United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, 2014
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The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Nevada 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. Nevada has a closed primary system, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[1][2]
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by May 10, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014.[3]
- See also: Nevada elections, 2014
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 4th election, Democrats and Republicans both held two of the four congressional seats from Nevada.
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| Party | As of November 2014 | After the 2014 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 2 | 1 | |
| Republican Party | 2 | 3 | |
| Total | 4 | 4 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the four congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
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| Dina Titus |  Democratic |
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| Mark Amodei |  Republican |
2 |
| Joe Heck | Republican |
3 |
| Steven Horsford | Democratic |
4 |
Margin of victory for winners
There were a total of 4 seats up for election in 2014 in Nevada. 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 |  Dina Titus |
19% | 80,299 | Annette Teijeiro |
| District 2 |  Mark Amodei |
37.8% | 186,210 | Kristen Spees |
| District 3 | Joe Heck |
24.6% | 145,719 | Erin Bilbray |
| District 4 | Cresent Hardy |
2.8% | 130,781 | Steven Horsford |
Candidates
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1st Congressional District
General election candidates
- Annette Teijeiro
- Dina Titus - Incumbent
Richard Charles
Kamau Bakari
June 10, 2014, primary results
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Withdrew from race
2nd Congressional District
General election candidates
- Mark Amodei - Incumbent
- Kristen Spees
- Janine Hansen
June 10, 2014, primary results
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3rd Congressional District
The 3rd Congressional District of Nevada held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Joe Heck (R) defeated Erin Bilbray (D), Randy Kimmick (L), David Goossen (I) and Steven St John (I) in the general election. Bilbray defeated Zachary Campbell in the Democratic primary on June 10, 2014, while the other candidates ran unopposed or did not run in the primary.
Nevada's 3rd was considered a battleground district in 2014. Heck had only been in office since 2011, and although he won re-election in 2012 with a 7.5 percent margin of victory, the district voted Democratic in the 2012 presidential election. President Barack Obama won the district by just 0.8 percent.
General election candidates
- Joe Heck - Incumbent
- Erin Bilbray
- Randy Kimmick
David Goossen- Steven St John
June 10, 2014, primary results
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4th Congressional District
General election candidates
- Cresent Hardy
- Steven Horsford - Incumbent
- Steve Brown
- Russell Best
June 10, 2014, primary results
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See also
Footnotes
- ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed April 17, 2023
- ↑ Clark County Nevada,"Election Department: How Party Affiliation Affects You in Elections," accessed April 17, 2023
- ↑ Long Distance Voter, "Voter Registration Rules," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ Twitter, "Darren Welsh," accessed June 9, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "Nevada - Summary Vote Results," accessed June 9, 2014
- ↑ Roll Call, "DCCC Uses Inauguration to Tout Potential House Recruits," accessed January 22, 2013
