The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

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

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and a United States senator.

Overview

Statewide

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

Incumbent Republican Rick Crawford, who had represented the district since 2011, was re-elected with 56% of the vote in 2012. The district had a PVI of R+14.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Rick Crawford, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Declined

= *

Linda Collins-Smith Linda F. Collins (April 17, 1962 – May 28, 2019; known as Linda Collins-Smith until her divorce) was an American businesswoman and politician who served a single term from 2015 to 2019 as a Republican member of the Arkansas Senate. On J ...

, former state representative (ran for the state senate)

Democratic primary

Democrats hoped to find a strong challenger to take on Crawford.

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Jackie McPherson, Mayor of

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=Declined

= * Glen Fenter, president of

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Keith Ingram Keith M. Ingram (born April 12, 1955) is an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, Ingram represents the 24th district in the Arkansas Senate, of which he is the Minority Leader. Ingram's district incl ...

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Joe Jett Joseph Edward Jett (born c. 1960) is an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A member of the Republican Party since December 2016, Jett represents District 56 in the Arkansas House of Representatives. Jett switched parties shortly a ...

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Dustin McDaniel Dustin Blake McDaniel (born April 29, 1972) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 55th Attorney General of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015. McDaniel is the co-chair of Cozen O’Connor’s State Attorneys General Group. He is also th ...

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* Harold Perrin, Mayor of Jonesboro * Ben Ponder, candidate for AR-01 in

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* Chris Thyer,

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for the Eastern District of Arkansas * Zac White, attorney * Marshall Wright, state representative

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Brian Scott Willhite

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

District 2

Incumbent Republican

Tim Griffin John Timothy Griffin (born August 21, 1968) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 57th Attorney General of Arkansas, attorney general of Arkansas. He served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, lieutenant governor of Arkans ...

, who had represented the district since 2011, announced in October 2013 that he would not run for re-election in 2014. In January, he announced that he was running for

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. He was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2012. The district had a PVI of R+8.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * French Hill, businessman and former White House aide for President

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=Eliminated in primary

= * Ann Clemmer, state representative * Conrad Reynolds, retired

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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 *

, incumbent U.S. Representative * Jeremy Hutchinson, state senator * Allen Kerr, state representative * Andy Mayberry, state representative * Jason Rapert, state senator * David J. Sanders, state senator

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

Pat Hays Patrick Henry Hays (January 8, 1947 – October 4, 2023) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served in the Arkansas House of Representatives fr ...

, former mayor of

North Little Rock North Little Rock (often abbreviated "NLR") is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. Located on the north side of the Arkansas River, it is the twin city of Little Rock. In the late nineteenth century, it was annexed by Little Ro ...

=Declined

= * Will Bond, former chair of the

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* Shane Broadway, interim director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education and former state senator * Dianne Curry, former

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School Board President * John Charles Edwards, 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 Roc ...

, former

and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010 * David Johnson, state senator * Chris Massingill, chairman of the

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* Franklin McLarty, businessman and former chair of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission * Tommy Thompson, state representative *

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, Mayor of

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* Linda Tyler, businesswoman and former state representative

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Debbie Standiford

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 3

Incumbent Republican

Steve Womack Stephen Allen Womack ( ; born February 18, 1957) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2011. The district, which was once represented by former Senator J. William Fulbright, covers much of northwestern Arkans ...

, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 76% of the vote in 2012. The district had a PVI of R+19. Unlike the other Arkansas congressional districts, the 3rd has long had a Republican representative.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, 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

Predictions

Results

District 4

Incumbent Republican

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, who had represented the district since 2013, announced he will not run for election to a second term in order to challenge Democratic incumbent

Mark Pryor Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is an American attorney, politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from Arkansas from 2003 to 2015. He previously served as Arkansas Attorney General, Attorney ...

for his U.S. Senate seat. He was elected with 59% of the vote in 20. The district had a PVI of R+15.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

Bruce Westerman Bruce Eugene Westerman (born November 18, 1967) is an American forester and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district. Previously, he served as member and the majority leader of the Arkansas House ...

, Majority Leader of the

Arkansas House of Representatives The Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House has 100 members elected from an equal number of constituencies across the state. Each distr ...

=Eliminated in primary

= * Tommy Moll, businessman

=Withdrawn

= * Mark Darr,

=Declined

= * Nate Bell, state representative *

, incumbent U.S. Representative * Lane Jean, state representative * Beth Anne Rankin, music teacher, former

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, nominee for this seat in

and candidate in

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* Matthew Shepherd, state representative

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

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, former director of the

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=Withdrawn

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

=Declined

= * Conner Eldridge,

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 fr ...

, state senator * Bobby Pierce, state senator * Leslee Milam Post, former state representative * Chris Thomason, chancellor of the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope and former state representative * Jeff Wardlaw, state representative

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Ken Hamilton

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Predictions

Results

References

External links

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Overview

Statewide

By district

District 1

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=Declined

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=Declined

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

=Nominee

General election

Predictions

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

Predictions

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