2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi

2014 Mississippi's 2nd congressional district election
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	Results by county ; Thompson: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%; Ray: 40-50%
U.S. Representative before election; Bennie Thompson ; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative; Bennie Thompson ; Democratic

2014 Mississippi's 1st congressional district election
← 2012 2015 (special) →
	Results by county ; Nunnelee: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%; Dickey: 40-50%
U.S. Representative before election; Alan Nunnelee ; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative; Alan Nunnelee ; Republican

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi
All 4 Mississippi seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 60–70%	Democratic 60–70%

Last updated October 31, 2023

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the four members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Mississippi, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections, including a Senate election in Mississippi.

Overview

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi^[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	329,169	52.56%	3	-
	Democratic	230,014	36.73%	1	-
	Reform	14,897	2.38%	0	-
	Libertarian	7,303	1.17%	0	-
	Independents	44,896	7.17%	0	-
Totals		626,279	100.00%	4	—

District

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi by district:^[2]

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	102,622	67.91%	43,713	28.93%	4,776	3.16%	151,111	100%	Republican hold
District 2	0	0.00%	100,688	67.74%	47,958	32.26%	148,646	100%	Democratic hold
District 3	117,771	68.89%	47,744	27.93%	5,431	3.18%	170,946	100%	Republican hold
District 4	108,776	69.92%	37,869	24.34%	8,931	5.74%	155,576	100%	Republican hold
Total	329,169	52.56%	230,014	36.73%	67,096	10.71%	626,279	100%

District 1

Incumbent Republican Alan Nunnelee, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 60% of the vote in 2012 and the district had a PVI of R+16.

Republican primary

Nunnelee was the only Congressman in Mississippi who did not face a primary opponent in 2014.^[3]

Candidates

Nominee

Alan Nunnelee, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan Nunnelee (incumbent)	56,550	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Ron Dickey

Eliminated in primary

Rex Weathers, candidate for this seat in 1992 and 1996 and the nominee for this seat in 1998 and 2002 ^[3]

Results

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ron Dickey	9,741	66.0
	Democratic	Rex Weathers	5,022	34.0
Total votes			14,763	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

Danny Bedwell, chair of the Mississippi Libertarian Party

General results

Results

Mississippi's 1st congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan Nunnelee (incumbent)	102,622	67.9
	Democratic	Ron Dickey	43,713	28.9
	Libertarian	Danny Bedwell	3,830	2.6
	Reform	Lajena Walley	946	0.6
Total votes			151,111	100.0
	Republican hold

Aftermath

Nunnelee died on February 6, 2015, shortly after starting his third term in office.^[6]

District 2

Incumbent Democrat Bennie Thompson, who had represented the district since 1993, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 67% of the vote in 2012 and the district had a PVI of D+13.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bennie Thompson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Damien Fairconetue

Results

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bennie Thompson (incumbent)	41,618	95.7
	Democratic	Damien Fairconetue	1,860	4.3
Total votes			43,478	100.0

Republican primary

No Republicans filed to run for the seat^[3]

General results

Results

Mississippi's 2nd congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bennie Thompson (incumbent)	100,688	67.8
	Independent	Troy Ray	36,465	24.5
	Reform	Shelley Shoemake	11,493	7.7
Total votes			148,646	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 3

2014 Mississippi's 3rd congressional district election

← 2012

2016 →


Nominee	Gregg Harper	Doug Magee
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	117,771	47,744
Percentage	68.9%	27.9%

Results by county
Harper: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%
Magee: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%

U.S. Representative before election

Gregg Harper
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Gregg Harper
Republican

Incumbent Republican Gregg Harper, who had represented the district since 2009, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 80% of the vote in 2012 and the district had a PVI of R+14.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Gregg Harper, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Hardy Caraway, Independent candidate for the 2nd district in 1984 and nominee for the 2nd district in 2000

Results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Harper (incumbent)	85,674	92.2
	Republican	Hardy Caraway	7,258	7.8
Total votes			92,932	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Doug Magee, Republican candidate for the 4th district in 1988

Eliminated in primary

Jim Liljeberg, high school maths teacher
Dennis Quinn^[3]

Results

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doug Magee	7,738	48.2
	Democratic	Dennis Quinn	5,820	36.3
	Democratic	Jim Liljeberg	2,490	15.5
Total votes			16,048	100.0

Runoff results

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doug Magee	4,925	52.5
	Democratic	Dennis Quinn	4,462	47.5
Total votes			9,387	100.0

General results

Results

Mississippi's 3rd congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Harper (incumbent)	117,771	68.9
	Democratic	Doug Magee	47,744	27.9
	Independent	Roger Gerrard	3,890	2.3
	Reform	Barbara Dale Washer	1,541	0.9
Total votes			170,946	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

2014 Mississippi's 4th congressional district election

← 2012

2016 →


Nominee	Steven Palazzo	Matthew Moore
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	108,776	37,869
Percentage	69.9%	24.3%

Results by county

Palazzo: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%

Moore: 40-50%

U.S. Representative before election

Steven Palazzo
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Steven Palazzo
Republican

Incumbent Republican Steven Palazzo, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 64% of the vote in 2012 and the district had a PVI of R+21.

Republican primary

Palazzo was first elected in 2010, defeating Democratic incumbent Gene Taylor. He was targeted by the Club for Growth.^[7] Taylor, who served in the U.S. House from 1989 to 2011, had switched parties, and ran for the seat as a Republican.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Candidates

Nominee

Steven Palazzo, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Tom Carter, business executive
Tavish Kelly
Gene Taylor, former U.S. Representative
Ron Vincent, Tea Party activist, retired engineer and candidate for this seat in 2012 ^[3]

Declined

Chris McDaniel, state senator (running for the Senate)^[11]

Results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Palazzo (incumbent)	54,268	50.5
	Republican	Gene Taylor	46,133	43.0
	Republican	Tom Carter	4,955	4.6
	Republican	Tavish Kelly	1,129	1.1
	Republican	Ron Vincent	904	0.8
Total votes			107,389	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Matthew Moore, honours student at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and nominee for this seat 2012

Eliminated in primary

Trish Causey^[3]

Results

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt Moore	6,355	55.7
	Democratic	Trish Causey	5,063	44.3
Total votes			16,048	100.0

General results

Results

Mississippi's 4th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Palazzo (incumbent)	108,776	69.9
	Democratic	Matt Moore	37,869	24.3
	Independent	Cindy Burleson	3,684	2.4
	Libertarian	Joey Robinson	3,473	2.2
	Reform	Eli Jackson	917	0.6
	Independent	Ed Reich	857	0.6
Total votes			155,576	100.0
	Republican hold

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↑ "Alan Nunnelee, G.O.P. House Member from Mississippi, Dies at 56". The New York Times . February 7, 2015.
↑ Jaffe, Alexandra (February 27, 2013). "Club for Growth targeting 9 'RINO' Republicans for primary challenges - The Hill's Ballot Box". The Hill . Retrieved October 18, 2013.
↑ Hampton, Paul (February 28, 2014). "Gene Taylor, now Republican, will seek to reclaim seat from Palazzo". Sun Herald. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
↑ Hampton, Paul. "Former Mississippi Congressman Taylor considers a rematch against Palazzo | Politics". Sun Herald. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
↑ Ostermeier, Eric (October 21, 2013). "Gene Taylor Contemplating Rare Comeback in Mississippi". Smart Politics.
↑ Local News | Hattiesburg American | hattiesburgamerican.com

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[7] Jaffe, Alexandra (February 27, 2013). "Club for Growth targeting 9 'RINO' Republicans for primary challenges - The Hill's Ballot Box". The Hill . Retrieved October 18, 2013.

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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi

Contents

Overview

District

District 1

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

General results

Results

Aftermath

District 2

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

Republican primary

General results

Results

District 3

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

Runoff results

General results

Results

District 4

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

General results

Results

Related Research Articles

References

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