2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California

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All 53 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 38 15 Seats won 39 14 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 4,201,975 2,816,312 Percentage 58.91% 39.49% Swing 1.66% 2.37%
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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, with a primary election on June 3, 2014. Voters elected the 53 U.S. representatives from the state of California, one from each of the state's 53 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including a gubernatorial election.^[1]

Almost all seats in California retained their partisan control from the 2012 house elections. The sole exception was California's 31st congressional district, which flipped to the Democratic party. In that race, Pete Aguilar received 51.7% of the vote and defeated Paul Chabot.

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California Primary election — June 3, 2014
Party		Votes	Percentage	Candidates	Advancing to general	Seats contesting
	Democratic	2,277,962	54.87%	100	56	51
	Republican	1,731,361	41.71%	90	46	44
	No party preference	116,429	2.80%	23	3	3
	Green	9,243	0.22%	4	0	0
	Libertarian	8,391	0.20%	5	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	7,889	0.19%	4	1	1
	American Independent	152	0.00%	2	0	0
Valid votes		4,151,424	93.05%	—	—	—
Invalid votes		309,922	6.95%	—	—	—
Totals		4,461,346	100.00%	227	106	—
Voter turnout		25.17%

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California General election — November 4, 2014
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	4,201,975	58.91%	39	1
	Republican	2,816,312	39.49%	14	1
	No party preference	104,813	1.47%	0
	Peace and Freedom	9,192	0.13%	0
Valid votes		7,132,292	94.92%	—	—
Invalid votes		381,680	5.08%	—	—
Totals		7,513,972	100.00%	53	—
Voter turnout		42.20%

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

District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	84,320	38.97%	132,052	61.03%	0	0.00%	216,372	100.0%	Republican hold
District 2	163,124	74.99%	54,400	25.01%	0	0.00%	217,524	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 3	79,224	52.72%	71,036	47.28%	0	0.00%	150,260	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 4	0	0.00%	211,134	100.00%	0	0.00%	211,134	100.0%	Republican hold
District 5	129,613	75.73%	0	0.00%	41,535	24.27%	171,148	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 6	97,008	72.69%	36,448	27.31%	0	0.00%	133,456	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 7	92,521	50.40%	91,066	49.60%	0	0.00%	183,587	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 8	37,056	32.35%	77,480	67.65%	0	0.00%	114,536	100.0%	Republican hold
District 9	63,475	52.37%	57,729	47.63%	0	0.00%	121,204	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 10	55,123	43.85%	70,582	56.15%	0	0.00%	125,705	100.0%	Republican hold
District 11	117,502	67.27%	57,160	32.73%	0	0.00%	174,662	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 12	160,067	83.25%	32,197	16.75%	0	0.00%	192,264	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 13	168,491	88.48%	21,940	11.52%	0	0.00%	190,431	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 14	114,389	76.70%	34,757	23.30%	0	0.00%	149,146	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 15	99,756	69.81%	43,150	30.19%	0	0.00%	142,906	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 16	46,277	50.73%	44,943	49.27%	0	0.00%	91,220	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 17	134,408	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	134,408	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 18	133,060	67.75%	63,326	32.25%	0	0.00%	196,386	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 19	127,788	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	127,788	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 20	106,034	75.18%	0	0.00%	35,010	24.82%	141,044	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 21	33,470	42.17%	45,907	57.83%	0	0.00%	79,377	100.0%	Republican hold
District 22	37,289	27.96%	96,053	72.04%	0	0.00%	133,342	100.0%	Republican hold
District 23	33,726	25.16%	100,317	74.84%	0	0.00%	134,043	100.0%	Republican hold
District 24	103,228	51.93%	95,566	48.07%	0	0.00%	198,794	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 25	0	0.00%	114,072	100.00%	0	0.00%	114,072	100.0%	Republican hold
District 26	87,176	51.33%	82,653	48.67%	0	0.00%	169,829	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 27	75,728	59.36%	51,852	40.64%	0	0.00%	127,580	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 28	91,996	76.50%	0	0.00%	28,268	23.50%	120,264	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 29	50,096	74.61%	17,045	25.39%	0	0.00%	67,141	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 30	86,568	65.64%	45,315	34.36%	0	0.00%	131,883	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 31	51,622	51.73%	48,162	48.27%	0	0.00%	99,784	100.0%	Democratic gain
District 32	50,353	59.66%	34,053	40.34%	0	0.00%	84,406	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 33	108,331	59.19%	74,700	40.81%	0	0.00%	183,031	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 34	61,621	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	61,621	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 35	62,255	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	62,255	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 36	72,682	54.18%	61,457	45.82%	0	0.00%	134,139	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 37	96,787	84.28%	18,051	15.72%	0	0.00%	114,838	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 38	58,192	59.09%	40,288	40.91%	0	0.00%	98,480	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 39	41,906	31.46%	91,319	68.54%	0	0.00%	133,225	100.0%	Republican hold
District 40	49,379	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	49,379	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 41	46,948	56.64%	35,936	43.36%	0	0.00%	82,884	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 42	38,850	34.26%	74,540	65.74%	0	0.00%	113,390	100.0%	Republican hold
District 43	69,681	70.96%	28,521	29.04%	0	0.00%	98,202	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 44	59,670	86.65%	0	0.00%	9,192	13.35%	68,862	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 45	56,819	34.88%	106,083	65.12%	0	0.00%	162,902	100.0%	Republican hold
District 46	49,738	59.70%	33,577	40.30%	0	0.00%	83,315	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 47	69,091	55.99%	54,309	44.01%	0	0.00%	123,400	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 48	62,713	35.88%	112,082	64.12%	0	0.00%	174,795	100.0%	Republican hold
District 49	64,981	39.83%	98,161	60.17%	0	0.00%	163,142	100.0%	Republican hold
District 50	45,302	28.80%	111,997	71.20%	0	0.00%	157,299	100.0%	Republican hold
District 51	56,373	68.79%	25,577	31.21%	0	0.00%	81,950	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 52	98,826	51.59%	92,746	48.41%	0	0.00%	191,572	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 53	87,104	58.84%	60,940	41.16%	0	0.00%	148,044	100.0%	Democratic hold
Total	4,067,737	57.03%	2,950,679	41.37%	114,005	1.60%	7,132,421	100.0%

This map displays the location of California's congressional districts during this election cycle, allowing the reader to cross-reference the location of each district.

The 1st district is based in inland Northern California and includes Chico and Redding. Incumbent Republican Doug LaMalfa, who had represented the 1st district since 2013, ran for re-election.

• Doug LaMalfa, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Gregory Cheadle, real estate broker and candidate for this seat in 2012

• Dolores Lucero, former Shasta Lake Council member

• Heidi Hall, program manager for the state Department of Water Resources^[3]

• Dan Levine, medical cannabis farmer

Nonpartisan blanket primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa (incumbent)	75,317	53.4
	Democratic	Heidi Hall	42,481	30.1
	Republican	Gregory Cheadle	13,909	9.8
	Democratic	Dan Levine	9,213	6.5
Total votes			140,920	100.0

California's 1st congressional district election, 2014^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa (incumbent)	132,052	61.0
	Democratic	Heidi Hall	84,320	39.0
Total votes			216,372	100.0
	Republican hold

The 2nd district is based in California's North Coast and includes Eureka, San Rafael, Petaluma, and Ukiah. Incumbent Democrat Jared Huffman, who had represented the 2nd district since 2013, ran for re-election.

• Jared Huffman, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Andy Caffrey, sustainability conversion planner

• Dale Mensing, supermarket cashier

Nonpartisan blanket primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Huffman (incumbent)	99,186	67.9
	Republican	Dale K. Mensing	32,614	22.3
	Democratic	Andy Caffrey	14,245	9.8
Total votes			146,045	100.0

California's 2nd congressional district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Huffman (incumbent)	163,124	75.0
	Republican	Dale K. Mensing	54,400	25.0
Total votes			217,524	100.0
	Democratic hold

The 3rd district is based in north central California and includes Davis, Fairfield, and Yuba City. Incumbent Democrat John Garamendi, who had represented the 3rd district since 2013 and previously represented the 10th district from 2009 to 2013, ran for re-election.

• John Garamendi, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Dan Logue, state assembly member^[5]

• Kim Vann, Colusa County Board of Supervisors member and general election candidate in 2012^[6]

Nonpartisan blanket primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Garamendi (incumbent)	54,672	53.5
	Republican	Dan Logue	47,560	46.5
Total votes			102,232	100.0

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Garamendi (D)	Dan Logue (R)	Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[10]	October 16–23, 2014	292	± 9.0%	51%	39%	9%
Moore Information (R-Logue)[11]	September 23–24, 2014	400	± 5.0%	45%	39%	16%

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[12]	Likely D	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[13]	Safe D	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[14]	Safe D	October 30, 2014
RCP	Likely D	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[15]	Likely D	November 4, 2014

California's 3rd congressional district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Garamendi (incumbent)	79,224	52.7
	Republican	Dan Logue	71,036	47.3
Total votes			150,260	100.0
	Democratic hold

The 4th district is based in east central California and includes Lake Tahoe, Roseville, and Yosemite National Park. Incumbent Republican Tom McClintock, who had represented the 4th district since 2009, ran for re-election.

• Tom McClintock, incumbent U.S. Representative
• Art Moore, business executive and management consultant^[16][17]

• Kris Johnson

• Jeffrey Gerlach, information technology analyst

Nonpartisan blanket primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom McClintock (incumbent)	80,999	56.2
	Republican	Art Moore	32,855	22.8
	No party preference	Jeffrey D. Gerlach	30,300	21.0
Total votes			144,154	100.0

The first debate in the race took place on October 13, 2014.^[18]

California's 4th congressional district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom McClintock (incumbent)	126,784	60.0
	Republican	Art Moore	84,350	40.0
Total votes			211,134	100.0
	Republican hold

The 5th district is based in the North Bay and includes Napa, Santa Rosa, and Vallejo. Incumbent Democrat Mike Thompson, who had represented the 5th district since 2013 and previously represented the 1st district from 1999 to 2013, ran for re-election.

• Mike Thompson, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Stewart Cilley, accountant and candidate for this seat in 2012

• James Hinton, former online poker player^[22][23]

• Douglas Van Raam, landscaper

Nonpartisan blanket primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)	88,709	80.4
	No party preference	James Hinton	12,292	11.1
	No party preference	Douglas S. Van Raam	9,279	8.4
Total votes			110,280	100.0

California's 5th congressional district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)	129,613	75.7
	No party preference	James Hinton	41,535	24.3
Total votes			171,148	100.0
	Democratic hold

The 6th district is based in north central California and includes Sacramento. Incumbent Democrat Doris Matsui, who had represented the 6th district since 2013 and previously represented the 5th district from 2005 to 2013, ran for re-election.

• Doris Matsui, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Joseph McCray Sr., retired military officer

Nonpartisan blanket primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doris Matsui (incumbent)	62,640	73.6
	Republican	Joseph McCray Sr.	22,465	26.4
Total votes			85,105	100.0

California's 6th congressional district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doris Matsui (incumbent)	97,008	72.7
	Republican	Joseph McCray Sr.	36,448	27.3
Total votes			133,456	100.0
	Democratic hold

The 7th district is based in north central California and includes eastern Sacramento County. Incumbent Democrat Ami Bera, who had represented the 7th district since 2013, ran for re-election.

• Ami Bera, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Doug Ose, former U.S. Representative

• Igor Birman, former chief of staff to Congressman Tom McClintock^[24]
• Elizabeth Emken, businesswoman, former nonprofit executive and candidate for the Senate in 2012

• Douglas Tuma, retired civil engineer