Despite polling showing that 83 percent of Americans disapproved of how the113th Congress handled its job, and 65 percent of Americans described it as the "worst Congress of their lifetime" heading into the 2014 elections, congressional races in both chambers were actually less competitive as a whole than in 2012.^[1] Incumbents largely won re-election without much of a struggle in the U.S. House. Even in the U.S. Senate, where Republicans flipped nine seats, the average race was still won by a greater margin than in 2012.

Ballotpedia staff analyzed the election results in the435 U.S. House races and 36 U.S. Senate races to determine how close the average race was. The margin of victory was then calculated as the percentage of total votes that separated the winner and the second-place finisher. On average, both the U.S. House and Senate elections were slightly less competitive than in 2012. Full results for each chamber are detailed in the following sections.

Senate

Seats won by each party based on margin of victory in 2014 United States Senate Elections
Party	0-5% points	5-10% points	10-20% points	20% points or more
Democratic	2	0	7	3
Republican	3	2	6	13
Totals	5	2	13	16

U.S. Senate races had an average margin of victory of 22.6 percent in 2014, slightly higher than the average margin in 2012 of 20 percent. On average, Democratic candidates won closer races than their Republican counterparts. The average margin for victorious Democrats was 18.7 percent, while the average margin for Republican winners was 24.7 percent. This is mainly due to the fact that Republican candidates won the vast majority of noncompetitive races. The closest Senate race in 2014 was inVirginia, where incumbentMark Warner (D) successfully defended his seat fromEd Gillespie (R). Warner won with a margin of victory of 0.8 percent.^[2] The largest margin of victory was inAlabama, where incumbentJeff Sessions faced no opponent in either the primary or general election. Sessions took in 97.3 percent of the vote. The remaining votes went to write-in candidates.^[3]

For a complete listing of U.S. Senate margins of victory, click [show] on the table below.

Margin of Victory in 2014 United States Senate Elections
State	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Vote	Top Opponent
Alaska	Dan Sullivan	2.2%	282,400	Mark Begich
Alabama	Jeff Sessions	94.5%	818,090	Write-in
Arkansas	Tom Cotton	17.0%	847,000	Mark Pryor
Colorado	Cory Gardner	1.9%	2,041,020	Mark Udall
Delaware	Chris Coons	13.6%	234,038	Kevin Wade
Georgia	David Perdue	7.7%	2,567,761	Michelle Nunn
Hawaii	Brian Schatz	42.1%	353,689	Cam Cavasso
Iowa	Joni Ernst	8.3%	1,129,700	Bruce Braley
Idaho	Jim Risch	30.7%	437,170	Nels Mitchell
Illinois	Richard Durbin	10.9%	3,603,475	Jim Oberweis
Kansas	Pat Roberts	10.6%	866,191	Greg Orman
Kentucky	Mitch McConnell	15.5%	1,435,725	Alison Lundergan Grimes
Louisiana Runoff Election	Bill Cassidy	11.8%	1,273,589	Mary Landrieu
Massachusetts	Ed Markey	22.8%	2,186,791	Brian Herr
Maine	Susan Collins	36.2%	616,996	Shenna Bellows
Michigan	Gary Peters	13.3%	3,121,698	Terri Lynn Land
Minnesota	Al Franken	10.2%	1,981,528	Mike McFadden
Mississippi	Thad Cochran	22%	631,858	Travis Childers
Montana	Steve Daines	17.7%	369,826	Amanda Curtis
North Carolina	Thom Tillis	1.5%	2,915,281	Kay Hagan
Nebraska	Ben Sasse	32.9%	539,891	Dave Domina
New Hampshire	Jeanne Shaheen	3.2%	488,159	Scott Brown
New Jersey	Cory Booker	13.5%	1,869,535	Jeff Bell
New Mexico	Tom Udall	11.1%	515,506	Allen Weh
Oklahoma Special Election	James Lankford	38.9%	820,890	Constance Johnson
Oklahoma	Jim Inhofe	39.5%	820,733	Matt Silverstein
Oregon	Jeff Merkley	18.9%	1,461,618	Monica Wehby
Rhode Island	Jack Reed	41.3%	316,898	Mark Zaccaria
South Carolina Special Election	Tim Scott	24%	1,238,982	Joyce Dickerson
South Carolina	Lindsey Graham	17.8%	1,215,868	Brad Hutto
South Dakota	Mike Rounds	20.9%	279,412	Rick Weiland
Tennessee	Lamar Alexander	31.7%	1,301,733	Gordon Ball
Texas	John Cornyn	27.2%	4,647,371	David Alameel
Virginia	Mark Warner	0.8%	2,184,473	Ed Gillespie
West Virginia	Shelley Moore Capito	27.6%	451,498	Natalie Tennant
Wyoming	Mike Enzi	54.7%	168,390	Charlie Hardy

The five most competitive U.S. Senate races are listed below. All five of the races featured a Democratic incumbent seeking re-election.

Virginia

InVirginia's U.S. Senate race, incumbentMark Warner (D) successfully defended against a challenge fromEd Gillespie (R). In a race that remained uncalled for several days following the general election, Warner triumphed over Gillespie by a scant 0.8 percent of the vote, or 17,7277 votes.Libertarian candidateRobert Sarvis took in 2.4 percent of the vote, over three times the margin which separated Warner and Gillespie. Gillespie decided against seeking a recount and conceded to Warner on November 7, 2014.^[2][4]

Throughout October, Warner held a four to 13 point lead in polling over Gillespie. Additionally, Warner held a massive fundraising advantage over the challenger. As of theFEC's October Quarterly reports, Warner led Gillespie with contributions totaling nearly double that of the challenger. Additionally, Warner held over four times as much cash on hand heading into November. The race was rated Likely Democratic by bothCook Political Report andSabato's Crystal Ball.^[5][6] Despite Warner's many advantages,Virginia's U.S. Senate race ended up being the closest in the nation.

U.S. Senate, Virginia General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mark WarnerIncumbent	49.1%	1,073,667
	Republican	Ed Gillespie	48.3%	1,055,940
	Libertarian	Robert Sarvis	2.4%	53,102
	N/A	write-in	0.1%	1,764
Total Votes				2,184,473
Source:Virginia Department of Elections

North Carolina

North Carolina's Senate race had the second closest margin of victory between winner and second place finisher. ChallengerThom Tillis (R) defeated incumbentKay Hagan (D) by 1.6 percent of the vote, or 45,608 votes. TheLibertarian candidate in the race,Sean Haugh took in over twice the number of votes which separated Hagan and Tillis with 3.7 percent of the vote.^[7]

North Carolina's U.S. Senate race saw the mostsatellite spending of any Senate race in U.S. history. The final total was $84,517,806, over $15 million above any other U.S. Senate race in 2014. Polling showed Hagan with a slight lead over her challenger heading into November. She also had a large lead in total fundraising throughout the race. However, despite these perceived advantages, Hagan still fell to her challenger in the general election.^[8]

U.S. Senate, North Carolina General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Kay HaganIncumbent	47.3%	1,377,651
	Republican	Thom Tillis	48.8%	1,423,259
	Libertarian	Sean Haugh	3.7%	109,100
	Write-in	John Rhodes	0%	621
	Write-in	David Waddell	0%	201
	Write-in	Barry Gurney	0%	142
	Write-in	Write-in (miscellaneous)	0.1%	4,307
Total Votes				2,915,281
Source:North Carolina State Board of Elections

Colorado

InColorado's U.S. Senate race, Rep.Cory Gardner (R) successfully unseated incumbentMark Udall (D). Gardner beat Udall by 1.9 percent of the vote, or 39,688 votes. The four third-party candidates in the race took in 5.5 percent of the vote, more than twice the margin which separated Gardner and Udall. Udall was vulnerable in 2014 due in part to the unpopularity of PresidentBarack Obama and theAffordable Care Act.^[9]

Early polling showed the incumbent with an edge in the race, but as the year moved forward Gardner closed the gap. By the end of October, most polling showed Gardner with a small advantage over Udall. Udall held a large edge in total campaign contributions over Gardner during the race. However, Gardner did lead Udall in cash on hand heading into the final months of the election. The race was rated a "toss up" by bothCook Political Report andSabato's Crystal Ball.^{[10][11][5][6]}

U.S. Senate, Colorado General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cory Gardner	48.2%	983,891
	Democratic	Mark UdallIncumbent	46.3%	944,203
	Libertarian	Gaylon Kent	2.6%	52,876
	Independent	Steve Shogan	1.4%	29,472
	Independent	Raul Acosta	1.2%	24,151
	Unity Party of Colorado	Bill Hammons	0.3%	6,427
Total Votes				2,041,020
Source:Colorado Secretary of State

Alaska

InAlaska's U.S. Senate race, formerAlaska Commissioner of Natural ResourcesDan Sullivan (R) beat incumbentMark Begich (D). The margin of victory in the race was 2.1 percent, which amounted to only 6,014 votes. This was another race in which third party candidates took in more of the vote than separated the major party candidates.LibertarianMark Fish andIndependentTed Gianoutsos took in a combined 5.7 percent of the vote.^[12] Begich was vulnerable in 2014 mainly due to the unpopularity of PresidentBarack Obama and theAffordable Care Act. Begich himself believed he lost the race due to voters' disapproval of Obama, not due to his own record.^[13]

Polling in the months leading up to November largely showed Sullivan with a lead in the race. However, Begich did hold a slight fundraising edge over Sullivan throughout the race. Begich's seat was well-known as one of the most vulnerable U.S. Senate seats in the country. The race was rated a "toss up" by bothCook Political Report andSabato's Crystal Ball.^[5][6]

U.S. Senate, Alaska General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dan Sullivan	48%	135,445
	Democratic	Mark BegichIncumbent	45.8%	129,431
	Libertarian	Mark Fish	3.7%	10,512
	Independent	Ted Gianoutsos	2%	5,636
	N/A	Write-in	0.5%	1,376
Total Votes				282,400
Source:Alaska Secretary of State

New Hampshire

InNew Hampshire's U.S. Senate race, incumbentJeanne Shaheen (D) defeated challengerScott Brown (R) in a close general election race. Shaheen received 3.3 percent more of the vote, or 15,837 votes.^[14]

Most polling showed the incumbent with an advantage in the race, but a few October polls showed Brown tied or surpassing Shaheen. Shaheen also held a significant fundraising advantage over Brown throughout the race. She raised a total of roughly $13 million to Brown's $7 million in the election cycle.Cook Political Report rated the race as "Lean D" whileSabato's Crystal Ball called it "Likely D."^[5][6]

U.S. Senate, New Hampshire General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jeanne ShaheenIncumbent	51.5%	251,184
	Republican	Scott Brown	48.2%	235,347
	N/A	Scatter	0.3%	1,628
Total Votes				488,159
Source:New Hampshire Secretary of State

House

Seats won by each party based on margin of victory in 2014 United States House of Representatives Elections
Party	0-5% points	5-10% points	10-20% points	20% points or more
Democratic	15	15	32	126
Republican	11	8	36	192
Totals	26	23	68	318

U.S. House races were considerably less competitive than Senate races. The average margin of victory was 35.8 percent in 2014, slightly higher than the average margin in 2012 of 31.8 percent. The political party of the winner did not have a significant impact on the average margin of victory. Democratic winners had an average margin of 36.9 percent, which differed minimally from their Republican counterparts, who had an average margin of victory of 35 percent. The closest House race in 2014 was inArizona's 2nd Congressional District, where incumbentRon Barber (D) was ousted byMartha McSally (R). McSally won the race with a margin of victory of 0.1 percent, which only amounted to 161 votes.^[15]

For a complete listing of U.S. House margins of victory, click [show] on the table below.

Margin of Victory in 2014 United States House of Representatives Elections
District	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Vote	Top Opponent
Alabama District 1	Bradley Byrne	36.4%	152234	Burton LeFlore
Alabama District 2	Martha Roby	34.8%	167952	Erick Wright
Alabama District 3	Mike Rogers	32.4%	156,620	Jesse Smith
Alabama District 4	Robert Aderholt	97.1%	134752	Write-in
Alabama District 5	Mo Brooks	49.3%	154,974	Jerry Hill
Alabama District 6	Gary Palmer	52.5%	178449	Mark Lester
Alabama District 7	Terri Sewell	96.7%	135,899	Write-in
Alaska's At-Large District	Don Young	10%	279,741	Forrest Dunbar
Arizona District 1	Ann Kirkpatrick	5.2%	185114	Andy Tobin
Arizona District 2	Martha McSally	0.1%	219,351	Ron Barber
Arizona District 3	Raul Grijalva	11.5%	104428	Gabriela Saucedo Mercer
Arizona District 4	Paul Gosar	44.2%	175,179	Mikel Weisser
Arizona District 5	Matt Salmon	39.2%	179,463	James Woods
Arizona District 6	David Schweikert	29.7%	199,776	John Williamson
Arizona District 7	Ruben Gallego	60.1%	72,454	Joe Cobb
Arizona District 8	Trent Franks	51.6%	169,776	Stephen Dolgos
Arizona District 9	Kyrsten Sinema	12.8%	162062	Wendy Rogers
Arkansas District 1	Rick Crawford	30.9%	196256	Jackie McPherson
Arkansas District 2	French Hill	8.3%	237330	Patrick Hays
Arkansas District 3	Steve Womack	58.8%	190,935	Grant Brand
Arkansas District 4	Bruce Westerman	11.2%	206,131	James Lee Witt
California District 10	Jeff Denham	12.3%	125,705	Michael Eggman
California District 11	Mark DeSaulnier	34.5%	174,662	Tue Phan-Quang
California District 12	Nancy Pelosi	66.5%	192,264	John Dennis
California District 13	Barbara Lee	77%	190431	Dakin Sundeen
California District 14	Jackie Speier	53.4%	149146	Robin Chew
California District 15	Eric Swalwell	39.6%	142,906	Hugh Bussell
California District 16	Jim Costa	1.5%	91220	Johnny Tacherra
California District 17	Mike Honda	3.5%	134,408	Ro Khanna
California District 18	Anna Eshoo	35.5%	196,386	Richard Fox
California District 19	Zoe Lofgren	34.4%	127,788	Robert Murray
California District 1	Doug La Malfa	22.1%	216,372	Heidi Hall
California District 20	Sam Farr	50.4%	141,044	Ronald Paul Kabat
California District 21	David Valadao	15.7%	79,377	Amanda Renteria
California District 22	Devin Nunes	44.1%	133342	Suzanna Aguilera-Marrero
California District 23	Kevin McCarthy	49.7%	134043	Raul Garcia
California District 24	Lois Capps	3.9%	198794	Chris Mitchum
California District 25	Steve Knight	6.7%	114,072	Tony Strickland
California District 26	Julia Brownley	2.7%	169,829	Jeff Gorell
California District 27	Judy Chu	18.7%	127,580	Jack Orswell
California District 28	Adam Schiff	53%	120,264	Steve Stokes
California District 29	Tony Cardenas	49.2%	67,141	William O'Callaghan Leader
California District 2	Jared Huffman	50%	217,524	Dale Mensing
California District 30	[[Brad Sherman]]	31.3%	131,883	Mark Reed
California District 31	Pete Aguilar	3.5%	99784	Paul Chabot
California District 32	Grace Napolitano	19.3%	84406	Art Alas
California District 33	Ted Lieu	18.4%	183031	Elan Carr
California District 34	Xavier Becerra	45.1%	61621	Adrienne Nicole Edwards
California District 35	Norma Torres	26.9%	62255	Christina Gagnier
California District 36	Raul Ruiz	8.4%	134139	Brian Nestande
California District 37	Karen Bass	68.6%	114,838	Adam King
California District 38	Linda Sanchez	18.2%	98480	Benjamin Campos
California District 39	Edward Royce	37.1%	133,225	Peter Anderson
California District 3	John Garamendi	5.4%	150260	Dan Logue
California District 40	Lucille Roybal-Allard	22.4%	49,379	David Sanchez
California District 41	Mark Takano	13.3%	82,884	Steve Adams
California District 42	Ken Calvert	31.5%	113390	Tim Sheridan
California District 43	Maxine Waters	41.9%	98202	John Wood
California District 44	Janice Hahn	73.3%	68,862	Adam Shbeita
California District 45	Mimi Walters	30.2%	162902	Drew Leavens
California District 46	Loretta Sanchez	19.4%	83315	Adam Nick
California District 47	Alan Lowenthal	12%	123,400	Andy Whallon
California District 48	Dana Rohrabacher	28.2%	174795	Sue Savary
California District 49	Darrell Issa	20.3%	163142	Dave Peiser
California District 4	Tom McClintock	20.1%	211,134	Art Moore
California District 50	Duncan Hunter	42.4%	157,299	James Kimber
California District 51	Juan Vargas	37.6%	81,950	Stephen Meade
California District 52	Scott Peters	3.2%	191,572	Carl DeMaio
California District 53	Susan Davis	17.7%	148,044	Larry Wilske
California District 5	Mike Thompson	51.5%	171,148	James Hinton
California District 6	Doris Matsui	45.4%	133,456	Joseph McCray, Sr.
California District 7	Ami Bera	0.8%	183587	Doug Ose
California District 8	Paul Cook	35.3%	114,536	Bob Conaway
California District 9	Jerry McNerney	4.7%	121,204	Tony Amador
Colorado District 1	Diana DeGette	36.8%	278,491	Martin Walsh
Colorado District 2	Jared Polis	13.5%	345,945	George Leing
Colorado District 3	Scott Tipton	22.3%	281141	Abel Tapia
Colorado District 4	Ken Buck	35.4%	286,507	Vic Meyers
Colorado District 5	Doug Lamborn	19.6%	262,855	Irv Halter
Colorado District 6	Mike Coffman	8.9%	276,440	Andrew Romanoff
Colorado District 7	Ed Perlmutter	10.1%	269143	Don Ytterberg
Connecticut District 1	John Larson	26.3%	216533	Matthew Corey
Connecticut District 2	Joe Courtney	26.7%	225,916	Lori Hopkins-Cavanagh
Connecticut District 3	Rosa DeLauro	33.5%	204645	James Brown
Connecticut District 4	Jim Himes	7.4%	198770	Dan Debicella
Connecticut District 5	Elizabeth Esty	6.9%	203,780	Mark Greenberg
Delaware's At-Large District	John C. Carney Jr.	22.5%	231617	Rose Izzo
Florida District 10	Daniel Webster	23.1%	232574	Michael Patrick McKenna
Florida District 11	Richard Nugent	33.3%	272294	David Koller
Florida District 12	Gus Bilirakis	100%	0	Unopposed
Florida District 13	David Jolly	50.5%	223576	Lucas Overby
Florida District 14	Kathy Castor	100%	0	Unopposed
Florida District 15	Dennis Ross	20.6%	213,582	Alan Cohn
Florida District 16	Vern Buchanan	23.2%	274,829	Henry Lawrence
Florida District 17	Tom Rooney	26.5%	223,756	Will Bronson
Florida District 18	Patrick Murphy	19.6%	253,374	Carl Domino
Florida District 19	Curt Clawson	31.8%	246,861	April Freeman
Florida District 1	Jeff Miller	46.8%	235,343	James Bryan
Florida District 20	Alcee Hastings	63.2%	157,466	Jay Bonner
Florida District 21	Ted Deutch	99.3%	153,970	W. Michael Trout
Florida District 22	Lois Frankel	16.1%	216096	Paul Spain
Florida District 23	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	25.3%	164,788	Joe Kaufman
Florida District 24	Frederica Wilson	76%	149,918	Dufirstson Julio Neree
Florida District 25	Mario Diaz-Balart	100%	0	Unopposed
Florida District 26	Carlos Curbelo	2.9%	161,337	Joe Garcia
Florida District 27	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	100%	0	Unopposed
Florida District 2	Gwen Graham	1.1%	249780	Steve Southerland II
Florida District 3	Ted Yoho	32.7%	228,809	Marihelen Wheeler
Florida District 4	Ander Crenshaw	62.6%	227,253	Paula Moser-Bartlett
Florida District 5	Corrine Brown	30.9%	171,577	Gloreatha Scurry-Smith
Florida District 6	Ron DeSantis	25.1%	265817	David Cox
Florida District 7	John Mica	31.5%	227164	Wesley Neuman
Florida District 8	Bill Posey	31.7%	274,513	Gabriel Rothblatt
Florida District 9	Alan Grayson	10.9%	173,878	Carol Platt
Georgia District 10	Jody Hice	33%	196480	Ken Dious
Georgia District 11	Barry Loudermilk	100%	161,532	Unopposed
Georgia District 12	Rick Allen	9.6%	166,713	John Barrow
Georgia District 13	David Scott	100%	159,445	Unopposed
Georgia District 14	Tom Graves	100%	118,782	Unopposed
Georgia District 1	Earl "Buddy" Carter	21.8%	156512	Brian Reese
Georgia District 2	Sanford Bishop	18.3%	162936	Greg Duke
Georgia District 3	Lynn Westmoreland	100%	156277	Unopposed
Georgia District 4	Hank Johnson	100%	161,211	Unopposed
Georgia District 5	John Lewis	100%	170,326	Unopposed
Georgia District 6	Thomas Price	32.1%	210504	Robert Montigel
Georgia District 7	Rob Woodall	30.8%	173,669	Thomas Wight
Georgia District 8	Austin Scott	100%	129,938	Unopposed
Georgia District 9	Doug Collins	61.3%	181047	David Vogel
Hawaii District 1	Mark Takai	3.9%	179,779	Charles Djou
Hawaii District 2	Tulsi Gabbard	60.1%	180,312	Kawika Crowley
Idaho District 1	Raul Labrador	30%	220857	Shirley Ringo
Idaho District 2	Michael K. Simpson	22.7%	214,293	Richard Stallings
Illinois District 10	Bob Dold Jr.	2.6%	187128	Brad Schneider
Illinois District 11	Bill Foster	6.9%	174771	Darlene Senger
Illinois District 12	Mike Bost	10.6%	209,738	Bill Enyart
Illinois District 13	Rodney Davis	17.3%	210,272	Ann Callis
Illinois District 14	Randy Hultgren	30.8%	222230	Dennis Anderson
Illinois District 15	John Shimkus	49.8%	221,926	Eric Thorsland
Illinois District 16	Adam Kinzinger	41.2%	217,198	Randall Olsen
Illinois District 17	Cheri Bustos	10.9%	199,345	Bobby Schilling
Illinois District 18	Aaron Schock	49.5%	247013	Darrel Miller
Illinois District 1	Bobby Rush	46.2%	222017	Jimmy Lee Tillman
Illinois District 2	Robin Kelly	57.1%	204,266	Eric Wallace
Illinois District 3	Dan Lipinski	29.1%	180,855	Sharon Brannigan
Illinois District 4	Luis Gutierrez	56.3%	101944	Hector Concepcion
Illinois District 5	Mike Quigley	32.6%	184,019	Vince Kolber
Illinois District 6	Peter Roskam	34.3%	238,743	Michael Mason
Illinois District 7	Danny K. Davis	70.2%	182,278	Robert Bumpers
Illinois District 8	Tammy Duckworth	11.5%	151056	Lawrence Kaifesh
Illinois District 9	Jan Schakowsky	32.1%	213450	Susanne Atanus
Indiana District 1	Peter Visclosky	25%	142,293	Mark Leyva
Indiana District 2	Jackie Walorski	20.7%	145200	Joe Bock
Indiana District 3	Marlin Stutzman	39.1%	148793	Justin Kuhnle
Indiana District 4	Todd Rokita	33.7%	142054	John Dale
Indiana District 5	Susan Brooks	34.4%	161,440	Shawn Denney
Indiana District 6	Luke Messer	36.5%	155071	Susan Hall Heitzman
Indiana District 7	André Carson	13%	112,261	Catherine Ping
Indiana District 8	Larry Bucshon	24.5%	171315	Tom Spangler
Indiana District 9	Todd Young	28.5%	163,387	Bill Bailey
Iowa District 1	Rod Blum	2.3%	289,306	Pat Murphy
Iowa District 2	Dave Loebsack	5.1%	273329	Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Iowa District 3	David Young	10.5%	282066	Staci Appel
Iowa District 4	Steve King	23.3%	275,633	Jim Mowrer
Kansas District 1	Tim Huelskamp	35.9%	204,161	Jim Sherow
Kansas District 2	Lynn Jenkins	18.4%	225,686	Margie Wakefield
Kansas District 3	Kevin Yoder	20%	224077	Kelly Kultala
Kansas District 4	Mike Pompeo	33.3%	208,153	Perry Schuckman
Kentucky District 1	Ed Whitfield	46.2%	236618	Charles Kendall Hatchett
Kentucky District 2	Brett Guthrie	38.4%	226,834	Ron Leach
Kentucky District 3	John Yarmuth	27.9%	247,355	Michael Macfarlane
Kentucky District 4	Thomas Massie	35.5%	222,158	Peter Newberry
Kentucky District 5	Hal Rogers	56.5%	218,967	Kenneth Stepp
Kentucky District 6	Andy Barr	20%	245694	Elisabeth Jensen
Louisiana District 1	Steve Scalise	68.8%	244,004	Lee Dugas
Louisiana District 2	Cedric Richmond	51.6%	221,570	Gary Landrieu
Louisiana District 3	Charles Boustany	69.3%	236,268	Bryan Barrilleaux
Louisiana District 4	John Fleming	46.9%	207,919	Randall Lord
Louisiana District 5 Runoff Election	Ralph Abraham	28.4%	209,616	Jamie Mayo
Louisiana District 6 Runoff Election	Garret Graves	24.9%	222,967	Edwin Edwards
Maine District 1	Chellie Pingree	28.5%	321,987	Isaac James Misiuk
Maine District 2	Bruce Poliquin	5%	295,009	Emily Cain
Maryland District 1	Andrew Harris	41%	250185	Bill Tilghman
Maryland District 2	C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger	25.5%	196,354	David Banach
Maryland District 3	John Sarbanes	19.3%	215,623	Charles Long
Maryland District 4	Donna Edwards	41.9%	191837	Nancy Hoyt
Maryland District 5	Steny Hoyer	28.3%	226,040	Chris Chaffee
Maryland District 6	John Delaney	1.5%	190,536	Dan Bongino
Maryland District 7	Elijah Cummings	42.9%	206,809	Corrogan Vaughn
Maryland District 8	Chris Van Hollen	20.6%	211,487	Dave Wallace
Massachusetts District 1	Richard Neal	72.3%	227,075	Other
Massachusetts District 2	Jim McGovern	70.6%	235813	Other
Massachusetts District 3	Niki Tsongas	24.9%	230,825	Ann Wofford
Massachusetts District 4	Joe Kennedy	70.6%	255297	Other
Massachusetts District 5	Katherine Clark	69.8%	256,486	Other
Massachusetts District 6	Seth Moulton	13.5%	278919	Richard Tisei
Massachusetts District 7	Mike Capuano	79.4%	176,077	Other
Massachusetts District 8	Stephen Lynch	75.6%	261,781	Other
Massachusetts District 9	Bill Keating	9.6%	264,554	John Chapman
Michigan District 10	Candice Miller	39.3%	228,692	Chuck Stadler
Michigan District 11	Dave Trott	15.5%	249,827	Bobby McKenzie
Michigan District 12	Debbie Dingell	33.7%	206,660	Terry Bowman
Michigan District 13	John Conyers, Jr.	63.2%	166947	Jeff Gorman
Michigan District 14	Brenda Lawrence	58.1%	212,438	Christina Barr
Michigan District 1	Dan Benishek	6.9%	250,131	Jerry Cannon
Michigan District 2	Bill Huizenga	30.4%	213072	Dean Vanderstelt
Michigan District 3	Justin Amash	18.9%	217,165	Bob Goodrich
Michigan District 4	John Moolenaar	17.4%	219,423	Jeff Holmes
Michigan District 5	Dan Kildee	35.5%	222138	Allen Hardwick
Michigan District 6	Fred Upton	15.5%	208976	Paul Clements
Michigan District 7	Tim Walberg	12.3%	223,685	Pam Byrnes
Michigan District 8	Mike Bishop	12.5%	243125	Eric Schertzing
Michigan District 9	Sander Levin	24.3%	225,757	George Brikho
Minnesota District 1	Tim Walz	8.5%	226,695	Jim Hagedorn
Minnesota District 2	John Kline	17.2%	245848	Mike Obermueller
Minnesota District 3	Erik Paulsen	24.4%	269585	Sharon Sund
Minnesota District 4	Betty McCollum	28.3%	241637	Sharna Wahlgren
Minnesota District 5	Keith Ellison	46.8%	236010	Doug Daggett
Minnesota District 6	Tom Emmer	17.9%	236,846	Joe Perske
Minnesota District 7	Collin Peterson	8.5%	240,835	Torrey Westrom
Minnesota District 8	Rick Nolan	1.4%	266,083	Stewart Mills
Mississippi District 1	Alan Nunnelee	39%	151,111	Ron Dickey
Mississippi District 2	Bennie Thompson	43.2%	148,646	Troy Ray
Mississippi District 3	Gregg Harper	41%	170946	Doug Magee
Mississippi District 4	Steven Palazzo	45.6%	155,576	Matt Moore
Missouri District 1	William Lacy Clay	51.4%	163494	Daniel Elder
Missouri District 2	Ann Wagner	31.5%	231117	Arthur Lieber
Missouri District 3	Blaine Luetkemeyer	41.2%	191,620	Courtney Denton
Missouri District 4	Vicky Hartzler	41.7%	176,286	Nate Irvin
Missouri District 5	Emanuel Cleaver	6.6%	153,635	Jacob Turk
Missouri District 6	Sam Graves	37.1%	186,970	Bill Hedge
Missouri District 7	Billy Long	34.6%	163,957	Jim Evans
Missouri District 8	Jason Smith	42.3%	159,224	Barbara Stocker
Montana's At-Large District	Ryan Zinke	15%	367963	John Lewis
Nebraska District 1	Jeff Fortenberry	37.6%	179,057	Dennis Crawford
Nebraska District 2	Brad Ashford	3.3%	171050	Lee Terry
Nebraska District 3	Adrian Smith	50.8%	184964	Mark Sullivan
Nevada District 1	Dina Titus	19%	80,299	Annette Teijeiro
Nevada District 2	Mark Amodei	37.8%	186210	Kristen Spees
Nevada District 3	Joe Heck	24.6%	145719	Erin Bilbray
Nevada District 4	Cresent Hardy	2.8%	130781	Steven Horsford
New Hampshire District 1	Frank Guinta	3.6%	242,736	Carol Shea-Porter
New Hampshire District 2	Annie Kuster	10%	238,184	Marilinda Garcia
New Jersey District 10	Donald Payne, Jr.	72.8%	112123	Yolanda Dentley
New Jersey District 11	Rodney Frelinghuysen	25.1%	174932	Mark Dunec
New Jersey District 12	Bonnie Watson Coleman	24.4%	148366	Alieta Eck
New Jersey District 1	Donald Norcross	18%	162,492	Garry Cobb
New Jersey District 1 Special Election	Donald Norcross	17.5%	149938	Garry Cobb
New Jersey District 2	Frank LoBiondo	24.2%	177,148	Bill Hughes, Jr.
New Jersey District 3	Tom MacArthur	9.6%	186,103	Aimee Belgard
New Jersey District 4	Chris Smith	36.8%	174,849	Ruben Scolavino
New Jersey District 5	Scott Garrett	12.1%	188921	Roy Cho
New Jersey District 6	Frank Pallone Jr.	21%	120457	Anthony Wilkinson
New Jersey District 7	Leonard Lance	20.5%	175,997	Janice Kovach
New Jersey District 8	Albio Sires	58.3%	79518	Jude Anthony Tiscornia
New Jersey District 9	Bill Pascrell	38.4%	120459	Dierdre Paul
New Mexico District 1	Michelle Lujan Grisham	17.2%	180,032	Mike Frese
New Mexico District 2	Steve Pearce	28.9%	147777	Roxanne "Rocky" Lara
New Mexico District 3	Ben Ray Lujan	23.1%	184,076	Jefferson Byrd
New York District 10	Jerrold Nadler	68%	113,226	Ross Brady
New York District 11	Michael Grimm	12.3%	110999	Domenic Recchia
New York District 12	Carolyn Maloney	57.8%	117,420	Nick Di Iorio
New York District 13	Charles Rangel	63.8%	91,834	Daniel Vila Rivera
New York District 14	Joseph Crowley	64.7%	67372	Elizabeth Perri
New York District 15	Jose Serrano	87.9%	61,268	Eduardo Ramirez
New York District 16	Eliot Engel	43.7%	138,655	Blank/Void/Scattering
New York District 17	Nita Lowey	12.3%	181,674	Chris Day
New York District 18	Sean Maloney	1.8%	186640	Nan Hayworth
New York District 19	Chris Gibson	28.1%	210,351	Sean Eldridge
New York District 1	Lee Zeldin	8.7%	176719	Tim Bishop
New York District 20	Paul Tonko	21.7%	211,965	Jim Fischer
New York District 21	Elise Stefanik	20.5%	181,558	Aaron Woolf
New York District 22	Richard Hanna	48.1%	175372	Blank/Void/Scattering
New York District 23	Tom Reed	21.9%	195,874	Martha Robertson
New York District 24	John Katko	18.8%	203,417	Dan Maffei
New York District 25	Louise Slaughter	0.4%	196516	Mark Assini
New York District 26	Brian Higgins	34.7%	173,911	Kathy Weppner
New York District 27	Chris Collins	39.9%	215,147	Jim O'Donnell
New York District 2	Peter King	36.4%	146617	Patricia M. Maher
New York District 3	Steve Israel	9.2%	171,163	Grant Lally
New York District 4	Kathleen M. Rice	5.5%	175,305	Bruce Blakeman
New York District 5	Gregory Meeks	76.1%	94400	Allen Steinhardt
New York District 6	Grace Meng	43.2%	77306	Blank/Void/Scattering
New York District 7	Nydia Velazquez	74.3%	68,522	Jose Luis Fernandez
New York District 8	Hakeem Jeffries	74.2%	95113	Alan Bellone
New York District 9	Yvette Clarke	71.8%	101,606	Daniel Cavanagh
North Carolina District 10	Patrick T. McHenry	22%	218796	Tate MacQueen, IV
North Carolina District 11	Mark Meadows	25.8%	230,024	Tom Hill
North Carolina District 12	Alma Adams	50.7%	172,664	Vince Coakley
North Carolina District 12 Special Election	Alma Adams	50.9%	169246	Vince Coakley
North Carolina District 13	George Holding	14.6%	268,709	Brenda Cleary
North Carolina District 1	G.K. Butterfield	46.8%	210,323	Arthur Rich
North Carolina District 2	Renee Ellmers	17.7%	207,607	Clay Aiken
North Carolina District 3	Walter Jones	35.6%	205,597	Marshall Adame
North Carolina District 4	David Price	49.5%	227,362	Paul Wright
North Carolina District 5	Virginia Foxx	22%	228,252	Josh Brannon
North Carolina District 6	Mark Walker	17.3%	251070	Laura Fjeld
North Carolina District 7	David Rouzer	22.2%	226,504	Jonathan Barfield, Jr.
North Carolina District 8	Richard Hudson	29.7%	187422	Antonio Blue
North Carolina District 9	Robert Pittenger	92.5%	173,668	Shawn Eckles
North Dakota's At-Large District	Kevin Cramer	17.1%	248,670	George B. Sinner
Ohio District 10	Mike Turner	33.6%	200606	Robert Klepinger
Ohio District 11	Marcia Fudge	58.9%	172566	Mark Zetzer
Ohio District 12	Patrick Tiberi	40.4%	221081	David Tibbs
Ohio District 13	Tim Ryan	37%	175,549	Thomas Pekarek
Ohio District 14	David Joyce	30.2%	214,580	Michael Wager
Ohio District 15	Steve Stivers	32%	194621	Richard Scott Wharton
Ohio District 16	Jim Renacci	27.5%	207375	Pete Crossland
Ohio District 1	Steve Chabot	26.4%	197,383	Fred Kundrata
Ohio District 2	Brad Wenstrup	31.9%	201,111	Marek Tyszkiewicz
Ohio District 3	Joyce Beatty	28.1%	143,261	John Adams
Ohio District 4	Jim Jordan	35.3%	186072	Janet Garrett
Ohio District 5	Bob Latta	37.5%	202300	Robert Fry
Ohio District 6	Bill Johnson	19.7%	190,652	Jennifer Garrison
Ohio District 7	Bob Gibbs	100%	143959	Unopposed
Ohio District 8	John Boehner	39.8%	188330	Tom Poetter
Ohio District 9	Marcy Kaptur	35.6%	160,715	Richard May
Oklahoma District 1	Jim Bridenstine	100%	0	Unopposed
Oklahoma District 2	Markwayne Mullin	45.4%	158,407	Earl Everett
Oklahoma District 3	Frank D. Lucas	57.2%	169605	Frankie Robbins
Oklahoma District 4	Tom Cole	46.1%	166268	Bert Smith
Oklahoma District 5	Steve Russell	23.8%	159133	Al McAffrey
Oregon District 1	Suzanne Bonamici	22.8%	279253	Jason Yates
Oregon District 2	Greg Walden	44.7%	287425	Aelea Christofferson
Oregon District 3	Earl Blumenauer	52.7%	292757	James Buchal
Oregon District 4	Peter DeFazio	21%	310179	Art Robinson
Oregon District 5	Kurt Schrader	14.4%	281088	Tootie Smith
Pennsylvania District 10	Tom Marino	37.8%	180322	Scott Brion
Pennsylvania District 11	Lou Barletta	32.6%	184,692	Andy Ostrowski
Pennsylvania District 12	Keith Rothfus	18.6%	215,921	Erin McClelland
Pennsylvania District 13	Brendan Boyle	34.2%	184150	Dee Adcock
Pennsylvania District 14	Michael F. Doyle	100%	148351	Unopposed
Pennsylvania District 15	Charlie Dent	100%	128,285	Unopposed
Pennsylvania District 16	Joseph Pitts	15.4%	176,235	Tom Houghton
Pennsylvania District 17	Matt Cartwright	13.5%	165,051	David Moylan
Pennsylvania District 18	Tim Murphy	100%	166076	Unopposed
Pennsylvania District 1	Robert Brady	65.7%	158,441	Megan Rath
Pennsylvania District 2	Chaka Fattah	75.4%	206,538	Armond James
Pennsylvania District 3	Mike Kelly	21.3%	187790	Dan LaVallee
Pennsylvania District 4	Scott Perry	49.1%	197340	Linda Deliah Thompson
Pennsylvania District 5	Glenn Thompson	27.2%	180,857	Kerith Strano Taylor
Pennsylvania District 6	Ryan Costello	12.6%	212,544	Manan Trivedi
Pennsylvania District 7	Patrick Meehan	24.1%	235125	Mary Ellen Balchunis
Pennsylvania District 8	Michael G. Fitzpatrick	23.8%	222,498	Kevin Strouse
Pennsylvania District 9	Bill Shuster	27%	173,317	Alanna Hartzok
Rhode Island District 1	David Cicilline	19.3%	146353	Cormick Lynch
Rhode Island District 2	James R. Langevin	24.6%	169,904	Rhue Reis
South Carolina District 1	Mark Sanford	86.8%	127,815	Write-in
South Carolina District 2	Joe Wilson	27.2%	194,808	Phil Black
South Carolina District 3	Jeff Duncan	42.4%	164,009	Barbara Jo Mullis
South Carolina District 4	Trey Gowdy	70.1%	149049	Curtis McLaughlin
South Carolina District 5	Mick Mulvaney	21.3%	169962	Tom Adams
South Carolina District 6	James Clyburn	47%	173,432	Anthony Culler
South Carolina District 7	Tom Rice	20%	171524	Gloria Bromell Tinubu
South Dakota's At-Large District	Kristi Noem	33.1%	276,319	Corinna Robinson
Tennessee District 1	Phil Roe	79.9%	139414	Michael Salyer
Tennessee District 2	John J. Duncan, Jr.	49.9%	166707	Bob Scott
Tennessee District 3	Charles J. Fleischmann	27.8%	156,050	Mary Headrick
Tennessee District 4	Scott DesJarlais	23%	145,357	Lenda Sherrell
Tennessee District 5	Jim Cooper	26.5%	153,606	Bob Ries
Tennessee District 6	Diane Black	48.1%	162,035	Amos Powers
Tennessee District 7	Marsha Blackburn	43.2%	157850	Dan Cramer
Tennessee District 8	Stephen Lee Fincher	46.3%	172,504	Wes Bradley
Tennessee District 9	Steve Cohen	51.6%	116,471	Charlotte Bergmann
Texas District 10	Michael McCaul	28%	176460	Tawana Walter-Cadien
Texas District 11	Mike Conaway	80.5%	119574	Ryan Lange
Texas District 12	Kay Granger	45%	158730	Mark Greene
Texas District 13	Mac Thornberry	71.5%	131451	Mike Minter
Texas District 14	Randy Weber	25.8%	145,698	Donald Brown
Texas District 15	Ruben Hinojosa Sr.	10.7%	90,184	Eddie Zamora
Texas District 16	Beto O'Rourke	38.3%	73,105	Corey Roen
Texas District 17	Bill Flores	32.2%	132865	Nick Haynes
Texas District 18	Sheila Jackson Lee	47%	106010	Sean Seibert
Texas District 19	Randy Neugebauer	58.7%	115825	Neal Marchbanks
Texas District 1	Louie Gohmert	54.9%	148,560	Shirley McKellar
Texas District 20	Joaquin Castro	51.3%	87,964	Jeffrey Blunt
Texas District 21	Lamar Smith	57.1%	188,996	Antonio Diaz
Texas District 22	Pete Olson	35%	151566	Frank Briscoe
Texas District 23	Will Hurd	2.1%	115429	Pete Gallego
Texas District 24	Kenny Marchant	32.7%	144073	Patrick McGehearty
Texas District 25	Roger Williams	24%	177883	Marco Montoya
Texas District 26	Michael Burgess	65.3%	141,470	Mark Boler
Texas District 27	Blake Farenthold	29.9%	131047	Wesley Reed
Texas District 28	Henry Cuellar	68.8%	76,136	Will Aikens
Texas District 29	Gene Green	79.1%	46143	James Stanczak
Texas District 2	Ted Poe	38.3%	150026	Niko Letsos
Texas District 30	Eddie Bernice Johnson	81.2%	105,793	Max Koch, III
Texas District 31	John Carter	32.1%	143028	Louie Minor
Texas District 32	Pete Sessions	26.4%	156096	Frank Perez
Texas District 33	Marc Veasey	73%	50,592	Jason Reeves
Texas District 34	Filemon Vela	20.9%	79,877	Larry Smith
Texas District 35	Lloyd Doggett	29.2%	96,225	Susan Narvaiz
Texas District 36	Brian Babin	53.9%	133,842	Michael Cole
Texas District 3	Sam Johnson	64%	138,280	Paul Blair
Texas District 4	John Ratcliffe	100%	115,085	Unopposed
Texas District 5	Jeb Hensarling	70.7%	104,262	Ken Ashby
Texas District 6	Joe Barton	24.7%	150,996	David Cozad
Texas District 7	John Culberson	28.7%	143219	James Cargas
Texas District 8	Kevin Brady	78.6%	140013	Ken Petty
Texas District 9	Al Green	81.6%	86003	Johnny Johnson
Utah District 1	Rob Bishop	35.3%	109387	Donna McAleer
Utah District 2	Chris Stewart	27.1%	127517	Luz Robles
Utah District 3	Jason Chaffetz	49.7%	130717	Brian Wonnacott
Utah District 4	Mia Love	3.3%	128687	Doug Owens
Vermont's At-Large District	Peter Welch	33.4%	191504	Mark Donka
Virginia District 10	Barbara Comstock	16.1%	222910	John Foust
Virginia District 11	Gerald Connolly	16.5%	187805	Suzanne Scholte
Virginia District 1	Robert J. Wittman	28.5%	209621	Norm Mosher
Virginia District 2	Scott Rigell	17.6%	173060	Suzanne Patrick
Virginia District 3	Robert C. Scott	88.9%	147402	Write-in
Virginia District 4	Randy Forbes	22.6%	200,638	Elliott Fausz
Virginia District 5	Robert Hurt	25%	204945	Lawrence Gaughan
Virginia District 6	Bob Goodlatte	62.2%	179,708	Will Hammer
Virginia District 7	David Brat	23.9%	243351	Jack Trammell
Virginia District 7 Special Election	David Brat	23.9%	241313	Jack Trammell
Virginia District 8	Don Beyer	31.7%	203,076	Micah Edmond
Virginia District 9	Morgan Griffith	47.9%	162,815	William Carr
Washington District 10	Denny Heck	9.4%	181492	Joyce McDonald
Washington District 1	Suzan DelBene	10.1%	225,579	Pedro Celis
Washington District 2	Rick Larsen	21.1%	201691	B.J. Guillot
Washington District 3	Jaime Herrera Beutler	23.1%	202814	Bob Dingethal
Washington District 4	Dan Newhouse	1.6%	153,079	Clint Didier
Washington District 5	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	21.4%	223242	Joseph Pakootas
Washington District 6	Derek Kilmer	26%	224,290	Marty McClendon
Washington District 7	Jim McDermott	61.9%	251875	Craig Keller
Washington District 8	Dave Reichert	26.5%	198,744	Jason Ritchie
Washington District 9	Adam Smith	41.7%	166794	Doug Basler
West Virginia District 1	David McKinley	27.8%	143685	Glen Gainer
West Virginia, District 2	Alex Mooney	3.2%	153092	Nick Casey
West Virginia District 3	Evan Jenkins	10.7%	140,401	Nick Rahall
Wisconsin District 1	Paul Ryan	26.6%	288,170	Rob Zerban
Wisconsin District 2	Mark Pocan	36.9%	328,847	Peter Theron
Wisconsin District 3	Ron Kind	13%	275,161	Tony Kurtz
Wisconsin District 4	Gwen Moore	43.4%	254,892	Dan Sebring
Wisconsin District 5	Jim Sensenbrenner	39.1%	332,826	Chris Rockwood
Wisconsin District 6	Glenn Grothman	15.9%	299,033	Mark Harris
Wisconsin District 7	Sean Duffy	19.9%	286,603	Kelly Westlund
Wisconsin District 8	Reid Ribble	30.1%	290,048	Ron Gruett
Wyoming's At-Large District	Cynthia Lummis	45.6%	165,100	Richard Grayson

The ten most competitive U.S. House races of 2014 are listed below. Seven of the ten featured a Democratic incumbent narrowly winning re-election, two featured a Democratic incumbent who lost and one featured a Republican incumbent who lost re-election.

Arizona's 2nd

The country's most competitiveU.S. House race remained uncalled for over six weeks following the general election. Republican challengerMartha McSally was crowned the victor after a mandatory recount took place following the official canvass and certification of votes on December 1. A mere 0.1 percent, or 161 votes, separated the two candidates.^[15][16] Barber also filed a lawsuit asking a judge to force two counties to count 133 provisional ballots that were previously rejected. His campaign argued that the ballots were wrongly disqualified. However, his request was denied by a Tucson federal judge.^[17][18]

The race between Barber and McSally was a rematch of their 2012 bout, in which Barber beat McSally by under 1 percent of the vote.Arizona's 2nd District was one of a very few number of races in which the challenger raised more money than the incumbent. The race was rated a "Toss up" by bothCook Political Report andSabato's Crystal Ball.^[19][20]

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Martha McSally	50%	109,704
	Democratic	Ron BarberIncumbent	49.9%	109,543
	Write-in	Sampson U. Ramirez	0%	56
	Write-in	Sydney Dudikoff	0%	48
Total Votes				219,351
Source:Arizona Secretary of State

New York's 25th

InNew York's 25th Congressional District, incumbentLouise Slaughter (D) narrowly won re-election overMark Assini (R). Slaughter defeated Assini by 0.5 percent of the vote, or 871 votes.Assini did not concede toSlaughter until eight days after the election.^[21] With all precincts reporting, but before all absentee and affidavit ballots were counted,Slaughter had 93,053 votes toAssini's 92,471. According to two County Board of Elections commissioners, there were still around 2,000 affidavit ballots and 1,300 absentee ballots left to be counted, leaving a slim possibility that Assini could have caught up. Assini said that he would not concede until all votes had been accounted for, stating, "In all fairness to the voters, you should let the votes be counted."^[22] After many of the additional ballots were counted on November 12, Slaughter had pulled ahead slightly, 96,800 to 95,931, and Assini called Slaughter to congratulate her on her victory.^[21]

This incredibly close nature of the race was unexpected in a district that was rated a "Safe Democratic" district by bothCook Political Report andSabato's Crystal Ball.^[19][20]

U.S. House, New York District 25 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Louise SlaughterIncumbent	50.2%	96,803
	Republican	Mark Assini	49.7%	95,932
	N/A	Write-in votes	0.1%	236
Total Votes				192,971
Source:New York State Board of Elections, NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed August 30, 2021

California's 7th

InCalifornia's 7th Congressional District, incumbentAmi Bera (D) won re-election, beatingDoug Ose (R) in the general election. Bera defeated Ose by 0.8 percent of the vote, or 1,455 votes.^[23] The race remained uncalled for over two weeks following the general election.^[24]

With a total price tag of $20,721,764, the race forCalifornia's 7th Congressional District seat was the most expensiveHouse race of the 2014 election cycle. Roughly two-thirds of the total spending in the race came from outside sources, the biggest being theDCCC andNRCC.^[25] The race was rated a "Toss up" byCook Political Report and rated "Leans D" bySabato's Crystal Ball.^[19][20]

U.S. House, California District 7 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ami BeraIncumbent	50.4%	92,521
	Republican	Doug Ose	49.6%	91,066
Total Votes				183,587
Source:California Secretary of State

Florida's 2nd

InFlorida's 2nd Congressional District,Gwen Graham (D) defeated incumbentSteve Southerland (R) in the general election. Graham triumphed by 1.2 percent of the vote, or 2,834 votes.^[26]House Majority PAC, aDemocraticsuper PAC, listed Southerland as one of their top 10 targets in 2014.^[27]

With a total price tag of $14,314,722, the race forFlorida's 2nd Congressional District seat was the tenth most expensiveHouse race of the 2014 election cycle. Graham maintained a slight edge in total contributions over the incumbent heading into November.^[25] Polling showed that the race could go to either candidate. The race was rated a "Toss up" byCook Political Report and rated "Lean R" bySabato's Crystal Ball.^[19][20]

U.S. House, Florida District 2 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gwen Graham	50.5%	126,096
	Republican	Steve SoutherlandIncumbent	49.3%	123,262
	Write-in	Luther Lee	0.2%	422
Total Votes				249,780
Source:Florida Division of Elections

California's 16th

InCalifornia's 16th Congressional District, incumbentJim Costa (D) held onto his seat, defeatingJohnny Tacherra (R) in the general election. Costa won by a margin of 1.4 percent, or 1,334 votes. The race between Costa and Tacherra remained uncalled for over two weeks following the election.^[23]

California's 16th Congressional District was expected to be another easy hold for the Democratic incumbent. However, the race turned out to be much closer than anticipated, despite Costa's massive fundraising edge. The race was rated "Likely D" byCook Political Report and rated "Safe D" bySabato's Crystal Ball.^[19][20]

U.S. House, California District 16 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim CostaIncumbent	50.7%	46,277
	Republican	Johnny Tacherra	49.3%	44,943
Total Votes				91,220
Source:California Secretary of State

Minnesota's 8th

InMinnesota's 8th Congressional District, incumbentRick Nolan (D) defeated challengerStewart Mills (R) in the general election. Nolan won by a margin of 1.4 percent, or 3,732 votes.Skip Sandman, theGreen Party candidate in the race, took in 4.3 percent of the vote, over three times the margin that separated Nolan and Mills.^[28]

Minnesota's 8th Congressional District was the sixth most expensiveU.S. House race in 2014. A total of $15,927,832 was spent in the election. Of that amount, nearly 80 percent came fromsatellite spending.^[25] The race was rated a "Toss Up" by bothCook Political Report andSabato's Crystal Ball.^[19][20]

U.S. House, Minnesota District 8 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rick NolanIncumbent	48.5%	129,090
	Republican	Stewart Mills	47.1%	125,358
	Green	Skip Sandman	4.3%	11,450
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	185
Total Votes				266,083
Source:Minnesota Secretary of State

Maryland's 6th

InMaryland's 6th Congressional District, incumbentJohn Delaney (D) successfully defended against a challenge fromDan Bongino (R). Delaney beat Bongino by 1.5 percent of the vote, or 2,774 votes.^[29]

Maryland's 6th Congressional District was another race that was not expected to be competitive at all, but in which the Democratic incumbent barely held onto his seat. BothCook Political Report andSabato's Crystal Ball rated the seat as "Safely Democratic". Delaney held a substantial fundraising edge throughout the race as well.^[19][20]

U.S. House, Maryland District 6 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John DelaneyIncumbent	49.7%	94,704
	Republican	Dan Bongino	48.2%	91,930
	Green	George Gluck	2%	3,762
	Write-in	Others	0.1%	140
Total Votes				190,536
Source:Maryland Secretary of State Official Results

New York's 18th

InNew York's 18th Congressional District, incumbentSean Maloney (D) defeatedNan Hayworth (R) to retain control of his seat. Maloney won by a margin of 1.8 percent, or 3,333 votes. Third-party candidateScott Smith took in 2.3 percent of the general election vote.^[30] The race between Maloney and Hayworth was a rematch of their2012 bout, in which Maloney unseated then-incumbent Hayworth.

New York's 18th Congressional District was abattleground in 2014. Maloney held an advantage in both polling and fundraising heading into the general election. The race was rated "Lean D" byCook Political Report and rated "Likely D" bySabato's Crystal Ball.^[19][20]

U.S. House, New York District 18 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Sean MaloneyIncumbent	49.7%	88,993
	Republican	Nan Hayworth	47.8%	85,660
	Send Mr. Smith	Scott Smith	2.4%	4,294
	N/A	Write-in votes	0.1%	144
Total Votes				179,091
Source:New York State Board of Elections, NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed August 30, 2021

Texas' 23rd

InTexas' 23rd Congressional District,Will Hurd (R) unseated incumbentPete Gallego (D) in the general election. Gallego won by a margin of 2.1 percent, or 2,422 votes.Libertarian candidateRuben Corvalan took in 2.5 percent of the general election vote.^[31]

Texas' 23rd Congressional District was abattleground district that leaned Democratic in 2014. Incumbent Gallego led Hurd in fundraising totals throughout the election cycle. The race was rated "Lean D" by bothCook Political Report andSabato's Crystal Ball.^[19][20]

U.S. House, Texas District 23 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Will Hurd	49.8%	57,459
	Democratic	Pete GallegoIncumbent	47.7%	55,037
	Libertarian	Ruben Corvalan	2.5%	2,933
Total Votes				115,429
Source:Texas Secretary of State

Iowa's 1st

InIowa's 1st Congressional District, RepublicanRod Blum defeated state Rep.Patrick Murphy. Blum won by a margin of 2.3 percent, or 6,617 votes.^[32]

The seat was left open and vulnerable following former Rep.Bruce Braley's decision to run forU.S. Senate. The race was rated "Likely D" by bothCook Political Report andSabato's Crystal Ball.^[19][20]

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Pat Murphy	48.8%	141,145
	Republican	Rod Blum	51.1%	147,762
	Write-in	Other	0.1%	399
Total Votes				289,306
Source:Iowa Secretary of State Official Results

See also

• United States Congress elections, 2014
• United States Senate elections, 2014
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2014

Footnotes