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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Arizona, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts, with Democratic and Republican primaries taking place on August 26. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including governor of Arizona.

Quick Facts All 9 Arizona seats to the United States House of Representatives, Majority party ...

Overview

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 Arizona. In addition, the voter turnout and the number of votes not valid are listed below.[1]

Statewide

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By district

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona by district:[2]

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District 1

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Incumbent Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick, who won election to the House of Representatives in 2012, ran for re-election. She had previously served in this district from 2007 to 2009.

Democratic primary

Candidates

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Republican primary

Candidates

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Eliminated in primary
Declined

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General election

Endorsements

Andy Tobin (R)
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District 2

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Democrat Ron Barber, who was elected to a full term in the House of Representatives in 2012, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

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Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Shelley Kais, small business owner[5]
  • Chuck Wooten, business development consultant

Results

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General election

Endorsements

Martha McSally (R)
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Results

As the election margin was less than 1% in favor of McSally, a recount began on December 3, 2014. McSally won the recount by 161 votes.[25] This was the closest House race in 2014.

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District 3

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Democrat Raúl Grijalva, who had represented the district since 2002, ran for re-election.

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Republican primary

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  • Gabriela Saucedo Mercer, conservative activist and nominee for this seat in 2012

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Libertarian primary

Candidates

Withdrawn
  • Miguel Olivas[5]

General election

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District 4

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Republican Paul Gosar, who had represented the district since 2010, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

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Nominee
Withdrawn
  • Kristopher Mortensen

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Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Mikel Weisser, author, political activist and candidate for this seat in 2012[5]

Results

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Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Chris Rike

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District 5

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Republican Matt Salmon, who had represented the district since 2012, ran for re-election. He had previously served from 1995 to 2001.

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Campaign

Woods was looking to make history as the first openly atheist candidate to be elected to the U.S. Congress (former California Congressman Pete Stark, who served from 1973 to 2013, is an atheist but did not reveal this until 2007; former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank revealed that he was an atheist after he left office[29]).

Endorsements

James Woods (D)

Results

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District 6

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Republican David Schweikert, who had represented the district since 2010, ran for re-election.

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Democratic primary

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Nominee
  • John W. Williamson, candidate for this seat in 2012[5]

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General election

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David Schweikert (R)

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District 7

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The 7th district is heavily Hispanic. It is located primarily in Phoenix, and includes portions of Glendale and the town of Guadalupe. The incumbent was Democrat Ed Pastor, who had represented the district since 2013, and previously represented the 4th district from 2003 to 2013 and the 2nd district from 1991 to 2013. He was re-elected with 82% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+16. Pastor did not run for re-election.[32]

Democratic primary

Pastor's retirement presented a "once- or twice-in-a-lifetime opportunity" for an open safe Democratic seat in Arizona and was predicted to set off a "free-for-all" in the primary that could "eclipse" the 10-candidate primary for retiring Congressman John Shadegg's seat in 2010. Because of this and Arizona's "resign-to-run" law, political consultant Mario Diaz predicted a "domino effect, from federal (offices) all the way down to city (councils)."[33]

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
  • Steve Gallardo, state senator (running for Wilcox's place on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors)[36]
Disqualified
Declined

Endorsements

Ruben Gallego
U.S. Representatives
Mary Rose Wilcox
U.S. Representatives
  • Ed Pastor, incumbent U.S. Representative from the 7th district[49]
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Republican primary

Candidates

Withdrawn
  • Brianna Wasserman[5]

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Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Joe Cobb, retired economist and nominee for this seat in 2008, 2010 & 2012[5]
Withdrawn

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Americans Elect primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Rebecca DeWitt, accountant, Green nominee for this seat in 2008 & 2010 and Democratic candidate for this seat in 2012[5]
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General election

Endorsements

Ruben Gallego (D)

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District 8

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Republican Trent Franks, who had represented the district since 2002, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Clair Van Steenwyk, radio host

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Democratic primary

No Democrat filed to run.[5]

Americans Elect primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Stephen Dolgos, financial advisor and nominee for this seat in 2012

Results

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General election

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Trent Franks (R)

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District 9

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Democrat Kyrsten Sinema won election to the House of Representatives in 2012, when the district was created.

Democratic primary

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Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
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Declined
  • Ben Quayle, former U.S. Representative[54]
  • Martin Sepulveda, businessman and candidate for this seat in 2012[54]

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Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Powell Gammill

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General election

Endorsements

Wendy Rogers (R)

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See also


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