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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas

← 2012
November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)
2016 →

All 4 Arkansas seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Last election 4 0 0
Seats won 4 0 0
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 509,631 254,774 66,055
Percentage 61.35% 30.67% 7.95%
Swing Decrease 0.07% Increase 1.31% Increase 4.29%

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Arkansas, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including the governor of Arkansas and a United States senator.

Overview

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Statewide

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The table below shows the total number and percentage of votes, as well as the number of seats gained and lost by each political party in the election for the United States House of Representatives in Arkansas.

United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2014[1]
Party Votes Percentage Seats +/–
Republican 509,631 61.4% 4 -
Democratic 254,774 30.7% 0 -
Libertarian 66,055 8.0% 0 -
Write-ins 192 <0.1% 0 -
Totals 830,652 100% 4 —
Popular vote
Republican
 
61.35%
Democratic
 
30.67%
Libertarian
 
7.95%
Other
 
0.03%
House seats
Republican
 
100.0%
Democratic
 
0%
Libertarian
 
0%

By district

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Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas by district:[2]

District Republican Democratic Libertarian Others Total Result
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 1124,13963.25%63,55532.38%8,5624.36%00.00%196,256100.0%Republican Hold
District 2123,07351.86%103,47743.60%10,5904.46%1900.08%237,330100.0%Republican Hold
District 3151,63079.41%00.00%39,30520.59%00.00%190,935100.0%Republican Hold
District 4110,78953.75%87,74242.57%7,5983.69%20.00%206,131100.0%Republican Hold
Total509,63161.35%254,77430.67%66,2477.98%1920.03%830,652100.0%

District 1

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2014 Arkansas's 1st congressional district election

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Nominee Rick Crawford Jackie McPherson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 124,139 63,555
Percentage 63.3% 32.4%

County results
Crawford:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
McPherson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Rick Crawford
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Rick Crawford
Republican

Incumbent Republican Rick Crawford, who had represented the district since 2011, was re-elected with 56% of the vote in 2012. The district had a PVI of R+14.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Declined
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Democratic primary

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Democrats hoped to find a strong challenger to take on Crawford.[5]

Candidates

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Nominee
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Declined
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Libertarian nomination

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Brian Scott Willhite[12]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[13] Safe R November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[14] Safe R October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[15] Safe R October 30, 2014
RCP Safe R November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[16] Safe R November 4, 2014

Endorsements

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Jackie McPherson (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Rick
Crawford (R)
Jackie
McPherson (D)
Brian Scott
Willhite (L)
Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[21] October 16–23, 2014 273 ± 9.0% 59% 29% 0% 11%
Talk Business/Hendrix[22] October 15–16, 2014 437 ± 4.7% 52% 30% 4% 14%
Talk Business/Hendrix[23] July 22–25, 2014 450 ± 4.6% 47% 33% 3% 17%

Results

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2014 Arkansas's 1st congressional district election[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Crawford (incumbent) 124,139 63.3
Democratic Jackie McPherson 63,555 32.4
Libertarian Brian Scott Willhite 8,562 4.4
Total votes 196,256 100.0
Republican hold

By county

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County[24] Rick Crawford
Republican
Jackie McPherson
Democratic
Brian Scott Willhite
Libertarian
Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Arkansas 3,089 61.97% 1,739 34.88% 157 3.15% 1,350 27.08% 4,985
Baxter 10,756 72.71% 3,299 22.30% 738 4.99% 7,457 50.41% 14,793
Chicot 1,308 37.89% 2,052 59.44% 92 2.67% -744 -21.55% 3,452
Clay 2,736 69.14% 1,052 26.59% 169 4.27% 1,684 42.56% 3,957
Cleburne 6,329 64.46% 3,048 31.05% 441 4.49% 3,281 33.42% 9,818
Craighead 17,473 69.38% 6,572 26.09% 1,140 4.53% 10,901 43.28% 25,185
Crittenden 5,034 48.04% 5,164 49.28% 281 2.68% -130 -1.24% 10,479
Cross 3,395 65.18% 1,651 31.70% 163 3.13% 1,744 33.48% 5,209
Desha 1,365 42.18% 1,761 54.42% 110 3.40% -396 -12.24% 3,236
Fulton 2,159 65.05% 1,016 30.61% 144 4.34% 1,143 34.44% 3,319
Greene 7,887 72.07% 2,613 23.88% 444 4.06% 5,274 48.19% 10,944
Independence 7,009 67.80% 2,846 27.53% 482 4.66% 4,163 40.27% 10,337
Izard 2,818 65.84% 1,214 28.36% 248 5.79% 1,604 37.48% 4,280
Jackson 2,480 60.86% 1,426 34.99% 169 4.15% 1,054 25.87% 4,075
Jefferson (part) 108 28.50% 255 67.28% 16 4.22% -147 -38.79% 379
Lawrence 3,124 68.95% 1,187 26.20% 220 4.86% 1,937 42.75% 4,531
Lee 1,040 40.39% 1,449 56.27% 86 3.34% -409 -15.88% 2,575
Lincoln 1,681 55.83% 1,208 40.12% 122 4.05% 473 15.71% 3,011
Lonoke 14,016 73.37% 4,137 21.66% 951 4.98% 9,879 51.71% 19,104
Mississippi 5,467 54.75% 4,108 41.14% 410 4.11% 1,359 13.61% 9,985
Monroe 1,172 50.45% 1,015 43.69% 136 5.85% 157 6.76% 2,323
Phillips 2,129 37.92% 3,313 59.01% 172 3.06% -1,184 -21.09% 5,614
Poinsett 4,317 68.44% 1,710 27.11% 281 4.45% 2,607 41.33% 6,308
Prairie 1,688 64.72% 766 29.37% 154 5.90% 922 35.35% 2,608
Randolph 3,219 64.72% 1,466 29.47% 289 5.81% 1,753 35.24% 4,974
Searcy (part) 2,063 74.05% 570 20.46% 153 5.49% 1,493 53.59% 2,786
Sharp 3,945 70.60% 1,363 24.39% 280 5.01% 2,582 46.21% 5,588
St. Francis 2,408 41.00% 3,299 56.17% 166 2.83% -891 -15.17% 5,873
Stone 2,964 66.95% 1,222 27.60% 241 5.44% 1,742 39.35% 4,427
Woodruff 960 45.69% 1,034 49.21% 107 5.09% -74 -3.52% 2,101
Totals124,13963.25%63,55532.38%8,5624.36%60,58430.87%196,256

District 2

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2014 Arkansas's 2nd congressional district election

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Nominee French Hill Pat Hays
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 123,073 103,477
Percentage 51.9% 43.6%

County results
Hill:      50–60%      60–70%
Hays:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

Tim Griffin
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

French Hill
Republican

Incumbent Republican Tim Griffin, who had represented the district since 2011, announced in October 2013 that he would not run for re-election in 2014.[25] In January, he announced that he was running for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.[26] He was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2012. The district had a PVI of R+8.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Declined
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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ann
Clemmer
French
Hill
Conrad
Reynolds
Undecided
Talk Business/Hendrix College[36] April 29, 2014 360 ± 5.1% 7% 59% 14% 20%

Results

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Republican primary results[37]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican French Hill 29,916 55.1
Republican Ann Clemmer 12,400 22.8
Republican Conrad Reynolds 11,994 22.1
Total votes 54,310 100.0

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Declined
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Libertarian nomination

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Debbie Standiford[12]

General election

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Endorsements

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
French
Hill (R)
Pat
Hays (D)
Debbie
Standiford (L)
Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[21] October 16–23, 2014 475 ± 7.0% 41% 40% 0% 19%
Talk Business/Hendrix[22] October 15–16, 2014 605 ± 4.0% 41% 46% 5% 8%
Global Strategy Group (D-Hays)[45] September 7–9, 2014 410 ± 4.8% 41% 44% — 15%
Talk Business/Hendrix[23] July 22–25, 2014 483 ± 4.5% 44% 43% 3% 10%

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[46] Tossup November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[47] Tossup October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[48] Lean R October 30, 2014
RCP Tossup November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[49] Tossup November 4, 2014

Results

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2014 Arkansas's 2nd congressional district election[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican French Hill 123,073 51.9
Democratic Pat Hays 103,477 43.6
Libertarian Debbie Standiford 10,590 4.5
Write-in 190 0.1
Total votes 237,330 100.0
Republican hold

By county

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County[24] French Hill
Republican
Pat Hays
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Conway 3,290 52.39% 2,665 42.44% 325 5.18% 625 9.95% 6,280
Faulkner 20,213 60.06% 11,643 34.60% 1,798 5.34% 8,570 25.47% 33,654
Perry 2,056 58.00% 1,251 35.29% 238 6.71% 805 22.71% 3,545
Pulaski 53,252 41.97% 69,060 54.43% 4,563 3.60% -15,808 -12.46% 126,875
Saline 25,607 64.92% 11,566 29.32% 2,268 5.75% 14,041 35.60% 39,441
Van Buren 3,570 60.98% 1,903 32.51% 381 6.51% 1,667 28.48% 5,854
White 15,085 69.58% 5,389 24.86% 1,207 5.57% 9,696 44.72% 21,681
Totals123,07351.86%103,47743.60%10,7804.54%19,5968.26%237,330

District 3

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2014 Arkansas's 3rd congressional district election

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2016 →
 
Nominee Steve Womack Grant Brand
Party Republican Libertarian
Popular vote 151,630 39,305
Percentage 79.4% 20.6%

County results
Womack:      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%

U.S. Representative before election

Steve Womack
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Steve Womack
Republican

Incumbent Republican Steve Womack, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 76% of the vote in 2012. The district had a PVI of R+19. Unlike the other Arkansas congressional districts, the 3rd has long had a Republican representative.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Declined
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  • Thomas Brewer, maths teacher and minister[50]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Declined
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  • Troy Gittings, high school English teacher and stand-up comedian[50][12]

Libertarian nomination

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Grant Brand

General election

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Endorsements

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Steve
Womack (R)
Grant
Brand (L)
Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[21] October 16–23, 2014 460 ± 7.0% 61% 20% 19%
Talk Business/Hendrix[51] October 15–16, 2014 426 ± 4.7% 64% 19% 17%
Talk Business/Hendrix[23] July 22–25, 2014 408 ± 4.9% 57% 20% 23%

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[13] Safe R November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[14] Safe R October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[15] Safe R October 30, 2014
RCP Safe R November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[16] Safe R November 4, 2014

Results

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2014 Arkansas's 3rd congressional district election[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Womack (incumbent) 151,630 79.4
Libertarian Grant Brand 39,305 20.6
Total votes 190,935 100.0
Republican hold

By county

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County[24] Steve Womack
Republican
Grant Brand
Libertarian
Margin Total
# % # % # %
Benton 49,762 81.87% 11,021 18.13% 38,741 63.74% 60,783
Boone 8,697 82.66% 1,824 17.34% 6,873 65.33% 10,521
Carroll 5,581 72.31% 2,137 27.69% 3,444 44.62% 7,718
Crawford (part) 9,333 83.46% 1,849 16.54% 7,484 66.93% 11,182
Marion 3,945 81.97% 868 18.03% 3,077 63.93% 4,813
Newton (part) 930 82.59% 196 17.41% 734 65.19% 1,126
Pope 13,790 82.73% 2,878 17.27% 10,912 65.47% 16,668
Searcy (part) 144 91.72% 13 8.28% 131 83.44% 157
Sebastian (part) 21,285 80.75% 5,074 19.25% 16,211 61.50% 26,359
Washington 38,163 73.95% 13,445 26.05% 24,718 47.90% 51,608
Totals151,63079.41%39,30520.59%112,32558.83%190,935

District 4

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2014 Arkansas's 4th congressional district election

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2016 →
 
Nominee Bruce Westerman James Lee Witt
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 110,789 87,742
Percentage 53.7% 42.6%

County results
Westerman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Witt:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Tom Cotton
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Bruce Westerman
Republican

Incumbent Republican Tom Cotton, who had represented the district since 2013, announced he will not run for election to a second term in order to challenge Democratic incumbent Mark Pryor for his U.S. Senate seat. He was elected with 59% of the vote in 2012. The district had a PVI of R+15.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Tommy Moll, businessman[53]
Withdrawn
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Declined
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Endorsements

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Tommy Moll

Organizations

Bruce Westerman

State legislators

Local officials

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Tommy
Moll
Bruce
Westerman
Undecided
Talk Business/Hendrix College[36] April 29, 2014 392 ± 4.9% 10% 47% 43%

Results

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Republican primary results[37]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bruce Westerman 18,719 54.4
Republican Tommy Moll 15,659 45.6
Total votes 34,378 100.0

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Withdrawn
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  • Janice Percefull, college instructor and author (running as write-in)[59][60][61]
Declined
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Libertarian nomination

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Candidates

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Nominee
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General election

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Endorsements

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Bruce
Westerman (R)
James Lee
Witt (D)
Ken
Hamilton (L)
Undecided
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker[21] October 16–23, 2014 359 ± 8.0% 34% 33% 5% 28%
Diamond State Consulting (R)[64] October 21, 2014 792 ± 3.5% 46% 39% 2% 12%
Talk Business/Hendrix[51] October 15–16, 2014 607 ± 4% 44% 42% 4% 10%
OnMessage (R-Westerman)[65] July 29–31, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 47% 29% 7% 18%
Talk Business/Hendrix[23] July 22–25, 2014 439 ± 4.7% 48% 34% 3% 15%

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[66] Lean R November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[67] Likely R October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[68] Lean R October 30, 2014
RCP Lean R November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[69] Lean R November 4, 2014

Results

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2014 Arkansas's 4th congressional district election[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bruce Westerman 110,789 53.7
Democratic James Lee Witt 87,742 42.6
Libertarian Ken Hamilton 7,598 3.7
Write-in 2 0.0
Total votes 206,131 100.0
Republican hold

By county

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County[24] Bruce Westerman
Republican
James Lee Witt
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Ashley 3,166 51.78% 2,758 45.11% 190 3.11% 408 6.67% 6,114
Bradley 1,324 46.72% 1,417 50.00% 93 3.28% -93 -3.28% 2,834
Calhoun 847 52.64% 711 44.19% 51 3.17% 136 8.45% 1,609
Clark 2,921 42.66% 3,755 54.84% 171 2.50% -834 -12.18% 6,847
Cleveland 1,523 56.81% 1,057 39.43% 101 3.77% 466 17.38% 2,681
Columbia 4,265 55.45% 3,173 41.26% 253 3.29% 1,092 14.20% 7,691
Crawford (part) 3,078 67.44% 1,182 25.90% 304 6.66% 1,896 41.54% 4,564
Dallas 1,056 45.22% 1,229 52.63% 50 2.14% -173 -7.41% 2,335
Drew 2,536 49.49% 2,444 47.70% 144 2.81% 92 1.80% 5,124
Franklin 3,187 58.71% 1,957 36.05% 284 5.23% 1,230 22.66% 5,428
Garland 19,029 62.29% 10,547 34.52% 975 3.19% 8,482 27.76% 30,551
Grant 3,258 61.52% 1,847 34.88% 191 3.61% 1,411 26.64% 5,296
Hempstead 2,860 54.25% 2,267 43.00% 145 2.75% 593 11.25% 5,272
Hot Spring 4,923 53.21% 3,896 42.11% 433 4.68% 1,027 11.10% 9,252
Howard 1,890 52.56% 1,608 44.72% 98 2.73% 282 7.84% 3,596
Jefferson (part) 5,797 30.11% 12,890 66.96% 564 2.93% -7,093 -36.84% 19,251
Johnson 3,357 51.92% 2,764 42.75% 345 5.34% 593 9.17% 6,466
Lafayette 1,184 49.83% 1,144 48.15% 48 2.02% 40 1.68% 2,376
Little River 2,071 51.78% 1,793 44.83% 136 3.40% 278 6.95% 4,000
Logan 3,550 55.40% 2,565 40.03% 293 4.57% 985 15.37% 6,408
Madison 3,086 60.90% 1,738 34.30% 243 4.80% 1,348 26.60% 5,067
Miller 7,095 62.82% 3,919 34.70% 281 2.49% 3,176 28.12% 11,295
Montgomery 1,741 60.70% 1,020 35.56% 107 3.73% 721 25.14% 2,868
Nevada 1,211 44.72% 1,396 51.55% 101 3.73% -185 -6.83% 2,708
Newton (part) 992 60.45% 544 33.15% 105 6.40% 448 27.30% 1,641
Ouachita 3,381 43.80% 4,019 52.06% 320 4.15% -638 -8.26% 7,720
Pike 1,839 60.35% 1,105 36.27% 103 3.38% 734 24.09% 3,047
Polk 4,228 68.11% 1,637 26.37% 343 5.53% 2,591 41.74% 6,208
Scott 1,910 63.12% 960 31.73% 156 5.16% 950 31.39% 3,026
Sebastian (part) 2,931 72.14% 893 21.98% 239 5.88% 2,038 50.16% 4,063
Sevier 2,070 59.30% 1,295 37.10% 126 3.61% 775 22.20% 3,491
Union 6,777 55.88% 4,858 40.06% 492 4.06% 1,919 15.82% 12,127
Yell 1,706 32.97% 3,354 64.81% 115 2.22% -1,648 -31.85% 5,175
Totals110,78953.75%87,74242.57%7,6003.69%23,04711.18%206,131

See also

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References

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