2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

2014 Arizona's 2nd congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Ron Barber; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Martha McSally; Republican

2014 Arizona's 1st congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Ann Kirkpatrick; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Ann Kirkpatrick; Democratic

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.

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

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
Party		Candidates	No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican	9	817,168	55.68	5	1	55.56
	Democratic	8	577,943	39.38	4	1	44.44
	Americans Elect	2	44,924	3.06	0		0.0
	Libertarian	3	23,767	1.62	0		0.0
	Write-in	7	3,801	0.26	0		0.0
Total		28	1,467,603	100.0	9		100.0

Popular vote

Republican			55.68%
Democratic			39.38%
Americans Elect			3.06%
Libertarian			1.62%
Other			0.26%

House seats

Republican			55.56%
Democratic			44.44%

By district

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

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result
					Others		Total
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	87,723	47.39%	97,391	52.61%	0	0.00%	185,114	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 2	109,704	50.01%	109,543	49.94%	104	0.05%	219,351	100.0%	Republican gain
District 3	46,185	44.23%	58,192	55.72%	51	0.05%	104,428	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 4	122,560	69.96%	45,179	25.79%	7,440	4.25%	175,179	100.0%	Republican hold
District 5	124,867	69.58%	54,596	30.42%	0	0.00%	179,463	100.0%	Republican hold
District 6	129,578	64.86%	70,198	35.14%	0	0.00%	199,776	100.0%	Republican hold
District 7	129	0.18%	54,235	74.85%	18,090	24.97%	72,454	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 8	128,710	75.81%	0	0.00%	41,066	24.19%	169,776	100.0%	Republican hold
District 9	67,841	41.86%	88,609	54.68%	5,612	3.46%	162,062	100.0%	Democratic hold
Total	817,168	55.68%	577,943	39.38%	72,492	4.94%	1,467,603	100.0%

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

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ann Kirkpatrick (incumbent)	51,393	100.0
Total votes			51,393	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Gary Kiehne	Adam Kwasman	Andy Tobin	Undecided
Remington	August 17–19, 2014	420	± 4.8%	21%	29%	30%	20%

Results

Republican primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Tobin	18,814	35.8
	Republican	Gary Kiehne	18,407	35.1
	Republican	Adam Kwasman	15,266	29.1
Total votes			52,487	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Ann Kirkpatrick (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Frontline" Program^[11]
EMILY's List^[12]
National Organization for Women^[13]

Newspapers

Arizona Republic^[14]

Andy Tobin (R)

Organizations

BIPAC^[15]
National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program^[16]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ann Kirkpatrick (D)	Andy Tobin (R)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker	October 16–23, 2014	357	± 12.0%	47%	47%	7%
North Star (R-Tobin)	September 16–18, 2014	400	± 4.9%	42%	48%	10%
Tarrance Group (R-Tobin)	September 2–4, 2014	405	± 4.9%	43%	51%	6%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[17]	Tossup	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg^[18]	Tossup	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[19]	Lean R (flip)	October 30, 2014
RCP	Tossup	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections^[20]	Tossup	November 4, 2014

Results

Arizona’s 1st congressional district, 2014^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ann Kirkpatrick (incumbent)	97,391	52.6
	Republican	Andy Tobin	87,723	47.4
Total votes			185,114	100.0
	Democratic hold

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

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ron Barber (incumbent)	49,039	100.0
Total votes			49,039	100.0

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^[22]

Eliminated in primary

Shelley Kais, small business owner^[5]
Chuck Wooten, business development consultant

Results

Republican primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Martha McSally	45,492	69.3
	Republican	Chuck Wooten	14,995	22.9
	Republican	Shelley Kais	5,103	7.8
Total votes			65,590	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Ron Barber (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Frontline" Program^[11]
Everytown for Gun Safety^[23]
Sierra Club^[24]

Martha McSally (R)

Organizations

National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program^[16]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ron Barber (D)	Martha McSally (R)	Undecided
PMI/RRH	October 21–23, 2014	554	± 4.0%	48%	46%	5%
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker	October 16–23, 2014	621	± 6.0%	45%	44%	10%
Normington Petts (D-Barber)	June 8–10, 2014	400	± 4.9%	45%	37%	18%
On Message Inc. (R-McSally)	April 14–16, 2014	400	± 4.9%	42%	45%	9%
On Message Inc. (R-McSally)	June 17–18, 2013	400	± 4.9%	46%	45%	9%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[17]	Tossup	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg^[18]	Tossup	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[19]	Lean D	October 30, 2014
RCP	Tossup	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections^[20]	Tossup	November 4, 2014

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.

Arizona’s 2nd congressional district, 2014^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Martha McSally	109,704	50.0
	Democratic	Ron Barber (incumbent)	109,543	49.9
	None	Sampson U. Ramirez (write-in)	56	0.0
	Republican	Sydney Dudikoff (write-in)	48	0.0
Total votes			219,351	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

2014 Arizona's 3rd congressional district election

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Nominee	Raúl Grijalva	Gabriela Saucedo Mercer
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	58,192	46,185
Percentage	55.7%	44.2%

U.S. Representative before election

Raúl Grijalva
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Raúl Grijalva
Democratic

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

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raúl Grijalva (incumbent)	28,758	100.0
Total votes			28,758	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

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

Results

Republican primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gabby Saucedo Mercer	18,823	100.0
Total votes			18,823	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Withdrawn

Miguel Olivas^[5]

General election

Endorsements

Raúl Grijalva (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Results

Arizona’s 3rd congressional district, 2014^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raúl Grijalva (incumbent)	58,192	55.7
	Republican	Gabby Saucedo Mercer	46,185	44.2
	Independent	F. Sanchez (write-in)	43	0.0
	Independent	Lee Thompson (write-in)	8	0.0
Total votes			104,428	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 4

2014 Arizona's 4th congressional district election

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Nominee	Paul Gosar	Mikel Weisser
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	122,560	45,179
Percentage	70.0%	25.8%

U.S. Representative before election

Paul Gosar
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Paul Gosar
Republican

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

Republican primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Gosar (incumbent)	65,354	100.0
Total votes			65,354	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

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

Results

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Weisser	19,643	100.0
Total votes			19,643	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

Chris Rike

Results

Libertarian primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	*Chris Rike (write-in)*	29	100.0
Total votes			29	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Paul Gosar (R)

Organizations

National Federation of Independent Business^[28]

Results

Arizona’s 4th congressional district, 2014^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Gosar (incumbent)	122,560	70.0
	Democratic	Mike Weisser	45,179	25.8
	Libertarian	Chris Rike	7,440	4.2
Total votes			175,179	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

2014 Arizona's 5th congressional district election

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Nominee	Matt Salmon	James Woods
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	124,867	54,596
Percentage	69.6%	30.4%

U.S. Representative before election

Matt Salmon
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Matt Salmon
Republican

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

Republican primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Salmon (incumbent)	71,690	100.0
Total votes			71,690	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

James Woods^[5]

Results

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Woods	20,249	100.0
Total votes			20,249	100.0

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^[29]).

Endorsements

Matt Salmon (R)

Organizations

James Woods (D)

Organizations

National Organization for Women^[13]

Results

Arizona’s 5th congressional district, 2014^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Salmon (incumbent)	124,867	69.6
	Democratic	James Woods	54,596	30.4
Total votes			179,463	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

2014 Arizona's 6th congressional district election

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Nominee	David Schweikert	W. John Williamson
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	129,578	70,198
Percentage	64.9%	35.1%

U.S. Representative before election

David Schweikert
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

David Schweikert
Republican

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

Republican primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Schweikert (incumbent)	69,902	100.0
Total votes			69,902	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

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

Results

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	W. John Williamson	25,306	100.0
Total votes			25,306	100.0

General election

Endorsements

David Schweikert (R)

Organizations

National Federation of Independent Business^[28]

Results

Arizona’s 6th congressional district, 2014^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Schweikert (incumbent)	129,578	64.9
	Democratic	W. John Williamson	70,198	35.1
Total votes			199,776	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

2014 Arizona's 7th congressional district election

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Nominee	Ruben Gallego	Joe Cobb	Rebecca DeWitt
Party	Democratic	Libertarian	Americans Elect
Popular vote	54,235	10,715	3,858
Percentage	74.9%	14.8%	5.3%

U.S. Representative before election

Ed Pastor
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Ruben Gallego
Democratic

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

Ruben Gallego, former state representative^[34]

Eliminated in primary

Randy Camacho^[5]
Jarrett Maupin, pastor and activist^[5]
Johnnie Robinson
Mary Rose Wilcox, Maricopa County Supervisor^[35]

Withdrawn

Steve Gallardo, state senator (running for Wilcox's place on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors)^[36]

Disqualified

Cesar Chavez, formerly Scott Fistler, Republican write-in candidate for this seat in 2012 and candidate for Phoenix City Council in 2013^[37]^[38]

Declined

Chad Campbell, Minority Leader of the Arizona House of Representatives^[34]
Ronnie Cho, former Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs^[39]
Phil Gordon, former mayor of Phoenix^[40]
Catherine Miranda, state representative^[33]
Michael Nowakowski, Phoenix City Councilman^[41]
Ed Pastor, incumbent U.S. Representative^[34]
Laura Pastor, Phoenix City Councilwoman and daughter of Ed Pastor^[42]
Marie Lopez Rogers, Mayor of Avondale^[34]
Kyrsten Sinema, U.S. Representative (running for re-election in the 9th district)^[43]^[44]^[45]
Greg Stanton, Mayor of Phoenix^[46]
Anna Tovar, Minority Leader of the Arizona Senate^[34]
Daniel Valenzuela, Phoenix City Councilman^[47]

Endorsements

Ruben Gallego

U.S. Representatives

Raúl Grijalva, incumbent U.S. Representative from the 3rd district^[48]
Harry Mitchell, former U.S. Representative from the 5th district

Mary Rose Wilcox

U.S. Representatives

Ed Pastor, incumbent U.S. Representative from the 7th district^[49]

Organizations

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ruben Gallego	Mary Rose Wilcox	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	July 22–24, 2014	500	± 4.4%	41%	31%	—	27%
Lake Research (D-Gallego)	July 20–22, 2014	400	± 4.9%	32%	24%	6%	38%
Lake Research (D-Gallego)	May 20–22, 2014	401	± 4.9%	38%	32%	—	29%

Results

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ruben Gallego	14,936	48.9
	Democratic	Mary Rose Wilcox	11,077	36.3
	Democratic	Randy Camacho	2,330	7.6
	Democratic	Jarrett Maupin	2,199	7.2
Total votes			30,542	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Withdrawn

Brianna Wasserman^[5]

Results

Republican primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Write-ins	1,125	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

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

Withdrawn

Ted Rogers^[5]

Results

Libertarian primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Joe Cobb	300	100.0
Total votes			300	100.0

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]

Withdrawn

Ted Rogers^[5]

Results

Americans Elect primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Americans Elect	*Rebecca DeWitt (write-in)*	4	100.0
Total votes			4	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Ruben Gallego (D)

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

Organizations

Results

Arizona’s 7th congressional district, 2014^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ruben Gallego	54,235	74.9
	Libertarian	Joe Cobb	10,715	14.8
	Americans Elect	Rebecca Dewitt	3,858	5.3
	Independent	José Peñalosa	3,496	4.8
	Republican	Gary Dunn (write-in)	129	0.2
	Democratic	Gustavo Ortega (write-in)	17	0.0
	Independent	Samuel Esquivel (write-in)	4	0.0
Total votes			72,454	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 8

2014 Arizona's 8th congressional district election

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Nominee	Trent Franks	Stephen Dolgos
Party	Republican	Americans Elect
Popular vote	128,710	41,066
Percentage	75.8%	24.2%

U.S. Representative before election

Trent Franks
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Trent Franks
Republican

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

Republican primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trent Franks (incumbent)	53,771	73.3
	Republican	Clair Van Steenwyk	19,629	26.7
Total votes			73,400	100.0

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

Americans Elect primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Americans Elect	*Stephen Dolgos (write-in)*	2	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Trent Franks (R)

Organizations

National Federation of Independent Business^[28]

Results

Arizona’s 8th congressional district, 2014^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trent Franks (incumbent)	128,710	75.8
	Americans Elect	Stephen Dolgos	41,066	24.2
Total votes			169,776	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

2014 Arizona's 9th congressional district election

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Nominee	Kyrsten Sinema	Wendy Rogers
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	88,609	67,841
Percentage	54.7%	41.9%

U.S. Representative before election

Kyrsten Sinema
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Kyrsten Sinema
Democratic

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^[45]

Results

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent)	31,900	100.0
Total votes			31,900	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Wendy Rogers, retired United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel^[51]

Eliminated in primary

Andrew Walter, businessman and retired American football player^[52]

Withdrawn

Vernon Parker, former mayor of Paradise Valley and nominee for this seat in 2012 (running for Arizona Corporation Commissioner)^[53]

Declined

Ben Quayle, former U.S. Representative^[54]
Martin Sepulveda, businessman and candidate for this seat in 2012^[54]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Wendy Rogers	Andrew Walter	Undecided
Coleman Dahm & Associates	February 2014	686	–	15%	7%	78%

Results

Republican primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wendy Rogers	30,484	60.6
	Republican	Andrew Walter	19,808	39.4
Total votes			50,292	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

Powell Gammill

Results

Libertarian primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	*Powell Gammill (write-in)*	52	100.0
Total votes			52	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Kyrsten Sinema (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Newspapers

Arizona Republic^[55]

Wendy Rogers (R)

Organizations

National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program^[16]
Susan B. Anthony List^[56]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[17]	Lean D	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg^[18]	Likely D	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[19]	Likely D	October 30, 2014
RCP	Likely D	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections^[20]	Lean D	November 4, 2014

Results

Arizona’s 9th congressional district, 2014^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent)	88,609	54.7
	Republican	Wendy Rogers	67,841	41.9
	Libertarian	Powell Gammill	5,612	3.4
Total votes			162,062	100.0
	Democratic hold

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