2014 Midterm Elections

2014 Midterm Elections

Senate

Democrat Incumbents

• Max Baucus (Montana)[1]
  Obama appointed Baucus as the Ambassador to China. Democrat Lt. Gov. John Walsh was appointed interim Senator and is the 2014 nominee.
• Mark Begich (Alaska)
  Three GOP candidates are running to challenge Begich: Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell, Iraq veteran Joe Miller, and State Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan.
• Cory Booker (New Jersey)
• Chris Coons (Delaware)
• Richard Durbin (Illinois)
• Al Franken (Minnesota)
• Kay Hagan (North Carolina)
  All potential Republican challengers lead Hagan in polling; Heather Grant, Thom Tillis, Greg Brannon, Mark Harris, and Bill Flynn.
• Tom Harkin (Iowa)[1]
  Democrat Rep. Bruce Bailey has declared.
• Tim Johnson (South Dakota)[1]
• Mary Landrieu (Louisiana)
  The establishment GOP picks RINO Bill Cassidy for the nomination. The Senate Conservatives Fund picks Air Force Col. Rob Maness.
• Carl Levin (Michigan)[1]
  GOP Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land will face Democrat Rep. Gary Peters.
• Ed Markey (Massachusetts)
• Jeff Merkley (Oregon)
• Mark Pryor (Arkansas)
  Republican Rep. Tom Cotton is the challenger and polls ahead of Pryor.
• Jack Reed (Rhode Island)
• Jay Rockefeller (West Virginia)[1]
• Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
• Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire)
• Mark Udall (Colorado)
• Tom Udall (New Mexico)
• Mark Warner (Virginia)
  Republican Ed Gillespie has declared his intention to run against Warner.

Republican Incumbents

• Lamar Alexander (Tennessee)
• Saxby Chambliss (Georgia)[1]
  The daughter of long-time Democrat Senator Sam Nunn, Michelle Nunn has declared.
• Thad Cochran (Mississippi)
• Susan Collins (Maine)
• John Cornyn (Texas)
  Conservative Rep. Steve Stockman will seek to oust Cornyn in the primaries.
• Mike Enzi (Wyoming)
• Lindsey Graham (South Carolina
• James Inhofe (Oklahoma)
• Mike Johanns (Nebraska)[1]
• Mitch McConnell (Kentucky)
  The Democrat challenger is Alison Lundergan Grimes and the Tea Party endorsed candidate is Matt Bevin. Recent polling has McConnell trailing Grimes by 4 points.
• James Risch (Idaho)
• Pat Roberts (Kansas)
• Tim Scott (South Carolina)
• Jeff Sessions (Alabama)

House

Every seat of the 435 member chamber is up for election. The new term will be the 114th United States Congress.

Notable Races

• John Boehner (Ohio) - Republican Majority Speaker
• Eric Cantor (Virginia) - Republican Majority Leader
• Kevin McCarthy (California) - Republican Majority Whip
• Nancy Pelosi (California) - Democrat Minority Leader
• Steny Hoyer (Maryland) - Democrat Minority Whip

Governors

Democrats

• Neil Abercrombie (Hawaii)
• Mike Beebe (Arkansas) [1]
• Jerry Brown (California)
• Lincoln Chafee (Rhode Island) [1]
• Andrew Cuomo (New York)
  If no Republican primary exists, expect Donald Trump to challenge Cuomo.
• Mark Dayton (Minnesota)
• Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire)
• John Hickenlooper (Colorado)
• John Kitzhaber (Oregon)
• Dan Malloy (Connecticut)
• Martin O'Malley (Maryland) [1]
• Deval Patrick (Massachusetts) [1]
• Pat Quinn (Illinois)
• Peter Shumlin (Vermont)

Republicans

• Robert Bentley (Alabama)
• Jan Brewer (Arizona) [1]
• Terry Branstad (Iowa)
• Sam Brownback (Kansas)
• Tom Corbett (Pennsylvania)
• Dennis Daugaard (South Dakota)
• Nathan Deal (Georgia)
• Mary Fallin (Oklahoma)
• Nikki Haley (South Carolina)
• Bill Haslam (Tennessee)
• Dave Heineman (Nebraska) [1]
• John Kasich (Ohio)
• Paul LePage (Maine)
• Susana Martinez (New Mexico)
• Matt Mead (Wyoming)
• Butch Otter (Idaho)
• Sean Parnell (Alaska)
• Rick Perry (Texas) [1]
  Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott will face off against Democrat Wendy Davis.
• Brian Sandoval (Nevada)
• Rick Scott (Florida)
• Rick Snyder (Michigan)
• Scott Walker (Wisconsin)

[1] Indicates a term-limited or retiring candidate