2014 Midterm Elections

The 2014 Midterm Elections begin with the Texas primary on March 4, and continue with a primary or a "runoff" nearly every week somewhere in the United States until Tuesday, September 9th. Soon thereafter early voting begins in some areas, culminating in the general election day on Tuesday, November 4th.

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. Republican state representative Steve Daines leads in polling by a wide margin.
• 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)
  Franken remains popular. Republican Mike McFadden is considered most likely to win the party nomination.
• Kay Hagan (North Carolina)
  All potential Republican challengers lead Hagan in polling; Thom Tillis(Endorsed by Karl Rove), Dr. Greg Brannon (Endorsed by Rand Paul), Heather Grant, Mark Harris, and Bill Flynn.
• Tom Harkin (Iowa)[1]
  Democrat Rep. Mark Braley has declared. Conservative Republican Sam Clovis and former U.S. attorney Matt Whitaker has declared. The GOP establishment chooses liberal Republican Mark Jacobs. Sarah Palin and the Heritage Foundation have endorsed former Iraqi veteran and state Senator Joni Ernst.
• Tim Johnson (South Dakota)[1]
  Former Republican Gov. Mike Rounds is expected to win the primary and is projected as taking Johnson's seat.
• 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]
  GOP establishments seeks House Rep. Shelley Capito. Democrats will likely run Natalie Tennant, West Virginia Secretary of State. Capito leads in polling by double digits
• Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
• Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire)
  Shaheen is poised for reelection in liberal NH. Many people expect Republican Scott Brown to make a challenge.
• Mark Udall (Colorado)
  Two-term GOP Rep. Cory Gardner will challenge Udall.
• 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. David Perdue holds a slim lead in the crowded field of Republican nominations. Other Republicans include Rep. Jack Kingston, Rep. Paul Broun, Rep. Phil Gingrey, former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel, Eugene Yu, Minister Derrick Grayson, and Art Gardner.
• Thad Cochran (Mississippi)
• Susan Collins (Maine)
• John Cornyn (Texas)
  Cornyn will face the winner of the Democrat primaries, anti-Obama and anti-Obamacare Kesha Rogers or multimillionaire dentist David Alameel.
• Mike Enzi (Wyoming)
• Lindsey Graham (South Carolina)
  Five GOP challengers have emerged; Nancy Mace, state Sen. Lee Bright (Constitutional Conservative), Richard Cash, Bill Conner, and Det Bowers.
• James Inhofe (Oklahoma)
• Tom Coburn [1] (Oklahoma)
  State Rep. James Lankford is endorsed by the establishment GOP. Sarah Palin has endorsed T.W. Shannon.
• 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)
  Republican Dr. Milton Wolf is challenging Roberts.
• 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
  Republicans Eric Gurr and J.D. Winteregg seek to oust Boehner in the primaries.
• Eric Cantor (Virginia) - Republican Majority Leader
  Republican David Brat seeks to defeat Cantor in the primaries.
• 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. Abbott leads by double digits.
• Brian Sandoval (Nevada)
• Rick Scott (Florida)
  RINO turned Democrat Charlie Crist seeks to unseat Scott.
• Rick Snyder (Michigan)
• Scott Walker (Wisconsin)

[1] Indicates a term-limited or retiring candidate