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The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Nebraska were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect 3 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Nebraska, one from each of the state's three congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including the governor of Nebraska and a United States senator. Primary elections to determine candidates in the general election were held on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. The members elected at this election will serve in the 114th Congress.
Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska by district: [1]
District | Republican | Democratic | Others | Total | Result | ||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
District 1 | 123,219 | 68.82% | 55,838 | 31.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 179,057 | 100% | Republican hold |
District 2 | 78,157 | 45.57% | 83,872 | 48.90% | 9,480 | 5.53% | 171,509 | 100% | Democratic gain |
District 3 | 139,440 | 75.39% | 45,524 | 24.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 184,964 | 100% | Republican hold |
Total | 340,816 | 63.64% | 185,234 | 34.59% | 9,480 | 1.77% | 535,530 | 100% |
Elections in Nebraska |
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![]() County Results Fortenberry: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1st district encompasses most of the eastern quarter of the state and almost completely envelops the 2nd district. It includes the state capital, Lincoln, as well as the cities of Fremont, Columbus, Norfolk, Beatrice and South Sioux City. Incumbent Republican Jeff Fortenberry, who has represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 68% of the vote in 2012 and the district had a PVI of R+10.
Fortenberry considered running for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Republican Mike Johanns, but ultimately announced that he would not do so and would instead seek re-election. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jeff Fortenberry (incumbent) | 63,448 | 86.0 | |
Republican | Jessica L. Turek | 5,892 | 8.0 | |
Republican | Dennis L. Parker | 4,390 | 6.0 | |
Total votes | 73,730 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dennis P. Crawford | 24,031 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jeff Fortenberry (incumbent) | 123,219 | 68.8 | |
Democratic | Dennis Crawford | 55,838 | 31.2 | |
Total votes | 179,057 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
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![]() County Results Ashford: 50–60% Terry: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2nd district is based in the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area and includes all of Douglas County and the urbanized areas of Sarpy County. Incumbent Republican Lee Terry, who had represented the district since 1999, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 51% of the vote in the district that had a PVI of R+4.
Terry faced a competitive primary challenge from businessman Dan Frei, who ran to his right. Despite outspending Frei by around 20-to-1, Terry only won the primary by 2,686 votes, or just under 6%. After his defeat, Frei refused to endorse Terry and he and his supporters openly floated the idea of running an independent or write-in campaign against Terry in the general election. Frei himself was ineligible to do so, having lost the primary election, but former state senator Chip Maxwell was mentioned as a possible candidate. [7]
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Lee Terry | Dan Frei | Undecided |
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Frei Internal Poll [12] | April 7–8, 2014 | 599 | – | 47% | 36% | 17% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lee Terry (incumbent) | 25,025 | 52.8 | |
Republican | Dan Frei | 22,339 | 47.2 | |
Total votes | 47,364 | 100.0 |
After controversial comments made by Terry in October 2013, Omaha City Council President Pete Festersen, a Democrat, decided to run against Terry. [13] However, Festersen announced on December 9, 2013, that he was ending his campaign because of the difficulty in balancing the campaign with his family and city council responsibilities. [14] Democratic state senator Brad Ashford announced his candidacy in February 2014.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brad Ashford | 16,233 | 81.3 | |
Democratic | Mark Aupperle | 3,739 | 18.7 | |
Total votes | 19,972 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Libertarian | Steven Laird | 76 | 60.3 | |
Libertarian | Andy Shambaugh | 50 | 39.7 | |
Total votes | 126 | 100.0 |
On May 21, 2014, Maxwell announced that he would run as an independent. A former Republican state senator, his party registration is presently nonpartisan. He has said that if he wins, he will rejoin the Republican Party and serve as a Republican in the House. [21] He dismissed as "hysterical" the idea that his candidacy could be a "spoiler" that conservatives are using to defeat Terry by "any means necessary", whether by Maxwell winning or by him and Terry splitting the Republican vote, thus allowing Democratic nominee Brad Ashford to win, meaning that there would be an open Republican primary for the seat in 2016. [23]
Despite collecting enough signatures to make the ballot, Maxwell withdrew from the race on July 24, saying that he had been "begged" by "high-profile" Republicans not to run and didn't want to create a "permanent rift" in the district's Republican Party. He did however say that he plans to run against Terry in the Republican primary in 2016 and noted that "I think this thing's a toss-up, even with me out of it." [22]
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Lee Terry (R) | Brad Ashford (D) | Steven Laird (L) | Undecided |
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NFM Research [24] | October 21–25, 2014 | 365 | ± 5.1% | 41% | 46% | 6% | 7% |
DCCC (D) [25] | August 14, 2014 | 432 | ± 4.7% | 45% | 46% | — | 9% |
Global Strategy Group (D-Ashford) [26] | May 29 – June 1, 2014 | 400 | ± 4.9% | 41% | 41% | 4% | 14% |
Ashford won the race by a 3.3% margin, making Terry one of only two sitting Republicans to be defeated by a Democrat in 2014 (the other being Steve Southerland in Florida's 2nd).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brad Ashford | 83,872 | 48.9 | |
Republican | Lee Terry (incumbent) | 78,157 | 45.6 | |
Libertarian | Steven Laird | 9,021 | 5.2 | |
Write-in | 459 | 0.3 | ||
Total votes | 171,509 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
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The 3rd district encompasses the western three-fourths of the state; it is one of the largest non-at-large Congressional districts in the country, covering nearly 65,000 square miles (170,000 km2), two time zones and 68.5 counties. It is mostly sparsely populated but includes the cities of Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings, North Platte and Scottsbluff. Incumbent Republican Adrian Smith, who had represented the district since 2007, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 74% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+23.
Smith considered running for the United States Senate in 2014, [28] but declined to do so. [29]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Adrian Smith (incumbent) | 66,881 | 68.2 | |
Republican | Tom Brewer | 31,215 | 31.8 | |
Total votes | 98,096 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mark Sullivan | 19,910 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Adrian Smith (incumbent) | 139,440 | 75.4 | |
Democratic | Mark Sullivan | 45,524 | 24.6 | |
Total votes | 184,964 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
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