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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2014, in the middle of President Barack Obama's second term in office. Elections were held for all 435 seats of the House of Representatives, representing the 50 states. Elections were also held for the non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five
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. The winners of these elections served in the
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, with seats apportioned among the states based on the
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. The Republicans won 16 seats from Democrats, while three Republican-held seats turned Democratic. The Republicans achieved their largest majority in the House since
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due to a sizeable Republican wave. Combined with the Republican gains made in
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, the total number of Democratic-held House seats lost under Barack Obama's presidency in midterm elections rose to 77 with these elections. This marked the highest number of House seats lost under a two-term president of the same party since
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. With 36.4% of eligible voters voting, the voter turnout was the lowest since
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. As of 2022, this is the last congressional election in which Democrats won a House seat in Nebraska, and the last time Republicans won a House seat in New Hampshire.


Results summary

Source
Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk
(does not include blank and over/under votes)


Voter demographics

Source: '' CNN'' exit poll


Incumbents who retired

Forty-one representatives retired from their seats.


Democrats

Sixteen Democrats (seventeen, including the delegate from the Virgin Islands) retired from their seats. # : Ed Pastor: Retired # : George Miller: Retired # : Henry Waxman: Retired # :
Gloria Negrete McLeod Gloria Negrete McLeod (born September 6, 1941) is an American politician who was the United States representative for from 2013 to 2015. The district included portions of eastern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County. She was a ...
: Retired to run for the San Bernardino County
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# : Colleen Hanabusa: Retired to run for U.S. Senator # : Bruce Braley: Retired to run for U.S. Senator # : Mike Michaud: Retired to run for Governor of Maine # : John Dingell: Retired # : Gary Peters: Retired to successfully run for U.S. Senator # : Rush Holt Jr.: Retired # :
Carolyn McCarthy Carolyn McCarthy ( Cook; born January 5, 1944) is an American politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 1997 to 2015. She is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Par ...
: Retired # : Bill Owens: Retired # : Mike McIntyre: Retired # :
Allyson Schwartz Allyson Schwartz (née Young; born October 3, 1948) is an American Democratic Party politician who represented parts of Montgomery County and Northeast Philadelphia in the United States House of Representatives from 2005 to 2015 and Northeast and ...
: Retired to run for
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# : Jim Matheson: Retired # Virgin Islands: Donna Christian-Christensen: Retired to run for
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. # : Jim Moran: Retired


Republicans

Twenty-five Republicans retired from their seats. # : Spencer Bachus: Retired # : Tim Griffin: Retired to successfully run for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas # : Tom Cotton: Retired to successfully run for U.S. Senator # :
Buck McKeon Howard Philip "Buck" McKeon (born September 9, 1938) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California's 25th congressional district from 1993 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former chairman of ...
: Retired # :
Gary Miller Gary Miller may refer to: *Gary Miller (politician) (born 1948), American politician * Michael Dunn (actor) (Gary Neil Miller, 1934–1973), American actor * Gary L. Miller (1947–1969), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * Gary Miller ...
: Retired # : John B. T. Campbell III: Retired # :
Cory Gardner Cory Scott Gardner (born August 22, 1974) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who served as a United States senator from Colorado from 2015 to 2021. A Republican, he was the U.S. representative for Colorado's 4th congressional distr ...
: Retired to successfully run for U.S. Senator # : Jack Kingston: Retired to run for U.S. Senator # : Paul Broun: Retired to run for U.S. Senator # :
Phil Gingrey John Phillip Gingrey (born July 10, 1942) is an American physician and former politician who served as a U.S. Representative for from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party (GOP). His district comprised the northwestern suburbs o ...
: Retired to run for U.S. Senator # : Tom Latham: Retired # :
Bill Cassidy William Morgan Cassidy (born September 28, 1957) is an American physician and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Louisiana, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Louisian ...
: Retired to successfully run for U.S. Senator # :
Dave Camp David Lee Camp (born July 9, 1953) is a former American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2015. Camp represented since 1993, and previously served one term representing . A member of the ...
: Retired # : Mike Rogers: Retired # : Michele Bachmann: Retired # : Steve Daines: Retired to successfully run for U.S. Senator # : Jon Runyan: Retired # : Howard Coble: Retired # : James Lankford: Retired to successfully run for U.S. Senator # : Jim Gerlach: Retired # :
Steve Stockman Stephen Ernest Stockman (born November 14, 1956) is an American politician who is a member of the Republican Party and a convicted felon. He served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 9th congressional district from 1995 to 1997 and for Texas' ...
: Retired to run for U.S. Senator # : Frank Wolf: Retired # : Doc Hastings: Retired # : Shelley Moore Capito: Retired to successfully run for U.S. Senator # :
Tom Petri Thomas Evert Petri (born May 28, 1940) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 1979 to 2015; he is a member of the Republican Party. Early life Petri was born in Marinette, Wisconsin. When he was a toddler, his fat ...
: Retired


Incumbents defeated


In primary elections

# : Vance McAllister (R) lost a Nonpartisan blanket primary to Jamie Mayo (D) and Ralph Abraham (R). Abraham then won the runoff. Republican hold. # : John F. Tierney (D) lost renomination to Seth Moulton (D), who then won the general election. Democratic hold. # :
Kerry Bentivolio Kerry Bentivolio (born October 6, 1951) is an American politician and educator who is the former United States Representative for , in office from 2013 to 2015. Bentivolio, a Republican, defeated Democratic nominee Syed Taj, a physician, in th ...
(R) lost renomination to David Trott (R), who then won the general election. Republican hold. # : Ralph Hall (R), lost renomination to
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(R), who then won the general election. Republican hold. # : Eric Cantor (R) lost renomination to Dave Brat (R), who then won the general election. Republican hold.


In the general election

Republicans had a net gain of nine seats, taken from Democrats.


Democrats

Eleven Democrats (twelve, including the delegate from American Samoa) lost re-election to Republicans. # :
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(D) lost to Martha McSally (R). # :
Joe Garcia José Antonio Garcia Jr. (born October 12, 1963), known as Joe Garcia, is an American attorney and politician. Garcia represented in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015. A Democrat, Garcia represented most of western Miami-Dade Cou ...
(D) lost to Carlos Curbelo (R). # : John Barrow (D) lost to
Rick W. Allen Richard Wayne Allen (born November 7, 1951) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. Career Allen attended Auburn University and earned a degree in building c ...
(R). # :
Brad Schneider Bradley Scott Schneider (born August 20, 1961) is an American businessman and politician who became the U.S. representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district in 2017, previously holding the position from 2013 to 2015. Before he was elec ...
(D) lost to Bob Dold (R). # :
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(D) lost to Mike Bost (R). # :
Steven Horsford Steven Alexzander Horsford (born April 29, 1973) is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Nevada's 4th congressional district since 2019, previously holding the position from 2013 to 2015. A member of the ...
(D) lost to Cresent Hardy (R). # :
Carol Shea-Porter Carol Shea-Porter (born December 2, 1952) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who is the former member of the United States House of Representatives for . She held the seat from 2007 to 2011, 2013 to 2015, and 2017 to 201 ...
(D) lost to
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(R). # : Tim Bishop (D) lost to Lee Zeldin (R). # :
Dan Maffei Daniel Benjamin Maffei ( ; born July 4, 1968) is an American politician and professor who was the United States representative for from 2013 to 2015. Maffei previously represented the district, then numbered as , from 2009 to 2011. He has also ...
(D) lost to John Katko (R). # : Pete Gallego (D) lost to Will Hurd (R). # : Nick Rahall (D) lost to Evan Jenkins (R). # '' American Samoa:
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(D) lost to
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(R).''


Republicans

Two Republicans lost re-election to Democrats. # : Steve Southerland (R) lost to
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(D). # : Lee Terry (R) lost to
Brad Ashford John Bradley Ashford (November 10, 1949 – April 19, 2022) was an American politician who served in the Nebraska Legislature and the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. After serving in the state l ...
(D).


Open seat gains

Republicans had a net gain of four seats previously held by Democrats.


Democratic to Republican

Five open seats previously held by Democrats were won by Republicans. # : Bruce Braley (D) retired to run for U.S. Senate. Seat won by
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(R). # : Mike Michaud (D) retired to run for Governor of Maine. Seat won by Bruce Poliquin (R). # : Bill Owens (D) retired. Seat won by Elise Stefanik (R). # : Mike McIntyre (D) retired. Seat won by David Rouzer (R). # : Jim Matheson (D) retired. Seat won by
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(R).


Republican to Democratic

One open seat previously held by a Republican was won by a Democrat. # :
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(R) retired. Seat won by Pete Aguilar (D).


Closest races

In forty-seven races, the margin of victory was less than 10%.


Election ratings


Special elections

Five special elections were held in 2014. * Two elections were held concurrent with the November elections. The winners received a seniority advantage over other freshmen, as their seniority starts on the day of the elections. * Three elections were held separate from the November general elections.


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Washington


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Wyoming


Non-voting delegates

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New delegate elected.
Democratic hold. , nowrap ,


See also

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