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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the 11 members from the state of Virginia to the United States House of Representatives, one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts. On the same day, elections took place for other federal and state offices, including an election to the United States Senate. Primary elections, in which party nominees were chosen, were held on June 10, 2014.[1]

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia
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All 11 Virginia seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 8 3
Seats won 8 3
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,143,747 845,939
Percentage 53.56% 39.62%
Swing Increase 3.39% Decrease 8.66%

On June 10, 2014, Republican Eric Cantor became the first sitting House majority leader to lose in a primary election since the position was created in 1899.[2][3][4]

As of 2024, this is the last time Republicans won the House popular vote in Virginia, although they would nevertheless continue to hold a majority of seats in the state until 2018.

Overview

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United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2014[5]
Party Votes Percentage Seats before Seats after +/–
Republican 1,143,747 53.56% 8 8 -
Democratic 845,939 39.62% 3 3 -
Libertarian 47,038 2.20% 0 0 -
Independent Greens 30,662 1.44% 0 0 -
Green 1,739 0.08% 0 0 -
Independents/Write-In 66,206 3.10% 0 0 -
Totals 2,135,331 100.00% 11 11 —

By district

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Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia by district:[6]

District Republican Democratic Others Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
District 1 131,861 62.90% 72,059 34.38% 5,701 2.72% 209,621 100.0% Republican hold
District 2 101,558 58.68% 71,178 41.13% 324 0.19% 173,060 100.0% Republican hold
District 3 0 0.00% 139,197 94.43% 8,205 5.57% 147,402 100.0% Democratic hold
District 4 120,684 60.15% 75,270 37.52% 4,684 2.33% 200,638 100.0% Republican hold
District 5 124,735 60.86% 73,482 35.86% 6,728 3.28% 204,945 100.0% Republican hold
District 6 133,898 74.51% 0 0.00% 45,810 25.49% 179,708 100.0% Republican hold
District 7 148,026 60.83% 89,914 36.95% 5,411 2.22% 243,351 100.0% Republican hold
District 8 63,810 31.42% 128,102 63.08% 11,164 5.50% 203,076 100.0% Democratic hold
District 9 117,465 72.15% 0 0.00% 45,350 27.85% 162,815 100.0% Republican hold
District 10 125,914 56.49% 89,957 40.36% 7,039 3.16% 222,910 100.0% Republican hold
District 11 75,796 40.36% 106,780 56.86% 5,229 2.78% 187,805 100.0% Democratic hold
Total 1,143,747 53.56% 845,939 39.62% 145,645 6.82% 2,135,331 100.0%

District 1

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2014 Virginia's 1st congressional district election
 
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Nominee Rob Wittman Norm Mosher
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 131,861 72,059
Percentage 62.9% 34.4%
 
County and independent city results
Wittman:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Mosher:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. Representative before election

Rob Wittman
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Rob Wittman
Republican

See also: Virginia's 1st congressional district

Republican Rob Wittman had represented Virginia's 1st congressional district since 2007 and ran for re-election.

Republican primary

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Republican primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rob Wittman (incumbent) 13,292 76.2
Republican Anthony Riedel 4,159 23.8
Total votes 17,451 100.0

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Norm Mosher, former navy officer and U.S. Senate staffer[9][10][11]

Minor candidates

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Withdrew

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General election

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Endorsements

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Rob Wittman (R)

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Norm Mosher (D)

Labor unions

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Gail Parker (IG)

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Results

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Virginia's 1st congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rob Wittman (incumbent) 131,861 62.9
Democratic Norm Mosher 72,059 34.4
Independent Greens Gail Parker 5,097 2.4
n/a Write-ins 606 0.3
Total votes 209,623 100.0
Republican hold

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District 2

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2014 Virginia's 2nd congressional district election
 
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Candidate Scott Rigell Suzanne Patrick
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 101,558 71,178
Percentage 58.7% 41.1%
 
County and independent city results
Rigell:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. Representative before election

Scott Rigell
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Scott Rigell
Republican

See also: Virginia's 2nd congressional district

Republican Scott Rigell represented Virginia's 2nd congressional district since 2011. He won re-election to a second term in 2012 against Democratic businessman Paul Hirschbiel with 54% of the vote. Rigell ran for re-election.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Minor parties

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Withdrew

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  • Allen Knapp (Libertarian) was not listed on the ballot.[19][27]
  • John Smith (Independent Green) was not listed on the ballot.[13][19]

General election

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Endorsements

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Scott Rigell (R)

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Suzanne Patrick (D)

Labor unions

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Results

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Virginia's 2nd congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Rigell (incumbent) 101,558 58.7
Democratic Suzanne Patrick 71,178 41.1
Write-in 326 0.2
Total votes 173,062 100.0
Republican hold

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District 3

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2014 Virginia's 3rd congressional district election
 
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Candidate Bobby Scott
Party Democratic
Popular vote 139,197
Percentage 94.4%
 
County and independent city results
Scott:      80–90%      >90%
U.S. Representative before election

Bobby Scott
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Bobby Scott
Democratic

See also: Virginia's 3rd congressional district

Democrat Bobby Scott had represented Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. He won re-election to an eleventh term in 2012 against Republican businessman Dean Longo, with 81% of the vote. Scott ran for re-election unopposed.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Minor parties

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  • Justin Gandino-Saadein (independent) was not listed on the ballot.[19][30]
  • Justin Upshaw (Libertarian) was not listed on the ballot.[19][31]

General election

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Endorsements

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Bobby Scott (D)

Labor unions

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Results

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Virginia's 3rd congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bobby Scott (incumbent) 139,197 94.4
Write-in 8,206 5.6
Total votes 147,403 100.0
Democratic hold

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District 4

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2014 Virginia's 4th congressional district election
 
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Candidate Randy Forbes Elliott Fausz
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 120,684 75,270
Percentage 60.1% 37.5%
 
County and independent city results
Forbes:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Fausz:      50–60%
U.S. Representative before election

Randy Forbes
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Randy Forbes
Republican

See also: Virginia's 4th congressional district

Republican Randy Forbes had represented Virginia's 4th congressional district since 2001. He won re-election in 2012 against Democratic Chesapeake City Councilwoman Ella Ward, with 57% of the vote. Forbes ran for re-election.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Elliott Fausz, publishing manager

Minor parties

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  • Bo Brown (Libertarian), accounting professional[35]

Withdrew

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  • Albert Burckardt (Independent Green) was not listed on the ballot.[13][19]

General election

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Endorsements

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Randy Forbes (R)

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Elliott Fausz (D)

U.S. Senators

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Bo Brown (L)

Organizations

  • The Virginia Liberty Party[38]

Results

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Virginia's 4th congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy Forbes (incumbent) 120,684 60.1
Democratic Elliott Fausz 75,270 37.5
Libertarian Bo Brown 4,427 2.2
n/a Write-ins 263 0.1
Total votes 200,644 100.0
Republican hold

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District 5

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2014 Virginia's 5th congressional district election
 
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Candidate Robert Hurt Lawrence Gaughan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 124,735 73,482
Percentage 60.9% 35.9%
 
County and independent city results
Hurt:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Gaughan:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%
U.S. Representative before election

Robert Hurt
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Robert Hurt
Republican

See also: Virginia's 5th congressional district

Republican Robert Hurt had represented Virginia's 5th congressional district since 2011. He won re-election to a second term in 2012 against Democrat John W. Douglass, with 55% of the vote. Hurt ran for re-election.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Democratic convention

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Lawrence Gaughan, actor and political activist[39]
Eliminated at the convention
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  • Ben Hudson, teacher and retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel

Results

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Hudson challenged Gaughan at the Democratic convention on May 31, 2014. Gaughan won the nomination.[40][41]

Minor parties

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  • Kenneth Hildebrandt (Independent Green), former chiropractic physician[13]
  • Paul Jones (Libertarian), entrepreneur and owner of the Belvedere Company[42][43][44]

General election

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Endorsements

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Robert Hurt (R)

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Lawrence Gaughan (D)

Labor unions

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Paul Jones (L)

Organizations

  • The Virginia Liberty Party[38]

Results

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Virginia's 5th congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Hurt (incumbent) 124,735 60.9
Democratic Lawrence Gaughan 73,482 35.9
Libertarian Paul Jones 4,298 2.1
Independent Greens Kenneth Hildebrandt 2,209 1.1
n/a Write-ins 224 0.1
Total votes 204,948 100.0
Republican hold

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District 6

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2014 Virginia's 6th congressional district election
 
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Nominee Bob Goodlatte Will Hammer Elaine Hildebrandt
Party Republican Libertarian Independent Greens
Popular vote 133,898 22,161 21,447
Percentage 74.5% 12.3% 11.9%
 
County and independent city results
Goodlatte:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
U.S. Representative before election

Bob Goodlatte
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Bob Goodlatte
Republican

See also: Virginia's 6th congressional district

Republican Bob Goodlatte had represented Virginia's 6th congressional district since 1993. He won his eleventh term to Congress over Democrat Andy Schmookler with 65% of the vote in 2012. Goodlatte was running for re-election.

Republican primary

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Democratic primary

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Bruce Elder, a Staunton City Councilman, the only Democrat to file, had to end his campaign after being diagnosed with cancer.[45] As a result, Democrats did not field any candidate to challenge Goodlatte.[46]

Candidates

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Withdrawn
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  • Bruce Elder, Staunton City Councilman

Minor parties

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  • Will Hammer (Libertarian)[47][48]
  • Elaine Hildebrandt (Independent Green)[13]

General election

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Endorsements

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Bob Goodlatte (R)

Organizations

Will Hammer (L)

Organizations

  • The Virginia Liberty Party[38]

Results

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Virginia's 6th congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Goodlatte (incumbent) 133,898 74.5
Libertarian Will Hammer 22,161 12.3
Independent Greens Elaine Hildebrandt 21,447 11.9
Write-in 2,202 1.2
Total votes 179,708 100.0
Republican hold

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District 7

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2014 Virginia's 7th congressional district election
 
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Nominee Dave Brat Jack Trammell
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 148,026 89,914
Percentage 60.8% 36.9%
 
County and independent city results
Brat:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. Representative before election

Dave Brat
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Dave Brat
Republican

See also: Virginia's 7th congressional district

Eric Cantor, the U.S. House Majority Leader, had represented the 7th District since 2001. Cantor won re-election to a seventh term in 2012 against Democrat Wayne Powell with 58% of the vote.

Republican primary

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On June 10, 2014,[2] Cantor lost the Republican primary to college professor Dave Brat.[4] This was the first time a sitting House Majority Leader lost a primary election since the position was created in 1899.[3]

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Eric
Cantor 		Dave
Brat 		Undecided
McLaughlin & Associates (R-Cantor)[51] May 27–28, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 62% 28% 11%

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of May 21, 2014
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Eric Cantor (R) $6,649,687 $7,699,242 $30,692
Dave Brat (R) $206,663 $122,792 $122,792
Source: Federal Election Commission[52]

Results

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County and independent city results
  Brat
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Cantor
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Republican primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Brat 36,105 55.5
Republican Eric Cantor (incumbent) 28,912 44.5
Total votes 65,017 100.0

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Minor parties

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  • James Carr (Libertarian), financial analyst[27][54]

Withdrew

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  • Tareq Salahi (Independent Green), television personality and write-in candidate for governor in 2013 (declared as a Republican, then switched parties).[55][56][57][58] Originally, Joe Oddo, the state chairman for the Independent Greens, was listed as the 7th district's candidate.[13] However, Salahi failed to file the required 1,000 signatures to get on the ballot.[19][59]

Special election

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2014 Virginia's 7th congressional district special election
 
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Nominee Dave Brat Jack Trammell
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 148,841 91,236
Percentage 61.7% 37.8%
 
County and independent city results
Brat:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. Representative before election

Eric Cantor
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Dave Brat
Republican

A special election was held on the same date as the general election as Cantor resigned from Congress on August 18, 2014, after his surprising loss to Brat.[60][61][62]

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Virginia's 7th congressional district, 2014 (special)[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Brat 148,841 61.7
Democratic Jack Trammell 91,236 37.8
Write-in 1,263 0.5
Total votes 241,340 100.0
Republican hold

General election

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Endorsements

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Dave Brat (R)

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Jack Trammell (D)

Labor unions

James Carr (L)

Organizations

  • The Virginia Liberty Party[38]

Results

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Virginia's 7th congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Brat 148,026 60.8
Democratic Jack Trammell 89,914 36.9
Libertarian James Carr 5,086 2.1
Write-in 332 0.1
Total votes 243,358 100.0
Republican hold

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District 8

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2014 Virginia's 8th congressional district election
 
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Nominee Don Beyer Micah Edmond
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 128,102 63,810
Percentage 63.1% 31.4%
 
County and independent city results
Beyer:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. Representative before election

Jim Moran
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Don Beyer
Democratic

See also: Virginia's 8th congressional district

Democrat Jim Moran, who had represented Virginia's 8th congressional district since 1991, was re-elected in 2012 over Republican Jay Patrick Murray with 65% of the vote. On January 15, 2014, Moran announced that he would retire from Congress, rather than run for re-election.[67]

Democratic primary

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Don Beyer

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Labor unions

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Newspapers

Local officials

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Lavern Chatman

Individuals

Adam Ebbin

U.S. Representatives

State legislators

Organizations

Local officials

Individuals

  • Elmer Arias, former president of the El Salvadorian Chamber of Commerce[112]
  • Ed Fendley, former member of the Arlington County School Board[112]
  • Jay Fisette, chair of the Arlington County Board of Supervisors[112]
  • Leni Gonzalez, board member of the Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations and political activist[112]
  • Mike Lieberman, former chair of the Arlington County Democratic Committee[112]
  • Kathleen Murphy, candidate for State Delegate in 2013[113]
  • Alfred Taylor, former president of the Nauck Civic Association[112]
  • Andres Tobar, former chair of the Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations[112]
  • Howard Woodson, former president of the NAACP[112]
  • Nelson Zavaleta, president of the Arlandria Civic Association[112]
William Euille

Local officials

Patrick Hope

State legislators

Organizations

  • Arab American Democratic Caucus of Virginia[117]
  • Blue America[118]
Mark Levine

U.S. Senators

Individuals

Bruce Shuttleworth

U.S. Representatives

Labor unions

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Don
Beyer 		Lavern
Chatman 		Adam
Ebbin 		William
Euille 		Charniele
Herring 		Patrick
Hope 		Derek
Hyra 		Mark
Levine 		Bruce
Shuttleworth 		Undecided
EMC Research (D-Shuttleworth)[123] May 1–5, 2014 402 ± 4.9% 30% 3% 9% 8% 3% 9% 0% 3% 3% 31%

Results

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Democratic primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Don Beyer 17,783 45.7
Democratic Patrick Hope 7,095 18.3
Democratic Adam Ebbin 5,262 13.5
Democratic William Euille 3,264 8.4
Democratic Mark Levine 2,613 6.7
Democratic Lavern Chatman 2,117 5.5
Democratic Derek Hyra 479 1.2
Democratic Charniele Herring (withdrew) 126 0.3
Democratic Bruce Shuttleworth (withdrew) 85 0.2
Democratic Satish Korpe (withdrew) 42 0.1
Total votes 38,866 100.0

Republican convention

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Endorsements

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Micah Edmond

Organizations

  • National Defense PAC[127]

Results

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Micah Edmond won the nomination for the seat at the 8th District Republican Convention on April 26, 2014, with 51% of the vote.[128][129]

Minor parties

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  • Gwendolyn Beck (independent)
  • Gerard Blais (Independent Green)[13]
  • Jeffrey Carson (Libertarian), U.S. Army veteran[27][130]

General election

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Endorsements

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Don Beyer (D)

State officials

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Micah Edmond (R)

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Jeffrey Carson (L)

Organizations

  • The Virginia Liberty Party[38]

Results

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Virginia's 8th congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Don Beyer 128,102 63.1
Republican Micah Edmond 63,810 31.4
Independent Gwendolyn Beck 5,420 2.7
Libertarian Jeffrey Carson 4,409 2.2
Independent Greens Gerry Blais 963 0.5
n/a Write-ins 376 0.2
Total votes 203,080 100.0
Democratic hold

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District 9

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2014 Virginia's 9th congressional district election
 
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Nominee Morgan Griffith William Carr
Party Republican Independent
Popular vote 117,465 39,412
Percentage 72.1% 24.2%
 
County and independent city results
Griffith:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
U.S. Representative before election

Morgan Griffith
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Morgan Griffith
Republican

See also: Virginia's 9th congressional district

Republican Morgan Griffith had represented Virginia's 9th congressional district since 2011. He won re-election to a second term in 2012 against Democrat Anthony Flaccavento with 61% of the vote. Griffith ran for re-election.

Republican primary

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Nominee
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Minor parties

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  • William Carr (independent), businessman[19]

Withdrew

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  • Matthew Edwards (Libertarian) was not listed on the ballot.[19][131][132]

General election

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Endorsements

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Morgan Griffith (R)

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Virginia's 9th congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Morgan Griffith (incumbent) 117,465 72.1
Independent William Carr 39,412 24.2
n/a Write-ins 5,940 3.7
Total votes 162,817 100.0
Republican hold

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District 10

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2014 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
 
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Candidate Barbara Comstock John Foust
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 125,914 89,957
Percentage 56.5% 40.4%
 
County and independent city results
Comstock:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Foust:      40–50%
U.S. Representative before election

Frank Wolf
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Barbara Comstock
Republican

See also: Virginia's 10th congressional district

Republican Frank Wolf had served 17 terms in the House of Representatives. He announced in January 2014 that he would not seek re-election in 2014.[133]

Republican primary

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Six candidates filed to run for the Republican nomination.[134] There were two debates for the Republican candidates, held on March 15 and April 9.[135]

Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Barbara Comstock

Executive branch officials

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

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State legislators

Labor unions

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Local officials

Individuals

Stephen Hollingshead

Individuals

  • Brent Anderson, retired US Air Force officer and withdrawn candidate[143]
Howie Lind

Organizations

  • National Defense PAC[190]
Bob Marshall

U.S. representatives

State legislators

Organizations

Local officials

Individuals

Media

Rob Wasinger

U.S. representatives

Individuals

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Barbara
Comstock 		Stephen
Hollingshead 		Howie
Lind 		Bob
Marshall 		Marc
Savitt 		Rob
Wasinger 		Undecided
The Polling Company/WomanTrend[198] April 4–5, 2014 402 ± 4.9% 44% 3% 3% 10% 1% 3% 30%

Results

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Over 13,000 votes were cast in the firehouse primary held on April 26. Comstock won with 53.9% of the vote.[199][200][201] Marshall was second with 28.1%, followed by Lind (8.1%), Hollingshead (5.9%), Wasinger (2.2%), and Savitt (1.6%).[201][202]

Democratic primary

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Endorsements

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John Foust

U.S. Representatives

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Results

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John Foust was the only candidate to file for the Democratic nomination; as such, he was certified as the nominee by the Democratic Party in March 2014.[210]

Minor parties

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Withdrew

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  • Francis "Frank" Pilliere (independent) was not listed on the ballot.[13][19]
  • James Rouse (independent) was not listed on the ballot.[13][19]

General election

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Endorsements

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Barbara Comstock (R)

Executive branch officials

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

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State legislators

Labor unions

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Newspapers

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John Foust (D)

U.S. Representatives

State officials

State legislators

Labor unions

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Bill Redpath (L)

Organizations

  • The Virginia Liberty Party[38]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Barbara
Comstock (R) 		John
Foust (D) 		Other Undecided
YouGov[217] October 16–23, 2014 176 ± 11% 42% 40% – 18%
The Polling Company[218] October 17–18, 2014 404 ± 4.9% 51% 35% 5%[219] 9%
Victory Research[220] September 24–28, 2014 – – 41% 39% 4% 16%
Tarrance Group[221] September 23–25, 2014 403 ± 4.9% 46% 34% 7% 14%

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[222] Lean R November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[223] Lean R October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[224] Lean R October 30, 2014
RCP Tossup November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[225] Lean R November 4, 2014

Results

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Virginia's 10th congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barbara Comstock 125,914 56.5
Democratic John Foust 89,957 40.4
Libertarian Bill Redpath 3,393 1.5
Independent Brad Eickholt 2,442 1.1
Independent Greens Dianne Blais 946 0.4
n/a Write-ins 262 0.1
Total votes 222,914 100.0
Republican hold

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District 11

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2014 Virginia's 11th congressional district election
 
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Nominee Gerry Connolly Suzanne Scholte
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 106,780 75,796
Percentage 56.9% 40.4%
 
County and independent city results
Connolly:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. Representative before election

Gerry Connolly
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Gerry Connolly
Democratic

See also: Virginia's 11th congressional district

Democrat Gerry Connolly, who had represented Virginia's 11th congressional district since 2009, was re-elected in 2012 against Republican Christopher Perkins with 61% of the vote. Connolly was seeking re-election to a fourth term in 2014.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Minor parties

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  • Joseph "Joe" Galdo (Green Party), former United States Department of Energy employee[13]
  • Marc Harrold (Libertarian), attorney, author, television analyst and former law-enforcement officer[35]
  • Joseph Plummer (write-in), founder of the Three Birds Foundation

Withdrew

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  • Mark Gibson (independent) was not listed on the ballot.[13][19]

General election

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Endorsements

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Gerry Connolly (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Suzanne Scholte (R)

Organizations

Marc Harrold (L)

Organizations

  • The Virginia Liberty Party[38]

Results

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Virginia's 11th congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gerry Connolly (incumbent) 106,780 56.9
Republican Suzanne Scholte 75,796 40.4
Libertarian Marc Harrold 3,264 1.7
Green Joe F. Galdo 1,739 0.9
n/a Write-ins 226 0.1
Total votes 187,805 100.0
Democratic hold

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References

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