United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2014

← 2012 November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 2016 →
All 18 Pennsylvania seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 13 5 Seats won 13 5 Seat change Popular vote 1,833,205 1,467,594 Percentage 55.54% 44.46% Swing 6.77% 5.82%

Elections in Pennsylvania
Federal government Presidential elections 1789 1792 1796 1800 1804 1808 1812 1816 1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 United States Senate elections Class One 1788 1791 1793 1794 1797 1802 1808 February 1814 1814 1820-21 1826 1831 1832-33 1840 1845 1851 1857 1861 1863 1869 1875 1881 1887 1893 1901 1905 1909 1911 1916 1922 1928 1934 1940 1946 1952 1958 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988 1991 1994 2000 2006 2012 2018 Class Three 1788 1795 1801 December 1801 1806 1812 1818 1824–25 1830 1834 1836 1843 1845 1849 1856 1861 1867 1873 1877 1879 1885 1891 1897 1903 1909 1914 1920 1922 1926 1930 1932 1938 1944 1950 1956 1962 1968 1974 1980 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016 House of Representatives elections 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
State government Gubernatorial elections 1790 1793 1796 1799 1802 1805 1808 1811 1814 1817 1820 1823 1826 1829 1832 1835 1838 1841 1844 1860 1898 1906 1910 1914 1918 1922 1926 1930 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 Lieutenant gubernatorial elections 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Attorney General elections 2000 2004 2008 · 2012 2016 Auditor General elections 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 State Treasurer elections 2000 2004 2008 2012 State Senate elections 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 State House Elections 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
Elections by year State elections 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Philadelphia Mayoral elections 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Other municipal elections 1953 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017
Pittsburgh Mayoral elections 1925 1929 1933 1937 1941 1945 1949 1953 1957 1959 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2007 2009 2013 2017
Lancaster Mayoral elections 2009
v t e

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the 18 U.S. Representatives from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections, including the Governor of Pennsylvania and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.

District 1[edit]

The 1st district includes central and South Philadelphia, the City of Chester, the Philadelphia International Airport and other small sections of Delaware County. The incumbent is Democrat Bob Brady, who has represented the district since 1998. He was re-elected with 85% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+28.

Brady was unopposed in the Democratic primary. He faces Republican Megan Rath, a medical-equipment saleswoman, who was also unopposed in her primary election.^[1]

Primary results[edit]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

District 2[edit]

The 2nd district includes parts of West Philadelphia, North Philadelphia and Northwest Philadelphia in addition to Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County. The incumbent is Democrat Chaka Fattah, who has represented the district since 1995. He was re-elected with 89% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+38.

He was unopposed in the Democratic primary. He faces Republican Armond James, a Philadelphia schoolteacher, who was also unopposed in his primary election.^[1]

Primary results[edit]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

District 3[edit]

The 3rd district is located in Northwestern Pennsylvania and includes the cities of Erie, Sharon, Hermitage, Butler and Meadville. The incumbent is Republican Mike Kelly, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+8.

He was unopposed in the Republican primary. He faces Democrat Dan LaVallee, who was also unopposed in his primary election.^[4][5] Democrats Rob Joswiak and Matt Ryan had previously declared their candidacies, but withdrew before the primary.^[6]

Primary results[edit]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

District 4[edit]

The 4th district is located in South Central Pennsylvania and includes all of Adams and York counties and parts of Cumberland County. The incumbent is Republican Scott Perry, who has represented the district since 2013. He was elected with 60% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+9.

He was unopposed in the Republican primary. He faces Democrat Linda D. Thompson, former Mayor of Harrisburg, who was also unopposed in her primary election.^[7]

Primary results[edit]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

District 5[edit]

The 5th district, the state's largest and most sparsely populated, is located in North Central Pennsylvania and includes all of Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clinton, Elk, Forest, Huntingdon, Jefferson, McKean and Potter counties and parts of Clearfield, Crawford, Erie, Tioga, Warren and Venango counties. The incumbent is Republican Glenn Thompson, who has represented the district since 2009. He was re-elected with 63% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+8.

Republican primary[edit]

Thompson was unopposed in the Republican primary.

Results[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Jay Paterno, a former assistant football coach at Penn State and the son of former head coach Joe Paterno, had considering running for the Democratic nomination,^[8] but he instead announced he would run for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania,^[9] though he later withdrew from that race.^[10]U.S. Army veteran Thomas Tarantella and family law attorney Kerith Strano Taylor ran for the Democratic nomination.^{[11][12][13][14]}

Results[edit]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

District 6[edit]

The 6th district includes communities north and west of the City of Philadelphia. The incumbent is Republican Jim Gerlach, who has represented the district since 2003. He was re-elected with 57% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+2. Gerlach is retiring.^[15]

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominated

• 
  Ryan Costello, chairman of the Chester County Board of Commissioners^[15]

Declined

• Patrick Collins, biotech executive^[16]


• Val DiGiorgio, chairman of the Chester County Republican Party^[15]


• 
  Jim Gerlach, incumbent U.S. Representative^[15]


• Harry Lewis, former chair of the Brandywine Health Foundation^[17]


• 
  John Rafferty, Jr., state senator (running for re-election)^[16]


• 
  Sam Rohrer, former state representative, candidate for governor in 2010 and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012^[15]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominated

• 
  Manan Trivedi, physician and nominee for the district in 2010 and 2012^[18]

Withdrew

• Mike Parrish, businessman^[19]

Declined

• Chris Casey, attorney and brother of Senator Bob Casey, Jr.^[20]


• Kathi Cozzone, member of the Chester County Board of Commissioners^[21]


• 
  Andy Dinniman, state senator^[16]


• Phil LaRue, spokesman for the New Democrat Coalition^[22]


• 
  Daylin Leach, state senator (ran in the 13th district)^[23]


• 
  Josh Maxwell, Mayor of Downingtown^[17]


• 
  Katie McGinty, former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and former Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (ran for governor)^[20]


• Leslie Richards, Montgomery County commissioner^[24]


• 
  Mark Rozzi, state representative^[25]


• 
  Judy Schwank, state senator^[24]


• Josh Young, Caln Township commissioner^[17]

Endorsements[edit]

Results[edit]

General election[edit]

Polling[edit]

• ^ Internal poll for Manan Trivedi campaign


• * Internal poll for Ryan Costello campaign

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

District 7[edit]

The 7th district is located in the Philadelphia suburbs, including most of Delaware County along with portions of Chester, Montgomery, Berks and Lancaster counties. The incumbent is Republican Pat Meehan, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+2.

Meehan was unopposed in the Republican primary. He faced Democrat Mary Ellen Balchunis, a political science professor at La Salle University, who was also unopposed in her primary election.^[31]

Primary results[edit]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

District 8[edit]

The 8th district is located in Southeastern Pennsylvania and includes Bucks County, along with portions of Montgomery County. The incumbent is Republican Mike Fitzpatrick, who has represented the district since 2011, and previously represented it from 2005 to 2007. He was re-elected with 57% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+1.

Republican primary[edit]

Fitzpatrick was unopposed in the Republican primary.

Results[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Research scientist and business owner Shaughnessy Naughton^[32] and United States Army Ranger Kevin Strouse^[33] ran for the Democratic Party nomination.

Results[edit]

General election[edit]

Polling[edit]

Results[edit]

District 9[edit]

The 9th district is located in South Central Pennsylvania and includes Cambria, Blair, Huntingdon, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford, Somerset, Fayette, Greene and Washington counties. The incumbent is Republican Bill Shuster, who has represented the district since 2001. He was re-elected with 62% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+10.

Republican primary[edit]

Shuster, the chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, anticipates a primary challenge from Republicans unhappy with his support for earmarks that bring projects to the district.^[34][35]

Candidates[edit]

Declared

• Art Halvorson, businessman and Coast Guard veteran^[36]


• Travis Schooley, businessman and disqualified candidate for the seat in 2012^[37]


• 
  Bill Shuster, incumbent U.S. Representative

Polling[edit]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Mental health professional, author, environmental activist and co-founder of the Earth Rights Institute Alanna Hartzok was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.^[38]

Results[edit]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

District 10[edit]

The 10th district is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania and includes Monroe, Pike, Lackawanna, Wayne, Susquehanna, Bradford, Tioga, Sullivan, Lycoming, Union, Columbia, Snyder, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry counties. The incumbent is Republican Tom Marino, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 66% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+12.

Bradford County Commissioner Doug McLinko considered challenging Marino in the Republican primary, but decided against it.^[39] Marino was unopposed in the Republican primary. He faces Democrat Scott Brion, a businessman and energy industry executive, who was also unopposed in his primary election.^[40] Former carpenter Adam Rodriguez had declared his candidacy for the Democratic primary, but withdrew before the filing deadline. Nick Troiano, a James Madison Fellow with the non-profit Millennial Action Project is running as an Independent.^[41]

Primary results[edit]

General election[edit]

Polling[edit]

• ^ Internal poll for Nick Troiano campaign

Results[edit]

District 11[edit]

The 11th district is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania and includes Wyoming, Luzerne, Columbia, Carbon, Northumberland, Dauphin, Perry and Cumberland counties. The incumbent is Republican Lou Barletta, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+6.

Barletta was unopposed in the Republican primary. He faces Democrat Andrew Ostrowski, a civil rights attorney and former Susquehanna Township attorney, who was also unopposed in his primary election.^[42] Former U.S. Representative Chris Carney, a Democrat who represented the 10th district from 2007 to 2011, and Gene Stilp, a political activist who was the Democratic nominee for the seat in 2012, considered running but decided not to.^[43]

Primary results[edit]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

District 12[edit]

The 12th district is located in Southwestern Pennsylvania and includes all of Beaver County and parts of Allegheny, Cambria, Lawrence, Somerset and Westmoreland counties. The incumbent is Republican Keith Rothfus, who has represented the district since 2013. He was elected with 52% of the vote in 2012, defeating Democratic incumbent Mark Critz. The district has a PVI of R+9.

Rothfus was unopposed in the Republican primary. Critz declined a rematch to run for lieutenant governor.^[44]John Hugya, former Chief of Staff to late U.S. Representative John Murtha, and psychologist and businesswoman Erin McClelland sought the Democratic nomination.^[45]

Primary results[edit]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

District 13[edit]

The 13th district is located in Southeastern Pennsylvania, covering eastern Montgomery County and Northeast Philadelphia. The incumbent is Democrat Allyson Schwartz, who has represented the district since 2005. She was re-elected with 69% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+13.

Schwartz did not run for re-election. She is instead ran for Governor of Pennsylvania.^[46]

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared

• Valerie Arkoosh, physician and Democratic activist^[47]


• 
  Brendan F. Boyle, state representative^[48]


• 
  Daylin Leach, state senator^[49]


• 
  Marjorie Margolies, former U.S. Representative (and Clinton family in-law)^[50]

Withdrew

• 
  Mark B. Cohen, state representative^[51]


• 
  Jonathan Saidel, former Philadelphia City Controller^[51]

Declined

• 
  Bill Green, Philadelphia City Councilman^[52]


• Mark Levy, Montgomery County Prothonotary (endorsed Brendan Boyle)^[53][54]


• 
  Ed Neilson, state representative^[53]


• Leslie Richards, Montgomery County commissioner (endorsed Marjorie Margolies)^[53][55]


• 
  John Sabatina, state representative^[53]


• 
  Josh Shapiro, chairman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners^[56]


• Jared Solomon, attorney^[52]


• 
  Michael J. Stack III, state senator (ran for lieutenant governor)^[53][57]


• 
  LeAnna Washington state senator (endorsed Marjorie Margolies)^[53][58]

Endorsements[edit]

Polling[edit]

• * Internal poll for Marjorie Margolies campaign

Results[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared

• Carson "Dee" Adcock, businessman and nominee for the seat in 2010^[88]


• Beverly Plosa-Bowser, retired U.S. Air Force Colonel^[89]

Withdrew

• John Fritz, businessman and Northeast Philadelphia Republican Party Committeeman^[90]


• Clay McQueen, security consultant and systems specialist^[88]


• 
  Everett Stern, businessman and whistleblower^[91]

Declined

• Marina Kats, attorney and nominee for the seat in 2008^[51]


• Joshua Quinter, attorney^[51]

Results[edit]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

District 14[edit]

The 14th district includes the entire city of Pittsburgh and parts of surrounding suburbs. The incumbent is Democrat Michael F. Doyle, who has represented the district since 2003, and previously represented the 18th district from 1995 to 2003. He was re-elected with 77% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+15.

Democratic primary[edit]

In the Democratic primary, Doyle faced Janis C. Brooks, a pastor and the CEO and founder of Citizens to Abolish Domestic Apartheid, who had run against him in 2012.^[92]

Results[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Ken Peoples, the chairman of the White Oak Republican Committee, had declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination, but was removed from the ballot for collecting insufficient ballot petition signatures. He subsequently ran a write-in campaign for the Republican nomination in the State House's 35th Legislative District. Bob Howard, a former candidate for Allegheny County Controller in 2011, ran a write-in campaign for the Republican nomination.^[93] Howard would need 1,000 certified write-in votes to be nominated. At least 1,498 Republican write-in votes were recorded in the district, but certifying them would take several weeks.^[94]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

District 15[edit]

The 15th district is located in Eastern Pennsylvania and includes Lehigh County and parts of Berks, Dauphin, Lebanon and Northampton counties. The incumbent is Republican Charlie Dent, who has represented the district since 2005. He was re-elected with 57% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+2.

Dent was unopposed in the Republican primary and did not face a Democratic opponent in the general election as none filed before the deadline. David A. Clarke had considered running, but decided against it. Rick Daugherty, chairman of the Lehigh County Democratic Party and the nominee for the seat in 2012, declined a re-match because of "family and professional responsibilities". He is instead considering running in 2016.^[95]

Primary results[edit]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

District 16[edit]

The 16th district is located in Southeastern Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia and includes a large portion of southern Chester County, most of Lancaster County and a sliver of Berks County, including the city of Reading. The incumbent is Republican Joe Pitts, who has represented the district since 1997. He was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+4.

Republican primary[edit]

Pitts was unopposed in the Republican primary.

Results[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Two Democrats ran for their party's nomination: former State Representative Tom Houghton^[96] and stem cell researcher Raja Kittappa.^[97][98][99]

Results[edit]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

District 17[edit]

The 17th district is located in Eastern Pennsylvania and includes Schuylkill, Carbon, Monroe, Luzerne and Lackawanna counties. The incumbent is Democrat Matt Cartwright, who has represented the district since 2013. He was elected in 2012, defeating incumbent Democrat Tim Holden in the primary with 57% of the vote and winning the general election with 60% of the vote. The district has a PVI of D+4.

Democratic primary[edit]

Cartwright was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Results[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

For the Republicans, sports car racing team owner Matt Connolly, charter pilot Matthew Dietz and Schuylkill County coroner David Moylan ran.^[100]

Results[edit]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

District 18[edit]

The 18th district is located in the southern suburbs of Pittsburgh and includes parts of Allegheny, Washington, Beaver and Westmoreland counties. The incumbent is Republican Timothy F. Murphy, who has represented the district since 2003. He was re-elected with 64% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+10.

Primary results[edit]

Murphy was unopposed in the Republican primary and did not face a Democratic opponent in the general election as none filed before the deadline.^[101]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

See also[edit]

• United States House of Representatives elections, 2014


• United States elections, 2014

References[edit]