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United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2014

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2014 U.S. House Elections in Virginia

Primary Date
June 10, 2014

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2014 U.S. Senate Elections

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The2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections inVirginia took place onNovember 4, 2014. Voterselected 11 candidates to serve in theU.S. House, one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts.

Candidate Filing DeadlinePrimary ElectionGeneral Election
March 27, 2014
June 10, 2014
November 4, 2014

Primary: Aprimary 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. Virginia utilizes anopen primary process in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, seethis article.

Voter registration: Voters had to register tovote in the primary by February 10, 2014. For thegeneral election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014 (22 days before election).[2]

See also:Virginia elections, 2014


Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held 8 of the 11 congressional seats fromVirginia.

Members of the U.S. House from Virginia -- Partisan Breakdown
PartyAs of November 2014After the 2014 Election
    Democratic Party33
    Republican Party88
Total1111

Incumbents

Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the 11 congressional districts were:

NamePartyDistrict
Robert J. WittmanEnds.pngRepublican1
Scott RigellEnds.pngRepublican2
Robert C. ScottElectiondot.pngDemocratic3
Randy ForbesEnds.pngRepublican4
Robert HurtEnds.pngRepublican5
Bob GoodlatteEnds.pngRepublican6
Eric CantorEnds.pngRepublican7
Jim MoranElectiondot.pngDemocratic8
Morgan GriffithEnds.pngRepublican9
Frank WolfEnds.pngRepublican10
Gerald ConnollyElectiondot.pngDemocratic11

Margin of victory for winners

There were a total of 11 seats up for election in 2014 in Virginia. The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the two candidates who received the most votes. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100 percent.

DistrictWinnerMargin of VictoryTotal VoteTop Opponent
Virginia District 10Republican PartyBarbara Comstock16.1%222,910John Foust
Virginia District 11Democratic PartyGerald Connolly16.5%187,805Suzanne Scholte
Virginia District 1Republican PartyRobert J. Wittman28.5%209,621Norm Mosher
Virginia District 2Republican PartyScott Rigell17.6%173,060Suzanne Patrick
Virginia District 3Democratic PartyRobert C. Scott88.9%147,402Write-in
Virginia District 4Republican PartyRandy Forbes22.6%200,638Elliott Fausz
Virginia District 5Republican PartyRobert Hurt25%204,945Lawrence Gaughan
Virginia District 6Republican PartyBob Goodlatte62.2%179,708Will Hammer
Virginia District 7Republican PartyDavid Brat23.9%243,351Jack Trammell
Virginia District 7 Special ElectionRepublican PartyDavid Brat23.9%241,313Jack Trammell
Virginia District 8Democratic PartyDon Beyer31.7%203,076Micah Edmond
Virginia District 9Republican PartyMorgan Griffith47.9%162,815William Carr

Candidates

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1st Congressional District

General election candidates


Republican PartyJune 10, 2014, Republican primary

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2nd Congressional District

General election candidates

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3rd Congressional District

General election candidates

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4th Congressional District

General election candidates

5th Congressional District

General election candidates


Republican PartyMay 22, 2014, Republican Candidate Announcement

Democratic PartyMay 31, 2014, Democratic Convention

Third Party candidates


6th Congressional District

General election candidates

Failed to file


7th Congressional District

General election candidates


Republican PartyJune 10, 2014, Republican primary


Libertarian PartyLibertarian candidate

Failed to file


8th Congressional District

General election candidates


Republican PartyRepublican convention results

Democratic PartyJune 10, 2014, Democratic primary

Grey.pngThird Party Candidates

Failed to file

Withdrew prior to primary

Potential candidates

  • Democratic Party Walter Tejada: Arlington County Board member[37]


9th Congressional District

General election candidates

Failed to file

10th Congressional District

General election candidates

April 26, 2014, Republican primary results[60]

Failed to file

Withdrew from race

Declined to run


11th Congressional District

General election candidates

Failed to file


See also

External links

Footnotes

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