United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2014

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United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2014
Michigan
2012 
November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)
 2016

All 14 Michigan seats to the United States House of Representatives
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 9 5

The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Michigan will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan. The elections will coincide with the election of Michigan's governor, as well as the Class 2 U.S. Senate Seat. Primary elections to determine major-party nominees for the general election will be held Tuesday, August 5, 2014, and the partisan filing deadline is Tuesday, April 22, 2014.[1] The members-elect of Congress elected at this election will serve in the 114th Congress. According to the Rothenberg Political Report, all the Michigan congressional seats except for the 1st, 7th, and 11th districts are considered safe for the party of the incumbent.[2]

District 1

Incumbent Dan Benishek was re-elected in 2012 with 48.14% of the total votes cast, defeating Democratic former State Representative Gary McDowell by less than 2,000 votes in a field where two third-party candidates received a combined 4.3 percent of the vote.[3] As of September 30, 2013, Benishek had raised $676,545.98, and has $500,163.86 cash on-hand toward a presumed re-election bid.[4] Iron Mountain businessman and 2012 Republican National Convention delegate Alan Arcand has announced his intention to challenge Benishek in the republican primary.[5] Former Kalkaska County Sheriff Jerry Cannon has been recruited by Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Lon Johnson to challenge Benishek in the general election.[6] The Rothenberg Political Report rates this race as "Toss-up/Tilt Republican."[2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Alan Arcand, businessman, 2012 RNC Delegate, and U. S. Air Force Veteran[5]
  • Dan Benishek, incumbent[7]

Polling

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

General election

Candidates

Polling

District 2

Incumbent Bill Huizenga was re-elected in 2012 with 61.16% of the total votes cast.[11] As of September 30, 2013, Huizenga had raised $537,109.30 for the 2014 election cycle, and has $402,388.39 cash on-hand available toward a presumed re-election bid.[12]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

Democratic primary

Candidates

Polling

General election

Candidates

Polling

District 3

Incumbent Justin Amash was re-elected in 2012 with 52.62% of the total votes cast.[14] As of September 30, 2013, Amash had raised $555,863.56 for the 2014 election cycle, and has $313,844.71 cash on-hand available toward a presumed re-election bid.[15] In September 2013, Amash ended months of speculation regarding whether he would run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Carl Levin, and chose to stand for re-election to his house seat.[16] Amash faces a Republican primary challenge from investment manager Brian Ellis.[17] State Senator Mark Jansen could also run in the GOP primary.[18]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Potential

Polling

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Richard A. Abbott[21]

Polling

General election

Candidates

Polling

District 4

Incumbent Dave Camp was re-elected in 2012 with 63.07% of the total votes cast.[22] As of September 30, 2013, Camp has raised $1,607,226.02 for the 2014 election cycle, and has $3,198,099.13 cash on-hand available for a presumed re-election bid.[23] In July 2013, Camp announced he was considering seeking the GOP Senate nomination in 2014 to replace the retiring incumbent Senator Carl Levin,[24] but then the following month announced that he will not do so.[25] Camp is being challenged in the Republican primary by businessman Peter Konetchy.[26]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

Democratic primary

Candidates

Polling

General election

Candidates

Polling

District 5

Incumbent freshman Dan Kildee was elected in 2012 with 64.98% of the total votes cast[29] As of September 30, 2013, Kildee has raised $243,246.99 for the 2014 election cycle, and has $210,492.27 cash on-hand available for a presumed re-election bid.[30]

Republican primary

Candidates

Polling

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

General election

Candidates

Polling

District 6

Incumbent Fred Upton was re-elected in 2012 with 54.59% of the total votes cast.[32] As of September 30, 2013, Upton has raised $1,205,296.00 for the 2014 election cycle, and has $893,110.90 cash on-hand available for a presumed re-election bid.[33] Upton is being challenged for the Republican primary nomination by registered nurse Jim Bussler.[34] Paul Clements, a professor at Western Michigan University, is running for the Democratic nomination.[35]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

General election

Candidates

Polling

District 7

Incumbent Tim Walberg was re-elected in 2012 with 53.34% of the total votes cast.[39] As of September 30, 2013, Walberg had raised $482,372.42, and has $570,160.47 cash on-hand available for a presumed re-election bid.[40] Attorney and former State Representative Pam Byrnes has been recruited by Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Lon Johnson to challenge Walberg.[6][41][42] The Rothenberg Political Report rates this race as "Republican Favored."[2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

General election

Candidates

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Pam
Byrnes
Tim
Walburg
Undecided
DCCC October 5, 2013 448 ± 4.6% 42% 43% 15%

District 8

Incumbent Mike Rogers was re-elected in 2012 with 58.60% of the total votes cast.[45] As of September 30, 2013, Rogers had raised $869,321.02, and has $1,819,857.21 cash on-hand available for a presumed re-election bid.[46] Rogers was originally considering a potential run at the vacant Senate seat,[47] but ultimately declined.[48]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

Democratic primary

Candidates

Polling

General election

Candidates

Polling

District 9

Incumbent Sander Levin was re-elected in 2012 with 61.91% of the total votes cast.[50] As of September 30, 2013, Levin had raised $620,167.36, and has $347,066.37 cash on-hand available for a presumed re-election bid.[51]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

General election

Candidates

Polling

District 10

Incumbent Candice Miller was re-elected in 2012 with 68.80% of the total votes cast.[55] As of September 30, 2013, Miller had raised $395,759.26, and has $995,281.27 cash on-hand available for a presumed re-election bid.[56] Miller declined an opportunity to contend for the U. S. Senate vacancy created by Carl Levin's retirement, declaring her intention to seek re-election instead.[57]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

Democratic primary

Candidates

Polling

General election

Candidates

Polling

District 11

Incumbent freshman Kerry Bentivolio was elected in 2012 with 50.76% of the total votes cast.[60] As of September 30, 2013, he had raised $165,479.93, and has $38,677.61 cash on-hand available for a presumed re-election bid.[61] Foreclosure attorney David Trott, a major campaign donor for Mitt Romney's 2012 Presidential Campaign in Michigan and a close-friend to Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson is challenging Bentivolio in the Republican primary.[62] As of September 30, 2013, Trott had raised $647,719.32, and has $452,421.31 cash on-hand available for his primary challenge.[63]

Bobby McKenzie, who worked for the United States Department of State as a counter-terrorism specialist, will run for the Democratic Party nomination.[64][65] Democrat Jocelyn Benson, the Dean of Wayne State University Law School, was considering running for the seat[66] but declined to do so in the wake of the murder of a student at Wayne State University.[67] Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Lon Johnson said the party will field a top caliber opponent against the Republican nominee.[6]

The Rothenberg Political Report has rated this race "Republican Favored."[2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Kerry
Bentivolio
David
Trott
Undecided
Murray Communications September 10, 2013 717 ± 3.66% 59.55% 40.45% 0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Anil Kumar[71]
  • Bobby McKenzie, counter-terrorism specialist[64][65]
Declined

Polling

General election

Candidates

Polling

District 12

Incumbent John Dingell was re-elected in 2012 with 67.94% of the total votes cast.[73] As of September 30, 2013, he had raised $299,148.00, and has $337,402.23 cash on-hand available for a presumed re-election bid.[74]

Republican primary

Candidates

Polling

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

General election

Candidates

Polling

District 13

Incumbent John Conyers was re-elected in 2012 with 82.79% of the total votes cast.[76] As of September 30, 2013, he had raised $266,996.51, and has $132,515.29 cash on-hand available for a presumed re-election bid.[77]

Republican primary

Candidates

Polling

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

General election

Candidates

Polling

District 14

Incumbent Gary Peters was re-elected in 2012 with 82.26% of the total votes cast.[79] Peters is not running for re-election, he is instead running for the United States Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democrat Carl Levin in 2014.[80]

To date, the only Republican contender for this seat is Allan Levene, a Kennesaw, Georgia, resident who is simultaneously contending for the Republican nomination in four congressional districts in four separate states.[81]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
Potential

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Godfrey
Dillard
Vince
Gregrory
Rudy
Hobbs
Bert
Johnson
Brenda
Lawrence
LaMar
Lemmons
Jessica
McCall
Undecided
Lake Research Partners November 14–18, 2013 406 ± 4.9% 0% 1% 6% 5% 37% 3% 0% 46%

General election


See also

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