2014 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 9 4
Seats won 10 3
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,555,364 1,234,027
Percentage 55.39% 43.95%
Swing Increase 6.64% Decrease 6.65%
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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the 13 U.S. representatives from the state of North Carolina, one from each of the state’s 13 congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections, including an election to the U.S. Senate.

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Primary elections were held on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. In primaries in which no candidate won more than 40% of the vote (the Democratic primary in the 5th district and the Republican primary in the 6th district), second primary elections (runoffs) were held between the top two candidates on July 15, 2014.[1]

Table of Contents

Overview[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2014[2]
Party Votes Percentage Seats Before Seats After +/–
Republican 1,555,364 55.39% 9 10 +1
Democratic 1,234,027 43.95% 4 3 -1
Libertarian 7,850 0.28% 0 0 –
Write-In 10,757 0.38% 0 0 –
Totals 2,807,998 100.00% 13 13 —

District[edit]

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina by district:[3]

District 1[edit]

The 1st district is located in Northeastern North Carolina and includes towns such as Durham, Elizabeth City, Henderson, Roanoke Rapids, Rocky Mount, Goldsboro and New Bern. The incumbent is Democrat G. K. Butterfield, who has represented the district since 2004. He was re-elected with 75% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+19.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
  • Dan Whittacre, High School Teacher, HHS Federal Agent, and candidate for this district in 2012[4]
Withdrawn[edit]

Results[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]

Results[edit]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

G. K. Butterfield (D)

Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers

Results[edit]

District 2[edit]

The 2nd district is located in central North Carolina and includes all or parts of Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, and Wake counties. The incumbent is Republican Renee Ellmers, who has represented the district since 2011. She was re-elected with 56% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+10.

Ellmers had considered running for the U.S. Senate[15] but instead ran for re-election.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • Renee Ellmers, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary[edit]
Declined[edit]
  • Jim Duncan, chair of the Chatham County Republican Party, co-founder of the grassroots organization The Coalition for American Principles[18][19]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
Withdrawn[edit]
  • Houston Barnes, attorney[24] (endorsed Aiken)[25]

Results[edit]

The results were too close to call even a week later, with Crisco only narrowly behind Aiken, who was only just above the 40% necessary to avoid a runoff.[26] As both candidates were waiting for the results to be certified (this was to be done May 13, 2014), Crisco died suddenly on May 12, after suffering a fall in his home.[26][27] He was 71.[26] Though Crisco had initially said he would not concede,[28] he changed his mind and had planned to concede on May 13.[29]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Clay Aiken (D)

U.S. Representatives
State legislators
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Local officials
Individuals

Polling[edit]

Results[edit]

District 3[edit]

The 3rd district is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. It covers the Outer Banks and the counties adjacent to the Pamlico Sound. The incumbent is Republican Walter B. Jones, Jr., who has represented the district since 1995.[38] He was re-elected with 63% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+11.

Taylor Griffin, a one-time aide to United States Senator Jesse Helms and to President George W. Bush, ran in the primary against Jones.[39] Griffin sold his consulting firm in Washington, D.C., and moved back to New Bern.[39]

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • Walter Jones, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary[edit]
Declined[edit]
  • Scott Dacey, Craven County Commissioner[40][41]

Jason Thigpen, a U.S. Army veteran and founder of the Student Veterans Advocacy Group, first announced that he would challenge Jones in the Republican primary,[42] but then left the Republican Party and said he would run as a Democrat.[38][43] Ultimately, he did not file to run for any party’s nomination.[4]

Endorsements[edit]

Taylor Griffin

Statewide officials
Organizations

Walter B. Jones

U.S. Representatives
Organizations
Individuals

Results[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Walter B. Jones (R)

U.S. Representatives
Organizations
Individuals

Marshall Adame (D)

Labor unions
Organizations

Results[edit]

District 4[edit]

The 4th district is located in northern North Carolina and includes Orange, Durham, Harnett, Chatham and Wake counties. The incumbent is Democrat David Price, who has represented the district since 1997, and previously represented it from 1987 to 1995. He was re-elected with 74% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+20.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • David Price, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

David Price (D)

Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers

Results[edit]

District 5[edit]

The 5th district is located in northwestern North Carolina, from the Appalachian Mountains to the Piedmont Triad and includes Watauga, Ashe, Wilkes, Alexander, Iredell, Davie, Yadkin, Surry, Alleghany, Forsyth, Stokes and Reckingham counties. The incumbent is Republican Virginia Foxx, who has represented the district since 2005. She was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+11.

Foxx had considered running for the U.S. Senate[46] but is instead running for re-election.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • Virginia Foxx, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary[edit]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • Joshua Brannon, software developer
Eliminated in primary[edit]

Results[edit]

Runoff[edit]

Because Brannon did not secure more than 40 percent of the vote, he and Henley advanced to a runoff.

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Results[edit]

District 6[edit]

The 6th district is located in northern North Carolina and includes all of Caswell, Person, Rockingham, Surry and Stokes counties as well as parts of Guilford, Alamance, Durham, Granville and Orange counties. The incumbent is Republican Howard Coble, who has represented the district since 1985. He was re-elected with 61% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+10.

Citing his health, Coble announced on November 7, 2013, that he would retire and not seek another term in 2014.[49]

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
Declined[edit]

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Phil
Berger 		Mike
Causey 		Kenn
Kopf 		Zack
Matheny 		Jeff
Phillips 		Charlie
Sutherland 		Bruce
VonCannon 		Mark
Walker 		Don
Webb 		Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Berger) April 8–10, 2014 300 ±5.66% 36% — — 6% — — 6% 14% — 38%
Tel Opinion Research April 2014 – – 29% 1% 0% 2% 4% 0% 4% 4% 2% 54%

Endorsements[edit]

Phil Berger Jr.

U.S. Representatives
State legislators
Organizations

Mark Walker

State legislators
Organizations

Results[edit]

Runoff[edit]

Because Berger did not win more than 40 percent of the vote, he and Walker advanced to a runoff, which Walker won.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
  • Bruce Davis, Guilford County Commissioner and candidate for the state senate in 2008, 2010 and 2012[57]

Results[edit]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Mark Walker (R)

State legislators
Organizations

Laura Fjeld (D)

Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers

Polling[edit]

Results[edit]

District 7[edit]

The 7th district is located in southeastern North Carolina and includes Robeson, Cumberland, Sampson, Bladen, Columbus, Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender and Duplin counties. The incumbent is Democrat Mike McIntyre, who has represented the district since 1997. He was re-elected with 50% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+12.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
Declined[edit]
  • Mike McIntyre, incumbent U.S. Representative[63]

Results[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
  • Chris Andrade[4]
  • Haywood “Woody” White, New Hanover County Commissioner and former state senator[65]

Results[edit]

Minor parties[edit]

Attorney J. Wesley Casteen, who ran for a seat on the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 2010, is the Libertarian Party nominee.[66] Louis Harmati, who ran for the state legislature as a Republican in 2012,[67] ran as a write-in candidate.[68]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

David Rouzer (R)

Statewide officials
Organizations

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Jonathan
Barfield, Jr. (D) 		David
Rouzer (R) 		J. Wesley
Casteen (L) 		Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker October 16–23, 2014 324 ± 9% 32% 54% — 13%

Predictions[edit]

Results[edit]

District 8[edit]

The 8th district is located in Southern North Carolina and includes all of Anson County, Montgomery County, Richmond County, Scotland County and Stanly County, as well as portions of Cabarrus County, Davidson County, Mecklenburg County, Randolph County, Robeson County, Rowan County and Union County. The incumbent is Republican Richard Hudson, who has represented the district since 2013. He was elected in 2012, defeating Democratic incumbent Larry Kissell with 53% of the vote. The district has a PVI of R+11.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • Richard Hudson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Results[edit]

District 9[edit]

The 9th district is located in south-central North Carolina and includes parts of Iredell, Mecklenburg and Union counties. The incumbent is Republican Robert Pittenger, who has represented the district since 2013. He was elected with 52% of the vote in 2012, succeeding retiring Republican incumbent Sue Myrick. The district has a PVI of R+8.

Pittenger had considered running for the U.S. Senate[76] but is instead running for re-election.

No Democrat filed to run for the seat, making this district the only one in the state not being contested by both major parties in 2014.[4] There is a write-in campaign for candidate Shawn Eckles of Iredell County.[77][68]

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • Robert Pittenger, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary[edit]

  • Michael Steinberg, businessman and candidate for this seat in 2012.

Results[edit]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Results[edit]

District 10[edit]

The 10th district is located in central and western North Carolina and includes all of Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln and Rutherford counties and parts of Catawba, Iredell and Buncombe counties. The incumbent is Republican Patrick McHenry, who has represented the district since 2005. He was re-elected with 57% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+11.

McHenry had considered running for the U.S. Senate[78] but is instead running for re-election.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • Patrick McHenry, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary[edit]
  • Richard Lynch, business owner and candidate for North Carolina’s 9th congressional district in 2012.[4]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • Tate MacQueen, High school social studies teacher and soccer coach[79]
Declined[edit]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Tate MacQueen (D)

Labor unions
Organizations

Results[edit]

District 11[edit]

The 11th district is located in western North Carolina and includes Yancey, McDowell, Rutherford, Polk, Henderson, Buncombe, Madison, Haywood, Jackson, Transylvania, Swain, Macon, Clay, Graham and Cherokee counties. The incumbent is Republican Mark Meadows, who has represented the district since 2013. He was elected with 57% of the vote in 2012, succeeding retiring Democratic incumbent Heath Shuler. The district has a PVI of R+13.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • Mark Meadows, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • Tom Hill, physicist and candidate for this seat in 2012
Eliminated in primary[edit]
  • Keith Ruehl, businessman and volunteer firefighter[82]

Results[edit]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Results[edit]

District 12[edit]

The 12th district is located in central North Carolina and includes parts of Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Lexington, Salisbury, Concord, and High Point. Democrat Mel Watt held this seat from 1993 until he resigned on January 6, 2014, to become director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.[83][84] The special election to fill the seat for the remainder of the current Congress will be held concurrently with the regular 2014 elections.[85] Watt was re-elected with 80% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+26.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]

All except Patel also ran in the special election.[4]

Withdrew[edit]

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Alma
Adams 		George
Battle 		Marcus
Brandon 		Malcolm
Graham 		James
Mitchell 		Curtis
Osborne 		Rajive
Patel 		Undecided
Hamilton Campaigns (D-Adams) Feb. 28–Mar. 4, 2014 500 ± 4.4% 26% 9% 4% 19% 9% 3% 1% 29%

Results[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • Vince Coakley, former TV news anchor[90]
Eliminated in primary[edit]

Coakley was the only Republican to file for the special election.

Results[edit]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Alma Adams (D)

Labor unions
Organizations

Results[edit]

District 13[edit]

The 13th district is located in northern North Carolina and includes parts of Granville, Wake, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Vance, Wayne and Wilson counties. The incumbent is Republican George Holding, who has represented the district since 2013. He was elected with 57% of the vote in 2012, succeeding retiring Democratic incumbent Brad Miller. The district has a PVI of R+8.

Holding had considered running for the U.S. Senate[76] but is instead running for re-election.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • George Holding, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • Brenda Cleary, registered nurse and former executive director of the North Carolina Center for Nursing;[93]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
  • Arunava “Ron” Sanyal[4]
  • Virginia Conlon;[4]

Results[edit]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Results[edit]

See also[edit]

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