The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the 11 members from the state of

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to the

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, one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts. On the same day, elections took place for other federal and state offices, including an election to the

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. Primary elections, in which party nominees were chosen, were held on June 10, 2014. On June 10, 2014, Republican

Eric Cantor Eric Ivan Cantor (born June 6, 1963) is an American lawyer and former politician who represented Virginia's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2014. A Republican, Cantor served as House Mino ...

became the first sitting House majority leader to lose in a primary election since the position was created in 1899. As of , this is the last time Republicans won the House popular vote in Virginia, although they would nevertheless continue to hold a majority of seats in the state until

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Overview

By district

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia by district:

District 1

Republican

Rob Wittman Robert Joseph Wittman (born February 3, 1959) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2007. The district contains portions of the Richmond suburbs and Hampton Roads area, as well as the Northern Neck and Middle ...

had represented Virginia's 1st congressional district since 2007 and ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

=Eliminated in primary

= *Anthony Riedel, public relations specialist for

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Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Norm Mosher, former navy officer and U.S. Senate staffer

Minor candidates

* Chris Hailey (write-in), government teacher at Lafayette High School * Gail Parker (independent), retired

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officer and

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Withdrew

* Xavian Draper (Libertarian) did not achieve ballot access.

General election

Endorsements

Results

External links
Rob Wittman campaign website

Norm Mosher campaign website

Gail Parker campaign website

District 2

Republican

Scott Rigell Edward Scott Rigell (born May 28, 1960) is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2017. He declined to run for re-election in 2016, and he left office in January 2017. Rigell is the last r ...

represented Virginia's 2nd congressional district since 2011. He won re-election to a second term in 2012 against Democratic businessman Paul Hirschbiel with 54% of the vote. Rigell ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

Suzanne Patrick Suzanne Dorothy Patrick (born October 6, 1955) is a retired Navy Commander and a former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense. Patrick, a member of the Democratic Party, ran for Congress in Virginia's 2nd congressional district during the 2014 Unit ...

, retired

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Minor parties

Withdrew

* Allen Knapp (Libertarian) was not listed on the ballot. * John Smith (Independent Green) was not listed on the ballot.

General election

Endorsements

Results

External links
Scott Rigell campaign website

Suzanne Patrick campaign website

District 3

Democrat Bobby Scott had represented Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. He won re-election to an eleventh term in 2012 against Republican businessman Dean Longo, with 81% of the vote. Scott ran for re-election unopposed.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Bobby Scott, incumbent U.S. representative

Minor parties

* Justin Gandino-Saadein (independent) was not listed on the ballot. * Justin Upshaw (Libertarian) was not listed on the ballot.

General election

Endorsements

Results

External Links
Bobby Scott campaign website

District 4

Republican

Randy Forbes James Randy Forbes (born February 17, 1952) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he was the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for , serving from 2001 to 2017. P ...

had represented Virginia's 4th congressional district since 2001. He won re-election in 2012 against Democratic Chesapeake City Councilwoman Ella Ward, with 57% of the vote. Forbes ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Elliott Fausz, publishing manager

Minor parties

* Bo Brown (Libertarian), accounting professional

Withdrew

* Albert Burckardt (Independent Green) was not listed on the ballot.

General election

Endorsements

Results

External links
Randy Forbes campaign website

Elliott Fausz campaign website

Bo Brown campaign website

District 5

Republican Robert Hurt had represented Virginia's 5th congressional district since 2011. He won re-election to a second term in 2012 against Democrat

John W. Douglass John Wade Douglass (born May 2, 1941) is a retired Brigadier General, United States Air Force. He served as the United States Navy's Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions) from 1995 to 1998. In 2012, Douglas ...

, with 55% of the vote. Hurt ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Robert Hurt, incumbent U.S. representative

Democratic convention

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Lawrence Gaughan, actor and political activist

=Eliminated at the convention

= * Ben Hudson, teacher and retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel

Results

Hudson challenged Gaughan at the Democratic convention on May 31, 2014. Gaughan won the nomination.

Minor parties

* Kenneth Hildebrandt (Independent Green), former chiropractic physician * Paul Jones (Libertarian), entrepreneur and owner of the Belvedere Company

General election

Endorsements

Results

External links
Robert Hurt campaign website

Lawrence Gaughan campaign website

Paul Jones campaign page

Kenneth Hildebrandt campaign website

District 6

Republican

Bob Goodlatte Robert William Goodlatte (; born September 22, 1952) is an American politician, attorney, and lobbyist who served in the United States House of Representatives representing from 1993 to 2019. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he was ...

had represented Virginia's 6th congressional district since 1993. He won his eleventh term to Congress over Democrat Andy Schmookler with 65% of the vote in 2012. Goodlatte was running for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Democratic primary

Bruce Elder, a Staunton City Councilman, the only Democrat to file, had to end his campaign after being diagnosed with cancer. As a result, Democrats did not field any candidate to challenge Goodlatte.

Candidates

=Withdrawn

= *Bruce Elder, Staunton City Councilman

Minor parties

* Will Hammer (Libertarian) * Elaine Hildebrandt (Independent Green)

General election

Endorsements

Results

External links
Bob Goodlatte campaign website

Will Hammer campaign website

District 7

, the U.S. House Majority Leader, had represented the 7th District since 2001. Cantor won re-election to a seventh term in 2012 against Democrat Wayne Powell with 58% of the vote.

Republican primary

On June 10, 2014, Cantor lost the Republican primary to college professor

Dave Brat David Alan Brat (born July 27, 1964) is an American academic and former politician. A member of the Republican Party, Brat served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district from 2014 to 2019. Brat came to national p ...

. This was the first time a sitting House Majority Leader lost a primary election since the position was created in 1899.

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

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professor and economist

=Eliminated in primary

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative and

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=Withdrawn

= * Pete Greenwald, Senior Naval Science Instructor at Chesterfield County Public Schools

Polling

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Jack Trammell, Randolph-Macon College professor

Minor parties

* James Carr (Libertarian), financial analyst

Withdrew

Tareq Salahi Tareq Dirgham Salahi is an American man who became known for attending a White House state dinner as an uninvited guest in 2009. Salahi has appeared in two reality-television shows: ''Where the Elite Meet'', and NBC Universal/Bravo's '' The R ...

(Independent Green), television personality and write-in candidate for

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(declared as a Republican, then switched parties). Originally, Joe Oddo, the state chairman for the Independent Greens, was listed as the 7th district's candidate. However, Salahi failed to file the required 1,000 signatures to get on the ballot.

Special election

A special election was held on the same date as the general election as Cantor resigned from Congress on August 18, 2014, after his surprising loss to Brat.

Results

General election

Endorsements

Results

External links *
Jack Trammell campaign website

James Carr campaign website

District 8

Democrat

Jim Moran James Patrick Moran Jr. (born May 16, 1945) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Alexandria, Virginia, from 1985 until 1990, and as the U.S. representative for , including the cities of Falls Church and Alexandria, all of Arl ...

, who had represented Virginia's 8th congressional district since 1991, was re-elected in 2012 over Republican Jay Patrick Murray with 65% of the vote. On January 15, 2014, Moran announced that he would retire from Congress, rather than run for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

Don Beyer Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. ( ; born June 20, 1950) is an American businessman, diplomat, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, his district is located in Northern Virginia and includ ...

, former

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(1990–1998), nominee for governor in

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, and former

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(2009–2013)

=Eliminated in primary

= * Lavern Chatman, former president and CEO of the Northern Virginia Urban League *

Adam Ebbin Adam Paul Ebbin (born November 10, 1963) is an American politician who is the senator from the 39th District of the Virginia Senate since January 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented the 30th Senate District from 20 ...

, state senator * William Euille, Mayor of

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, state delegate * Derek Hyra, college professor and Alexandria Planning Commission member *

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, talk radio host and former chief legislative counsel to Congressman

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=Withdrawn

= *

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, state delegate and former chair of the

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* Satish Korpe, businessman * Alfonso H. Lopez, state delegate * Nancy Najarian, business development consultant * Bruce Shuttleworth, businessman and candidate for the seat in 2012 *

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, state delegate

=Declined

= * Bob Brink, state delegate *

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, former

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and candidate for

* Kerry J. Donley, former mayor of

* Barbara Favola, state senator * Paul Ferguson,

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Clerk of the Court *

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, chair of the

Board of Supervisors * Libby Garvey,

Supervisor * Rob Krupicka, state delegate * Ryan McElveen, member of the

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Supervisor *

Brian Moran Brian Joseph Moran (born September 9, 1959) is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party. He served as Virginia Secretary of Public Safety from 2014 to 2022, and was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1996 until ...

, Secretary of Public Safety of Virginia, former state delegate and candidate for

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* Karyn Moran *

, incumbent U.S. representative *

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, former U.S. representative and president and CEO of the

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Action Fund * Scott Surovell, state delegate * Walter Tejada,

Supervisor

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Republican convention

Candidates

* Dennis Bartow, wine importer and former congressional aide * Micah Edmond, aerospace industry lobbyist and former congressional aide * Paul Haring, former Texas state representative and candidate for Texas's 34th congressional district in

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Endorsements

Results

Micah Edmond won the nomination for the seat at the 8th District Republican Convention on April 26, 2014, with 51% of the vote.

Minor parties

* Gwendolyn Beck (independent) * Gerard Blais (Independent Green) * Jeffrey Carson (Libertarian), U.S. Army veteran

General election

Endorsements

Results

External links
Micah Edmond campaign website

Don Beyer campaign website

Jeffrey Carson campaign website

Gwendolyn Beck campaign website

District 9

Republican

Morgan Griffith Howard Morgan Griffith (born March 15, 1958) is an American politician and lawyer who has been the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district since 2011. The district covers most of rural ...

had represented Virginia's 9th congressional district since 2011. He won re-election to a second term in 2012 against Democrat Anthony Flaccavento with 61% of the vote. Griffith ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Minor parties

* William Carr (independent), businessman

Withdrew

* Matthew Edwards (Libertarian) was not listed on the ballot.

General election

Results

Endorsements

Results

External links
Morgan Griffith campaign website

District 10

Republican Frank Wolf had served 17 terms in the House of Representatives. He announced in January 2014 that he would not seek re-election in 2014.

Republican primary

Six candidates filed to run for the Republican nomination. There were two debates for the Republican candidates, held on March 15 and April 9.

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

Barbara Comstock Barbara Jean Comstock (née Burns; born June 30, 1959) is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 10th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she was a member o ...

, state delegate

=Eliminated in primary

= * Stephen Hollingshead, former

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adviser and nominee for WI-05 in

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* Howie Lind, former chairman of the 10th Congressional District Republican Committee and former candidate for the

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* Bob Marshall, state delegate * Marc Savitt, president of the National Association of Independent Housing Professionals * Rob Wasinger, former chief of staff to Congressman

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and candidate for

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=Withdrawn

= * Brent Anderson, retired US Air Force officer * Dick Black, state senator * Luellen Hoffman, director of exhibits at the

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, television personality and write-in candidate for

=Declined

= * Carol Brauninger * Beau Correll, attorney and chairman of the

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Republican Committee *

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and nominee for

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, former Democratic U.S. representative from Alabama * Michael Farris, founder of

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, the

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and nominee for lieutenant governor in 1993 *

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, businessman and Republican nominee for the 11th District in

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and

* Bill Fox, Loudoun County School Board member * Pat Herrity,

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* Tim Hugo, state delegate *

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, state delegate *

Randy Minchew John Randall "Randy" Minchew (born July 31, 1957, in Arlington, Virginia) is an American politician and lawyer. A Republican, he was first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2011, and re-elected for two subsequent terms. He represent ...

, state delegate * David Ramadan, state delegate * Richard Shickle, chairman of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors *

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, chairman of the

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* John Stirrup, former Prince William County Supervisor *

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, state senator * Suzanne Volpe, Loudoun County Supervisor * Scott York, chairman of the

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Endorsements

Polling

Results

Over 13,000 votes were cast in the

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held on April 26. Comstock won with 53.9% of the vote. Marshall was second with 28.1%, followed by Lind (8.1%), Hollingshead (5.9%), Wasinger (2.2%), and Savitt (1.6%).

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * John Foust,

=Withdrawn

= * Richard Bolger, attorney * Sam Kubba, architect

=Declined

= * Karen Kennedy Schultz,

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professor and state senate candidate in

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Endorsements

Results

John Foust was the only candidate to file for the Democratic nomination; as such, he was certified as the nominee by the Democratic Party in March 2014.

Minor parties

* Dianne Blais (Independent Green), businesswoman * Brad Eickholt (independent), former government employee *

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(Libertarian), chairman of the

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Withdrew

* Francis "Frank" Pilliere (independent) was not listed on the ballot. * James Rouse (independent) was not listed on the ballot.

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Predictions

Results

External links
Barbara Comstock campaign website

John Foust campaign website

Bill Redpath campaign website

Brad Eickholt campaign website

District 11

Democrat

Gerry Connolly Gerald Edward Connolly (March 30, 1950 – May 21, 2025) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 11th congressional district from 2009 until his death in 2025. A Democrat, he was first elected in 2008 ...

, who had represented Virginia's 11th congressional district since 2009, was re-elected in 2012 against Republican Christopher Perkins with 61% of the vote. Connolly was seeking re-election to a fourth term in 2014.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

Suzanne Scholte Suzanne Scholte (born 1959, Connecticut) is an American human rights activist and congressional candidate. She is the president of the Defense Forum Foundation. She is also the Vice Co-Chair of the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea an ...

, human rights activist

Minor parties

* Joseph "Joe" Galdo (Green Party), former

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employee * Marc Harrold (Libertarian), attorney, author, television analyst and former law-enforcement officer * Joseph Plummer (write-in), founder of the Three Birds Foundation

Withdrew

* Mark Gibson (independent) was not listed on the ballot.

General election

Endorsements

Results

External links
Gerry Connolly campaign website

Suzanne Scholte campaign website

Marc Harrold campaign website

Joe Galdo campaign website

References

External links

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