The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the four

U.S. representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

from the state of Arkansas, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including the

governor of Arkansas A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...

and a United States senator.

Overview

The table below shows the total number and percentage of votes, as well as the number of seats gained and lost by each political party in the election for the United States House of Representatives in Arkansas.

By district

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas by district:

District 1

Republican incumbent Rick Crawford has represented the 1st district since 2011. Crawford was elected to a second term in 2012, defeating Democratic prosecutor Scott Ellington, with 56% of the vote. Democrats hoped to find a strong challenger for the incumbent.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Rick Crawford, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Declined

= * Linda Collins-Smith, former state representative (ran for the state senate)

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Jackie McPherson, Mayor of

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=Declined

= * Glen Fenter, president of Mid-South Community College * Keith Ingram,

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* Joe Jett,

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* Dustin McDaniel, Arkansas Attorney General * Harold Perrin, Mayor of Jonesboro * Ben Ponder, candidate for AR-01 in

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* Chris Thyer, United States Attorney for the

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* Zac White, attorney * Marshall Wright, state representative

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Brian Scott Willhite

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Results

District 2

Republican Tim Griffin has represented the 2nd District since 2011. Griffin was elected to a second term in 2012, defeating Democratic former state representative Herb Rule, with 55% of the vote. Griffin announced in October 2013 that he would not run for re-election in 2014. In January 2014, he announced he was running for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

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, businessman and former White House aide for President

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=Eliminated in primary

= *

Ann Clemmer Ann Veasman Clemmer (born August 10, 1958) is an American political scientist and politician from the U.S. state of Arkansas. A Republican, Clemmer is a former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, having represented District 23 fr ...

, state representative * Conrad Reynolds, retired U.S. Army Colonel and candidate for Senate in

=Declined

= * Gilbert Baker, former state senator and candidate for U.S. Senate in

* Jonathan Dismang, state senator * Lanny Fite, Saline County

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* Ed Garner, former state representative * Tim Griffin, incumbent U.S. Representative * Jeremy Hutchinson, state senator * Allen Kerr, state representative *

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, state representative *

Jason Rapert Stanley Jason Rapert (born April 3, 1972) is an American politician from the state of Arkansas, who served as a member of the Arkansas State Senate from 2011 to 2023 and represented the 35th district. Political career Rapert was elected in 201 ...

, state senator *

David J. Sanders David James Sanders (born January 21, 1975) is a former member of the Arkansas State Senate for District 15, which encompasses Conway County and parts of Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, and Van Buren counties. From 2011 to 2013, he served a term in t ...

, state senator

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Pat Hays, former mayor of

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=Declined

= * Will Bond, former chair of the Democratic Party of Arkansas *

Shane Broadway Shane Broadway (born August 30, 1972) is a former Democratic state legislator, serving in the Arkansas General Assembly from 1997 to 2011 with a focus on education policy. Following an unsuccessful bid for Arkansas Lieutenant Governor in 2010, ...

, interim director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education and former state senator * Dianne Curry, former Little Rock School Board President *

John Charles Edwards John Charles Edwards is a former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Edwards was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and grew up in rural Lonoke County, Arkansas. Career Edwards served as an aide t ...

, state representative *

Bill Halter William A. Halter Jr (born November 30, 1960) is an American politician who served as the 18th lieutenant governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to succeed the late Republican Winthrop Paul Rocke ...

, former Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010 * David Johnson, state senator * Chris Massingill, chairman of the Delta Regional Authority * Franklin McLarty, businessman and former chair of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission * Tommy Thompson, state representative * Tab Townsell, Mayor of Conway * Linda Tyler, businesswoman and former state representative

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Debbie Standiford

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 3

Republican incumbent Steve Womack has represented the 3rd district since 2011. Womack was elected to a second term in 2012 with 76% of the vote. Unlike the other Arkansas congressional districts, the 3rd has long had a Republican Congressman.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Steve Womack, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Declined

= *Thomas Brewer, maths teacher and minister

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Declined

= *Troy Gittings, high school English teacher and stand-up comedian

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Grant Brand

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Results

District 4

Republican Tom Cotton was elected to represent the 4th district in 2012, winning an open seat contest against Democratic

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with 59%. Cotton has announced he will not run for election to a second term so that he can challenge Democratic incumbent Mark Pryor for his U.S. Senate seat.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Bruce Westerman, Majority Leader of the

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=Eliminated in primary

= * Tommy Moll, businessman

=Withdrawn

= *

Mark Darr Mark A. Darr (born July 3, 1973) is an American politician from Springdale, Arkansas, who was his state's 19th lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2014. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2010 to succeed Democrat Bill Halter. To w ...

, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

=Declined

= *

Nate Bell Jerry Nathan Bell, known as Nate Bell (born July 17, 1969), is an Independent politician from Mena in the U.S. state of Arkansas, who served three two-year terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives. From 2013 to 2017, he represented Distri ...

, state representative * Tom Cotton, incumbent U.S. Representative * Lane Jean, state representative * Beth Anne Rankin, music teacher, former Miss Arkansas, nominee for this seat in

and candidate in

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* Matthew Shepherd, state representative

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * James Lee Witt, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

=Withdrawn

= * Janice Percefull, college instructor and author (running as write-in)

=Declined

= * Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas *

Bruce Maloch Bruce Maloch ( ; born June 29, 1957) is an attorney and politician in South Arkansas. Education and personal life Maloch was raised on a farm near Emerson, Arkansas. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Agricultural Business fro ...

, state senator * Bobby Pierce, state senator *

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, former state representative * Chris Thomason, chancellor of the

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and former state representative *

Jeff Wardlaw Jeffrey Reed "Jeff" Wardlaw (born August 25, 1980) is a farmer from Hermitage in Bradley County in south Arkansas who is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 8, which he has represented since 2011. His dist ...

, state representative

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Ken Hamilton

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Predictions

Results

References

External links

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Overview

By district

District 1

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=Declined

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=Declined

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

=Nominee

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Results

District 2

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=Eliminated in primary

=Declined

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=Declined

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

=Nominee

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 3

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=Declined

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Declined

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

=Nominee

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Results

District 4

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=Eliminated in primary

=Withdrawn

=Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=Withdrawn

=Declined

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

=Nominee

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Predictions

Results

See also

References

External links