United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2014

United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2014

November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)

All 9 Tennessee seats to the United States House of Representatives   Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 7 2 Seats won 7 2 Seat change

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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the nine U.S. Representatives from the state of Tennessee, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a gubernatorial election and an election to the U.S. Senate.

The primary election for House seats was held on August 7, 2014.

District 1

Republican Primary

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Roe	73,212	83.71
	Republican	Daniel J. Hartley	7,582	8.67
	Republican	John Paul Rader	6,663	7.62
Total votes			87,457	100

General election

Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2014[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Roe	115,533	82.84
	Green	Robert N. Smith	9,869	7.08
	Independent	Robert D. Franklin	9,906	7.09
	Independent	Michael D. Salyer	4,148	2.98
	Write-in	Scott Kudialis	14	0.01
Total votes			139,470	100.00
	Republican hold

District 2

Republican Primary

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Duncan, Jr.	50,532	60.46
	Republican	Jason Zachary	33,054	39.54
Total votes			83,586	100

Democratic Primary

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Scott	12,715	100

General election

Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District election, 2014[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Duncan, Jr.	120,833	72.49
	Democratic	Bob Scott	37,612	22.56
	Green	Norris Dryer	4,033	2.42
	Independent	Casey Adam Gouge	4,223	2.53
Total votes			166,701	100.00
	Republican hold

District 3

Republican Chuck Fleischmann has represented Tennessee's 3rd congressional district since 2011.

He is being challenged in the primary by businessman Weston Wamp, the son of Fleischmann's predecessor Zach Wamp, who came third in the primary in 2012.^[3]

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Fleischmann	46,556	50.80
	Republican	Weston Wamp	45,082	49.19
	Republican	Harry Lane (Write-in)	2	0.01
Total votes			91,640	100

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary M. Headrick	23,646	100

General election

Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District election, 2014[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Fleischmann	97,344	62.36
	Democratic	Mary M. Headrick	53,983	34.58
	Independent	Cassandra J Mitchell	4,770	3.06
Total votes			156,097	100.00
	Republican hold

District 4

Republican Scott DesJarlais has represented Tennessee's 4th congressional district since 2011. He was considered one of the most vulnerable Congressmen after revelations emerged in October 2012 that he had prescribed drugs to a patient with whom he was having an affair and had pressured his former wife and former mistress to have several abortions. He was re-elected in 2012 with a reduced majority.^[4] Despite these vulnerabilities, in the final days before the August 7 primary, DesJarlais seemed to have a chance at holding onto his seat, according to GOP operatives who think voters have forgiven his poor behavior.^[5]

State Senator Jim Tracy challenged DesJarlais in the primary.^[6] As of the end of June 2013, Tracy had raised nearly $750,000 (including over $300,000 in the second quarter of 2013) for his bid.^[7] He raised an additional $150,000 in the fourth quarter and reported $840,000 cash-on-hand.^[4] By contrast, at the end of September, DesJarlais reported $170,000 cash-on-hand.^[4]

Murfreesboro resident and teacher Steve Lane announced that he would run against DesJarlais and seek the Republican nomination.^[8]

Fayetteville resident and Army veteran Michael Warden also announced he would seek the Republican Party nomination.

State Representative Joe Carr sought the nomination, but withdrew to run against Lamar Alexander in the Senate race instead.^[9] State Representative Kevin Brooks, former Bradley County Sheriff Tim Gobble; and Forrest Shoaf, a former executive at Cracker Barrel, may also seek the Republican nomination.^[10][11][12]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Scott DesJarlais	Jim Tracy	Other	Undecided
Right Way Marketing*	June 5–6, 2014	1,337	?	44.72%	20.42%	5.24%	29.62%

• * Internal poll for Scott DesJarlais campaign

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott DesJarlais	34,793	44.89
	Republican	Jim Tracy	34,755	44.84
	Republican	John Anderson	4,592	5.92
	Republican	Steve Lane	1,483	1.91
	Republican	David R. Tate	938	1.21
	Republican	Michael S. Warden	659	0.85
	Republican	Oluyomi "Fapas" Faparusi, Sr.	284	0.37
Total votes			77,504	100

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lenda Sherrell	22,859	100

General election

Tennessee's 4th Congressional District election, 2014[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott DesJarlais	84,815	58.32
	Democratic	Lenda Sherrell	51,357	35.32
	Independent	Robert Rankin Doggart	9,246	6.36
Total votes			145,418	100.00
	Republican hold

District 5

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Ries	11,415	37.82
	Republican	Chris Carter	9,004	29.83
	Republican	John "Big John" Smith	5,330	17.66
	Republican	Ronnie Holden	4,434	14.69
Total votes			30,183	100

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Cooper	40,831	100

General election

Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2014[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Cooper	96,148	62.32
	Republican	Bob Ries	55,078	35.70
	Independent	Paul Deakin	3,050	1.98
Total votes			154,276	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 6

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diane Black	67,907	76.67
	Republican	Jerry Lowery	20,664	23.33
Total votes			88,571	100

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amos Scott Powers	22,347	100

General election

Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2014[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diane Black	115,231	71.09
	Democratic	Amos Scott Powers	37,232	22.97
	Independent	Mike Winton	9,634	5.94
Total votes			162,097	100.00
	Republican hold

District 7

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn	64,984	84.19
	Republican	Jacob Brimm	12,202	15.81
Total votes			77,186	100

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel Cramer	20,266	81.01
	Democratic	Credo Comlan Amouzouvik	4,751	18.99
Total votes			25,017	100

General election

Tennessee's 7th Congressional District election, 2014[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn	110,534	70.00
	Democratic	Daniel Cramer	42,280	26.78
	Independent	Leonard D. Ladner	5,093	3.22
Total votes			157,907	100.00
	Republican hold

District 8

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stephen Lee Fincher	68,472	79.04
	Republican	Dana Matheny	11,823	13.65
	Republican	John Mills	6,339	7.32
	Republican	Nicholas Pegues (Write-in)	1	0.00
Total votes			86,635	100

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wes Bradley	9,400	34.73
	Democratic	Rickey Hobson	9,014	33.30
	Democratic	Tom Reasons	5,547	20.49
	Democratic	Lawrence A. Pivnick	3,105	11.47
Total votes			27,066	100

General election

Tennessee's 8th Congressional District election, 2014[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stephen Fincher	122,255	70.83
	Democratic	Wes Bradley	42,433	24.59
	Constitution	Mark Rawles	4,451	2.58
	Independent	James L. Hart	3,452	2.00
	Write-in	Dana Matheny	4	0.00
Total votes			172,595	100.00
	Republican hold

District 9

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charlotte Bergmann	18,579	100

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Cohen	45,423	66.18
	Democratic	Ricky E. Wilkins	22,336	32.54
	Democratic	Isaac Richmond	876	1.28
Total votes			68,635	100

General election

Tennessee's 9th Congressional District election, 2014[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Cohen	87,376	74.97
	Republican	Charlotte Bergmann	27,173	23.31
	Independent	Floyd Wayne Alberson	766	0.67
	Independent	Paul Cook	752	0.64
	Independent	Herbert Bass	483	0.41
Total votes			116,550	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
• United States elections, 2014

References

External links

• U.S. House elections in Tennessee, 2014 at Ballotpedia
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org

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