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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa

←  2012 November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 2016 →

All 4 Iowa seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 2 2
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 595,865 509,189
Percentage 53.19% 45.45%
Swing Increase 5.92% Decrease 4.81%

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Iowa, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including Governor of Iowa and United States Senate. Primary elections were held on June 4, 2014. As no candidate won more than 35% of the vote in the 3rd district Republican primary, that nomination was decided at a party convention on June 21.

Overview

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa [1]
Party Votes Percentage Seats before Seats after +/–
Republican 595,865 53.19% 2 3 +1
Democratic 509,189 45.45% 2 1 -1
Libertarian 9,054 0.81% 0 0 -
Independents 4,360 0.39% 0 0
Write-ins 1866 0.17% 0 0
Totals 1,120,334 100.00% 4 4 -

By district

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa by district: [2]

District Republican Democratic Others Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
District 1 147,762 51.07% 141,145 48.79% 399 0.14% 289,306 100% Republican gain
District 2 129,455 47.36% 143,431 52.48% 443 0.16% 273,329 100% Democratic hold
District 3 148,814 52.76% 119,109 42.23% 14,143 5.01% 282,066 100% Republican hold
District 4 169,834 61.62% 105,504 38.28% 295 0.11% 275,633 100% Republican hold
Total 595,865 53.19% 509,189 45.45% 15,280 1.36% 1,120,334 100%

District 1

2014 Iowa's 1st congressional district election

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Nominee Rod Blum Pat Murphy
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 147,762 141,145
Percentage 51.1% 48.8%

County results
Blum:      50–60%      60–70%
Vernon:      50–60%

U.S. Representatives before election

Bruce Braley
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representatives

Rod Blum
Republican

Democratic Representative Bruce Braley won re-election in 2012. He would not run for re-election in 2014, as he instead ran for the United States Senate seat being vacated by fellow Democrat Tom Harkin, who was retiring. [3]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Pat Murphy, state representative and former Speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives [4]
Eliminated in primary
Declined

Endorsements

Swati Dandekar
State officials
Anesa Kajtazovic
State legislators
Labor unions
Organizations
Individuals
Monica Vernon
State legislators
Labor unions
  • Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Building Trades Council [22]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Swati
Dandekar
Anesa
Kajtazovic
Pat
Murphy
Dave
O'Brien
Monica
Vernon
Undecided
Loras College May 14–15, 2014 300 ± 5.7% 11% 9% 35% 3% 11% 30%
Loras College April 10–11, 2014 300 ± 5.7% 9% 11% 30% 6% 9% 35%
Myers Research (D-Murphy) February 11–13, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 13% 11% 36% 8% 17% 15%

Results

Democratic primary results [23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pat Murphy 10,189 36.7
Democratic Monica Vernon 6,559 23.6
Democratic Swati Dandekar 5,076 18.3
Democratic Anesa Kajtazovic 4,067 14.7
Democratic Dave O'Brien 1,846 6.7
Democratic Write-ins 18 0.0
Total votes 27,755 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Gail Boliver, attorney [25]
  • Steve Rathje, businessman [26]
Withdrawn
Declined

Endorsements

Rod Blum
Individuals
Steve Rathje
Individuals
Walt Rogers
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
State legislators
Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Rod
Blum
Gail
Boliver
Steve
Rathje
Undecided
Loras College May 15, 2014 300 ± 5.65% 31% 2% 16% 51%
Loras College April 8–9, 2014 300 ± 5.65% 17% 2% 12% 69%

Results

Republican primary results [23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rod Blum 16,886 54.9
Republican Steve Rathje 11,420 37.1
Republican Gail Boliver 2,413 7.9
Republican Write-ins 42 0.1
Total votes 30,761 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Rod Blum (R)
Organizations
Individuals

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Pat
Murphy (D)
Rod
Blum (R)
Undecided
Loras College October 21–24, 2014 282 ± 5.9% 42% 44% 14%
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker October 16–23, 2014 633 ± 7.0% 47% 39% 14%
The Polling Company (R-Blum) October 1–2, 2014 300 39% 40% 21%
Loras College September 2–5, 2014 300 ± 5.6% 35% 33% 32%
The Polling Company (R-Blum) August 11–12, 2014 401 ± 4.9% 40% 35% 24%
Myers Research (D-Murphy) July 31–August 4, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 51% 40% 8%

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report [40] Tossup November 3, 2014
Rothenberg [41] Tossup October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [42] Lean D October 30, 2014
RCP Tossup November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [43] Tossup November 4, 2014

Results

Iowa's 1st congressional district, 2014 [44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rod Blum 147,762 51.1
Democratic Pat Murphy 141,145 48.8
n/a Write-ins 399 0.1
Total votes 289,306 100
Republican gain from Democratic

District 2

2014 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election

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Nominee Dave Loebsack Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 143,431 129,455
Percentage 52.5% 47.4%

County results
Loebsack:      50–60%      60–70%
Peters:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Dave Loebsack
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Dave Loebsack
Democratic

Democratic representative David Loebsack had represented Iowa's 2nd district since 2007. He was elected to a fourth term in 2012 against Republican John Archer with 56% of the vote.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary results [23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Loebsack (incumbent) 17,154 99.3
Democratic Write-ins 117 0.7
Total votes 17,371 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Mark
Lofgren
Mariannette
Miller-Meeks
Matthew C.
Waldren
Undecided
Loras College May 13–14, 2014 300 ± 5.65% 12% 36% 52%
Loras College April 9–10, 2014 300 ± 5.65% 11% 18% 1% 70%

Results

Republican primary results [23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks 15,043 49.4
Republican Mark S. Lofgren 11,634 38.2
Republican Matthew C. Waldren 3,746 12.3
Republican Write-ins 52 0.1
Total votes 30,475 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)
Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Dave
Loebsack (D)
Mariannette
Miller-Meeks (R)
Undecided
Loras College October 21–24, 2014 279 ± 5.85% 51% 38% 11%
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker October 16–23, 2014 552 ± 7.0% 49% 35% 16%
Loras College September 2–5, 2014 300 ± 5.6% 49% 32% 19%
The Tarrance Group (R-Miller-Meeks) August 3–5, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 45% 42% 13%

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report [40] Lean D November 3, 2014
Rothenberg [41] Lean D October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [42] Lean D October 30, 2014
RCP Lean D November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [43] Lean D November 4, 2014

Results

Iowa's 2nd congressional district, 2014 [44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dave Loebsack (incumbent) 143,431 52.5
Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks 129,455 47.4
n/a Write-ins 443 0.1
Total votes 273,329 100.0
Democratic hold

District 3

2014 Iowa's 3rd congressional district election

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2016 →
 
Nominee David Young Staci Appel
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 148,814 119,109
Percentage 52.8% 42.2%

County results
Young:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Appel:      40–50%

U.S. Representative before election

Tom Latham
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

David Young
Republican

Prior to the 2012 elections, Republican Representative Tom Latham and Democratic Representative Leonard Boswell were redistricted into the same district. Though Barack Obama carried the district in the 2012 presidential election, Latham defeated Boswell. Latham planned to retire in 2014. [48]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined

Endorsements

Robert Cramer
Individuals
  • Steve Deace, talk radio host [67]
Matt Schultz
U.S. Senators
State legislators
Organizations
David Young
U.S. Representatives
State officials
  • Richard Johnson, former State Auditor [71]
Local officials

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Robert
Cramer
Joe
Grandanette
Matt
Schultz
Monte
Shaw
David
Young
Brad
Zaun
Undecided
Loras College May 14, 2014 300 ± 5.65% 8% 2% 8% 5% 8% 17% 51%
Loras College April 8–10, 2014 300 ± 5.65% 7% 2% 8% 5% 3% 17% 59%

Results

Republican primary results [23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brad Zaun 10,522 24.7
Republican Robert Cramer 9,032 21.2
Republican Matt Schultz 8,464 19.9
Republican Monte Shaw 7,220 17.0
Republican David Young 6,604 15.5
Republican Joe Grandanette 661 1.6
Republican Write-ins 42 0.1
Total votes 42,545 100.0

Convention

The Republican nomination was decided by a convention after none of the six candidates reached the 35 percent threshold required to make the general election ballot. This was the second time in 50 years that a convention picked a nominee and the first time since 2002, when then-State Senator Steve King won a convention held in Iowa's 5th congressional district to decide the Republican nominee for Congress. [72] A poll conducted by the conservative website Caffeinated Thoughts of 118 of the 513 delegates was held on June 9–10. David Young and Brad Zaun took 27% each, with Robert Cramer on 19%, Monte Shaw on 14%, Matt Schultz on 8% and Joe Grandanette on 3% with another 3% undecided. 34% chose Young as their second choice, with 17% choosing Cramer, Schultz or Zaun, 10% picking Shaw and 3% picking Grandanette with 8% undecided. [73]

On June 21, in what was described as a "stunning upset", David Young won the nomination on the fifth ballot of the convention. [74]

On July 4, Zaun voiced his disappointment and suggested he would leave the Republican Party, leading some to encourage him to run for the seat as an independent. He had previously announced that he would introduce legislation to hold primary runoff elections instead of conventions. [75] On July 10, Zaun announced that despite his frustrations, he would not leave the Republican Party or run as an independent. [76]

Iowa Republican Convention, 2014 [77]
Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
David Young 86 (16.8%) 81 (15.8%) 102 (19.9%) 171 (33.3%) 276 (53.8%)
Brad Zaun 130 (25.3%) 157 (30.6%) 188 (36.6%) 206 (40.2%) 221 (43.1%)
Monte Shaw 118 (23%) 122 (23.8%) 126 (24.6%) 120 (23.4%)
Matt Schultz 95 (18.5%) 88 (17.2%) 85 (16.6%)
Robert Cramer 75 (14.6%) 60 (11.7%)
Joe Grandanette 7 (1.4%) 2 (0.4%)
Abstentions 2 (0.4%) 3 (0.6%) 12 (2.3%) 16 (3.1%) 16 (3.1%)
Total 513 (100%) 513 (100%) 513 (100%) 513 (100%) 513 (100%)

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Withdrawn
  • Gabriel De La Cerda, former tire factory worker [79]
  • Michael Sherzan, businessman [80] [81]
Declined

Results

Democratic primary results [23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Staci Appel 9,233 99.2
Democratic Write-ins 75 0.8
Total votes 9,308 100.0

General election

Endorsements

David Young (R)
U.S. Representatives
State officials
Organizations
Staci Appel (D)

Debates

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
David
Young (R)
Staci
Appel (D)
Edward
Wright (L)
Undecided
Loras College October 21–24, 2014 280 ± 5.9% 46% 44% 0% 10%
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker October 16–23, 2014 653 ± 6.0% 40% 40% 1% 18%
Remington Research October 11–13, 2014 663 ± 3.8% 46% 42% 5% 7%
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner October 1–2, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 42% 49% 9%
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner September 15–17, 2014 400 ± 5% 44% 47% 9%
Loras College September 2–5, 2014 300 ± 5.6% 34% 40% 25%

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report [40] Tossup November 3, 2014
Rothenberg [41] Tossup October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [42] Lean R October 30, 2014
RCP Tossup November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [43] Tossup November 4, 2014

Results

Iowa's 3rd congressional district, 2014 [44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Young 148,814 52.8
Democratic Staci Appel 119,109 42.2
Libertarian Edward Wright 9,054 3.2
Independent Bryan Jack Holder 4,360 1.5
n/a Write-ins 729 0.3
Total votes 282,066 100.0
Republican hold

District 4

2014 Iowa's 4th congressional district election

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Nominee Steve King Jim Mowrer
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 169,834 105,504
Percentage 61.6% 38.3%

County results
King:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Weaver:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

Steve King
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Steve King
Republican

Republican Representative Steve King won re-election in the 4th district in 2012, after serving in the now defunct Iowa's 5th congressional district.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Republican primary results [23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve King (incumbent) 43,098 99.1
Republican Write-ins 382 0.9
Total votes 43,480 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Declined

Results

Democratic primary results [23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Mowrer 9,900 99.6
Democratic Write-ins 42 0.4
Total votes 9,942 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Jim Mowrer (D)
Organizations

Debates

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Steve
King (R)
Jim
Mowrer (D)
Undecided
Loras College October 21–24, 2014 280 ± 5.85% 51% 39% 11%
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker October 16–23, 2014 484 ± 7.0% 49% 41% 10%
The Polling Company (R-King) October 1–2, 2014 407 ± 4.9% 51% 38% 11%
DFM Research September 20–23, 2014 450 ± 4.6% 46% 43% 11%
Loras College September 2–5, 2014 300 ± 5.6% 47% 36% 17%

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report [40] Safe R November 3, 2014
Rothenberg [41] Safe R October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [42] Safe R October 30, 2014
RCP Likely R November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [43] Likely R November 4, 2014

Results

Iowa's 4th congressional district, 2014 [44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve King (incumbent) 169,834 61.6
Democratic Jim Mowrer 105,504 38.3
n/a Write-ins 295 0.1
Total votes 275,633 100.0
Republican hold

See also

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