2014 United States House of Representatives election ratings

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2014 United States House of Representatives election ratings
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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2014, with early voting taking place in some states in the weeks preceding that date. Voters chose representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states. Non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five inhabited U.S. territories [lower-alpha 1] were also elected. These midterm elections took place nearly halfway through the second term of Democratic President Barack Obama. The winners served in the 114th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States census. On Election Day, Republicans had held a House majority since January 2011 as a result of the 2010 elections.

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Election ratings

Several sites and individuals publish ratings of competitive seats. The seats listed below were considered competitive (not "safe" or "solid") by at least one of the rating groups. These ratings are based upon factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan history of the district (the Cook Partisan Voting Index is one example of this metric). Each rating describes the likelihood of a given outcome in the election.

Incumbents not running for re-election have parentheses around their names, while incumbents with a caret (^) sought re-election, but were defeated in the primary election. Note that safeness of a district is not necessarily a prediction as to outcome.

Most election ratings use:

District CPVI IncumbentPrevious
result
Cook
November 3, 2014 [1]
Rothenberg
October 29, 2014 [2]
Sabato
October 30, 2014 [3]
RCP
November 2, 2014 [4]
Daily Kos
November 4, 2014 [5]
Winner
Alaska at-large R+12 Don Young (R)63.9% RSafe RSafe RLikely RLikely RLikely R Don Young (R)
Arizona 1 R+4 Ann Kirkpatrick (D)48.8% DTossupTossupLean R (flip)TossupTossup Ann Kirkpatrick (D)
Arizona 2 R+3 Ron Barber (D)50.4% DTossupTossupLean DTossupTossup Martha McSally (R)
Arizona 9 R+1 Kyrsten Sinema (D)48.5% DLean DLikely DLikely DLikely DLean D Kyrsten Sinema (D)
Arkansas 2 R+8 Timothy Griffin (R) (retiring) [lower-alpha 2] 55.2% RTossupTilt RLean RTossupTossup French Hill (R)
Arkansas 4 R+15 Tom Cotton (R) (retiring) [lower-alpha 3] 59.5% RLean RLikely RLean RTossupLean R Bruce Westerman (R)
California 3 D+3 John Garamendi (D)53.7% DLikely DSafe DSafe DLikely DLikely D John Garamendi (D)
California 7 EVEN Ami Bera (D)51.1% DTossupTossupLean R (flip)TossupTossup Ami Bera (D)
California 9 D+6 Jerry McNerney (D)54.1% DSafe DSafe DSafe DLikely DSafe D Jerry McNerney (D)
California 21 D+2 David Valadao (R)59.9% RLean RLikely RLikely RLean RLean R David Valadao (R)
California 24 D+4 Lois Capps (D)54.8% DLikely DLikely DLikely DLikely DLikely D Lois Capps (D)
California 26 D+4 Julia Brownley (D)51.7% DTossupLean DLean DTossupTossup Julia Brownley (D)
California 31 D+5 Gary Miller (R) (retiring)55.2% RLean D (flip)Lean D (flip)Lean D (flip)Lean D (flip)Lean D (flip) Pete Aguilar (D)
California 36 R+1 Raul Ruiz (D)51.4% DLean DSafe DLean DLean DLean D Raul Ruiz (D)
California 52 D+2 Scott Peters (D)50.2% DTossupTossupLean DTossupTossup Scott Peters (D)
Colorado 6 D+1 Mike Coffman (R)48.7% RLean RTilt RLean RTossupTilt R Mike Coffman (R)
Connecticut 5 D+3 Elizabeth Esty (D)51.5% DLikely DSafe DLikely DLikely DLikely D Elizabeth Esty (D)
Florida 2 R+6 Steve Southerland (R)52.7% RTossupTossupLean D (flip)TossupTossup Gwen Graham (D)
Florida 18 R+3 Patrick Murphy (D)50.3% DLikely DSafe DLikely DLean DLean D Patrick Murphy (D)
Florida 26 R+1 Joe Garcia (D)53.6% DTossupTilt R (flip)Lean R (flip)TossupTossup Carlos Curbelo (R)
Georgia 12 R+9 John Barrow (D)53.7% DTossupLean DLean DTossupTossup Rick Allen (R)
Hawaii 1 D+18 Colleen Hanabusa (D) (retiring) [lower-alpha 3] 54.6% DLean DLean DLean DTossupLean D Mark Takai (D)
Illinois 8 D+8 Tammy Duckworth (D)54.7% DLikely DSafe DSafe DSafe DSafe D Tammy Duckworth (D)
Illinois 10 D+8 Brad Schneider (D)50.5% DTossupTossupLean R (flip)TossupTossup Robert Dold (R)
Illinois 11 D+8 Bill Foster (D)58.1% DLikely DSafe DLikely DLean DLikely D Bill Foster (D)
Illinois 12 EVEN Bill Enyart (D)51.5% DTossupTilt R (flip)Lean R (flip)TossupTossup Mike Bost (R)
Illinois 13 EVEN Rodney Davis (R)46.6% RLikely RSafe RLikely RLean RLikely R Rodney Davis (R)
Illinois 17 D+7 Cheri Bustos (D)53.3% DLean DLikely DLikely DLean DLean D Cheri Bustos (D)
Indiana 2 R+6 Jackie Walorski (R)49.0% RSafe RSafe RLikely RLikely RSafe R Jackie Walorski (R)
Iowa 1 D+5 Bruce Braley (D) (retiring) [lower-alpha 3] 56.9% DTossupTossupLean DTossupTossup Rod Blum (R)
Iowa 2 D+4 Dave Loebsack (D)55.6% DLean DLean DLean DLean DLean D David Loebsack (D)
Iowa 3 EVEN Tom Latham (R) (retiring)52.3% RTossupTossupLean RTossupTossup David Young (R)
Iowa 4 R+5 Steve King (R)53.2% RSafe RSafe RSafe RLikely RLikely R Steve King (R)
Kansas 2 R+8 Lynn Jenkins (R)57.0% RLikely RSafe RLikely RLikely RLikely R Lynn Jenkins (R)
Kansas 3 R+6 Kevin Yoder (R)68.4% RLikely RSafe RLikely RLikely RSafe R Kevin Yoder (R)
Maine 2 D+2 Mike Michaud (D) (retiring) [lower-alpha 4] 58.1% DLean DLean DLean DTossupLean D Bruce Poliquin (R)
Maryland 6 D+4 John Delaney (D)58.8% DLikely DSafe DSafe DLikely DLikely D John Delaney (D)
Massachusetts 6 D+4 John F. Tierney (D) (lost renomination)48.3% DLean DTilt DLean DLean DTilt D Seth Moulton (D)
Massachusetts 9 D+5 Bill Keating (D)58.3% DLikely DLikely DLikely DLean DLikely D Bill Keating (D)
Michigan 1 R+5 Dan Benishek (R)48.2% RLikely RLikely RLikely RLean RLean R Dan Benishek (R)
Michigan 4 R+5 Dave Camp (R) (retiring)63.1% RSafe RSafe RSafe RLikely RSafe R John Moolenaar (R)
Michigan 6 R+1 Fred Upton (R)54.6% RLikely RSafe RSafe RSafe RLikely R Fred Upton (R)
Michigan 7 R+3 Tim Walberg (R)53.3% RSafe RSafe RLikely RLikely RLikely R Tim Walberg (R)
Michigan 8 R+2 Mike Rogers (R) (retiring)58.6% RSafe RSafe RLikely RLikely RLikely R Mike Bishop (R)
Michigan 11 R+4 Kerry Bentivolio (R) (lost renomination) [lower-alpha 5] [6] 50.7% RLikely RSafe RSafe RSafe RLikely R Dave Trott
Minnesota 1 R+1 Tim Walz (D)57.6% DLikely DSafe DSafe DSafe DSafe D Tim Walz (D)
Minnesota 7 R+6 Collin Peterson (D)60.4% DLean DLean DLean DLean DTossup Collin Peterson (D)
Minnesota 8 D+1 Rick Nolan (D)54.5% DTossupTossupLean R (flip)TossupTossup Rick Nolan (D)
Montana at-large R+7 Steve Daines (R) (retiring) [lower-alpha 3] 53.2% RLikely RSafe RLikely RLikely RSafe R Ryan Zinke (R)
Nebraska 2 R+4 Lee Terry (R)51.2% RTossupTilt D (flip)Lean D (flip)TossupTilt D (flip) Brad Ashford (D)
Nevada 3 EVEN Joe Heck (R)50.4% RLikely RSafe RSafe RLikely RSafe R Joe Heck (R)
Nevada 4 D+4 Steven Horsford (D)50.1% DLean DLikely DLean DLean DTilt D Cresent Hardy (R)
New Hampshire 1 R+1 Carol Shea-Porter (D)49.7% DTossupTilt DLean R (flip)TossupTossup Frank Guinta (R)
New Hampshire 2 D+3 Ann McLane Kuster (D)50.2% DLean DLean DLean DTossupLean D Ann McLane Kuster (D)
New Jersey 3 R+1 Jon Runyan (R) (retiring)53.8% RLean RLean RLean RLean RLean R Tom MacArthur (R)
New Jersey 5 R+4 Scott Garrett (R)55.5% RLikely RSafe RSafe RLikely RSafe R Scott Garrett (R)
New York 1 R+2 Tim Bishop (D)52.2% DTossupTossupLean R (flip)TossupTossup Lee Zeldin (R)
New York 4 D+3 Carolyn McCarthy (D) (retiring)61.8% DLikely DSafe DSafe DLikely DLikely D Kathleen Rice (D)
New York 11 R+2 Michael Grimm (R)52.8% RLean RTilt RLean RTossupLean R Michael Grimm (R)
New York 18 EVEN Sean Patrick Maloney (D)51.7% DTossupTilt DLean DLean DLean D Sean Patrick Maloney (D)
New York 19 D+1 Chris Gibson (R)53.4% RLikely RSafe RLikely RLikely RLikely R Chris Gibson (R)
New York 21 EVEN Bill Owens (D) (retiring)50.2% DLikely R (flip)Safe R (flip)Likely R (flip)Lean R (flip)Likely R (flip) Elise Stefanik (R)
New York 23 R+3 Tom Reed (R)52.1% RSafe RSafe RLikely RLikely RLikely R Tom Reed (R)
New York 24 D+5 Dan Maffei (D)48.4% DTossupTilt DLean DTossupTossup John Katko (R)
North Carolina 7 R+12 Mike McIntyre (D) (retiring)50.1% DLikely R (flip)Safe R (flip)Safe R (flip)Safe R (flip)Safe R (flip) David Rouzer (R)
North Dakota at-large R+10 Kevin Cramer (R)54.9% RLikely RSafe RLikely RSafe RLikely R Kevin Cramer (R)
Ohio 6 R+8 Bill Johnson (R)53.3% RSafe RSafe RSafe RLikely RSafe R Bill Johnson (R)
Ohio 14 R+4 David Joyce (R)54.3% RSafe RSafe RSafe RLikely RSafe R David Joyce (R)
Pennsylvania 6 R+2 Jim Gerlach (R) (retiring)57.1% RLikely RLikely RSafe RLikely RSafe R Ryan Costello (R)
Texas 23 R+3 Pete Gallego (D)50.3% DLean DLean DLean DLean DLean D Will Hurd (R)
Utah 4 R+16 Jim Matheson (D) (retiring)49.3% DLikely R (flip)Safe R (flip)Likely R (flip)Safe R (flip)Likely R (flip) Mia Love (R)
Virginia 10 R+2 Frank Wolf (R) (retiring)58.8% RLean RLean RLean RTossupLean R Barbara Comstock (R)
Washington 1 D+4 Suzan DelBene (D)53.6% DLikely DSafe DSafe DLikely DSafe D Suzan DelBene (D)
West Virginia 2 R+11 Shelley Moore Capito (R) (retiring) [lower-alpha 3] 69.8% RTossupTilt RLean RTossupLean R Alex Mooney (R)
West Virginia 3 R+14 Nick Rahall (D)53.9% DTossupTossupLean R (flip)TossupTilt R (flip) Evan Jenkins (R)
Wisconsin 6 R+5 Tom Petri (R) (retiring)62.1% RLikely RSafe RSafe RLikely RLikely R Glenn Grothman (R)
Wisconsin 7 R+2 Sean Duffy (R)56.1% RSafe RSafe RSafe RLikely RSafe R Sean Duffy (R)
Overall R - 228
D - 182
25 tossups
R - 235
D - 189
11 tossups
R - 243
D - 192
R - 226
D - 179
30 tossups
R - 227
D -190
18 tossups
R - 247
D - 188

Notes

  1. Not including the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, who serves a four-year term.
  2. Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Retired to run for senate
  4. Retired to run for Governor
  5. Ran as a Write-In in the General Election

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