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

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, one from each of the state's five

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. The elections coincided with other elections to the

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and House of Representatives and various state and local elections, including the

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and both of Oklahoma's United States Senate seats.

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s 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.

Overview

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

District 1

The 1st district is located in the Tulsa metropolitan area and includes Creek,

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, Wagoner and

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counties. The incumbent is Republican Jim Bridenstine, who has represented the district since 2013. 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 has a PVI of R+18. Bridenstine ran unopposed for re-election. Former

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Kathy Taylor was a potential Democratic candidate, but she declined to run.

District 2

The 2nd district is located in

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and

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and includes the city of Muskogee and numerous sparsely populated counties. The incumbent is Republican

Markwayne Mullin Mark Wayne "Markwayne" Mullin (born July 26, 1977) is an American businessman, former professional mixed martial arts fighter, and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Oklahoma since 2023. A member of the Republican Par ...

, who has represented the district since 2013. He was elected with 57% of the vote in 2012, succeeding retiring Democratic incumbent Dan Boren. The district has a PVI of R+20.

Republican primary

Darrell Robertson challenged Mullin in the Republican primary.

Results

Democratic primary

Earl E. Everett, a candidate for the seat in 2012, and Joshua Harris-Till ran for the Democrats.

Results

General election

Results

District 3

The 3rd district is located in

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. The largest district in Oklahoma and one of the largest in the country, it includes the

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Ponca City Ponca City ( iow, Chína Uhánⁿdhe) is a city in Kay County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The city was named after the Ponca tribe. Ponca City had a population of 25,387 at the time of the 2010 census- and a population of 24,424 in the 2020 ...

and the city of Stillwater as well as the

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. The incumbent is Republican

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, who has represented the district since 2003 and previously represented the 6th district from 1994 to 2003. He was re-elected with 75% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+26.

Republican primary

The

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announced that they intended to support a Republican challenger to Lucas in the

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, calling him a " Republican In Name Only". Businessman and candidate for

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Robert Hubbard and businessman and Democratic nominee for the seat in 2012 Timothy Ray Murray both ran against Lucas in the Republican primary.

Results

Democratic primary

Democrat Frankie Robbins, an engineer and

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employee who was a candidate for the seat in 2012 and the nominee for the seat in 2008 and 2010 is the only other candidate running.

General election

Results

District 4

The 4th district is located in

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and includes

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and

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counties as well as numerous other sparsely populated counties. The incumbent is Republican

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, who has represented the district since 2003. He was re-elected with 68% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+19.

Republican primary

Anna Flatt, chairman of the Carter County Republican Party, ran against Cole in the Republican primary.

Results

Democratic primary

Running in the Democratic primary were Tae Si, a software engineer, and Bert Smith, a retired teacher and retired

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who was the nominee for the 5th district in 2004, a candidate for the 5th district in 2006 and 2008 and a candidate for the 4th district in 2012.

Results

General election

Results

District 5

The 5th district is located in

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and includes

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and

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counties. The incumbent is Republican

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, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+12. Lankford is not running for re-election. He is instead running in the

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to replace retiring Republican U.S. Senator

Tom Coburn Thomas Allen Coburn (March 14, 1948 – March 28, 2020) was an American politician and physician who served as a United States senator for Oklahoma from 2005, until his resignation in 2015. A Republican, he previously served as a United St ...

Republican primary

Candidates

=Declared

= * Patrice Douglas, chairman of the

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and former mayor of Edmond *

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, state senator * Steve Russell, former state senator * Harvey Sparks, minister and former aide to U.S. Representative Jim Bridenstine *

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, state representative

=Withdrew

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative (running for the U.S. Senate)

=Declined

= *

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* David Holt, state senator * Tom Newell, state representative

Polling

Results

Runoff

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Declared

= * Tom Guild,

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professor and nominee for the seat

and

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* Leona Leonard, chairman of the Seminole County Democratic Party *

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, state senator

=Withdrew

= * Keith Davenport, minister *

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, Minority Leader of the

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(running for re-election) * Marilyn Rainwater, pastor, retired child welfare worker and nominee for the state house in 2012 (running for the state senate)

=Declined

= *

Anastasia Pittman Anastasia A. Pittman (born July 19, 1970) is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. She represented the 99th district in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, as a member of the Democratic Party. Pittman served in the House from 2006 ...

, state representative (running for the state senate) * Jim Roth, former Corporation Commissioner

Polling

Results

Runoff

Independent

Candidates

=Declared

= * Tom Boggs, resident of Thailand * Robert T. Murphy, Libertarian and perennial candidate * Buddy Ray

General election

Polling

Results

References

External links

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Overview

District 1

District 2

Republican primary

Results

Democratic primary

Results

General election

Results

District 3

Republican primary

Results

Democratic primary

General election

Results

District 4

Republican primary

Results

Democratic primary

Results

General election

Results

District 5

Republican primary

Candidates

=Declared

=Withdrew

=Declined

Polling

Results

Runoff

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Declared

=Withdrew

=Declined

Polling

Results

Runoff

Independent

Candidates

=Declared

General election

Polling

Results

See also

References

External links