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2014 United States House of Representatives elections

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 territories. The winners of these elections served in the 114th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States census.

Results summary
Federal Source: Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk (does not include blank and over/under votes) Per states Maps File:2014 US House of Representatives Election by States.svg|Number of seats won by state File:114th_US_Congress_House.png|House seats by party holding plurality in state File:US House 2014 defeated incumbents.svg|Defeated incumbents by party. Democratic-held seats: Republican-held seats: File:2014 House Results by Vote share.svg|Results shaded according to winning candidate's share of vote == Exit poll ==
Exit poll
Source: NBC News exit poll == Incumbents who retired ==
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 • : Henry Waxman: Retired • : Gloria Negrete McLeod: Retired to run for the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors • : 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 run for U.S. Senator • : Rush Holt Jr.: Retired • : Carolyn McCarthy: Retired • : Bill Owens: Retired • : Mike McIntyre: Retired • : Jim Matheson: Retired • Virgin Islands: Donna Christian-Christensen: Retired to run for Governor of the Virgin Islands. • : Jim Moran: Retired Republicans Twenty-five Republicans retired from their seats. • : Spencer Bachus: Retired • : Tim Griffin: Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas • : Tom Cotton: Retired to run for U.S. Senator • : Buck McKeon: Retired • : Gary Miller: Retired • : John B. T. Campbell III: Retired • : Cory Gardner: Retired to 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: Retired to run for U.S. Senator • : Tom Latham: Retired • : Bill Cassidy: Retired to run for U.S. Senator • : Dave Camp: Retired • : Mike Rogers: Retired • : Michele Bachmann: Retired • : Steve Daines: Retired to run for U.S. Senator • : Jon Runyan: Retired • : Howard Coble: Retired • : James Lankford: Retired to run for U.S. Senator • : Jim Gerlach: Retired • : Steve Stockman: Retired to run for U.S. Senator • : Frank Wolf: Retired • : Doc Hastings: Retired • : Shelley Moore Capito: Retired to run for U.S. Senator • : Tom Petri: Retired == Incumbents defeated ==
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 (R) lost renomination to David Trott (R), who then won the general election. Republican hold. • : Ralph Hall (R), lost renomination to John Ratcliffe (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 Twelve Democrats lost re-election to Republicans. • : Ron Barber (D) lost to Martha McSally (R). • : Joe Garcia (D) lost to Carlos Curbelo (R). • : John Barrow (D) lost to Rick W. Allen (R). • : Brad Schneider (D) lost to Bob Dold (R). • : Bill Enyart (D) lost to Mike Bost (R). • : Steven Horsford (D) lost to Cresent Hardy (R). • : Carol Shea-Porter (D) lost to Frank Guinta (R). • : Tim Bishop (D) lost to Lee Zeldin (R). • : Dan Maffei (D) lost to John Katko (R). • : Pete Gallego (D) lost to Will Hurd (R). • : Nick Rahall (D) lost to Evan Jenkins (R). • American Samoa: Eni Faleomavaega (D) lost to Amata Coleman Radewagen (R). Republicans Two Republicans lost re-election to Democrats. • : Steve Southerland (R) lost to Gwen Graham (D). • : Lee Terry (R) lost to Brad Ashford (D). ==Open seat gains==
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 Rod Blum (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 Mia Love (R). Republican to Democratic One open seat previously held by a Republican was won by a Democrat. • : Gary Miller (R) retired. Seat won by Pete Aguilar (D). == Closest races ==
Closest races
Forty-seven races were decided by 10% or lower. North Carolina's 13th was the tipping point seat. == 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. == Alabama ==
Non-voting delegates
Aumua Amata Radewagen (Republican) 42.03% • Eni Faleomavaega (Democratic) 30.81% • Togiola Tulafono (Democratic) 11.03% • Mapu J. Jamias (Democratic) 6.36% • Rosie Tago Lancaster (Independent) 2.62% • Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman (Democratic) 2.24% • Tuika Tuika Jr. (Independent) 1.96% • Tuaau Kereti Mata'utia (Democratic) 1.56% • Mark Ude (Democratic) 1.40% }} • Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic) 83.92% • Nelson Rimensnyder (Republican) 6.63% • Tim Krepp (Independent) 5.34% • Natale Stracuzzi (DC Statehood Green) 3.44% }} • Madeleine Bordallo (Democratic) 60.5% • Margaret Metcalfe (Republican) 39.5% }} • Gregorio Sablan (Independent) 65.28% • Andrew Salas (Democratic) 34.72% }} • Stacey Plaskett (Democratic) 90.64% • Vince Danet (Republican) 8.71% }} == See also ==
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