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2014 Midterm Elections (view source)
Revision as of 17:00, December 1, 2014
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[[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==
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[[category:Politics]]
[[category:Obama Presidency]]
[[category:Republican Party]]
[[category:Democratic Party]]