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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oklahoma, one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections, including the Governor of Oklahoma and both of Oklahoma's United States Senate seats. Primary elections were held on June 24, 2014. Primary runoffs were held on August 26, 2014, in contests where no candidate won more than 50% of the vote.

Overview

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma by district:

District 1

The 1st district is located in the Tulsa metropolitan area and includes Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington counties. Incumbent Republican Jim Bridenstine, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was elected with 64% of the vote in 2012 having defeated incumbent Republican John Sullivan in the Republican primary with 54% of the vote. The district had a PVI of R+18.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declined

General Election

Bridenstine ran unopposed for re-election.

Predictions

Results

District 2

The 2nd district is located in Green Country and Kiamichi Country and includes the city of Muskogee and numerous sparsely populated counties. Incumbent Republican Markwayne Mullin, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was elected with 57% of the vote in 2012, succeeding retiring Democratic incumbent Dan Boren. The district had a PVI of R+20.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Darrell Robertson, farmer

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Earl E. Everett, candidate for this seat in 2012
Eliminated in primary
  • Joshua Harris-Till

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 3

The 3rd district is located in Western Oklahoma. The largest district in Oklahoma and one of the largest in the country, it includes the Oklahoma Panhandle, Ponca City and the city of Stillwater as well as the Osage Nation. Incumbent Republican Frank Lucas, who had represented the district since 2003 and previously represented the 6th district from 1994 to 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 75% of the vote in 2012 and the district had a PVI of R+26.

Republican primary

The Club for Growth announced that they intended to support a Republican challenger to Lucas in the primary election, calling him a "Republican In Name Only".

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Robert Hubbard, businessman and candidate for Governor in 2010
  • Timothy Ray Murray, businessman and Democratic nominee for this seat in 2012

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Predictions

Results

District 4

The 4th district is located in South Central Oklahoma and includes Canadian, Comanche and Cleveland counties as well as numerous other sparsely populated counties. Incumbent Republican Tom Cole, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 68% of the vote in 2012 and the district had a PVI of R+19.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Tom Cole, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Tae Si, software engineer

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 5

The 5th district is located in Central Oklahoma and includes Oklahoma, Pottawatomie and Seminole counties. The incumbent is Republican James Lankford, who had represented the district since 2011, did not run for re-election. He instead ran in the special election to replace retiring Republican U.S. Senator Tom Coburn. He was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2012 and the district had a PVI of R+12.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrew
  • James Lankford, incumbent U.S. Representative (running for the U.S. Senate)
Declined

Polling

Results

Runoff

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrew
  • Keith Davenport, minister
  • Scott Inman, Minority Leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (running for re-election)
  • Marilyn Rainwater, pastor, retired child welfare worker and nominee for the state house in 2012 (running for the state senate)
Declined

Polling

Results

Runoff

Independent

Candidates

Declared
  • Tom Boggs, resident of Thailand
  • Robert T. Murphy, Libertarian and perennial candidate
  • Buddy Ray

General election

Polling

Predictions

Results

See also

References

External links