2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama

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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama
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  2012 November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 2016  

All 7 Alabama seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election61
Seats won61
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote704,533331,764
Percentage65.18%30.69%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.38%Decrease2.svg 5.18%

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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected the 7 U.S. representatives from the state of Alabama. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including the Governor of Alabama.

Contents

Primary elections were held on June 3, 2014. Primary runoffs, necessary if no candidate won a majority of the vote, were held on July 15.

Overview

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

District Republican Democratic OthersTotalResult
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 1 103,75868.16%48,27831.71%1980.13%152,234100.0%Republican hold
District 2 113,10367.34%54,69232.56%1570.09%167,952100.0%Republican hold
District 3 103,55863.72%52,81636.22%2460.06%156,620100.0%Republican hold
District 4 132,83198.57%00.00%1,9211.43%134,752100.0%Republican hold
District 5 115,33874.42%00.00%39,63625.58%154,974100.0%Republican hold
District 6 135,94576.18%42,29123.70%2130.12%178,449100.0%Republican hold
District 7 00.00%133,68798.37%2,2121.63%135,899100.0%Democratic hold
Total704,53365.18%331,76430.69%44,5834.13%1,080,880100.0%

District 1

Republican incumbent Bradley Byrne, who had represented the district since a December 2013 special election, [2] ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Burton LeFlore, real estate agent and nominee for this seat in 2013

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [3] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [4] Safe ROctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5] Safe ROctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe RNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [6] Safe RNovember 4, 2014

Campaign

Byrne was originally believed to be running for re-election unopposed, but LeFlore managed to qualify. [7] [8]

Results

Alabama's 1st congressional district, 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bradley Byrne (incumbent) 103,758 68.2
Democratic Burton LeFlore48,27831.7
n/a Write-ins1980.1
Total votes152,234 100.0
Republican hold

District 2

Republican incumbent Martha Roby, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Erick Wright [7]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [3] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [4] Safe ROctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5] Safe ROctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe RNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [6] Safe RNovember 4, 2014

Results

Alabama's 2nd congressional district, 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Martha Roby (incumbent) 113,103 67.3
Democratic Erick Wright54,69232.6
n/a Write-ins1570.1
Total votes167,952 100.0
Republican hold

District 3

Republican incumbent Mike Rogers, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Thomas Casson

Results

Republican primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Rogers (incumbent) 50,372 75.9
Republican Thomas Casson15,99924.1
Total votes66,371 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Jesse T. Smith, U.S. Army veteran [7]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [3] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [4] Safe ROctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5] Safe ROctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe RNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [6] Safe RNovember 4, 2014

Results

Alabama's 3rd congressional district, 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike D. Rogers (incumbent) 103,558 66.1
Democratic Jesse Smith52,81633.7
n/a Write-ins2460.2
Total votes156,620 100.0
Republican hold

District 4

Republican incumbent Robert Aderholt, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Withdrawn
  • Thomas E. Drake II

Democratic primary

No Democrats filed for the office. [7]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [3] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [4] Safe ROctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5] Safe ROctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe RNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [6] Safe RNovember 4, 2014

Results

Alabama's 4th congressional district, 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert Aderholt (incumbent) 132,831 98.6
n/a Write-ins1,9211.4
Total votes134,752 100.0
Republican hold

District 5

Republican incumbent Mo Brooks, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Brooks had defeated the then incumbent Democrat-turned-Republican Parker Griffith, in the 2010 Republican primary and again in 2012. Supporters of Griffith circulated petitions to get him on the ballot as an independent. [11] He considered doing so, but instead re-joined the Democratic Party and ran for Governor.

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Jerry Hill
Declined

Results

Republican primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mo Brooks (incumbent) 49,117 80.3
Republican Jerry Hill12,03819.7
Total votes61,155 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

No Democrats filed to run.

Declined

General election

Mark Bray challenged Brooks as an independent candidate, [12] with Reggie Hill running as a write-in candidate. [13]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [3] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [4] Safe ROctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5] Safe ROctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe RNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [6] Safe RNovember 4, 2014

Results

Alabama's 5th congressional district, 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mo Brooks (incumbent) 115,338 74.4
Independent Mark Bray39,00525.2
n/a Write-ins6310.4
Total votes154,974 100.0
Republican hold

District 6

Republican incumbent Spencer Bachus, who had represented the 6th district since 1993, did not run for re-election. [14]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Gary Palmer, president of the conservative think tank Alabama Policy Institute [7]
Eliminated in primary
Declined

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Scott
Beason
Will
Brooke
Paul
DeMarco
Chad
Mathis
Gary
Palmer
Tom
Vignuelle
Undecided
Cygnal [19] May 201412%11%20%17%18%3%19%
JMC Analytics (R-Mathis) [20] April 15 & 17, 2014445± 4.6%9%10%15%16%4%2%44%

Results

Republican primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul DeMarco 30,894 32.7
Republican Gary Palmer 18,655 19.7
Republican Scott Beason14,45115.3
Republican Chad Mathis14,42015.3
Republican Will Brooke13,13013.9
Republican Tom Vigneulle2,3972.5
Republican Robert Shattuck5870.5
Total votes94,534 100.0

DeMarco and Palmer advanced to a July 15 runoff election to decide the Republican primary. [21]

Runoff

Polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Paul
DeMarco
Gary
Palmer
Undecided
Cygnal [19] July 7–8, 2014647± 3.84%29%60%11%
Results
Republican primary runoff results [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gary Palmer 47,491 63.5
Republican Paul DeMarco27,29536.5
Total votes74,786 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Avery Vise, businessman

General election

Campaign

Palmer faced Democrat Mark Lester, a professor at Birmingham-Southern College who replaced original nominee Avery Vise. [8] [23]

Robert Shattuck, who lost in the Republican primary, ran as a write-in candidate. [24]

Libertarian Aimee Love had been running, but the Alabama Libertarian Party was unable to secure ballot access for federal elections.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [3] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [4] Safe ROctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5] Safe ROctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe RNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [6] Safe RNovember 4, 2014

Results

Alabama's 6th congressional district, 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gary Palmer 135,945 76.2
Democratic Mark Lester42,29123.7
n/a Write-ins2130.1
Total votes178,449 100.0
Republican hold

District 7

Democratic incumbent Terri Sewell, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Tamara Harris Johnson, former Birmingham City Attorney

Results

Democratic primary results [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Terri Sewell (incumbent) 74,953 83.9
Democratic Tamara Harris Johnson14,37416.1
Total votes89,327 100.0

Republican primary

No Republicans filed to run for the office. [7]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [3] Safe DNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [4] Safe DOctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5] Safe DOctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe DNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [6] Safe DNovember 4, 2014

Results

Alabama's 7th congressional district, 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Terri Sewell (incumbent) 133,687 98.4
n/a Write-ins2,2121.6
Total votes135,899 100.0
Democratic hold

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