Colorado's 4th Congressional District elections, 2014

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Colorado's 4th Congressional District
General Election Date
November 4, 2014
Primary Date
June 24, 2014
November 4 Election Winner:
Ken Buck Republican Party
Incumbent prior to election:
Cory Gardner Republican Party
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Race Ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid R[1]

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe R[2]

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The 4th Congressional District of Colorado held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.

Ken Buck (R) won election to the seat in 2014. Four Republican candidates competed for the open seat left by incumbent Cory Gardner's U.S. Senate run: Ken Buck, Barbara Kirkmeyer, Steve Laffey and Scott Renfroe. Buck emerged from the Republican primary victorious and defeated Vic Meyers (D) in the general election.

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
March 31, 2014
June 24, 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.

Colorado utilizes a semi-closed primary system. According to Section 1-7-201 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, " An eligible unaffiliated elector, including a preregistrant who is eligible under section 1-2-101 (2)(c), is entitled to vote in the primary election of a major political party without affiliating with that political party."[3][4][5]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Voter registration: Voters were able to register to vote in the primary by either June 2 (by mail, at a voter registration agency, voter registration drive or DMV), June 16 (online) or on election day (in-person at a voter service polling center). For the general election, voters could register through election day, November 4, 2014.[6]

See also: Colorado elections, 2014

Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Cory Gardner (R), who was first elected in 2010. Gardner did not seek re-election in 2014. He instead sought election to the U.S. Senate.[7]

Colorado's 4th Congressional District is located in eastern Colorado and includes Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Las Animas, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Otero, Phillips, Prowers, Sedgwick, Washington, and Yuma counties. The district also includes portions of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, and Weld counties. [8]

Candidates

General election candidates

Republican Party Ken Buck Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Vic Meyers
Libertarian Party Jess Loban
Grey.png Grant Doherty

June 24, 2014, primary results

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Republican Party Republican Primary

Election results

General election

U.S. House, Colorado District 4 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngKen Buck 64.7% 185,292
     Democratic Vic Meyers 29.2% 83,727
     Libertarian Jess Loban 3.3% 9,472
     Independent Grant Doherty 2.8% 8,016
Total Votes 286,507
Source: Colorado Secretary of State

Primary election

U.S. House, Colorado District 4 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngKen Buck 44.2% 32,714
Scott Renfroe 23.9% 17,722
Barbara Kirkmeyer 16.4% 12,155
Steve Laffey 15.4% 11,433
Total Votes 74,024
Source: Colorado Secretary of State

Media

Steve Laffey

Steve Laffey campaign ad

Key votes

Below are important votes the former incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.

HR 676

See also: Boehner's lawsuit against the Obama administration

Yea3.png On July 30, 2014, the U.S. House approved a resolution 225 to 201 to sue President Barack Obama for exceeding his constitutional authority. Five Republicans—Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Paul Broun of Georgia, Scott Garrett of New Jersey, Walter Jones of North Carolina and Steve Stockman of Texas—voted with Democrats against the lawsuit.[9] Gardner joined the other 224 Republicans in favor of the lawsuit. All Democrats voted against the resolution.[10][11]

Government shutdown

See also: United States budget debate, 2013

Yea3.png On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[12] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[13] Cory Gardner voted for the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[14]

Yea3.png The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[15] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. Cory Gardner voted for HR 2775.[16]

Campaign contributions

Vic Meyers

Barbara Kirkmeyer

Steve Laffey

**As of the 2014 April Quarterly Report, Laffey's committee owed $350,000 in outstanding loans to Steve Laffey.

Scott Renfroe

**As of the 2014 Pre-Primary Report, Renfroe's committee owed $200,000 in outstanding loans to Scott Renfroe.

Ken Buck

District history

Candidate ballot access
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2012

On November 6, 2012, Cory Gardner (R) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Brandon Shaffer, Josh Gilliland and Doug Aden in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 4 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Brandon Shaffer 36.8% 125,715
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngCory Gardner Incumbent 58.4% 199,842
     Libertarian Josh Gilliland 3.1% 10,674
     Constitution Doug Aden 1.7% 5,845
Total Votes 342,076
Source: Colorado Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010

On November 2, 2010, Cory Gardner won election to the United States House. He defeated incumbent Betsy Markey (D), Doug Aden (American Constitution) and Ken Waszkiewicz (Unaffiliated) in the general election.[36]

U.S. House, Colorado District 4 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngCory Gardner 52.5% 138,634
     Democratic Betsy Markey incumbent 41.4% 109,249
     American Constitution Doug Aden 4.7% 12,312
     Unaffiliated Ken Waszkiewicz 1.5% 3,986
Total Votes 264,181

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed July 28, 2014
  2. ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed July 28, 2014
  3. ↑ Colorado Revised Statutes, "1-7-201. Voting at primary election," accessed July 17, 2024
  4. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 17, 2024
  5. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Primary Elections FAQs," accessed July 17, 2024
  6. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State Website, "Voter Registration FAQs," accessed January 3, 2014
  7. ↑ The Weekly Standard, "Colorado Shake-Up: Gardner for Senate, Buck for Congress," February 26, 2014
  8. ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
  9. ↑ U.S. House, "House Resolution 676," accessed July 30, 2014
  10. ↑ Associated Press, "Suing Obama: GOP-led House gives the go-ahead," July 31, 2014
  11. ↑ Washington Post, "House clears way for lawsuit against Obama," accessed July 30, 2014
  12. ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
  13. ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
  14. ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
  15. ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
  16. ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
  17. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Vic Meyers Year-End," accessed April 30, 2014
  18. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Vic Meyers April Quarterly," accessed April 30, 2014
  19. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Vic Meyers Pre-Primary," accessed June 23, 2014
  20. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Vic Meyers July Quarterly," accessed October 22, 2014
  21. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Vic Meyers October Quarterly," accessed October 22, 2014
  22. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Barbara Kirkmeyer April Quarterly," accessed April 30, 2014
  23. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Barbara Kirkmeyer Pre-Primary," accessed June 23, 2014
  24. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Steve Laffey April Quarterly," accessed April 30, 2014
  25. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Steve Laffey Pre-Primary," accessed June 23, 2014
  26. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Scott Renfroe April Quarterly," accessed April 30, 2014
  27. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Scott Renfroe Pre-Primary," accessed June 23, 2014
  28. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ken Buck April Quarterly," accessed October 28, 2013
  29. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ken Buck July Quarterly," accessed October 28, 2013
  30. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ken Buck October Quarterly," accessed October 28, 2013
  31. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ken Buck Year-End," accessed February 14, 2014
  32. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ken Buck April Quarterly," accessed April 30, 2014
  33. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ken Buck Pre-Primary," accessed June 23, 2014
  34. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ken Buck July Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2014
  35. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ken Buck October Quarterly," accessed October 22, 2014
  36. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
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