2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma

See also: 2014 Oklahoma state elections

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma

←  2012 November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 2016  →
All 5 Oklahoma seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 5 0 Seats won 5 0 Seat change Popular vote 457,613 174,022 Percentage 70.03% 26.63% Swing 5.41% 4.32%
District results County results Republican   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80-90%   >90%

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oklahoma, one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections, including the Governor of Oklahoma and both of Oklahoma's United States Senate seats. Primary elections were held on June 24, 2014. Primary runoffs were held on August 26, 2014, in contests where no candidate won more than 50% of the vote. ^[1]

Overview

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

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Republican hold
District 2	110,925	70.03%	38,964	24.60%	8,518	5.38%	158,407	100.00%	Republican hold
District 3	133,335	78.62%	36,270	21.38%	0	0.00%	169,605	100.00%	Republican hold
District 4	117,721	70.80%	40,998	24.66%	7,549	4.54%	166,268	100.00%	Republican hold
District 5	95,632	60.10%	57,790	36.32%	5,711	3.59%	159,133	100.00%	Republican hold
Total	457,613	70.04%	174,022	26.63%	21,778	3.33%	653,413	100.00%

District 1

2014 Oklahoma's 1st congressional district election

←  2012 2016  →

Nominee Jim Bridenstine Party Republican Popular vote Unopposed

U.S. Representative before election Jim Bridenstine Republican Elected U.S. Representative Jim Bridenstine Republican

See also: Oklahoma's 1st congressional district

The 1st district is located in the Tulsa metropolitan area and includes Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington counties. Incumbent Republican Jim Bridenstine, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was elected with 64% of the vote in 2012 having defeated incumbent Republican John Sullivan in the Republican primary with 54% of the vote. The district had a PVI of R+18.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jim Bridenstine, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declined

• Kathy Taylor, former Mayor of Tulsa ^[3]

General Election

Bridenstine ran unopposed for re-election.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [4]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg [5]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [6]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [7]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

Oklahoma's 1st congressional district, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Bridenstine (incumbent)	Unopposed	N/a
Total votes				N/a
	Republican hold

District 2

2014 Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district election

←  2012 2016  →

Nominee Markwayne Mullin Earl Everett Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 110,925 38,964 Percentage 70.0% 24.6%

Precinct and county-level results

U.S. Representative before election Markwayne Mullin Republican Elected U.S. Representative Markwayne Mullin Republican

See also: Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district

The 2nd district is located in Green Country and Kiamichi Country and includes the city of Muskogee and numerous sparsely populated counties. Incumbent Republican Markwayne Mullin, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was elected with 57% of the vote in 2012, succeeding retiring Democratic incumbent Dan Boren. The district had a PVI of R+20.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Markwayne Mullin, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Darrell Robertson, farmer ^[8]

Results

Republican primary results ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Markwayne Mullin (incumbent)	26,245	79.7
	Republican	Darrell Robertson	6,673	20.3
Total votes			32,918	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Earl E. Everett, candidate for this seat in 2012

Eliminated in primary

• Joshua Harris-Till ^[8]

Results

Democratic primary results ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl E. Everett	33,119	62.6
	Democratic	Joshua Harris-Till	19,813	37.4
Total votes			52,932	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [4]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg [5]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [6]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [7]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district, 2014 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Markwayne Mullin (incumbent)	110,925	70.0
	Democratic	Earl Everett	38,964	24.6
	Independent	Jon Douthitt	8,518	5.4
Total votes			158,407	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

2014 Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district election

←  2012 2016  →

Nominee Frank Lucas Frankie Robbins Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 133,335 36,270 Percentage 78.6%% 21.4%

Precinct and county-level results

U.S. Representative before election Frank Lucas Republican Elected U.S. Representative Frank Lucas Republican

See also: Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district

The 3rd district is located in Western Oklahoma. The largest district in Oklahoma and one of the largest in the country, it includes the Oklahoma Panhandle, Ponca City and the city of Stillwater as well as the Osage Nation. Incumbent Republican Frank Lucas, who had represented the district since 2003 and previously represented the 6th district from 1994 to 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 75% of the vote in 2012 and the district had a PVI of R+26.

Republican primary

The Club for Growth announced that they intended to support a Republican challenger to Lucas in the primary election, calling him a "Republican In Name Only". ^[11]

Candidates

Nominee

• Frank Lucas, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Robert Hubbard, businessman and candidate for Governor in 2010
• Timothy Ray Murray, businessman and Democratic nominee for this seat in 2012 ^[8]

Results

Republican primary results ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Lucas (incumbent)	54,847	82.8
	Republican	Robert Hubbard	7,925	12.0
	Republican	Timothy Ray Murray	3,449	5.2
Total votes			66,221	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Frankie Robbins, engineer and United States Forest Service employee, candidate for this seat in 2012 and the nominee for the seat in 2008 and 2010 ^[8]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [4]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg [5]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [6]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [7]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district, 2014 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Lucas (incumbent)	133,335	78.6
	Democratic	Frankie Robbins	36,270	21.4
Total votes			169,605	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

2014 Oklahoma's 4th congressional district election

←  2012 2016  →

Nominee Tom Cole Bert Smith Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 117,721 40,998 Percentage 70.8% 24.7%

Precinct and county-level results

U.S. Representative before election Tom Cole Republican Elected U.S. Representative Tom Cole Republican

See also: Oklahoma's 4th congressional district

The 4th district is located in South Central Oklahoma and includes Canadian, Comanche and Cleveland counties as well as numerous other sparsely populated counties. Incumbent Republican Tom Cole, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 68% of the vote in 2012 and the district had a PVI of R+19.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Tom Cole, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Anna Flatt, chair of the Carter County Republican Party ^[12]

Results

Republican primary results ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Cole (incumbent)	40,790	84.4
	Republican	Anna Flatt	7,511	15.6
Total votes			48,301	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Bert Smith, retired teacher and retired United States Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, nominee for the 5th district in 2004, candidate for the 5th district in 2006 and 2008 and candidate for this seat in 2012 ^[8]

Eliminated in primary

• Tae Si, software engineer

Results

Democratic primary results ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bert Smith	24,268	81.6
	Democratic	Tae Si	5,485	18.4
Total votes			29,753	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [4]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg [5]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [6]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [7]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

Oklahoma's 4th congressional district, 2014 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Cole (incumbent)	117,721	70.8
	Democratic	Bert Smith	40,998	24.7
	Independent	Dennis Johnson	7,549	4.5
Total votes			166,268	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

2014 Oklahoma's 5th congressional district election

←  2012 2016  →

Nominee Steve Russell Al McAffrey Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 95,632 57,790 Percentage 60.1% 36.3%

Precinct and county-level results

U.S. Representative before election James Lankford Republican Elected U.S. Representative Steve Russell Republican

See also: Oklahoma's 5th congressional district

The 5th district is located in Central Oklahoma and includes Oklahoma, Pottawatomie and Seminole counties. The incumbent is Republican James Lankford, who had represented the district since 2011, did not run for re-election. He instead ran in the special election to replace retiring Republican U.S. Senator Tom Coburn. ^[13] He was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2012 and the district had a PVI of R+12.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Steve Russell, former state senator ^[14]

Eliminated in primary

• Patrice Douglas, chairman of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and former mayor of Edmond ^[15]
• Shane Jett, former state representative ^[14]
• Clark Jolley, state senator ^[14]
• Harvey Sparks, minister and former aide to U.S. Representative Jim Bridenstine ^[16]
• Mike Turner, state representative ^[16]

Withdrew

• James Lankford, incumbent U.S. Representative (running for the U.S. Senate) ^[13]

Declined

• Mick Cornett, Mayor of Oklahoma City ^[17]
• David Holt, state senator ^[17]
• Tom Newell, state representative ^[17]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Patrice Douglas	Shane Jett	Clark Jolley	Steve Russell	Harvey Sparks	Mike Turner	Undecided
SoonerPoll [18]	June 19–21, 2014	334	± 5.36%	23	6%	12%	19%	5%	13%	22%
SoonerPoll [19]	May 5–10, 2014	671	± 3.77%	12%	5%	11%	7%	4%	11%	49%

Results

Republican primary results ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Russell	14,604	26.6
	Republican	Patrice Douglas	13,445	24.5
	Republican	Clark Jolley	9,232	16.8
	Republican	Mike Turner	7,760	14.1
	Republican	Shane Jett	7,022	12.8
	Republican	Harvey Sparks	2,898	5.3
Total votes			54,961	100.0

Runoff

Republican primary runoff results ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Russell	19,374	59.3
	Republican	Patrice Douglas	13,319	40.7
Total votes			32,693	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Al McAffrey, state senator ^[21]

Eliminated in primary

• Tom Guild, University of Central Oklahoma professor and nominee for this seat 2010 and 2012 ^[14]
• Leona Leonard, chair of the Seminole County Democratic Party ^[22]

Withdrew

• Keith Davenport, minister ^[14]
• Scott Inman, Minority Leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (running for re-election) ^[14]
• Marilyn Rainwater, pastor, retired child welfare worker and nominee for the state house in 2012 (running for the state senate) ^[14]

Declined

• Anastasia Pittman, state representative (running for the state senate) ^[14]
• Jim Roth, former Corporation Commissioner ^[23]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Tom Guild	Leona Leonard	Al McAffrey	Undecided
SoonerPoll [18]	June 19–21, 2014	279	± 5.86%	21%	9%	16%	54%
SoonerPoll [24]	May 5–10, 2014	674	± 3.76%	11%	8%	16%	65%

Results

Democratic primary results ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Guild	11,603	42.1
	Democratic	Al McAffrey	8,507	30.9
	Democratic	Leona Leonard	7,431	27.0
Total votes			27,541	100.0

Runoff

Democratic primary runoff results ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al McAffrey	10,417	54.2
	Democratic	Tom Guild	8,793	45.8
Total votes			19,210	100.0

Independent

Candidates

Declared

• Tom Boggs, resident of Thailand ^[8]
• Robert T. Murphy, Libertarian and perennial candidate ^[8]
• Buddy Ray ^[8]

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Steve Russell (R)	Al McAffrey (D)	Robert Murphy (I)	Buddy Ray (I)	Undecided
News 9/SoonerPoll [25]	October 28, 2014	762 (LV)	3.54%	55%	31%	–	–	11%
News 9/SoonerPoll [26]	August 28–30, 2014	334 (LV)	5.36%	52%	30%	2%	2%	14%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [4]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg [5]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [6]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [7]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

Oklahoma's 5th congressional district, 2014 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Russell	95,632	60.1
	Democratic	Al McAffrey	57,790	36.3
	Independent	Robert T. Murphy	2,176	1.4
	Independent	Tom Boggs	2,065	1.3
	Independent	Buddy Ray	1,470	0.9
Total votes			159,133	100.0
	Republican hold

See also

• 2014 United States House of Representatives elections
• 2014 United States elections

References

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19. SoonerPoll
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External links

• U.S. House elections in Oklahoma, 2014 at Ballotpedia
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets