United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, 2014

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	2014 U.S. Senate Elections

The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in West Virginia took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected three candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's three congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election
January 25, 2014	May 13, 2014	November 4, 2014

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. West Virginia utilizes a semi-closed primary system. State law allows parties to decide who may vote in their primaries.^[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 22, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014.^[3]

See also: West Virginia elections, 2014

2014 Battleground district

All signs pointed to West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District being a battleground in 2014. Fairvote projections showed the district as only slightly favoring Democrats, while Cook PVI showed the district as heavily favoring Republicans. Incumbent Nick Rahall was a longtime Democrat serving in a Republican district, and he was an NRCC target in 2014. In addition, the Republican presidential candidate won this district in 2012 and 2008. Romney secured 32.2% more votes than Obama in 2012, and McCain won the district by 13.4% in 2008.

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held two of the three congressional seats from West Virginia.

Members of the U.S. House from West Virginia -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2014	After the 2014 Election
	Democratic Party	1	0
	Republican Party	2	3
Total		3	3

Incumbents

Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the three congressional districts were:

Name	Party	District
David McKinley	Republican	1
Shelley Moore Capito	Republican	2
Nick Rahall	Democratic	3

Margin of victory for winners

There were a total of 3 seats up for election in 2014 in West Virginia. 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
West Virginia District 1	David McKinley	27.8%	143,685	Glen Gainer
West Virginia, District 2	Alex Mooney	3.2%	153,092	Nick Casey
West Virginia District 3	Evan Jenkins	10.7%	140,401	Nick Rahall