by a narrow 1.2% margin, or over 2,800 votes, making Southerland one of only two sitting Republicans to be defeated by a Democrat in 2014 (the other beingLee Terry inNebraska's 2nd).

Incumbent RepublicanTed Yoho, who had represented the district since 2013, after defeating Republican incumbentCliff Stearns in the primary, ran for re-election.

Jake Rush, an attorney and formerAlachua County Sheriff's deputy, challenged Yoho in the Republican primary. Following the launch of his campaign, he received national media attention related to his involvement withlive action role-playing (particularly the supernaturally themedMind's Eye Theatre) andcostuming.^[23][24][25]

• Ted Yoho, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Jake Rush, attorney and formerAlachua County Sheriff's deputy

• Marihelen Wheeler, middle school art teacher^[26]

• Aquasia Johnson McDowell

Incumbent RepublicanAnder Crenshaw, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election.

• Ander Crenshaw, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Ryman Shoaf, US Navy veteran

The Democratic Party did not run a candidate in this race.

Incumbent DemocratCorrine Brown, who had represented the district since 2013, having previously represented the 3rd district from 1993 to 2013, ran for re-election.

• Corrine Brown, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Glo Smith, businesswoman and former staff aide to Lt. Gov.Jennifer Carroll^[29]

• Thuy Lowe

2014 Florida's 6th congressional district election

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Nominee Ron DeSantis David Cox Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 166,254 99,563 Percentage 62.5% 37.5%

County results DeSantis:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Ron DeSantis Republican Elected U.S. Representative Ron DeSantis Republican

Incumbent RepublicanRon DeSantis, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

• Ron DeSantis, incumbent U.S. Representative andIraq warveteran

• David Cox, director of resources atBethune-Cookman University^[30]

• Andrew Scott

2014 Florida's 7th congressional district election

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Nominee John Mica Wesley Neuman Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 144,474 73,011 Percentage 63.6% 32.1%

County results Mica:     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. Representative before election John Mica Republican Elected U.S. Representative John Mica Republican

The7th District, includes most ofSeminole County, the main campus of theUniversity of Central Florida inOrange County, and parts ofDeltona inVolusia County. Incumbent RepublicanJohn Mica, who had represented the district since 1993, ran for re-election. In 2012, when Mica ran for re-election in the redrawn district, he won with 59% of the vote, his smallest margin of victory in twenty years.

Polling taken during the2013 government shutdown showed that Mica was vulnerable to an opponent, with only 33% of the district's voters indicating that they approved of his performance, while 50% disapproved.^[31] The early predictions proved to be unfounded, and Mica's popularity rebounded considerably over the summer of 2014. Mica was a heavy favourite to win the GOP primary, and on August 26, trounced his GOP challengers with over 72% of the vote.^[32]

• John Mica, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Don Oehlrich
• Kelly Shirley, pharmacist
• David Smith, business executive

• Alan Azcona
• Zechariah Blanchard

• Wes Neuman, formerWhite House intern and LMI analyst

On September 25, 2014, after over a month of keeping a low profile, Democratic challenger Wes Neuman announced he "made a mistake" in challenging Mica and would no longer be actively campaigning.^[33]

Al Krulick appeared on the ballot with no party affiliation.

Incumbent RepublicanBill Posey, who had represented the district since 2013, having represented the 15th district from 2009 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting, ran for re-election.

• Bill Posey, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Gabriel Rothblatt,technoprogressive politicalactivist

• Corry Westbrook, former legislative director for theNational Wildlife Federation

Rothblatt's belief in transhumanism and his family ties were both regularly covered by the media. Jessica Roy, fromTime, commented that his status as a member of Terasem might be just as difficult for his campaign as being a Democrat in the Republican majority district.^[35][36]

During a campaign event,gubernatorial candidateCharlie Crist introduced him by saying, "Gabriel is the messenger that God sent."^[37]

Others were critical of Rothblatt's campaign. Katie Prill, from theNational Republican Congressional Committee, wrote that "his radical ideas are too extreme for Florida families."^[35] Posey's spokesman, George Cecala, stated, "It all comes down to the real issue, and that is Bill Posey is a conservative and Gabriel Rothblatt is a liberal.^[35]

2014 Florida's 9th congressional district election

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Nominee Alan Grayson Carroll Platt Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 93,850 74,963 Percentage 54.0% 43.1%

County results Grayson:     50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Alan Grayson Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Alan Grayson Democratic

Incumbent DemocratAlan Grayson, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He previously represented the 8th district from 2009 to 2011, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Grayson was challenged in the primary by Democrat Nick Ruiz, a professor from theUniversity of Florida. In 2012, Ruiz ran for theDemocratic nomination in the 7th District. Ruiz made a somewhat surprising move to FL-09 for 2014.^[41]

• Alan Grayson, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Nick Ruiz, professor from theUniversity of Florida and candidate for the 7th District in2012

• Carol Platt, Osceola County Realtors Association

• Jorge Bonilla, Navy veteran
• Peter Vivaldi, businessman

Platt received endorsements from bothJeb Bush andMarco Rubio.^[42]

Incumbent RepublicanDaniel Webster, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He previously represented the 8th district from 2011 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

• Daniel Webster, incumbent U.S. Representative

• David Allen Seeley

Val Demings, who was the Democratic nominee in 2012, considered a second run against Webster,^[45] but chose to run formayor of Orange County, Florida, instead.^[46] Ultimately, she pulled out of that race as well.^[47]

• Mike McKenna, formerNavyChief Petty Officer andWalt Disney World security officer^[48]

• William Ferree, formerEustisCity Commissioner^[49]
• Shayan Modarres, civil rights lawyer andTrayvon Martin family attorney

• Val Demings, former Chief of theOrlando Police Department and nominee for this seat in2012

Despite only spending $5,000 on his primary campaign, a fraction of the spending of his two opponents, McKenna won the primary and faced Webster in the general election.^[50]

Webster was a decided favourite for the general election and he ran only a few television ads. With very little money in his campaign funds, McKenna ran no ads, instead counting on a grass-roots, "door-to-door" campaign.^[51]

Webster easily cruised to re-election by a margin of 62% to 38%.^[52]

Incumbent RepublicanRich Nugent, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He previously represented the 5th district from 2011 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

• Rich Nugent, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Michael Uminski

• Dave Koller, small businessowner

• Matthew Schnackenberg

Incumbent RepublicanGus Bilirakis, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.. He previously represented the 9th district from 2007 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

• Gus Bilirakis, incumbent U.S. Representative

• James Denton Jr.

No democrat filed to run

No candidates filed to challenge Bilirakis for his seat, so he returned to office without standing for election.^[53]

Incumbent RepublicanDavid Jolly, who had represented the district since a 2014 special election, ran for re-election.

On October 9, 2013, RepublicanBill Young, who had held this Tampa Bay-area district since 1971, announced that he would not run for re-election to a twenty-second term in 2014. He died nine days later, and a special election was held, which RepublicanDavid Jolly won. Jolly ran for a full term.

• David Jolly, incumbent U.S. Representative

No Democratic candidate filed to run for Congress before the end of the qualifying period.

TheDemocratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced that it would support Independent candidate Ed Jany.^[54] Jany dropped out of the race on May 13, 2014.^[55]

• Manuel Sykes, president of the St. PetersburgNAACP^[56][57]

• Charlie Crist, formerRepublicangovernor of Florida andIndependent candidate for the U.S. Senatein 2010 (running for governor)^[58]
• Jessica Ehrlich, attorney and nominee for this seat in2012^[59][60]
• Charlie Justice,Pinellas County Commissioner and nominee for in10th district in2010^[61]
• Rick Kriseman, former state representative and Mayor ofSt. Petersburg^[62]
• Eric Lynn, senior White House Middle East policy adviser and former aide to CongressmanPeter Deutsch^[63][64]
• Darryl Rouson, state representative^[65]
• Alex Sink, formerchief financial officer of Florida, nominee for governorin 2010 and nominee for this seat2014 (special)^[66]
• Ken Welch, Pinellas County Commissioner^[67]
• Peter Rudy Wallace, formerSpeaker of theFlorida House of Representatives^[68]

• Lucas Overby, activist, commercial diver, and nominee for this seat in the2014 (special)^[54]

• Ed Jany, retired Army colonel^[54][55]

Incumbent DemocratKathy Castor, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. She previously represented the 11th district from 2007 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

• Kathy Castor, incumbent U.S. Representative

No Republicans filed to run.

• John Coney

No candidates filed to challenge Castor for her seat, so she returned to office without standing for election.^[53]

Incumbent RepublicanDennis Ross, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He previously represented the 12th district from 2011 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

• Dennis Ross, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Alan Cohn, former investigative reporter

Incumbent RepublicanVern Buchanan, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He previously represented the 16th district from 2009 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

• Vern Buchanan, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Henry Lawrence, former NFL offensive lineman^[77]

• Mitch Mallett, former vice chair of the Manatee county Democratic party^[78]

101-year-old Joe Newman ran as a write-in candidate.^[79]

Incumbent RepublicanTom Rooney, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He previously represented the 13th district from 2007 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

• Tom Rooney, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Erin Magee
• John Sawyer

• Will Bronson

2014 Florida's 18th congressional district election

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Nominee Patrick Murphy Carl J. Domino Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 151,478 101,896 Percentage 59.8% 40.2%

County results Murphy:     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Patrick Murphy Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy Democratic

Incumbent DemocratPatrick Murphy, who had represented Florida's 18th congressional district since 2013 after defeating RepublicanAllen West, ran for re-election.

• Patrick Murphy, incumbent U.S. Representative

Juno Beach Councilwoman Ellen Andel, who had declared her candidacy in May 2013, withdrew from the race in February 2014. Despite West's endorsement, she posted poor fundraising numbers and began 2014 with only $5,537 cash-on-hand, to Murphy's $1.8 million.^[80][81]

• Carl J. Domino, former state representative^[80][82]

• Beverly Hires, nurse
• Brian Lara, computer software developer
• Alan Schlesinger, former mayor ofDerby, Connecticut, former Connecticut State Representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate from Connecticut in2006
• Calvin Turnquest, formerTequesta Council member
• Nick Wukoson, small business owner

• Ellen Andel,Juno Beach Council member
• Frank Lynch

• Gayle Harrell, state representative and candidate for16th district in2008^[83]
• Adam Hasner, former Majority Leader of theFlorida House of Representatives and nominee for the22nd district in2012^[84]
• Ilya Katz, author
• Allen West, former U.S. Representative^[85]

• * Internal poll for the Patrick Murphy campaign

Incumbent RepublicanCurt Clawson, who had represented the district since a 2014 special election, ran for re-election.

RepublicanTrey Radel who had elected to represent the 19th district in 2012, resigned on January 27, 2014, requiring aspecial election to fill the remainder of his term.^[92]

• Curt Clawson, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Lizbeth Benacquisto, state senator^[93][94]
• Chauncey Goss, political consultant and candidate for this seat in 2012^[93]
• Paige Kreegel, former state representative and candidate for this seat in 2012^[95]
• Connie Mack IV, former U.S. Representative and nominee for U.S. Senate in2012^[93]

• April Freeman, film and television producer and co-founder of a political consulting firm