2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana
All 9 Indiana seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 50–60% 60–70%	Democratic 50-60% 60–70%

The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Indiana was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect 9 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana. The Members elected at this election will serve in the 114th Congress. Indiana has placed Republican and Democratic nominees on the ballot in a nation-best 189 consecutive U.S. House races across each of the last 19 election cycles since 1978.^[1]

Overview[]

United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2014^[2]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	788,762	58.78%	7	-
	Democratic	502,104	37.42%	2	-
	Libertarian	50,948	3.80%	0	-
Totals		1,341,814	100.00%	9	-

By district[]

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

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	51,000	35.84%	86,579	60.85%	4,714	3.31%	142,293	100.0%	Democratic Hold
District 2	85,583	58.94%	55,590	38.29%	4,027	2.77%	145,200	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 3	97,892	65.79%	39,771	26.73%	11,130	7.48%	148,793	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 4	94,998	66.87%	47,056	33.13%	0	0.00%	142,054	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 5	105,277	65.21%	49,756	30.82%	6,407	3.97%	161,440	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 6	102,187	65.90%	45,509	29.35%	7,375	4.76%	155,071	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 7	46,887	41.77%	61,443	54.73%	3,931	3.50%	112,261	100.0%	Democratic Hold
District 8	103,344	60.32%	61,384	35.83%	6,587	3.85%	171,315	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 9	101,594	62.17%	55,016	33.67%	6,777	4.15%	163,387	100.0%	Republican Hold
Total	788,762	58.78%	502,104	37.42%	50,948	3.80%	1,341,814	100.0%

District 1[]

Primary results[]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	34,446	100.0

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Leyva	12,738	100.0

General election[]

Indiana's 1st congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	86,579	60.9
	Republican	Mark Leyva	51,000	35.8
	Libertarian	Donna Dunn	4,714	3.3
Total votes			142,293	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2[]

Republican Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, who was narrowly elected over Democratic nominee Brendan Mullen in 2012, will seek re-election. Mullen announced he will not seek a rematch.^[6] Joe Bock, a University of Notre Dame administrator, is running for the Democratic nomination.^[7] Ryan Dvorak, a state representative, was a potential Democratic candidate,^[8] but he did not run.

Primary results[]

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski (incumbent)	28,641	100.0

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Bock	11,103	58.1
	Democratic	Dan Morrison	3,540	18.5
	Democratic	Bob Kern	2,634	13.8
	Democratic	Douglas M. Carpenter	1,837	9.6
Total votes			19,114	100.0

General election[]

Indiana's 2nd congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski (incumbent)	85,583	58.9
	Democratic	Joe Bock	55,590	38.3
	Libertarian	Jeff Petermann	4,027	2.8
Total votes			145,200	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3[]

Primary results[]

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marlin Stutzman (incumbent)	48,837	81.7
	Republican	Mark William Baringer	5,868	9.8
	Republican	James E. Mahoney III	5,094	8.5
Total votes			59,799	100.0

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Justin Kuhnle	2,893	34.9
	Democratic	Tommy A. Schrader	2,805	33.8
	Democratic	Jim Redmond	2,597	31.3
Total votes			8,295	100.0

General election[]

Indiana's 3rd congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marlin Stutzman (incumbent)	102,889	69.2
	Democratic	Justin Kuhnle	39,771	26.7
	Libertarian	Scott Wise	6,113	4.1
Total votes			148,773	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4[]

Primary results[]

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Rokita (incumbent)	43,179	71.2
	Republican	Kevin J. Grant	17,472	28.8
Total votes			60,651	100.0

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Dale	3,742	42.2
	Democratic	Roger D. Day	2,266	25.5
	Democratic	Jeffrey Oliver Blaydes	1,332	15.0
	Democratic	Howard Joseph Pollchik	778	8.8
	Democratic	John L. Futrell	754	8.5
Total votes			8,872	100.0

General election[]

Indiana's 4th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Rokita (Incumbent)	94,998	66.9
	Democratic	John Dale	47,056	33.1
Total votes			142,054	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5[]

Primary results[]

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Brooks (incumbent)	34,996	72.7
	Republican	David S. Stockdale	7,327	15.2
	Republican	David M. Campbell	5,790	12.1
Total votes			48,113	100.0

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shawn A. Denney	6,141	41.9
	Democratic	David William Ford	4,856	33.1
	Democratic	Allen Ray Davidson	3,660	25.0
Total votes			14,657	100.0

General election[]

Indiana's 5th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Brooks (incumbent)	105,277	65.2
	Democratic	Shawn Denney	49,756	30.8
	Libertarian	John Krom	6,407	4.0
Total votes			161,440	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6[]

Primary results[]

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luke Messer (incumbent)	49,094	100.0

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Hall Heitzman	9,078	48.3
	Democratic	Lane Siekman	5,574	29.6
	Democratic	Corrine Nicole Westerfield	4,151	22.1
Total votes			18,803	100.0

General election[]

Indiana's 6th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luke Messer (incumbent)	102,187	65.9
	Democratic	Susan Hall Heitzman	45,509	29.4
	Libertarian	Eric Miller	7,375	4.7
Total votes			155,071	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7[]

Primary results[]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	André Carson (incumbent)	19,446	89.1
	Democratic	Curtis Godfrey	1,209	5.5
	Democratic	Mmoja Ajabu	782	3.6
	Democratic	Pierre Quincy Pullins	390	1.8
Total votes			21,827	100.0

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Catherine Ping	4,882	35.1
	Republican	Wayne "Gunny" Harmon	3,258	23.4
	Republican	J.D. Miniear	2,840	20.4
	Republican	Gordon Smith	1,872	13.5
	Republican	Erin Kent Magee	1,057	7.6
Total votes			13,909	100.0

General election[]

Indiana's 7th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andre Carson (incumbent)	61,443	54.7
	Republican	Catherine Ping	46,887	41.8
	Libertarian	Chris Mayo	3,931	3.5
Total votes			112,261	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 8[]

Republican Congressman Larry Bucshon held this seat and was re-elected in 2014.

Primary results[]

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Bucshon (incumbent)	30,967	74.8
	Republican	Andrew T. McNeil	10,405	25.2
Total votes			41,372	100.0

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Spangler	23,055	100.0

General election[]

Indiana's 8th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Bucshon (incumbent)	103,344	60.3
	Democratic	Tom Spangler	61,384	35.8
	Libertarian	Andrew Horning	6,587	3.9
Total votes			171,315	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9[]

Republican Congressman Todd Young held this seat and was re-elected in 2014.

Primary results[]

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Young (incumbent)	30,402	79.4
	Republican	Kathy Lowe Heil	4,607	12.0
	Republican	Mark G. Jones	3,293	8.6
Total votes			38,302	100.0

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Bailey	10,392	45.4
	Democratic	James R. McClure, Jr.	5,733	25.0
	Democratic	J.S. Miller	3,559	15.6
	Democratic	William Joseph Thomas	3,206	14.0
Total votes			22,890	100.0

General election[]

Indiana's 9th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Young (incumbent)	101,594	62.2
	Democratic	Bill Bailey	55,016	33.7
	Libertarian	Ralph Mike Frey	5,777	4.1
Total votes			162,387	100.0
	Republican hold

References[]

^ Ostermeier, Eric (September 30, 2014). "No Free Passes: States With 2 Major Party Candidates in Every US House Race". Smart Politics.
^ "Election Statistics, 1920 to Present - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
^ Haas, Karen L. (March 9, 2015). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2014". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Secretary of State : Election Division: Election Results". Retrieved 17 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Secretary of State : Election Division: Election Results". Retrieved 18 December 2014.
^ "Brendan Mullen Not Running for Indiana's 2nd #IN02 (Updated) | At the Races". Atr.rollcall.com. 2013-07-12. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
^ AP (20 October 2013). "Notre Dame official weighs 2nd District run". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^ Livingson, Abby (June 19, 2013). "Ambitious Hoosiers Wait for Future Statewide Races". Roll Call. Retrieved August 14, 2013.

External links[]

U.S. House elections in Indiana, 2014 at Ballotpedia
Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org

[1] Ostermeier, Eric (September 30, 2014). "No Free Passes: States With 2 Major Party Candidates in Every US House Race". Smart Politics.

[2] "Election Statistics, 1920 to Present - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

[clerk2014-3] Haas, Karen L. (March 9, 2015). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2014". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved October 28, 2019.

[Results-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Secretary of State : Election Division: Election Results". Retrieved 17 December 2014.

[:1-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Secretary of State : Election Division: Election Results". Retrieved 18 December 2014.

[6] "Brendan Mullen Not Running for Indiana's 2nd #IN02 (Updated) | At the Races". Atr.rollcall.com. 2013-07-12. Retrieved 2014-08-12.

[Bock-7] AP (20 October 2013). "Notre Dame official weighs 2nd District run". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

[livingson1-8] Livingson, Abby (June 19, 2013). "Ambitious Hoosiers Wait for Future Statewide Races". Roll Call. Retrieved August 14, 2013.

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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana

Contents

Overview[]

By district[]

District 1[]

Primary results[]

General election[]

District 2[]

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District 3[]

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District 4[]

Primary results[]

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District 5[]

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District 6[]

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District 7[]

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District 8[]

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District 9[]

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See also[]

References[]

External links[]