United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, 2014
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The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Kansas took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected four candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's four 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. Kansas utilizes a semi-closed primary process, in which previously unaffiliated voters can participate in the partisan primary of their choice (a voter who is already affiliated with a party can only vote in that party's primary).[1][2][3][4]
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 June 15, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014.[5]
- See also: Kansas elections, 2014
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held all of the four congressional seats from Kansas.
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| Party | As of November 2014 | After the 2014 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Republican Party | 4 | 4 | |
| Total | 4 | 4 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the four congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
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| Tim Huelskamp |  Republican |
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| Lynn Jenkins | Republican |
2 |
| Kevin Yoder | Republican |
3 |
| Mike Pompeo | Republican |
4 |
Margin of victory for winners
There were a total of 4 seats up for election in 2014 in Kansas. 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%.
| District | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Vote | Top Opponent |
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| District 1 |  Tim Huelskamp |
35.9% | 204,161 | Jim Sherow |
| District 2 | Lynn Jenkins |
18.4% | 225,686 | Margie Wakefield |
| District 3 | Kevin Yoder |
20% | 224,077 | Kelly Kultala |
| District 4 | Mike Pompeo |
33.3% | 208,153 | Perry Schuckman |
Candidates
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1st Congressional District
General election candidates
- Tim Huelskamp - Incumbent
James Sherow
August 5, 2014, primary results
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Withdrawn prior to primary
Potential candidates
- Jim Sherow: Former Mayor of Manhattan, Kansas[10]
2nd Congressional District
General election candidates
- Lynn Jenkins - Incumbent
- Margie Wakefield
Chris Clemmons
August 5, 2014, primary results
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Declined to run
3rd Congressional District
General election candidates
- Kevin Yoder - Incumbent
- Kelly Kultala
August 5, 2014, primary results
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4th Congressional District
General election candidates
- Mike Pompeo - Incumbent
- Perry Schuckman
August 5, 2014, primary results
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See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
- United States Senate elections in Kansas, 2014
- Kansas elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," February 6, 2024
- ↑ FairVote, "Open and closed primaries," accessed July 25, 2024
- ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
- ↑ Scott Schwab Kansas Secretary of State, "Voter information," accessed July 25, 2024
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State Website, "Registration & Voting," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ Alan LaPolice for Congress, "Home," accessed December 9, 2013
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidates for the 2014 Primary (official)," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ Kent Roth for Kansas, "Home," accessed January 22, 2014
- ↑ Hutch News, "Congressional shake up not likely," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ CJ Online, "Former Manhattan mayor considers 1st District run," accessed February 4, 2014
- ↑ KSDP, "Margie Wakefield Biography - 2nd Congressional District," accessed November 20, 2013
- ↑ Chris Clemmons for Kansas, "Home," accessed December 9, 2013
- ↑ ADN.com, "Kan. lawmaker to challenge Jenkins in primary," accessed January 25, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Hutchinson Kansas News, "Congressional shake up not likely," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Kansas City Star, "Second Democrat to enter race for Congress in Kansas 3rd District," accessed January 22, 2014
- ↑ Kansas City Star, "Todd Tiahrt will run for his old seat in Congress," accessed May 31, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Washington Post, "Want to see a nasty GOP House primary? Oh, it’s just getting started in Kansas," accessed May 31, 2014
- ↑ The Wichita Eagle, "Democrat Perry Schuckman will run for Fourth District congressional seat," accessed April 12, 2014
- ↑ Biz Journals, "Perry Schuckman says he’ll run for Kansas 4th Congressional seat," accessed April 12, 2014
