2014 United States House of Representatives elections

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All 435 seats in theUnited States House of Representatives[a] 218 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	36.4% 15.6pp
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 3.6pp 3.3pp
Results:      Democratic hold     Democratic gain      Republican hold     Republican gain
Speaker before election John Boehner Republican ElectedSpeaker John Boehner Republican

The2014 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2014, in the middle of PresidentBarack Obama's second term in office. Elections were held for all 435 seats of theHouse of Representatives, representing the 50states. Elections were also held for thenon-voting delegates from theDistrict of Columbia and four of the fiveterritories. The winners of these elections served in the114th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the2010 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 since1928 due to a sizeable Republican wave.^[2] Combined with the Republican gains made in2010, the total number of Democratic-held House seats lost underBarack Obama's presidency inmidterm 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 sinceHarry S. Truman.^[3] With 36.4% of eligible voters voting, thevoter turnout was the lowest since1942.^[4]

As of 2024, this is the last congressional election in which Democrats won a House seat inNebraska, the last time Republicans won a House seat inNew Hampshire, and the last time Republicans won more than one House seat in theNew England region.

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:NBC News exit poll^[5]

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 aNonpartisan blanket primary to Jamie Mayo (D) andRalph Abraham (R). Abraham then won the runoff. Republican hold.
2. Massachusetts 6:John F. Tierney (D) lost renomination toSeth Moulton (D), who then won the general election. Democratic hold.
3. Michigan 11:Kerry Bentivolio (R) lost renomination toDavid Trott (R),^[46] who then won the general election. Republican hold.
4. Texas 4:Ralph Hall (R), lost renomination toJohn Ratcliffe (R),^[47] who then won the general election. Republican hold.
5. Virginia 7:Eric Cantor (R) lost renomination toDave Brat (R),^[48] who then won the general election. Republican hold.

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

Twelve Democrats lost re-election to Republicans.

1. Arizona 2:Ron Barber (D) lost toMartha McSally (R).
2. Florida 26:Joe Garcia (D) lost toCarlos Curbelo (R).
3. Georgia 12:John Barrow (D) lost toRick W. Allen (R).
4. Illinois 10:Brad Schneider (D) lost toBob Dold (R).
5. Illinois 12:Bill Enyart (D) lost toMike Bost (R).
6. Nevada 4:Steven Horsford (D) lost toCresent Hardy (R).
7. New Hampshire 1:Carol Shea-Porter (D) lost toFrank Guinta (R).
8. New York 1:Tim Bishop (D) lost toLee Zeldin (R).
9. New York 24:Dan Maffei (D) lost toJohn Katko (R).
10. Texas 23:Pete Gallego (D) lost toWill Hurd (R).
11. West Virginia 3:Nick Rahall (D) lost toEvan Jenkins (R).
12. American Samoa:Eni Faleomavaega (D) lost toAmata Coleman Radewagen (R).

Two Republicans lost re-election to Democrats.

1. Florida 2:Steve Southerland (R) lost toGwen Graham (D).
2. Nebraska 2:Lee Terry (R) lost toBrad 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 byRod Blum (R).
2. Maine 2:Mike Michaud (D) retired to run for Governor of Maine. Seat won byBruce Poliquin (R).
3. New York 21:Bill Owens (D) retired. Seat won byElise Stefanik (R).
4. North Carolina 7:Mike McIntyre (D) retired. Seat won byDavid Rouzer (R).
5. Utah 4:Jim Matheson (D) retired. Seat won byMia Love (R).

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

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

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

North Carolina's 13th was the tipping point seat.

Five special elections were held in 2014.

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