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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia

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All 3 West Virginia seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 2 1 Seats won 3 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 242,823 182,484 Percentage 55.26% 41.53% Swing 4.65% 1.44%
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The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in West Virginia was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the three U.S. representatives from West Virginia, one from each of the state's three congressional districts.

Republicans won control of every congressional district in West Virginia for the first time since the 61st Congress ended in 1911.

Representatives are elected for two-year terms. Those elected served in the 114th Congress from January 2015 until January 2017.

Overview

By district

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia by district:

District 1

Incumbent Republican David McKinley, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

While McKinley had expressed some interest in running for Senate, he later declared he would not run. He filed for re-election to his House seat on January 15, 2014.

Candidates

Nominee

• David McKinley, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Glen Gainer III, State Auditor

Results

General election

Polling

Results

District 2

2014 West Virginia's 2nd congressional district election

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Nominee Alex Mooney Nick Casey Davy Jones Party Republican Democratic Libertarian Popular vote 72,619 67,687 7,682 Percentage 47.1% 43.9% 5.0%

Results by county Mooney:      40-50%      50-60% Casey:      40-50%      50-60%

U.S. Representative before election Shelley Moore Capito Republican Elected U.S. Representative Alex Mooney Republican

Incumbent Republican Shelley Moore Capito, who had represented the district since 2001, won her seventh term in Congress with almost 70 percent of the vote in 2012. She announced that she would not run for re-election, so that she could run for the United States Senate seat held by retiring Democrat Jay Rockefeller.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Alex Mooney, former chairman of the Maryland Republican Party and former Maryland State Senator

Eliminated in primary

• Robert Fluharty, veteran, investigator and Eastern Panhandle resident
• Steve Harrison, state senator
• Charlotte Lane, former state delegate, former United States International Trade Commissioner and nominee for West Virginia Attorney General in 1996
• Jim Moss, Putnam County resident
• Ken Reed, pharmacy owner from Berkeley Springs
• Ron Walters Jr., son of State Delegate Ron Walters

Declined

• Tim Armstead, Minority Leader of the West Virginia House of Delegates
• Shelley Moore Capito, incumbent U.S. Representative (running for the U.S. Senate)
• Larry Faircloth, former state delegate (running for the state senate)
• Betty Ireland, former Secretary of State of West Virginia
• Patrick Lane, state delegate
• Bill Maloney, businessman and nominee for governor in 2011 and 2012
• Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General of West Virginia
• Eric Nelson, state delegate
• Suzette Raines, state delegate (running for the state senate)
• Charles Trump, attorney

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Nick Casey, former chairman of the West Virginia Democratic Party

Eliminated in primary

• Meshea Poore, state delegate

Declined

• Matt Dunn, attorney
• Steven Gower, Weston resident
• Doug Skaff, state delegate
• Herb Snyder, state senator
• Rod Snyder, president of the Young Democrats of America
• Erik Wells, state senator

Results

General election

Polling

Results

District 3

2014 West Virginia's 3rd congressional district election

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Nominee Evan Jenkins Nick Rahall Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 77,713 62,688 Percentage 55.3% 44.7%

County results Jenkins:      50–60%      60–70% Rahall:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Nick Rahall Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins Republican

Incumbent Democrat Nick Rahall, who had represented the district since 1977, ran for re-election after having considered running for the Senate.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Nick Rahall, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Richard Ojeda, veteran

Results

Republican primary

For the Republicans, State Senator Evan Jenkins, who switched parties in July 2013, ran for the seat against Rahall. On switching parties, Jenkins stated that: "West Virginia is under attack from Barack Obama and a Democratic Party that our parents and grandparents would not recognize." In 2012, West Virginia's 3rd district went for Mitt Romney 66-32 percent.

State Senator Bill Cole, who had considered a run for the seat himself, was Jenkins' campaign chairman.

Candidates

Nominee

• Evan Jenkins, state senator

Declined

• Bill Cole, state senator
• Rick Snuffer, state delegate and nominee for this seat in 2004 & 2012

Results

Jenkins ran unopposed in the Republican primary.

General election

Campaign

Rahall was considered one of the most "endangered" House Democrats by the House Democratic campaign committee.

Jenkins supported the repeal of Obamacare and pledged to replace it.

As of September 18, 2014, the race was rated a "toss up" by both University of Virginia political professor Larry Sabato, of Sabato's Crystal Ball, and Stu Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report. As of October 2, managing editor Kyle Kondik of Sabato's Crystal Ball said the race was still a toss-up, calling it "Super close, super expensive and super nasty."

A Fox News op-ed opined in October that Jenkins "offers Republicans the most credible nominee the party has had since the mid-'90s. In a race that will see as much advertising by third-party organizations as any House race in the country, the winner will be the candidate who voters believe will do the most to take on President Obama's War on Coal and the EPA."

Through October 6, 2014, 16,340 ads had appeared on broadcast television, the second-highest number of ads of any district in the U.S. By mid-October 2014, it was anticipated that $12.8 million could be spent on ads in the race by Election Day. Rahall outspent Jenkins in the election by a two-to-one ratio.

Time listed a Rahall ad in its article: "Here Are 5 of The Most Dishonest Political Ads of 2014," and The Washington Post ran an article regarding the same Rahall ad entitled: "A sleazy attack puts words in the other candidate's mouth".

Endorsements

Rahall was endorsed by the NRA Political Victory Fund.

The National Right to Life Committee, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, and West Virginians for Life, all of which had previously supported Rahall, supported Jenkins in 2014, and the West Virginia Coal Association endorsed Jenkins in September 2014.

Polling

Results

Jenkins won the election, defeating incumbent Rahall in November 2014 with 55.3% of the vote to Rahall's 44.7%.

See also

• 2014 United States House of Representatives elections
• 2014 United States elections

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External links

• U.S. House elections in West Virginia, 2014 at Ballotpedia
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets

• 2014 United States House of Representatives elections
• United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
• 2014 West Virginia elections