2014 United States House of Representatives election ratings

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2014, with early voting taking place in some states in the weeks preceding that date. Voters chose representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states. Non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five inhabited U.S. territories[a] were also elected. These midterm elections took place nearly halfway through the second term of Democratic President Barack Obama. The winners served in the 114th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States census. On Election Day, Republicans had held a House majority since January 2011 as a result of the 2010 elections.

2014 United States House of Representatives election ratings

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Election ratings

Several sites and individuals publish ratings of competitive seats. The seats listed below were considered competitive (not "safe" or "solid") by at least one of the rating groups. These ratings are based upon factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan history of the district (the Cook Partisan Voting Index is one example of this metric). Each rating describes the likelihood of a given outcome in the election.

Incumbents not running for re-election have parentheses around their names, while incumbents with a caret (^) sought re-election, but were defeated in the primary election. Note that safeness of a district is not necessarily a prediction as to outcome.

Most election ratings use:

  • Tossup: no advantage
  • Tilt (sometimes used): slight advantage
  • Lean: clear advantage
  • Likely: strong, but not certain advantage
  • Safe: outcome is nearly certain
DistrictCPVIIncumbentPrevious
result
Cook
November 3, 2014[1]
Rothenberg
October 29, 2014[2]
Sabato
October 30, 2014[3]
RCP
November 2, 2014[4]
Daily Kos
November 4, 2014[5]
Winner
Alaska at-largeR+12Don Young (R)63.9% RSafe RSafe RLikely RLikely RLikely RDon Young (R)
Arizona 1R+4Ann Kirkpatrick (D)48.8% DTossupTossupLean R (flip)TossupTossupAnn Kirkpatrick (D)
Arizona 2R+3Ron Barber (D)50.4% DTossupTossupLean DTossupTossupMartha McSally (R)
Arizona 9R+1Kyrsten Sinema (D)48.5% DLean DLikely DLikely DLikely DLean DKyrsten Sinema (D)
Arkansas 2R+8Timothy Griffin (R) (retiring)[b]55.2% RTossupTilt RLean RTossupTossupFrench Hill (R)
Arkansas 4R+15Tom Cotton (R) (retiring)[c]59.5% RLean RLikely RLean RTossupLean RBruce Westerman (R)
California 3D+3John Garamendi (D)53.7% DLikely DSafe DSafe DLikely DLikely DJohn Garamendi (D)
California 7EVENAmi Bera (D)51.1% DTossupTossupLean R (flip)TossupTossupAmi Bera (D)
California 9D+6Jerry McNerney (D)54.1% DSafe DSafe DSafe DLikely DSafe DJerry McNerney (D)
California 21D+2David Valadao (R)59.9% RLean RLikely RLikely RLean RLean RDavid Valadao (R)
California 24D+4Lois Capps (D)54.8% DLikely DLikely DLikely DLikely DLikely DLois Capps (D)
California 26D+4Julia Brownley (D)51.7% DTossupLean DLean DTossupTossupJulia Brownley (D)
California 31D+5Gary Miller (R) (retiring)55.2% RLean D (flip)Lean D (flip)Lean D (flip)Lean D (flip)Lean D (flip)Pete Aguilar (D)
California 36R+1Raul Ruiz (D)51.4% DLean DSafe DLean DLean DLean DRaul Ruiz (D)
California 52D+2Scott Peters (D)50.2% DTossupTossupLean DTossupTossupScott Peters (D)
Colorado 6D+1Mike Coffman (R)48.7% RLean RTilt RLean RTossupTilt RMike Coffman (R)
Connecticut 5D+3Elizabeth Esty (D)51.5% DLikely DSafe DLikely DLikely DLikely DElizabeth Esty (D)
Florida 2R+6Steve Southerland (R)52.7% RTossupTossupLean D (flip)TossupTossupGwen Graham (D)
Florida 18R+3Patrick Murphy (D)50.3% DLikely DSafe DLikely DLean DLean DPatrick Murphy (D)
Florida 26R+1Joe Garcia (D)53.6% DTossupTilt R (flip)Lean R (flip)TossupTossupCarlos Curbelo (R)
Georgia 12R+9John Barrow (D)53.7% DTossupLean DLean DTossupTossupRick Allen (R)
Hawaii 1D+18Colleen Hanabusa (D) (retiring)[c]54.6% DLean DLean DLean DTossupLean DMark Takai (D)
Illinois 8D+8Tammy Duckworth (D)54.7% DLikely DSafe DSafe DSafe DSafe DTammy Duckworth (D)
Illinois 10D+8Brad Schneider (D)50.5% DTossupTossupLean R (flip)TossupTossupRobert Dold (R)
Illinois 11D+8Bill Foster (D)58.1% DLikely DSafe DLikely DLean DLikely DBill Foster (D)
Illinois 12EVENBill Enyart (D)51.5% DTossupTilt R (flip)Lean R (flip)TossupTossupMike Bost (R)
Illinois 13EVENRodney Davis (R)46.6% RLikely RSafe RLikely RLean RLikely RRodney Davis (R)
Illinois 17D+7Cheri Bustos (D)53.3% DLean DLikely DLikely DLean DLean DCheri Bustos (D)
Indiana 2R+6Jackie Walorski (R)49.0% RSafe RSafe RLikely RLikely RSafe RJackie Walorski (R)
Iowa 1D+5Bruce Braley (D) (retiring)[c]56.9% DTossupTossupLean DTossupTossupRod Blum (R)
Iowa 2D+4Dave Loebsack (D)55.6% DLean DLean DLean DLean DLean DDavid Loebsack (D)
Iowa 3EVENTom Latham (R) (retiring)52.3% RTossupTossupLean RTossupTossupDavid Young (R)
Iowa 4R+5Steve King (R)53.2% RSafe RSafe RSafe RLikely RLikely RSteve King (R)
Kansas 2R+8Lynn Jenkins (R)57.0% RLikely RSafe RLikely RLikely RLikely RLynn Jenkins (R)
Kansas 3R+6Kevin Yoder (R)68.4% RLikely RSafe RLikely RLikely RSafe RKevin Yoder (R)
Maine 2D+2Mike Michaud (D) (retiring)[d]58.1% DLean DLean DLean DTossupLean DBruce Poliquin (R)
Maryland 6D+4John Delaney (D)58.8% DLikely DSafe DSafe DLikely DLikely DJohn Delaney (D)
Massachusetts 6D+4John F. Tierney (D) (lost renomination)48.3% DLean DTilt DLean DLean DTilt DSeth Moulton (D)
Massachusetts 9D+5Bill Keating (D)58.3% DLikely DLikely DLikely DLean DLikely DBill Keating (D)
Michigan 1R+5Dan Benishek (R)48.2% RLikely RLikely RLikely RLean RLean RDan Benishek (R)
Michigan 4R+5Dave Camp (R) (retiring)63.1% RSafe RSafe RSafe RLikely RSafe RJohn Moolenaar (R)
Michigan 6R+1Fred Upton (R)54.6% RLikely RSafe RSafe RSafe RLikely RFred Upton (R)
Michigan 7R+3Tim Walberg (R)53.3% RSafe RSafe RLikely RLikely RLikely RTim Walberg (R)
Michigan 8R+2Mike Rogers (R) (retiring)58.6% RSafe RSafe RLikely RLikely RLikely RMike Bishop (R)
Michigan 11R+4Kerry Bentivolio (R) (lost renomination)[e][6]50.7% RLikely RSafe RSafe RSafe RLikely RDave Trott
Minnesota 1R+1Tim Walz (D)57.6% DLikely DSafe DSafe DSafe DSafe DTim Walz (D)
Minnesota 7R+6Collin Peterson (D)60.4% DLean DLean DLean DLean DTossupCollin Peterson (D)
Minnesota 8D+1Rick Nolan (D)54.5% DTossupTossupLean R (flip)TossupTossupRick Nolan (D)
Montana at-largeR+7Steve Daines (R) (retiring)[c]53.2% RLikely RSafe RLikely RLikely RSafe RRyan Zinke (R)
Nebraska 2R+4Lee Terry (R)51.2% RTossupTilt D (flip)Lean D (flip)TossupTilt D (flip)Brad Ashford (D)
Nevada 3EVENJoe Heck (R)50.4% RLikely RSafe RSafe RLikely RSafe RJoe Heck (R)
Nevada 4D+4Steven Horsford (D)50.1% DLean DLikely DLean DLean DTilt DCresent Hardy (R)
New Hampshire 1R+1Carol Shea-Porter (D)49.7% DTossupTilt DLean R (flip)TossupTossupFrank Guinta (R)
New Hampshire 2D+3Ann McLane Kuster (D)50.2% DLean DLean DLean DTossupLean DAnn McLane Kuster (D)
New Jersey 3R+1Jon Runyan (R) (retiring)53.8% RLean RLean RLean RLean RLean RTom MacArthur (R)
New Jersey 5R+4Scott Garrett (R)55.5% RLikely RSafe RSafe RLikely RSafe RScott Garrett (R)
New York 1R+2Tim Bishop (D)52.2% DTossupTossupLean R (flip)TossupTossupLee Zeldin (R)
New York 4D+3Carolyn McCarthy (D) (retiring)61.8% DLikely DSafe DSafe DLikely DLikely DKathleen Rice (D)
New York 11R+2Michael Grimm (R)52.8% RLean RTilt RLean RTossupLean RMichael Grimm (R)
New York 18EVENSean Patrick Maloney (D)51.7% DTossupTilt DLean DLean DLean DSean Patrick Maloney (D)
New York 19D+1Chris Gibson (R)53.4% RLikely RSafe RLikely RLikely RLikely RChris Gibson (R)
New York 21EVENBill Owens (D) (retiring)50.2% DLikely R (flip)Safe R (flip)Likely R (flip)Lean R (flip)Likely R (flip)Elise Stefanik (R)
New York 23R+3Tom Reed (R)52.1% RSafe RSafe RLikely RLikely RLikely RTom Reed (R)
New York 24D+5Dan Maffei (D)48.4% DTossupTilt DLean DTossupTossupJohn Katko (R)
North Carolina 7R+12Mike McIntyre (D) (retiring)50.1% DLikely R (flip)Safe R (flip)Safe R (flip)Safe R (flip)Safe R (flip)David Rouzer (R)
North Dakota at-largeR+10Kevin Cramer (R)54.9% RLikely RSafe RLikely RSafe RLikely RKevin Cramer (R)
Ohio 6R+8Bill Johnson (R)53.3% RSafe RSafe RSafe RLikely RSafe RBill Johnson (R)
Ohio 14R+4David Joyce (R)54.3% RSafe RSafe RSafe RLikely RSafe RDavid Joyce (R)
Pennsylvania 6R+2Jim Gerlach (R) (retiring)57.1% RLikely RLikely RSafe RLikely RSafe RRyan Costello (R)
Texas 23R+3Pete Gallego (D)50.3% DLean DLean DLean DLean DLean DWill Hurd (R)
Utah 4R+16Jim Matheson (D) (retiring)49.3% DLikely R (flip)Safe R (flip)Likely R (flip)Safe R (flip)Likely R (flip)Mia Love (R)
Virginia 10R+2Frank Wolf (R) (retiring)58.8% RLean RLean RLean RTossupLean RBarbara Comstock (R)
Washington 1D+4Suzan DelBene (D)53.6% DLikely DSafe DSafe DLikely DSafe DSuzan DelBene (D)
West Virginia 2R+11Shelley Moore Capito (R) (retiring)[c]69.8% RTossupTilt RLean RTossupLean RAlex Mooney (R)
West Virginia 3R+14Nick Rahall (D)53.9% DTossupTossupLean R (flip)TossupTilt R (flip)Evan Jenkins (R)
Wisconsin 6R+5Tom Petri (R) (retiring)62.1% RLikely RSafe RSafe RLikely RLikely RGlenn Grothman (R)
Wisconsin 7R+2Sean Duffy (R)56.1% RSafe RSafe RSafe RLikely RSafe RSean Duffy (R)
OverallR - 228
D - 182
25 tossups
R - 235
D - 189
11 tossups
R - 243
D - 192
R - 226
D - 179
30 tossups
R - 227
D -190
18 tossups
R - 247
D - 188

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