2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas

2014 Arkansas's 2nd congressional district election
← 2012 2016 →
	County results ; Hill: 50–60% 60–70%; Hays: 50–60%
U.S. Representative before election; Tim Griffin; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; French Hill; Republican

2014 Arkansas's 1st congressional district election
← 2012 2016 →
	Results by county; Crawford: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; McPherson: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. Representative before election; Rick Crawford; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Rick Crawford; Republican

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas
All 4 Arkansas seats to the United States House of Representatives
	Republican 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
	Republican 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Arkansas, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including the governor of Arkansas and a United States senator.

Overview

Statewide

The table below shows the total number and percentage of votes, as well as the number of seats gained and lost by each political party in the election for the United States House of Representatives in Arkansas.

United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2014^[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	509,631	61.4%	4	-
	Democratic	254,774	30.7%	0	-
	Libertarian	66,055	8.0%	0	-
	Write-ins	192	<0.1%	0	-
Totals		830,652	100%	4	—

Popular vote

Republican			61.35%
Democratic			30.67%
Libertarian			7.95%
Other			0.03%

House seats

Republican			100.0%
Democratic			0%
Libertarian			0%

By district

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

District	Republican		Democratic		Libertarian		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	124,139	63.25%	63,555	32.38%	8,562	4.36%	0	0.00%	196,256	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 2	123,073	51.86%	103,477	43.60%	10,590	4.46%	190	0.08%	237,330	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 3	151,630	79.41%	0	0.00%	39,305	20.59%	0	0.00%	190,935	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 4	110,789	53.75%	87,742	42.57%	7,598	3.69%	2	0.00%	206,131	100.0%	Republican Hold
Total	509,631	61.35%	254,774	30.67%	66,247	7.98%	192	0.03%	830,652	100.0%

District 1

Incumbent Republican Rick Crawford, who had represented the district since 2011, was re-elected with 56% of the vote in 2012. The district had a PVI of R+14.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Rick Crawford, incumbent U.S. Representative

Declined

Linda Collins-Smith, former state representative (ran for the state senate)^[3]^[4]

Democratic primary

Democrats hoped to find a strong challenger to take on Crawford.^[5]

Candidates

Nominee

Jackie McPherson, Mayor of Heber Springs^[6]

Declined

Glen Fenter, president of Mid-South Community College^[3]^[7]
Keith Ingram, State Senator^[3]^[8]
Joe Jett, State Representative^[9]
Dustin McDaniel, Arkansas Attorney General^[10]^[11]
Harold Perrin, Mayor of Jonesboro^[8]
Ben Ponder, candidate for AR-01 in 2010^[3]
Chris Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas^[3]
Zac White, attorney^[3]
Marshall Wright, state representative^[7]

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Nominee

Brian Scott Willhite^[12]

General election

Endorsements

Rick Crawford (R)

Organizations

Jackie McPherson (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[16]

Organizations

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Emerging Races" Program

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Rick Crawford (R)	Jackie McPherson (D)	Brian Scott Willhite (L)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker^[17]	October 16–23, 2014	273	± 9.0%	59%	29%	0%	11%
Talk Business/Hendrix^[18]	October 15–16, 2014	437	± 4.7%	52%	30%	4%	14%
Talk Business/Hendrix^[19]	July 22–25, 2014	450	± 4.6%	47%	33%	3%	17%

Results

Arkansas' 1st congressional district, 2014^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Crawford (incumbent)	124,139	63.2
	Democratic	Jackie McPherson	63,555	32.4
	Libertarian	Brian Scott Willhite	8,562	4.4
Total votes			196,256	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

Incumbent Republican Tim Griffin, who had represented the district since 2011, announced in October 2013 that he would not run for re-election in 2014.^[20] In January, he announced that he was running for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.^[21] He was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2012. The district had a PVI of R+8.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

French Hill, businessman and former White House aide for President George H. W. Bush^[22]

Eliminated in primary

Ann Clemmer, state representative^[23]
Conrad Reynolds, retired U.S. Army Colonel and candidate for Senate in 2010^[24]^[25]

Declined

Gilbert Baker, former state senator and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010^[26]
Jonathan Dismang, state senator^[27]
Lanny Fite, Saline County Judge^[9]
Ed Garner, former state representative^[27]
Tim Griffin, incumbent U.S. Representative^[20]
Jeremy Hutchinson, state senator^[27]^[28]
Allen Kerr, state representative^[27]
Andy Mayberry, state representative^[29]
Jason Rapert, state senator^[30]
David J. Sanders, state senator^[27]^[29]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ann Clemmer	French Hill	Conrad Reynolds	Undecided
Talk Business/Hendrix College^[31]	April 29, 2014	360	± 5.1%	7%	59%	14%	20%

Results

Republican primary results^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	French Hill	29,916	55.1
	Republican	Ann Clemmer	12,400	22.8
	Republican	Conrad Reynolds	11,994	22.1
Total votes			54,310	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Pat Hays, former mayor of North Little Rock^[30]

Declined

Will Bond, former chair of the Democratic Party of Arkansas^[33]
Shane Broadway, interim director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education and former state senator^[33]^[34]
Dianne Curry, former Little Rock School Board President^[34]^[35]
John Charles Edwards, state representative^[9]
Bill Halter, former Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010^[27]
David Johnson, state senator^[33]^[34]
Chris Massingill, chairman of the Delta Regional Authority^[36]
Franklin McLarty, businessman and former chair of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission^[33]
Tommy Thompson, state representative^[34]
Tab Townsell, Mayor of Conway^[27]
Linda Tyler, businesswoman and former state representative^[36]

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Nominee

Debbie Standiford^[12]

General election

Endorsements

French Hill (R)

Organizations

National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program^[37]
National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[14]
National Right to Life Committee^[15]

Pat Hays (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[39]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	French Hill (R)	Pat Hays (D)	Debbie Standiford (L)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker^[17]	October 16–23, 2014	475	± 7.0%	41%	40%	0%	19%
Talk Business/Hendrix^[18]	October 15–16, 2014	605	± 4.0%	41%	46%	5%	8%
Global Strategy Group (D-Hays)^[40]	September 7–9, 2014	410	± 4.8%	41%	44%	—	15%
Talk Business/Hendrix^[19]	July 22–25, 2014	483	± 4.5%	44%	43%	3%	10%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[41]	Tossup	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg^[42]	Tossup	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[43]	Lean R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Tossup	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections^[44]	Tossup	November 4, 2014

Results

Arkansas' 2nd congressional district, 2014^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	French Hill	123,073	51.9
	Democratic	Pat Hays	103,477	43.6
	Libertarian	Debbie Standiford	10,590	4.5
	Write-in		190	0.1
Total votes			237,330	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

2014 Arkansas's 3rd congressional district election

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2016 →


Nominee	Steve Womack	Grant Brand
Party	Republican	Libertarian
Popular vote	151,630	39,305
Percentage	79.4%	20.6%

U.S. Representative before election

Steve Womack
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Steve Womack
Republican

Incumbent Republican Steve Womack, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 76% of the vote in 2012. The district had a PVI of R+19. Unlike the other Arkansas congressional districts, the 3rd has long had a Republican representative.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Steve Womack, incumbent U.S. Representative

Declined

Thomas Brewer, maths teacher and minister^[45]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declined

Troy Gittings, high school English teacher and stand-up comedian^[45]^[12]

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Nominee

Grant Brand

General election

Endorsements

Steve Womack (R)

Organizations

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Steve Womack (R)	Grant Brand (L)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker^[17]	October 16–23, 2014	460	± 7.0%	61%	20%	19%
Talk Business/Hendrix^[46]	October 15–16, 2014	426	± 4.7%	64%	19%	17%
Talk Business/Hendrix^[19]	July 22–25, 2014	408	± 4.9%	57%	20%	23%

Results

Arkansas' 3rd congressional district, 2014^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Womack (incumbent)	151,630	79.4
	Libertarian	Grant Brand	39,305	20.6
Total votes			190,935	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

2014 Arkansas's 4th congressional district election

← 2012

2016 →


Nominee	Bruce Westerman	James Lee Witt
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	110,789	87,742
Percentage	53.7%	42.6%

U.S. Representative before election

Tom Cotton
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Bruce Westerman
Republican

Incumbent Republican Tom Cotton, who had represented the district since 2013, announced he will not run for election to a second term in order to challenge Democratic incumbent Mark Pryor for his U.S. Senate seat. He was elected with 59% of the vote in 20. The district had a PVI of R+15.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bruce Westerman, Majority Leader of the Arkansas House of Representatives^[47]

Eliminated in primary

Tommy Moll, businessman^[48]

Withdrawn

Mark Darr, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas^[49]

Declined

Nate Bell, state representative^[33]
Tom Cotton, incumbent U.S. Representative
Lane Jean, state representative^[33]
Beth Anne Rankin, music teacher, former Miss Arkansas, nominee for this seat in 2010 and candidate in 2012^[50]
Matthew Shepherd, state representative^[33]

Endorsements

Tommy Moll

Organizations

FreedomWorks^[51]

Bruce Westerman

State legislators

Alan Clark, state senator^[52]
Bruce Cozart, state representative^[52]
Richard Womack, state representative^[52]

Local officials

Rick Davis, Garland County Judge^[52]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Tommy Moll	Bruce Westerman	Undecided
Talk Business/Hendrix College^[31]	April 29, 2014	392	± 4.9%	10%	47%	43%

Results

Republican primary results^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Westerman	18,719	54.4
	Republican	Tommy Moll	15,659	45.6
Total votes			34,378	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

James Lee Witt, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency^[53]

Withdrawn

Janice Percefull, college instructor and author (running as write-in)^[54]^[55]^[56]

Declined

Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas^[33]
Bruce Maloch, state senator^[7]
Bobby Pierce, state senator^[57]
Leslee Milam Post, former state representative^[3]
Chris Thomason, chancellor of the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope and former state representative^[33]
Jeff Wardlaw, state representative^[57]

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Nominee

Ken Hamilton^[12]

General election

Endorsements

Bruce Westerman (R)

State legislators

Alan Clark, state senator^[52]
Bruce Cozart, state representative^[52]
Richard Womack, state representative^[52]

Organizations

Local officials

Rick Davis, Garland County Judge^[52]

James Lee Witt (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Blue Dog Coalition^[58]
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[39]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bruce Westerman (R)	James Lee Witt (D)	Ken Hamilton (L)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker^[17]	October 16–23, 2014	359	± 8.0%	34%	33%	5%	28%
Diamond State Consulting (R)^[59]	October 21, 2014	792	± 3.5%	46%	39%	2%	12%
Talk Business/Hendrix^[46]	October 15–16, 2014	607	± 4%	44%	42%	4%	10%
OnMessage (R-Westerman)^[60]	July 29–31, 2014	400	± 4.9%	47%	29%	7%	18%
Talk Business/Hendrix^[19]	July 22–25, 2014	439	± 4.7%	48%	34%	3%	15%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[61]	Lean R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg^[62]	Likely R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[63]	Lean R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Lean R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections^[64]	Lean R	November 4, 2014

Results

Arkansas' 4th congressional district, 2014^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Westerman	110,789	53.7
	Democratic	James Lee Witt	87,742	42.6
	Libertarian	Ken Hamilton	7,598	3.7
	Write-in		2	0.0
Total votes			206,131	100.0
	Republican hold

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External links

[:1-1] "November 4, 2014 General election and nonpartisan runoff election Official results". Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved November 23, 2014.

[clerk2014-2] Haas, Karen L. (March 9, 2015). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2014". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved October 28, 2019.

[timexsocial-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Campbell, Matt (July 5, 2013). "Timex Social Club". Blue Hog Report. Retrieved September 6, 2013.

[4] Tolbert, Jason (January 22, 2014). "Tolbert: Linda Collins-Smith Announces For State Senate". Talk Business Arkansas. Retrieved February 4, 2014.

[Recruitment-5] Gonzales, Nathan L. (September 20, 2013). "House Strategists Continue Search for 2014 Candidates". Roll Call. Retrieved September 20, 2013.

[6] "Jackie McPherson Running for 1st District Congress". KARK-TV. February 20, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.

[first_fourth-7] Cook, Michael (April 29, 2013). "First And Fourth Congressional District Candidates Update". Talk Business Arkansas. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.

[scrapingbarrel-8] Tolbert, Jason (February 12, 2014). "Tolbert: Democrats Scraping The Barrel For District 1 Candidate". Talk Business Arkansas. Retrieved February 14, 2014.

[butterflyeffect-9] Brantley, Max (October 22, 2013). "Tim Griffin's butterfly effect on the Arkansas House". Arkansas Times. Retrieved October 22, 2013.

[10] Cook, Michael (May 9, 2013). "Mark Sanford Makes A Comeback; Can Dustin McDaniel In 2014?". Talk Business Arkansas. Retrieved October 22, 2013.

[11] Cook, Michael (December 18, 2013). "Cook: Attorney General Dustin McDaniel Turns Around A Tumultuous Year". Talk Business Arkansas. Retrieved February 14, 2014.

[filingends-12] Moritz, Rob (March 3, 2014). "Election 2014: Filing In Arkansas Ends With 412 Candidates". Southwest Times Record. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.

[NFIB-13] "National Federation of Independent Business". justfacts.votesmart.org. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2023.

[NRA-14] "Grades & Endorsements - Arkansas". nrapvf.org. NRA-PVF. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2023.

[NRLAR-15] "National Right to Life Endorsements in Arkansas" (PDF). nrlpac.org/. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2023.

[AFLCIOSep-16] "2014 AFL-CIO Endorsements (as of 2 September 2014)" (PDF). iatselocal2.com. AFL-CIO. September 2, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2023.

[today.yougov.com-17] New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker

[Talk_Business/Hendrix-18] Talk Business/Hendrix

[web.archive.org-19] Talk Business/Hendrix

[griffinout-20] Bock, Roby (October 21, 2013). "Cong. Tim Griffin Won't Seek Third Term (UPDATED)". Talk Business. Retrieved October 21, 2013.

[21] "Rep. Tim Griffin to run for Ark. lieutenant governor". The Washington Post. February 13, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.

[22] DeMillo, Andrew (October 29, 2013). "French Hill Says He'll Run for 2nd District Congressional Seat". Arkansas Business. Retrieved December 14, 2013.

[23] DeMillo, Andrew (October 30, 2013). "Ann Clemmer Running for 2nd District US House Seat". Arkansas Business. Retrieved December 14, 2013.

[24] "GOP House candidate changes name to 'Colonel' before primary". The Washington Times. March 4, 2014.

[25] "Conrad Reynolds Enters Second District Congressional Race". Arkansas Times. October 29, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.

[ballotbox-26] Joseph, Cameron (October 21, 2013). "Rep. Griffin to retire, citing young family". The Hill. Retrieved October 21, 2013.

[arktimes-griffinout-27] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Brantley, Max (October 21, 2013). "U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin not running for re-election". Arkansas Times. Retrieved October 21, 2013.

[28] Tolbert, Jason (November 13, 2013). "Geography a factor in 2nd District". Arkansas News. Retrieved February 14, 2014.

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v t e Elections in Arkansas
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Governor	1836 1840 1844 1848 1849 S 1852 1856 1860 1862 1864 U 1868 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1913 S 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
U.S. President	1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
U.S. Senate	Class 2: 1833 1839–40 1848 S 1853 1859 1868 S 1870 1876 1883 1885 S 1889 1895 1901 1907 1913 S 1913 1918 1924 1930 1936 1937 S 1942 1948 1954 1960 1966 1972 1978 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020 Class 3: 1837 1843 1845 S 1849 1855 1861 1867 1873 1879 1881 S 1885 1891 1897 1903 1909 1914 1916 S 1920 1926 1932 S 1932 1938 1944 1950 1956 1962 1968 1974 1980 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016 2022
U.S. House	1837 1838 1840 1842 1844 1846 1848 1851 1853 1854 1856 1858 1860 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 (4th S) 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 (6th S) 1962 1964 1966 (4th S) 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
'S,' denotes special election; 'U,' denotes election under Federal (Union) military occupation See also: Political party strength in Arkansas

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Overview

Statewide

By district

District 1

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Declined

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Declined

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Results

District 2

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Declined

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 3

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Declined

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declined

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Results

District 4

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrawn

Declined

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Predictions

Results

See also

References

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