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Line 1: − [[File:Election map.png|right|300px|thumb| Republican red victories by districts]]+ − − The '''2014 Midterm Elections''' began with the [[Texas]] primary on March 4, and continued with a primary or a "runoff" nearly every week somewhere in the [[United States]] until Tuesday, September 9th.<ref>[http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G14/events.phtml?format=chronological Election days listed chronologically or 2014]</ref> Soon thereafter [[early voting]] began in some areas, culminating in the general election day on Tuesday, November 4th. − − The election was a complete and utter rejection of Democrats with Republicans capturing the U.S. Senate, expanding the U.S. House and winning super majority control in 31 states. − − ==Senate== − ===Democrat Incumbents=== − − *'''Alaska''' − − [[Mark Begich]]: The incumbent Begich lost to Republican Dan Sullivan. − − *'''Arkansas''' − − [[Mark Pryor]]: The incumbent Pryor lost to Republican Tom Cotton. − − *'''Colorado''' − − [[Mark Udall]]: The incumbent Udall lost to Republican Cory Gardiner. − − *'''Delaware''' − − [[Chris Coons]]: The incumbent was reelected. − − *'''Hawaii''' − − [[Brian Schatz]]: The incumbent was reelected. − − *'''Illinois''' − − [[Richard Durbin]]: The incumbent was reelected. − − *'''Iowa''' − − [[Tom Harkin]][1]: Democrat Bruce Braley lost his bid to Republican [[Joni Ernst]]. − − *'''Louisiana''' − − [[Mary Landrieu]]: The incumbent Landrieu lost to Republican Bill Cassidy. The margin of victory has enabled a runoff race. Cassidy is poised to gain this seat. − − *'''Massachusetts''' − − [[Ed Markey]]: The incumbent was reelected. − − *'''Michigan''' − − [[Carl Levin]][1]: Democrat Rep. Gary Peters defeated Republican Terri Lynn Land. − − *'''Minnesota''' − − [[Al Franken]]: The incumbent Franken was reelected. − − *'''Montana''' − − [[Max Baucus]][1]: Republican Steve Daines defeated Democrat John Walsh. − − *'''New Hampshire''' − − [[Jeanne Shaheen]]: The incumbent Shaheen was reelected. − − *'''New Jersey''' − − [[Cory Booker]]: The incumbent Booker was reelected. − − *'''New Mexico''' − − [[Tom Udall]]: The incumbent Udall was reelected. − − *'''North Carolina''' − − [[Kay Hagan]]: The incumbent Hagan lost to Republican Thom Tillis. − − *'''Oregon''' − − [[Jeff Merkley]]: The incumbent Merkley was reelected. − − *'''Rhode Island''' − − [[Jack Reed]]: The incumbent Reed was reelected. − − *'''South Dakota''' − − [[Tim Johnson]][1]: Democrat Rick Weiland lost to Republican Mike Rounds. − − *'''Virginia''' − − [[Mark Warner]]: The incumbent Warner was reelected. − − *'''West Virginia''' − − [[Jay Rockefeller]][1]: Democrat Natalie Tennant lost to Republican Shelley Moore Capito. − − ===Republican Incumbents=== − − *'''Alabama''' − − [[Jeff Sessions]]: The incumbent Sessions was reelected. − − *'''Georgia''' − − [[Saxby Chambliss]][1]: Democrat Michelle Nunn lost to Republic David Perdue. − − *'''Idaho''' − − [[James Risch]]: The incumbent Risch was reelected. − − *'''Kansas''' − − [[Pat Roberts]]: The incumbent Roberts was reelected by defeating Independent candidate Greg Orman. Democrat Chad Taylor dropped out of the race before election day. − − *'''Kentucky''' − − [[Mitch McConnell]]: The incumbent McConnell was reelected. − − *'''Maine''' − − [[Susan Collins]]: The incumbent Collins was reelected. − − *'''Mississippi''' − − [[Thad Cochran]]: The incumbent Cochran was reelected. − − *'''Nebraska''' − − [[Mike Johanns]][1]: Republican [[Ben Sasse]] defeated Democrat David Domina. − − *'''Oklahoma''' − − [[James Inhofe]]: The incumbent Inhofe was reelected. − − [[Tom Coburn]][1]: Republican James Lankford defeated Democrat Constance N. Johnson. − − *'''South Carolina''' − − [[Tim Scott]]: The incumbent Scott was reelected. − − [[Lindsey Graham]]: The incumbent Graham was reelected. − − *'''Tennessee''' − − [[Lamar Alexander]]: The incumbent Alexander was reelected. − − *'''Texas''' − − [[John Cornyn]]: The incumbent Cornyn was reelected. − − *'''Wyoming''' − − [[Mike Enzi]]: The incumbent Enzi was reelected. − − ==House== − Every seat of the 435 member chamber is up for election. The new term will be the 114th United States Congress. − − ===Notable Races=== − − * [[Eric Cantor]] (Virginia) - Cantor was defeated by [[David Brat]] in the Republican primary. Republican Brat defeated Democrat Jack Trammell for Virginia's 7th Congressional District. − * [[Elise Stefanik]] became the youngest Republican female ever elected to Congress at age 30. She is from New York's 21st Congressional District. − * [[Mia Love]] won Utah's 4th Congressional District becoming the first Republican black female Congresswoman in the U.S. House. − * [[Will Hurd]], a former covert CIA operative, won Texas's 23rd Congressional District for the Republicans. − − ==Governors== − − ===Democrats=== − − *[[Neil Abercrombie]] (Hawaii): The incumbent Abercrombie lost to [[David Ige]] in the Democratic Party primary. Ige went on to win the general election. − *[[Mike Beebe]] (Arkansas) [1]: Republican Asa Hutchinson defeated Democrat Mike Ross. − *[[Jerry Brown]] (California): The incumbent Brown was reelected − *[[Lincoln Chafee]] (Rhode Island) [1]: Democrat Gina Raimondo defeated Republican Allan Fung. − *[[Andrew Cuomo]] (New York): The incumbent Cuomo was reelected. − *[[Mark Dayton]] (Minnesota): The incumbent Dayton was reelected. − *[[Maggie Hassan]] (New Hampshire): The incumbent Hassan was reelected. − *[[John Hickenlooper]] (Colorado): The incumbent Hinkenlooper lost to Republican Bob Beauprez. − *[[John Kitzhaber]] (Oregon): The incumbent Kitzhaber was reelected. − *[[Dan Malloy]] (Connecticut): The incumbent Malloy was reelected. − *[[Martin O'Malley]] (Maryland) [1]: Republican Larry Hogan defeated Democrat Anthony Brown. − *[[Deval Patrick]] (Massachusetts) [1]: Republican Charlie Baker defeated Democrat Martha Coakley. − *[[Pat Quinn]] (Illinois): The incumbent Quinn was defeated by Republican Bruce Rauner. − *[[Peter Shumlin]] (Vermont): The incumbent Shumlin won his race against Republican Scott Milne. He did not receive 50% of the vote and the Vermont legislature will chose the Governor in January 2015. − − ===Republicans=== − − *[[Robert Bentley]] (Alabama): The incumbent Bentley was reelected. − *[[Jan Brewer]] (Arizona) [1]: Republican Doug Ducey defeated Democrat Fred DuVal. − *[[Terry Branstad]] (Iowa): The incumbent Branstad was reelected. − *[[Sam Brownback]] (Kansas): The incumbent Brownback was reelected. − *[[Tom Corbett]] (Pennsylvania): Incumbent Corbett was defeated by Democrat Tom Wolf. − *[[Dennis Daugaard]] (South Dakota): The incumbent Daugaard was reelected. − *[[Nathan Deal]] (Georgia): The incumbent Deal was reelected. − *[[Mary Fallin]] (Oklahoma): The incumbent Fallin was reelected. − *[[Nikki Haley]] (South Carolina): The incumbent Haley was reelected. − *[[Bill Haslam]] (Tennessee): The incumbent Haslam was reelected. − *[[Dave Heineman]] (Nebraska) [1]: Republican Pete Ricketts defeated Democrat Chuck Hassebrook. − *[[John Kasich]] (Ohio): The incumbent Kasich was reelected. − *[[Paul LePage]] (Maine): The incumbent LePage was reelected. − *[[Susana Martinez]] (New Mexico): The incumbent Martinez was reelected. − *[[Matt Mead]] (Wyoming): The incumbent Mead was reelected. − *[[Butch Otter]] (Idaho): The incumbent Otter was reelected. − *[[Sean Parnell]] (Alaska): The incumbent Parnell lost to Independent Bill Walker. − *[[Rick Perry]] (Texas) [1]: Republican [[Greg Abbott]] defeated Democrat Wendy Davis. − *[[Brian Sandoval]] (Nevada): The incumbent Sandoval was reelected. − *[[Rick Scott]] (Florida): The incumbent Scott was reelected − *[[Rick Snyder]] (Michigan): The incumbent Snyder was reelected − *[[Scott Walker]] (Wisconsin): The incumbent Walker was reelected − − − [1] Indicates a term-limited or retiring candidate − − ==References== − <references/> − − [[category:Politics]] − [[category:Obama Presidency]] − [[category:Republican Party]] − [[category:Democratic Party]]
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