2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas

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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas
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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Arkansas, one from each of the state’s four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including the governor of Arkansas and a United States senator.

Overview[edit]

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 Arkansas.

United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2014[1]
Party Votes Percentage Seats +/–
Republican 509,631 61.4% 4 –
Democratic 254,774 30.7% 0 –
Libertarian 66,055 8.0% 0 –
Write-ins 192 <0.1% 0 –
Totals 830,652 100% 4 —

By district[edit]

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

District 1[edit]

Republican incumbent Rick Crawford has represented the 1st district since 2011. Crawford was elected to a second term in 2012, defeating Democratic prosecutor Scott Ellington, with 56% of the vote.

Democrats hoped to find a strong challenger for the incumbent.[3]

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Declined[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Declined[edit]

Libertarian nomination[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Polling[edit]

Results[edit]

District 2[edit]

Republican Tim Griffin has represented the 2nd District since 2011. Griffin was elected to a second term in 2012, defeating Democratic former state representative Herb Rule, with 55% of the vote. Griffin announced in October 2013 that he would not run for re-election in 2014.[17] In January 2014, he announced he was running for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.[18]

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
Declined[edit]
  • Gilbert Baker, former state senator and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010[23]
  • Jonathan Dismang, state senator[24]
  • Lanny Fite, Saline County Judge[9]
  • Ed Garner, former state representative[24]
  • Tim Griffin, incumbent U.S. Representative[17]
  • Jeremy Hutchinson, state senator[24][25]
  • Allen Kerr, state representative[24]
  • Andy Mayberry, state representative[26]
  • Jason Rapert, state senator[27]
  • David J. Sanders, state senator[24][26]

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Ann
Clemmer 		French
Hill 		Conrad
Reynolds 		Undecided
Talk Business/Hendrix College April 29, 2014 360 ± 5.1% 7% 59% 14% 20%

Results[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Declined[edit]
  • Will Bond, former chair of the Democratic Party of Arkansas[29]
  • Shane Broadway, interim director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education and former state senator[29][30]
  • Dianne Curry, former Little Rock School Board President[30][31]
  • John Charles Edwards, state representative[9]
  • Bill Halter, former Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010[24]
  • David Johnson, state senator[29][30]
  • Chris Massingill, chairman of the Delta Regional Authority[32]
  • Franklin McLarty, businessman and former chair of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission[29]
  • Tommy Thompson, state representative[30]
  • Tab Townsell, Mayor of Conway[24]
  • Linda Tyler, businesswoman and former state representative[32]

Libertarian nomination[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Pat Hays (D)

Labor unions
Organizations

Polling[edit]

Predictions[edit]

Results[edit]

District 3[edit]

Republican incumbent Steve Womack has represented the 3rd district since 2011. Womack was elected to a second term in 2012 with 76% of the vote. Unlike the other Arkansas congressional districts, the 3rd has long had a Republican Congressman.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Declined[edit]
  • Thomas Brewer, maths teacher and minister[39]

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declined[edit]
  • Troy Gittings, high school English teacher and stand-up comedian[39][12]

Libertarian nomination[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Polling[edit]

Results[edit]

District 4[edit]

Republican Tom Cotton was elected to represent the 4th district in 2012, winning an open seat contest against Democratic State Senator Gene Jeffress with 59%. Cotton has announced he will not run for election to a second term so that he can challenge Democratic incumbent Mark Pryor for his U.S. Senate seat.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
  • Tommy Moll, businessman[41]
Withdrawn[edit]
Declined[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Bruce Westerman

State legislators
Local officials

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Tommy
Moll 		Bruce
Westerman 		Undecided
Talk Business/Hendrix College April 29, 2014 392 ± 4.9% 10% 47% 43%

Results[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Withdrawn[edit]
  • Janice Percefull, college instructor and author (running as write-in)[47][48][49]
Declined[edit]

Libertarian nomination[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Bruce Westerman (R)

State legislators
Organizations
Local officials

James Lee Witt (D)

Labor unions
Organizations

Polling[edit]

Predictions[edit]

Results[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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