United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, 2014
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The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Oregon took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected five candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's five congressional districts.
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Oregon generally utilizes a closed primary process. The selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members for presidential and legislative elections.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by April 29, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014.[3]
- See also: Oregon elections, 2014
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 4 election, the Democratic Party held four of the five congressional seats from Oregon.
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| Party | As of November 2014 | After the 2014 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 4 | 4 | |
| Republican Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 5 | 5 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the five congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
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| Suzanne Bonamici |  Democratic |
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| Greg Walden |  Republican |
2 |
| Earl Blumenauer | Democratic |
3 |
| Peter DeFazio | Democratic |
4 |
| Kurt Schrader | Democratic |
5 |
Margin of victory for winners
There were a total of 5 seats up for election in 2014 in Oregon. The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the two candidates who received the most votes. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100 percent.
| District | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Vote | Top Opponent |
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| District 1 |  Suzanne Bonamici |
22.8% | 279,253 | Jason Yates |
| District 2 |  Greg Walden |
44.7% | 287,425 | Aelea Christofferson |
| District 3 | Earl Blumenauer |
52.7% | 292,757 | James Buchal |
| District 4 | Peter DeFazio |
21% | 310,179 | Art Robinson |
| District 5 | Kurt Schrader |
14.4% | 281,088 | Tootie Smith |
Candidates
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1st Congressional District
General election candidates
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Suzanne Bonamici - Incumbent[4][5]
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Jason Yates[4][5] 
James Foster[6]
Steven Cody Reynolds - Progressive and Pacific Green Party[6]
May 20, 2014, primary results
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2nd Congressional District
General election candidates
- Greg Walden - Incumbent[4]
- Aelea Christofferson[4]
- Sharon Durbin[6]
May 20, 2014, primary results
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3rd Congressional District
General election candidates
- Earl Blumenauer - Incumbent[4]
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James Buchal[4][6][5] - Jeffrey Langan[6]
- Michael Meo - Pacific Green Party[6]
- David Walker - nonaffiliated[5]
May 20, 2014, primary results
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4th Congressional District
General election candidates
- Peter DeFazio - Incumbent[4][5]
- Art Robinson - Oregon's Republican Party state chairman[4]
- David Chester[6]
- Michael Beilstein - Pacific Green Party[6]
May 20, 2014, primary results
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5th Congressional District
General election candidates
May 20, 2014, primary results
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Withdrew from race
- Christina Jean Lugo - Pacific Green Party[6][5]
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
- United States Senate elections in Oregon, 2014
Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures,"State Primary Election Types," accessed October 4, 2024
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State,"Frequently Asked Questions," accessed October 4, 2024
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State Website, "Learn More About Voter Registration," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Associated Press, "Oregon - Summary Vote Results," accessed May 20, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search Results," accessed September 3, 2014 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "gen" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search Results," accessed August 14, 2014
- ↑ Capital Press, "Walden may be challenged in GOP primary," accessed September 25, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Charles Vulliet," accessed October 30, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "James Laurence Buchal 2014 Summary reports," accessed November 23, 2013
- ↑ Oregon Live.com, "Art Robinson files to run for third time against Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio," accessed November 6, 2013
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 1, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Live, "Republican Ben Pollock announces candidacy for Kurt Schrader's congressional seat," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Oregon Live, "Tootie Smith launches exploratory campaign for Kurt Schrader's Oregon House seat," accessed October 23, 2013
