2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

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.

Statewide

By district

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

District 1

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

Nominee

• Ann Kirkpatrick, incumbent U.S. representative

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Andy Tobin, state house Speaker

Eliminated in primary

• Gary Kiehne, rancher
• Adam Kwasman, state representative

Declined

• Paul Babeu, Pinal County sheriff and candidate for the 4th district in 2012

Polling

Debate

Results

General election

Debate

Endorsements

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
• National Association of Letter Carriers

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Frontline" Program
• EMILY's List
• National Organization for Women

Newspapers

• Arizona Republic

Organizations

• BIPAC
• National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 2

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ron Barber, incumbent U.S. representative

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Martha McSally, retired U.S. Air Force colonel, candidate for the 8th District in 2012 (special) and nominee for this seat in 2012

Eliminated in primary

• Shelley Kais, small business owner
• Chuck Wooten, business development consultant

Results

General election

Endorsements

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
• National Association of Letter Carriers

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Frontline" Program
• Everytown for Gun Safety
• Sierra Club

Organizations

• National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program

Polling

Predictions

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. This was the closest House race in 2014.

District 3

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Raúl Grijalva, incumbent U.S. representative

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

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

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Withdrawn

• Miguel Olivas

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
• National Association of Letter Carriers

Organizations

• Human Rights Campaign
• National Organization for Women
• Progressive Change Campaign Committee
• Sierra Club

Results

District 4

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

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Paul Gosar, incumbent U.S. representative

Withdrawn

• Kristopher Mortensen

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Mikel Weisser, author, political activist and candidate for this seat in 2012

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Chris Rike

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Organizations

• National Federation of Independent Business

Results

District 5

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

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Matt Salmon, incumbent U.S. representative

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• James Woods

Results

General election

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).

Predictions

Endorsements

Organizations

• FreedomWorks
• National Federation of Independent Business
• No Labels

Organizations

• National Organization for Women

Results

District 6

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

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• David Schweikert, incumbent U.S. representative

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• W. John Williamson, candidate for this seat in 2012

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Organizations

• National Federation of Independent Business

Results

District 7

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.

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)."

Candidates

Nominee

• Ruben Gallego, former state representative

Eliminated in primary

• Randy Camacho
• Jarrett Maupin, pastor and activist
• Johnnie Robinson
• Mary Rose Wilcox, Maricopa County Supervisor

Withdrawn

• Steve Gallardo, state senator (running for Wilcox's place on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors)

Disqualified

• Cesar Chavez, formerly Scott Fistler, Republican write-in candidate for this seat in 2012 and candidate for Phoenix City Council in 2013

Declined

• Chad Campbell, Minority Leader of the Arizona House of Representatives
• Ronnie Cho, former associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs
• Phil Gordon, former mayor of Phoenix
• Catherine Miranda, state representative
• Michael Nowakowski, Phoenix City Councilman
• Ed Pastor, incumbent U.S. representative
• Laura Pastor, Phoenix City Councilwoman and daughter of Ed Pastor
• Marie Lopez Rogers, mayor of Avondale
• Kyrsten Sinema, U.S. representative (running for re-election in the 9th district)
• Greg Stanton, mayor of Phoenix
• Anna Tovar, Minority Leader of the Arizona Senate
• Daniel Valenzuela, Phoenix City Councilman

Endorsements

U.S. representatives

• Raúl Grijalva, incumbent U.S. representative from the 3rd district
• Harry Mitchell, former U.S. representative from the 5th district

U.S. representatives

• Ed Pastor, incumbent U.S. representative from the 7th district

Organizations

• EMILY's List
• U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce

Polling

Debate

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Withdrawn

• Brianna Wasserman

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Joe Cobb, retired economist and nominee for this seat in 2008, 2010 & 2012

Withdrawn

• Ted Rogers

Results

Americans Elect primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Rebecca DeWitt, accountant, Green nominee for this seat in 2008 & 2010 and Democratic candidate for this seat in 2012

Withdrawn

• Ted Rogers

Results

General election

Debate

Predictions

Endorsements

U.S. representatives

• Raúl Grijalva, incumbent U.S. representative from the 3rd district
• Harry Mitchell, former U.S. representative from the 5th district

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
• National Association of Letter Carriers

Organizations

• Human Rights Campaign
• National Organization for Women
• Progressive Change Campaign Committee
• Sierra Club
• VoteVets

Results

District 8

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

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Trent Franks, incumbent U.S. representative

Eliminated in primary

• Clair Van Steenwyk, radio host

Results

Democratic primary

No Democrat filed to run.

Americans Elect primary

Candidates

Nominee

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

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Organizations

• National Federation of Independent Business

Results

District 9

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Kyrsten Sinema, incumbent U.S. representative

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Wendy Rogers, retired United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel

Eliminated in primary

• Andrew Walter, businessman and retired American football player

Withdrawn

• Vernon Parker, former mayor of Paradise Valley and nominee for this seat in 2012 (running for Arizona Corporation Commissioner)

Declined

• Ben Quayle, former U.S. representative
• Martin Sepulveda, businessman and candidate for this seat in 2012

Polling

Debate

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Powell Gammill

Results

General election

Endorsements

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
• National Association of Letter Carriers

Organizations

• BIPAC
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Frontline" Program
• EMILY's List
• Human Rights Campaign
• National Organization for Women
• No Labels
• Sierra Club
• United States Chamber of Commerce
• U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce

Newspapers

• Arizona Republic

Organizations

• National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program
• Susan B. Anthony List

Predictions

Results

References

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