2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona
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.By district
Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona by district:District 1
Democratic primary
won election to the House of Representatives in 2012. She faced no formal opposition in the Democratic primary. She had previously served in this district from 2007 to 2009.Results
Republican primary
Candidates
, a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives, ran. Also running were rancher Gary Kiehne and Arizona House of Representatives Speaker Andy Tobin.Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu briefly ran for the 4th congressional district in 2012, before dropping out after it emerged that he had threatened to deport his gay lover if he outed Babeu as homosexual. He was speculated to run against Kirkpatrick in 2014, but he declined to do so.
Polling
Results
General election
Polling
Results
District 2
Democratic primary
was elected to a full term in the House of Representatives in 2012, narrowly defeating Republican Martha McSally.Results
Republican primary
McSally filed to run against Barber again in 2014. Also running for the Republican nomination were Shelley Kais and Chuck Wooten.Results
General election
Polling
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.District 3
Democrat Raúl Grijalva has represented the district since being elected in 2002.Republican Gabriela Saucedo Mercer and Libertarian Miguel Olivas also ran.
Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Results
District 4
Republican Paul Gosar has represented the district since being elected in 2010.Democrat Mike Weisser ran against him.
Republican primary
Democratic primary
Libertarian primary
General election
Results
District 5
Republican Matt Salmon has represented the district since being elected in 2012.He was challenged by Democrat James Woods. Woods was looking to make history as the first openly atheist candidate to be elected to the U.S. Congress.
Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
Results
District 6
Republican David Schweikert has represented the district since being elected in 2010.Democrat John W. Williamson ran against him.
Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
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 all the way down to city."Candidates
;Declared- Randy Camacho
- Ruben Gallego, former state representative
- Jarrett Maupin, pastor and activist
- Johnnie Robinson
- Mary Rose Wilcox, Maricopa County Supervisor
- Steve Gallardo, state senator
- Cesar Chavez, formerly Scott Fistler, Republican write-in candidate for the seat in 2012 and candidate for Phoenix City Council in 2013
- 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
- Greg Stanton, Mayor of Phoenix
- Kyrsten Sinema, U.S. Representative
- Anna Tovar, Minority Leader of the Arizona Senate
- Daniel Valenzuela, Phoenix City Councilman
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Results
Republican primary
Withdrew
- Brianna Wasserman
Results
Libertarian primary
Candidates
;Declared- Joe Cobb
- Ted Rogers
Results
Americans Elect primary
Candidates
;Declared- Joe Cobb
- Ted Rogers
Results
General election
Results
District 8
Republican Trent Franks has represented the district since being elected in 2002.Clair Van Steenwyk ran against him in the Republican primary. No Democrat filed to run.
Republican primary
Americans Elect primary
General election
Results
District 9
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema won election to the House of Representatives in 2012, when the district was created.Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared- Kyrsten Sinema, incumbent U.S. Representative
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
;Declared- Wendy Rogers, retired United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel
- Andrew Walter, businessman and retired American football player
- Vernon Parker, former mayor of Paradise Valley and nominee for the seat in 2012
- Ben Quayle, former U.S. Representative
- Martin Sepulveda, businessman and candidate for the seat in 2012
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