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.
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:
DistrictRepublicanDemocraticOthersTotalResult Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %District 1 103,758 68.16% 48,278 31.71% 198 0.13% 152,234 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 2 113,103 67.34% 54,692 32.56% 157 0.09% 167,952 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 3 103,558 63.72% 52,816 36.22% 246 0.06% 156,620 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 4 132,831 98.57% 0 0.00% 1,921 1.43% 134,752 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 5 115,338 74.42% 0 0.00% 39,636 25.58% 154,974 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 6 135,945 76.18% 42,291 23.70% 213 0.12% 178,449 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 7 0 0.00% 133,687 98.37% 2,212 1.63% 135,899 100.0% Democratic holdTotal 704,533 65.18% 331,764 30.69% 44,583 4.13% 1,080,880 100.0%
District 1
Republican incumbent Bradley Byrne, who had represented the district since a December 2013 special election, ran for re-election.
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Bradley Byrne, incumbent U.S. Representative
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Burton LeFlore, real estate agent and nominee for this seat in 2013
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 3, 2014 Rothenberg October 24, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball October 30, 2014RCP November 2, 2014Daily Kos Elections November 4, 2014
Campaign Byrne was originally believed to be running for re-election unopposed, but LeFlore managed to qualify.
Results
District 2
Republican incumbent Martha Roby, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Martha Roby, incumbent U.S. Representative
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Erick Wright
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 3, 2014 Rothenberg October 24, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball October 30, 2014RCP November 2, 2014Daily Kos Elections November 4, 2014
Results
District 3
Republican incumbent Mike Rogers, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election.
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Mike Rogers, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary Thomas Casson
Results
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Jesse T. Smith, U.S. Army veteran
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 3, 2014 Rothenberg October 24, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball October 30, 2014RCP November 2, 2014Daily Kos Elections November 4, 2014
Results
District 4
Republican incumbent Robert Aderholt, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election.
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Robert Aderholt, incumbent U.S. Representative
Withdrawn Thomas E. Drake II
Democratic primary No Democrats filed for the office.
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 3, 2014 Rothenberg October 24, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball October 30, 2014RCP November 2, 2014Daily Kos Elections November 4, 2014
Results
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. He considered doing so, but instead re-joined the Democratic Party and ran for Governor.
Candidates Nominee Mo Brooks, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary Jerry Hill
Declined Parker Griffith, former U.S. Representative
Results
Democratic primary Candidates No Democrats filed to run.
Declined Parker Griffith, former U.S. Representative
General election Mark Bray challenged Brooks as an independent candidate, with Reggie Hill running as a write-in candidate.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 3, 2014 Rothenberg October 24, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball October 30, 2014RCP November 2, 2014Daily Kos Elections November 4, 2014
Results
District 6
Republican incumbent Spencer Bachus, who had represented the 6th district since 1993, did not run for re-election.
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Gary Palmer, president of the conservative think tank Alabama Policy Institute
Eliminated in primary Scott Beason, state senator and candidate for this seat in 2012 Will Brooke, executive vice president and managing partner of Harbert Management Corporation Paul DeMarco, state representative Chad Mathis, orthopedic surgeon Robert Shattuck, attorney Tom Vigneulle, businessman
Declined Bill Armistead, chairman of the Alabama Republican Party and former state senator Spencer Bachus, incumbent U.S. Representative Slade Blackwell, state senator Greg Canfield, Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce and former state representative David Carrington, president of the Jefferson County Commission Steve French, former state senator Tony Petelos, Jefferson County Manager Rob Riley, attorney and son of former governor Riley Minda Riley Campbell, attorney and daughter of former governor Bob Riley Cliff Sims, blogger David Standridge, state representative and candidate for this seat in 2012 Cam Ward, state senator Jack Williams, state representative
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror ScottBeason WillBrooke PaulDeMarco ChadMathis GaryPalmer TomVignuelle UndecidedCygnalhttp://cygn.al/polls/al-06-runoff-flash-poll-070914/ Cygnal May 2014 – – 12% 11% 20% 17% 18% 3% 19%JMC Analytics (R-Mathis)http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2014/04/chad_mathis_leads_a_tight_pack.html JMC Analytics (R-Mathis) April 15 & 17, 2014 445 ± 4.6% 9% 10% 15% 16% 4% 2% 44%
Results
DeMarco and Palmer advanced to a July 15 runoff election to decide the Republican primary.
Runoff Polling Poll sourceDate(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror PaulDeMarco GaryPalmer UndecidedCygnal July 7–8, 2014 647 ± 3.84% 29% 60% 11%
Results
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.
Robert Shattuck, who lost in the Republican primary, ran as a write-in candidate.
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 ReportNovember 3, 2014 Rothenberg October 24, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball October 30, 2014RCP November 2, 2014Daily Kos Elections November 4, 2014
Results
District 7
Democratic incumbent Terri Sewell, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Terri Sewell, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary Tamara Harris Johnson, former Birmingham City Attorney
Results
Republican primary No Republicans filed to run for the office.
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 3, 2014 Rothenberg October 24, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball October 30, 2014RCP November 2, 2014Daily Kos Elections November 4, 2014
Results
References
External links U.S. House elections in Alabama, 2014 at Ballotpedia Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets