United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, 2014
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected the 7 U.S. Representatives from the state of Alabama. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including the Governor of Alabama.
Primary elections were held on June 3, 2014. Primary runoffs, necessary if no candidate won a majority of the vote, were held on 15 July.
Contents
District 1
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Republican Bradley Byrne won the December 2013 special election held after the resignation of Jo Bonner.[1] He was originally believed to be running for re-election unopposed, but Burton LeFlore, his Democratic opponent in the 2013 special election, managed to qualify.[2][3]
General election results
| Alabama's 1st congressional district election, 2014[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Bradley Byrne (Incumbent) | 103,758 | 68.16 | |
| Democratic | Burton LeFlore | 48,278 | 31.71 | |
| Write-ins | Other | 198 | 0.13 | |
| Total votes | 152,234 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 2
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Republican Martha Roby has represented the district since being elected in 2010. She faced Democrat Erick Wright, the only other candidate to file for the office.[2]
General election results
| Alabama's 2nd congressional district election, 2014[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Martha Roby (Incumbent) | 113,103 | 67.34 | |
| Democratic | Erick Wright | 54,692 | 32.56 | |
| Write-ins | Other | 157 | 0.09 | |
| Total votes | 167,952 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 3
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Republican Mike D. Rogers has represented the district since being elected in 2002. He defeated challenger Thomas Casson in the Republican primary. Democrat Jesse T. Smith is also running.[2]
Primary results
| Republican primary results[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Mike D. Rogers | 50,372 | 75.89 | |
| Republican | Thomas Casson | 15,999 | 24.11 | |
| Total votes | 66,371 | 100 | ||
General election results
| Alabama's 3rd congressional district election, 2014[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Mike D. Rogers (Incumbent) | 103,558 | 66.12 | |
| Democratic | Jesse Smith | 52,816 | 33.72 | |
| Write-ins | Other | 246 | 0.16 | |
| Total votes | 156,620 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 4
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Republican Robert Aderholt has represented the district since being elected in 1996. He was challenged in the Republican primary by Thomas E. Drake II. No Democrat filed for the office.[2]
General election results
| Alabama's 4th congressional district election, 2014[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Robert Aderholt (Incumbent) | 132,831 | 98.57 | |
| Write-ins | Other | 1,921 | 1.43 | |
| Total votes | 134,752 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 5
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Republican Mo Brooks has represented the district since being elected in 2010, after defeating the incumbent, party switching Democrat-turned-Republican Parker Griffith, in the Republican primary. Griffith ran again in the Republican primary in 2012, and Brooks won again. Supporters of Griffith circulated petitions to get Griffith on the ballot as an independent.[6] He considered doing so, but instead rejoined the Democratic Party and is running for Governor. No Democrat filed to run. Brooks defeated challenger Jerry Hill in the Republican primary.[2] Mark Bray is challenging Brooks as an independent candidate.[7] Reggie Hill is running as a write-in candidate.[8]
Primary results
| Republican primary results[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Mo Brooks | 49,117 | 80.32 | |
| Republican | Jerry Hill | 12,038 | 19.68 | |
| Total votes | 61,155 | 100 | ||
General election results
| Alabama's 5th congressional district election, 2014[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Mo Brooks (Incumbent) | 115,338 | 74.4 | |
| Independent | Mark Bray | 39,005 | 25.2 | |
| Write-ins | Other | 631 | 0.4 | |
| Total votes | 154,974 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 6
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Republican incumbent Spencer Bachus, who has represented the 6th district since 1993, is not running for re-election.[9]
Republican primary
Candidates
- Declared
- Scott Beason, State Senator and candidate for the seat in 2012[2]
- Will Brooke, executive vice president and managing partner of Harbert Management Corporation[2]
- Paul DeMarco, State Representative[10]
- Chad Mathis, orthopedic surgeon[2]
- Gary Palmer, president of the conservative think tank Alabama Policy Institute[2]
- Robert Shattuck, attorney[2]
- Tom Vigneulle, businessman[2]
- Declined
- Spencer Bachus, incumbent U.S. Representative[11][12]
- Slade Blackwell, State Senator[11]
- Bill Armistead, Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party and former State Senator[11][13]
- Slade Blackwell, State Senator[11]
- Greg Canfield, Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce and former State Representative[11]
- David Carrington, President of the Jefferson County Commission[11]
- Steve French, former State Senator[14]
- Tony Petelos, Jefferson County Manager[11]
- Minda Riley Campbell, attorney and daughter of former Governor Bob Riley[11]
- Rob Riley, attorney and son of former Governor Riley[11]
- Cliff Sims, blogger[14]
- David Standridge, State Representative and candidate for the seat in 2012[11]
- Cam Ward, State Senator[14]
- Jack Williams, State Representative[14]
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Scott Beason |
Will Brooke |
Paul DeMarco |
Chad Mathis |
Gary Palmer |
Tom Vignuelle |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cygnal | May 2014 | ? | ± ? | 12.1% | 11.2% | 19.8% | 16.8% | 18.1% | 3.4% | 18.6% |
| JMC Analytics* | April 15 & 17, 2014 | 445 | ± 4.6% | 9% | 10% | 15% | 16% | 4% | 2% | 44% |
- * Internal poll for Chad Mathis campaign
Results
| Republican primary results[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Paul DeMarco | 30,894 | 32.68 | |
| Republican | Gary Palmer | 18,655 | 19.73 | |
| Republican | Scott Beason | 14,451 | 15.29 | |
| Republican | Chad Mathis | 14,420 | 15.25 | |
| Republican | Will Brooke | 13,130 | 13.89 | |
| Republican | Tom Vigneulle | 2,397 | 2.54 | |
| Republican | Robert Shattuck | 587 | 0.52 | |
| Total votes | 94,534 | 100 | ||
DeMarco and Palmer advanced to a July 15 runoff election to decide the Republican primary, which Palmer won.[15]
Runoff
- Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Paul DeMarco |
Gary Palmer |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cygnal | July 7–8, 2014 | 647 | ± 3.84% | 29.3% | 59.6% | 11.1% |
- Results
| Republican primary runoff results[16] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Gary Palmer | 47,491 | 63.5 | |
| Republican | Paul DeMarco | 27,295 | 36.5 | |
| Total votes | 74,786 | 100 | ||
General election results
Palmer faced Democrat Mark Lester, a professor at Birmingham-Southern College who replaced original nominee Avery Vise, in November.[3][17] Robert Shattuck, who lost in the Republican primary, will run as a write-in candidate.[18] Libertarian Aimee Love had been running, but the Alabama Libertarian Party was unable to secure ballot access for federal elections.
| Alabama's 6th congressional district election, 2014[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Gary Palmer | 135,945 | 76.18 | |
| Democratic | Mark Lester | 42,291 | 23.7 | |
| Write-ins | Other | 213 | 0.12 | |
| Total votes | 178,449 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 7
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Democrat Terri Sewell has represented the district since being elected in 2010. She faced a primary challenge from former Birmingham City Attorney Tamara Harris Johnson. No Republican filed to run for the office.[2]
Primary results
| Democratic primary results[19] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Terri Sewell | 74,953 | 83.91 | |
| Democratic | Tamara Harris Johnson | 14,374 | 16.09 | |
| Total votes | 89,327 | 100 | ||
General election results
| Alabama's 7th congressional district election, 2014[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Terri Sewell (Incumbent) | 133,687 | 98.37 | |
| Write-ins | Other | 2,212 | 1.63 | |
| Total votes | 135,899 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
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