2014 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia

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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
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All 3 West Virginia seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election21
Seats won30
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote242,823182,484
Percentage55.26%41.53%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.65%Increase2.svg 1.44%
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The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in West Virginia was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the three U.S. representatives from West Virginia, one from each of the state's three congressional districts.

Contents

Republicans won control of every congressional district in West Virginia for the first time since the 61st Congress ended in 1911.

Representatives are elected for two-year terms. Those elected served in the 114th Congress from January 2015 until January 2017.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, 2014 [1]
PartyVotesPercentageSeats+/–
Republican 242,82355.26%3+1
Democratic 182,48441.53%0-1
Libertarian 7,6821.75%0–
Independents6,3991.46%0–
Totals439,388100.00%3—

By district

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

District Republican Democratic OthersTotalResult
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 1 92,49163.90%52,10936.00%1370.10%144,737100%Republican hold
District 2 72,61947.08%67,68743.88%13,9449.04%154,250100%Republican hold
District 3 77,71355.35%62,68844.65%00.00%140,401100%Republican gain
Total242,82355.26%182,48441.53%14,0813.21%439,388100%

District 1

Incumbent Republican David McKinley, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

While McKinley had expressed some interest in running for Senate, he later declared he would not run. [3] He filed for re-election to his House seat on January 15, 2014. [4]

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Republican primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David McKinley (incumbent) 27,589 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Glen Gainer III 34,764 100.0

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		David
McKinley (R)		Glen
Gainer (D)		Undecided
YouGov October 16–23, 2014276± 10%53%25%22%

Results

West Virginia's 1st congressional district, 2014 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David McKinley (incumbent) 92,491 64.0
Democratic Glen Gainer III 52,10936.0
Total votes144,600 100.0
Republican hold

District 2

2014 West Virginia's 2nd congressional district election
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Nominee Alex Mooney Nick CaseyDavy Jones
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote72,619 67,6877,682
Percentage47.1%43.9%5.0%
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Results by county
Mooney:     40-50%     50-60%
Casey:     40-50%     50-60%
U.S. Representative before election

Shelley Moore Capito
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Alex Mooney
Republican

Incumbent Republican Shelley Moore Capito, who had represented the district since 2001, won her seventh term in Congress with almost 70 percent of the vote in 2012. She announced that she would not run for re-election, so that she could run for the United States Senate seat held by retiring Democrat Jay Rockefeller. [8]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined

Results

Republican primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alex Mooney 12,678 36.0
Republican Ken Reed7,84822.3
Republican Charlotte Lane6,35818.1
Republican Steve Harrison3,88511.0
Republican Ron Walters, Jr.2,1256.0
Republican Jim Moss1,6844.8
Republican Robert Fluharty6211.8
Total votes35,199 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined

Results

Democratic primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nick Casey 21,646 60.6
Democratic Meshea Poore14,06139.4
Total votes35,707 100.0

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Alex
Mooney (R)		Nick
Casey (D)		OtherUndecided
YouGov October 16–23, 2014348± 7%45%44%–11%
Public Opinion Strategies* August 10–12, 2014400± 4.9%40%28%13% [27] 19%
Tarrance Group (R-Mooney) May 20–22, 2014400± 4.9%43%31%15% [28] 11%

Results

West Virginia's 2nd congressional district, 2014 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alex X. Mooney 72,619 47.1
Democratic Nick Casey67,68743.9
Libertarian Davy Jones7,6825.0
Independent Ed Rabel6,2504.0
Total votes154,238 100.0
Republican hold

District 3

2014 West Virginia's 3rd congressional district election
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Nominee Evan Jenkins Nick Rahall
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote77,71362,688
Percentage55.3%44.7%
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County results
Jenkins:     50–60%     60–70%
Rahall:     50–60%
U.S. Representative before election

Nick Rahall
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Evan Jenkins
Republican

Incumbent Democrat Nick Rahall, who had represented the district since 1977, ran for re-election after having considered running for the Senate.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Results

Democratic primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nick Rahall (incumbent) 37,176 66.4
Democratic Richard Ojeda18,76733.6
Total votes55,943 100.0

Republican primary

For the Republicans, State Senator Evan Jenkins, who switched parties in July 2013, ran for the seat against Rahall. [30] On switching parties, Jenkins stated that: "West Virginia is under attack from Barack Obama and a Democratic Party that our parents and grandparents would not recognize." [30] In 2012, West Virginia's 3rd district went for Mitt Romney 66-32 percent. [31]

State Senator Bill Cole, who had considered a run for the seat himself, was Jenkins' campaign chairman. [32]

Candidates

Nominee
Declined

Results

Jenkins ran unopposed in the Republican primary. [34]

Republican primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Evan Jenkins 14,374 100.0

General election

Campaign

Rahall was considered one of the most "endangered" House Democrats by the House Democratic campaign committee. [35] [36]

Jenkins supported the repeal of Obamacare and pledged to replace it. [37]

As of September 18, 2014, the race was rated a "toss up" by both University of Virginia political professor Larry Sabato, of Sabato's Crystal Ball, and Stu Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report. [38] As of October 2, managing editor Kyle Kondik of Sabato's Crystal Ball said the race was still a toss-up, calling it "Super close, super expensive and super nasty." [39] [40]

A Fox News op-ed opined in October that Jenkins "offers Republicans the most credible nominee the party has had since the mid-'90s. In a race that will see as much advertising by third-party organizations as any House race in the country, the winner will be the candidate who voters believe will do the most to take on President Obama's War on Coal and the EPA." [41]

Through October 6, 2014, 16,340 ads had appeared on broadcast television, the second-highest number of ads of any district in the U.S. [42] By mid-October 2014, it was anticipated that $12.8 million could be spent on ads in the race by Election Day. [43] Rahall outspent Jenkins in the election by a two-to-one ratio. [44]

Time listed a Rahall ad in its article: "Here Are 5 of The Most Dishonest Political Ads of 2014," and The Washington Post ran an article regarding the same Rahall ad entitled: "A sleazy attack puts words in the other candidate's mouth". [45] [46]

Endorsements

Rahall was endorsed by the NRA Political Victory Fund. [47] [48]

The National Right to Life Committee, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, and West Virginians for Life, all of which had previously supported Rahall, supported Jenkins in 2014, and the West Virginia Coal Association endorsed Jenkins in September 2014. [49] [50]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Nick
Rahall (D)		Evan
Jenkins (R)		Undecided
YouGov October 16–23, 2014253± 10%45%50%5%
Harper Polling October 7–8, 2014657± 3.82%44%50%6%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research May 26–28, 2014403± 5%52%39%9%
Anzalone Liszt Grove Research (D-Rahall) May 12–14, 2014502± 4.4%52%39%9%
DFM Research April 22–27, 2014400± 4.9%48%39%13%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research April 15–16, 2014400± 5%52%40%8%
Tarrance Group (R-Jenkins) March 3–5, 2014405± 4.9%40%54%6%
Harper Polling (R-Jenkins) October 7–8, 2013649± 3.84%46%42%12%

Results

Jenkins won the election, defeating incumbent Rahall in November 2014 with 55.3% of the vote to Rahall's 44.7%. [51] [52]

West Virginia's 3rd congressional district, 2014 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Evan Jenkins 77,713 55.3
Democratic Nick Rahall (incumbent)62,68844.7
Total votes140,401 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

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