United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, 2014
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the seven U.S. Representatives from the state of Colorado, one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The elections will coincide with the elections of other federal and state offices, including Governor of Colorado and U.S. Senator.
Contents
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, 2014[1] | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 1,000,197 | 50.00% | 4 | - | |
Democratic | 936,417 | 46.81% | 3 | - | |
Libertarian | 33,859 | 1.69% | 0 | - | |
Green | 5,503 | 0.28% | 0 | - | |
Others | 24,549 | 1.23% | 0 | - | |
Totals | 2,000,525 | 100.00% | 7 | — |
District 1
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The 1st district is located in Central Colorado and includes most of the city of Denver. The incumbent is Democrat Diana DeGette, who has represented the district since 1997. She was re-elected with 68% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+18.
Kathleen Cunningham and investment consultant Martin Walsh are running for the Republican nomination.[2][3]
Primary results
Democratic primary results[4] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Diana DeGette | 43,514 | 100 |
Republican primary results[4] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Martin Walsh | 21,519 | 100 |
General election results
Colorado's 1st Congressional district election, 2014[5] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Diana DeGette (Incumbent) | 183,281 | 65.81 | |
Republican | Martin Walsh | 80,682 | 28.97 | |
Libertarian | Frank Atwood | 9,292 | 3.34 | |
Independent | Danny Stroud | 5,236 | 1.88 | |
Write-ins | 3 | <0.01 | ||
Total votes | 278,494 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 2
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The 2nd district is located in North Central Colorado and includes Larimer, Grand, Boulder, Gilpin, Summit, Eagle, Clear Creek and Jefferson counties. The incumbent is Democrat Jared Polis, who has represented the district since 2009. He was re-elected with 56% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+8.
The Republican nominee is George Leing, an attorney and former Chairman of the Boulder County Republican Party.[6][7]
Primary results
Democratic primary results[4] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jared Polis | 37,759 | 100 |
Republican primary results[4] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | George Leing | 43,481 | 100 |
General election results
Colorado's 2nd Congressional district election, 2014[5] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jared Polis (Incumbent) | 196,300 | 56.74 | |
Republican | George Leing | 149,645 | 43.26 | |
Total votes | 345,945 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 3
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The 3rd district is located in Western and Southern Colorado and includes a large number of sparsely populated counties and the city of Grand Junction. The incumbent is Republican Scott Tipton, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 53% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+5.
Activist David Cox ran against Tipton in the Republican primary.[2]
Democratic Pueblo County Commissioner and former State Representative Buffie McFadyen had been running against Tipton,[8] but withdrew from the race in March 2014.[9] Former Colorado Lottery Director, former State Senator and former State Representative Abel Tapia jumped in after his withdrawal.[10] Democrats Abel Gebre Lake and Stephen Sheldon had been running but also withdrew from the race.[9] Lieutenant Governor Joseph Garcia and State Senator Gail Schwartz were also speculated to run for the Democratic nomination to challenge Tipton, but declined to do so.[11][2]
Primary results
Republican primary results[4] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Scott Tipton | 46,177 | 74.54 | |
Republican | David Cox | 15,773 | 25.46 | |
Total votes | 61,950 | 100 |
Democratic primary results[4] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Abel Tapia | 29,931 | 100 |
General election results
Colorado's 3rd Congressional district election, 2014[5] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Scott Tipton (Incumbent) | 163,011 | 57.98 | |
Democratic | Abel Tapia | 100,364 | 35.7 | |
Independent | Tisha Casida | 11,294 | 4.02 | |
Libertarian | Travis Mero | 6,472 | 2.3 | |
Total votes | 281,143 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 4
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The 4th district is located in Eastern Colorado and includes numerous sparsely populated counties. The incumbent is Republican Cory Gardner, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+11.
Gardner is not running for re-election. He is instead running for the U.S. Senate.[12]
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Ken Buck, Weld County District Attorney and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010[13]
- Barbara Kirkmeyer, Weld County Commissioner[14]
- Steve Laffey, former Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island and candidate for the U.S. Senate from Rhode Island in 2006[15]
- Scott Renfroe, State Senator[16]
Declined
- Sean Conway, Weld County Commissioner[17]
- Tim Dore, State Representative[15]
- Cory Gardner, incumbent U.S. Representative (running for the U.S. Senate)[12]
- Frank McNulty, State Representative[18]
- Clarice Navarro, State Representative[17]
- B.J. Nikkel, former State Representative[16]
- Jerry Sonnenberg, State Representative (running for the State Senate)[19]
Results
Republican primary results[4] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Ken Buck | 32,714 | 44.19 | |
Republican | Scott Renfroe | 17,722 | 23.94 | |
Republican | Barbara Kirkmeyer | 12,155 | 16.42 | |
Republican | Steve Laffey | 11,433 | 15.44 | |
Total votes | 74,024 | 100 |
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Vic Meyers, case manager in the Colorado Department of Corrections and nominee for the State House in 2000[15]
Withdrew
- Dan Chapin[2]
Results
Democratic primary results[4] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Vic Meyers | 20,883 | 100 |
General election
Results
Colorado's 4th Congressional district election, 2014[5] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Ken Buck | 185,292 | 64.67 | |
Democratic | Vic Meyers | 83,727 | 29.22 | |
Libertarian | Jess Loban | 9,472 | 3.31 | |
Independent | Grant Doherty | 8,016 | 2.8 | |
Total votes | 286,507 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 5
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The 5th district is located in Central Colorado and includes Fremont, El Paso, Teller and Chaffee counties and the city of Colorado Springs. The incumbent is Republican Doug Lamborn, who has represented the district since 2007. He was re-elected with 65% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+13.
Former Air Force Major General and candidate for the seat in 2006 and 2008 Bentley Rayburn is challenging Lamborn in the Republican primary.[20]
Irv Halter, also a retired Air Force Major General, is the Democratic nominee.[21][22]
Primary results
Republican primary results[4] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Doug Lamborn | 38,741 | 52.56 | |
Republican | Bentley Rayburn | 34,967 | 47.44 | |
Total votes | 73,708 | 100 |
Democratic primary results[4] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Irv Halter | 16,412 | 100 |
General election results
Colorado's 5th Congressional district election, 2014[5] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Doug Lamborn (Incumbent) | 157,182 | 59.8 | |
Democratic | Irv Halter | 105,673 | 40.2 | |
Total votes | 262,855 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 6
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The 6th district is located in Central Colorado and surrounds the city of Denver from the east, including the city of Aurora. The incumbent is Republican Mike Coffman, who has represented the district since 2009. He was re-elected with 48% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+1.[23]
Andrew Romanoff, the former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, is the Democratic nominee to challenge Coffman.[24] Former State Representative Karen Middleton and State Senator Linda Newell had considered running for the Democratic nomination, but declined to do so.[25][26]
Primary results
Republican primary results[4] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Mike Coffman | 43,737 | 100 |
Democratic primary results[4] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Andrew Romanoff | 24,267 | 100 |
General election
Polling
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Mike Coffman (R) |
Andrew Romanoff (D) |
Other | Undecided |
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Keating Research* | October 10–12, 2014 | 504 | ± 4.4% | 44% | 43% | 4% | 9% |
DCCC | October 2013 | 475 | ± 4.13% | 42% | 43% | — | 15% |
- * Internal poll for the Andrew Romanoff campaign
Results
Colorado's 6th Congressional district election, 2014[5] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Mike Coffman (Incumbent) | 143,467 | 51.9 | |
Democratic | Andrew Romanoff | 118,847 | 42.99 | |
Libertarian | Norm Olsen | 8,623 | 3.12 | |
Green | Gary Swing | 5,503 | 1.99 | |
Total votes | 276,440 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 7
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The 7th district is located in Central Colorado, to the north and west of Denver and includes the cities of Thornton and Westminster and most of Lakewood. The incumbent is Democrat Ed Perlmutter, who has represented the district since 2007. He was re-elected with 54% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+5.
The Republican nominee is Don Ytterberg, former Vice Chairman of the Colorado Republican Party.[27] Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell, a perennial candidate for office and Tyler Bagley ran for the American Constitution Party[2] and the Libertarian Party,[28] respectively, but neither made the ballot.
Primary results
Democratic primary results[4] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Ed Perlmutter | 30,659 | 100 |
Republican primary results[4] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Don Ytterberg | 34,817 | 100 |
American Constitution primary results[4] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Constitution | Douglas 'Dayhorse' Campbell | 127 | 100 |
General election results
Colorado's 7th Congressional district election, 2014[5] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Ed Perlmutter (Incumbent) | 148,225 | 55.07 | |
Republican | Don Ytterberg | 120,918 | 44.93 | |
Total votes | 269,143 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
See also
References
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