2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia by district:^[6]

2014 Virginia's 1st congressional district election

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Nominee Rob Wittman Norm Mosher Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 131,861 72,059 Percentage 62.9% 34.4%

County and independent city results Wittman:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Mosher:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Rob Wittman Republican Elected U.S. Representative Rob Wittman Republican

Republican Rob Wittman had represented Virginia's 1st congressional district since 2007 and ran for re-election.

• Rob Wittman, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Anthony Riedel, public relations specialist for National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation^[7]

• Norm Mosher, former navy officer and U.S. Senate staffer^[9][10][11]

• Chris Hailey (write-in), government teacher at Lafayette High School^[12]
• Gail Parker (independent), retired U.S. Air Force officer and perennial candidate^[13][14][15]

• Xavian Draper (Libertarian) did not achieve ballot access.^{[16][17][18][19]}

External links

• Rob Wittman campaign website
• Norm Mosher campaign website Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
• Gail Parker campaign website

2014 Virginia's 2nd congressional district election

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Candidate Scott Rigell Suzanne Patrick Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 101,558 71,178 Percentage 58.7% 41.1%

County and independent city results Rigell:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Scott Rigell Republican Elected U.S. Representative Scott Rigell Republican

Republican Scott Rigell represented Virginia's 2nd congressional district since 2011. He won re-election to a second term in 2012 against Democratic businessman Paul Hirschbiel with 54% of the vote. Rigell ran for re-election.

• Scott Rigell, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Suzanne Patrick, retired Navy Commander^[26]

• Allen Knapp (Libertarian) was not listed on the ballot.^[19][27]
• John Smith (Independent Green) was not listed on the ballot.^[13][19]

External links

• Scott Rigell campaign website
• Suzanne Patrick campaign website

2014 Virginia's 3rd congressional district election

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Candidate Bobby Scott Party Democratic Popular vote 139,197 Percentage 94.4%

County and independent city results Scott:      80–90%      >90%

U.S. Representative before election Bobby Scott Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Bobby Scott Democratic

Democrat Bobby Scott had represented Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. He won re-election to an eleventh term in 2012 against Republican businessman Dean Longo, with 81% of the vote. Scott ran for re-election unopposed.

• Bobby Scott, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Justin Gandino-Saadein (independent) was not listed on the ballot.^[19][30]
• Justin Upshaw (Libertarian) was not listed on the ballot.^[19][31]

External Links

• Bobby Scott campaign website

2014 Virginia's 4th congressional district election

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Candidate Randy Forbes Elliott Fausz Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 120,684 75,270 Percentage 60.1% 37.5%

County and independent city results Forbes:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Fausz:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Randy Forbes Republican Elected U.S. Representative Randy Forbes Republican

Republican Randy Forbes had represented Virginia's 4th congressional district since 2001. He won re-election in 2012 against Democratic Chesapeake City Councilwoman Ella Ward, with 57% of the vote. Forbes ran for re-election.

• Randy Forbes, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Elliott Fausz, publishing manager

• Bo Brown (Libertarian), accounting professional^[35]

• Albert Burckardt (Independent Green) was not listed on the ballot.^[13][19]

External links

• Randy Forbes campaign website Archived June 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
• Elliott Fausz campaign website Archived July 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
• Bo Brown campaign website

2014 Virginia's 5th congressional district election

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Candidate Robert Hurt Lawrence Gaughan Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 124,735 73,482 Percentage 60.9% 35.9%

County and independent city results Hurt:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Gaughan:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Robert Hurt Republican Elected U.S. Representative Robert Hurt Republican

Republican Robert Hurt had represented Virginia's 5th congressional district since 2011. He won re-election to a second term in 2012 against Democrat John W. Douglass, with 55% of the vote. Hurt ran for re-election.

• Robert Hurt, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Lawrence Gaughan, actor and political activist^[39]

• Ben Hudson, teacher and retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel

Hudson challenged Gaughan at the Democratic convention on May 31, 2014. Gaughan won the nomination.^[40][41]

• Kenneth Hildebrandt (Independent Green), former chiropractic physician^[13]
• Paul Jones (Libertarian), entrepreneur and owner of the Belvedere Company^[42][43][44]

External links

• Robert Hurt campaign website
• Lawrence Gaughan campaign website Archived March 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
• Paul Jones campaign page
• Kenneth Hildebrandt campaign website

2014 Virginia's 6th congressional district election

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Nominee Bob Goodlatte Will Hammer Elaine Hildebrandt Party Republican Libertarian Independent Greens Popular vote 133,898 22,161 21,447 Percentage 74.5% 12.3% 11.9%

County and independent city results Goodlatte:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election Bob Goodlatte Republican Elected U.S. Representative Bob Goodlatte Republican

Republican Bob Goodlatte had represented Virginia's 6th congressional district since 1993. He won his eleventh term to Congress over Democrat Andy Schmookler with 65% of the vote in 2012. Goodlatte was running for re-election.

• Bob Goodlatte, incumbent U.S. Representative

Bruce Elder, a Staunton City Councilman, the only Democrat to file, had to end his campaign after being diagnosed with cancer.^[45] As a result, Democrats did not field any candidate to challenge Goodlatte.^[46]

• Bruce Elder, Staunton City Councilman

• Will Hammer (Libertarian)^[47][48]
• Elaine Hildebrandt (Independent Green)^[13]

External links

• Bob Goodlatte campaign website
• Will Hammer campaign website

2014 Virginia's 7th congressional district election

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Nominee Dave Brat Jack Trammell Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 148,026 89,914 Percentage 60.8% 36.9%

County and independent city results Brat:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Dave Brat Republican Elected U.S. Representative Dave Brat Republican

Eric Cantor, the U.S. House Majority Leader, had represented the 7th District since 2001. Cantor won re-election to a seventh term in 2012 against Democrat Wayne Powell with 58% of the vote.

On June 10, 2014,^[2] Cantor lost the Republican primary to college professor Dave Brat.^[4] This was the first time a sitting House Majority Leader lost a primary election since the position was created in 1899.^[3]

• Dave Brat, Randolph–Macon College professor and economist^[49]

• Eric Cantor, incumbent U.S. representative and House Majority Leader

• Pete Greenwald, Senior Naval Science Instructor at Chesterfield County Public Schools^[50]

• Jack Trammell, Randolph-Macon College professor^[51]

• James Carr (Libertarian), financial analyst^[27][52]

• Tareq Salahi (Independent Green), television personality and write-in candidate for governor in 2013 (declared as a Republican, then switched parties).^{[53][54][55][56]} Originally, Joe Oddo, the state chairman for the Independent Greens, was listed as the 7th district's candidate.^[13] However, Salahi failed to file the required 1,000 signatures to get on the ballot.^[19][57]

2014 Virginia's 7th congressional district special election

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Nominee Dave Brat Jack Trammell Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 148,841 91,236 Percentage 61.7% 37.8%

County and independent city results Brat:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Eric Cantor Republican Elected U.S. Representative Dave Brat Republican

A special election was held on the same date as the general election as Cantor resigned from Congress on August 18, 2014, after his surprising loss to Brat.^[58][59][60]

External links

• Dave Brat campaign website
• Jack Trammell campaign website
• James Carr campaign website

2014 Virginia's 8th congressional district election

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Nominee Don Beyer Micah Edmond Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 128,102 63,810 Percentage 63.1% 31.4%

County and independent city results Beyer:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Jim Moran Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Don Beyer Democratic

Democrat Jim Moran, who had represented Virginia's 8th congressional district since 1991, was re-elected in 2012 over Republican Jay Patrick Murray with 65% of the vote. On January 15, 2014, Moran announced that he would retire from Congress, rather than run for re-election.^[65]

• Don Beyer, former Lieutenant Governor (1990–1998), nominee for governor in 1997, and former United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein (2009–2013)^[66]

• Lavern Chatman, former president and CEO of the Northern Virginia Urban League^[67]
• Adam Ebbin, state senator^[68]
• William Euille, Mayor of Alexandria^[69]
• Patrick Hope, state delegate^[70]
• Derek Hyra, college professor and Alexandria Planning Commission member^[71]
• Mark Levine, talk radio host and former chief legislative counsel to Congressman Barney Frank^[72]

• Charniele Herring, state delegate and former chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia^[73][74]
• Satish Korpe, businessman^[75][76]
• Alfonso H. Lopez, state delegate^[77][78]
• Nancy Najarian, business development consultant^[79][80]
• Bruce Shuttleworth, businessman and candidate for the seat in 2012^[81]
• Mark Sickles, state delegate^[82][83]

• Bob Brink, state delegate^[84]
• Aneesh Chopra, former Chief Technology Officer of the United States and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2013^[85][86]
• Kerry J. Donley, former mayor of Alexandria^[85]
• Barbara Favola, state senator^[87]
• Paul Ferguson, Arlington County Clerk of the Court^[88]
• Jay Fisette, chair of the Arlington County Board of Supervisors^[89]
• Libby Garvey, Arlington County Supervisor^[88]
• Rob Krupicka, state delegate^[85]
• Ryan McElveen, member of the Fairfax County School Board^[90]
• Jeff McKay, Fairfax County Supervisor^[91]
• Brian Moran, Secretary of Public Safety of Virginia, former state delegate and candidate for governor in 2009^[84][92]
• Karyn Moran^[93]
• Jim Moran, incumbent U.S. representative
• Tom Perriello, former U.S. representative and president and CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund^[94]
• Scott Surovell, state delegate^[85]
• Walter Tejada, Arlington County Supervisor^[84][95]

• Dennis Bartow, wine importer and former congressional aide^[121]
• Micah Edmond, aerospace industry lobbyist and former congressional aide^[70][122]
• Paul Haring, former Texas State Representative and candidate for Texas's 34th congressional district in 2012^[123]

Micah Edmond won the nomination for the seat at the 8th District Republican Convention on April 26, 2014, with 51% of the vote.^[125][126]

• Gwendolyn Beck (independent)
• Gerard Blais (Independent Green)^[13]
• Jeffrey Carson (Libertarian), U.S. Army veteran^[27][127]

External links

• Micah Edmond campaign website
• Don Beyer campaign website
• Jeffrey Carson campaign website
• Gerard Blais campaign website
• Gwendolyn Beck campaign website Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

2014 Virginia's 9th congressional district election

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Nominee Morgan Griffith William Carr Party Republican Independent Popular vote 117,465 39,412 Percentage 72.1% 24.2%

County and independent city results Griffith:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election Morgan Griffith Republican Elected U.S. Representative Morgan Griffith Republican

Republican Morgan Griffith had represented Virginia's 9th congressional district since 2011. He won re-election to a second term in 2012 against Democrat Anthony Flaccavento with 61% of the vote. Griffith ran for re-election.

• Morgan Griffith, incumbent U.S. Representative

• William Carr (independent), businessman^[19]

• Matthew Edwards (Libertarian) was not listed on the ballot.^{[19][128][129]}

External links

• Morgan Griffith campaign website
• William Carr campaign website

2014 Virginia's 10th congressional district election

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Candidate Barbara Comstock John Foust Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 125,914 89,957 Percentage 56.5% 40.4%

County and independent city results Comstock:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Foust:      40–50%

U.S. Representative before election Frank Wolf Republican Elected U.S. Representative Barbara Comstock Republican

Republican Frank Wolf had served 17 terms in the House of Representatives. He announced in January of 2014 that he would not seek re-election in 2014.^[130]

Six candidates filed to run for the Republican nomination.^[131] There were two debates for the Republican candidates, held on March 15 and April 9.^[132]

• Barbara Comstock, state delegate^[133]

• Stephen Hollingshead, former United States Department of Housing and Urban Development adviser and nominee for WI-05 in 1994^[134]
• Howie Lind, former chairman of the 10th Congressional District Republican Committee and former candidate for the U.S. Senate^[135]
• Bob Marshall, state delegate^[136]
• Marc Savitt, president of the National Association of Independent Housing Professionals^[134][137]
• Rob Wasinger, former chief of staff to Congressman Kerry Bentivolio and candidate for KS-01 in 2010^[138]

• Brent Anderson, retired US Air Force officer^{[134][139][140]}
• Dick Black, state senator^[141][142]
• Luellen Hoffman, director of exhibits at the National Defense Industrial Association^[143][144]
• Tareq Salahi, television personality and write-in candidate for governor in 2013^[145]

• Carol Brauninger^[146]
• Beau Correll, attorney and chairman of the Winchester Republican Committee^[147]
• Ken Cuccinelli, Attorney General of Virginia and nominee for governor in 2013^[148]
• Artur Davis, former Democratic U.S. Representative from Alabama^[149]
• Michael Farris, founder of Patrick Henry College, the Home School Legal Defense Association and nominee for lieutenant governor in 1993^[147]
• Keith Fimian, businessman and Republican nominee for the 11th District in 2008 and 2010^[147][150]
• Bill Fox, Loudoun County School Board member^[151]
• Pat Herrity, Fairfax County Supervisor^[152]
• Tim Hugo, state delegate^[153]
• Jim LeMunyon, state delegate^[147]
• Randy Minchew, state delegate^[147][154]
• David Ramadan, state delegate^[155]
• Richard Shickle, chairman of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors^[156]
• Corey Stewart, chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors^[157]
• John Stirrup, former Prince William County Supervisor^[147][158]
• Jill Holtzman Vogel, state senator^[159]
• Suzanne Volpe, Loudoun County Supervisor^[160]
• Scott York, chairman of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors^[161][162]

Over 13,000 votes were cast in the firehouse primary held on April 26. Comstock won with 53.9% of the vote.^{[195][196][197]} Marshall was second with 28.1%, followed by Lind (8.1%), Hollingshead (5.9%), Wasinger (2.2%), and Savitt (1.6%).^[197][198]

• John Foust, Fairfax County Supervisor^[199]

• Richard Bolger, attorney^[200][201]
• Sam Kubba, architect^[202][203]

• Karen Kennedy Schultz, Shenandoah University professor and state senate candidate in 2007^[147][204]

John Foust was the only candidate to file for the Democratic nomination; as such, he was certified as the nominee by the Democratic Party in March 2014.^[206]

• Dianne Blais (Independent Green), businesswoman^[13]
• Brad Eickholt (independent), former government employee^[19]
• Bill Redpath (Libertarian), chairman of the Libertarian Party of Virginia^[35]

• Francis "Frank" Pilliere (independent) was not listed on the ballot.^[13][19]
• James Rouse (independent) was not listed on the ballot.^[13][19]

External links

• Barbara Comstock campaign website
• John Foust campaign website
• Bill Redpath campaign website
• Dianne Blais campaign website
• Brad Eickholt campaign website

2014 Virginia's 11th congressional district election

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Nominee Gerry Connolly Suzanne Scholte Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 106,780 75,796 Percentage 56.9% 40.4%

County and independent city results Connolly:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Gerry Connolly Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly Democratic

Democrat Gerry Connolly, who had represented Virginia's 11th congressional district since 2009, was re-elected in 2012 against Republican Christopher Perkins with 61% of the vote. Connolly was seeking re-election to a fourth term in 2014.

• Gerry Connolly, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Suzanne Scholte, human rights activist^[218][219]

• Joseph "Joe" Galdo (Green Party), former United States Department of Energy employee^[13]
• Marc Harrold (Libertarian), attorney, author, television analyst and former law-enforcement officer^[35]
• Joseph Plummer (write-in), founder of the Three Birds Foundation

• Mark Gibson (independent) was not listed on the ballot.^[13][19]

External links

• Gerry Connolly campaign website
• Suzanne Scholte campaign website
• Marc Harrold campaign website
• Joe Galdo campaign website Archived February 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

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