Arkansas' 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

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Arkansas's 1st Congressional District
General Election Date
November 4, 2014
Primary Date
May 20, 2014
November 4 Election Winner:
Rick Crawford Republican Party
Incumbent prior to election:
Rick Crawford Republican Party
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Race Ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid R[1]

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe R[2]

Arkansas U.S. House Elections
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2014 U.S. Senate Elections
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The 1st Congressional District of Arkansas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.

Incumbent Rick Crawford (R) won re-election in 2014. He was unchallenged in the Republican primary and defeated Jackie McPherson (D) in the general election.

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
March 3, 2014
May 20, 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. Arkansas utilizes an open primary system. Registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[3][4]

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

Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register to vote by April 20, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 5, 2014.[5]

See also: Arkansas elections, 2014

Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Rick Crawford (R), who was first elected in 2010.

The 1st Congressional District is located in northeastern Arkansas. Arkansas, Baxter, Chicot, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Lonoke, Mississippi, Monroe, Phillips, Poinsett, Prairie, Randolph, Sharp, St. Francis, Stone, and Woodruff counties as well as portions of Jefferson and Searcy counties are included.[6]

Candidates

General election candidates

Republican Party Rick Crawford Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Jackie McPherson
Libertarian Party Brian Scott Willhite


May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Libertarian Party Libertarian Convention

Election results

U.S. House, Arkansas District 1 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRick Crawford Incumbent 63.3% 124,139
     Democratic Jackie McPherson 32.4% 63,555
     Libertarian Brian Scott Willhite 4.4% 8,562
Total Votes 196,256
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State

Polls

General election
Poll Rick Crawford Jackie McPhersonScott WillhiteUndecidedMargin of ErrorSample Size
Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College (July 22-25, 2014)
 47.5%33%3%16.5%+/-4.6450
Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org

Key votes

Below are important votes the 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.[7] Crawford joined the other 224 Republicans in favor of the lawsuit. All Democrats voted against the resolution.[8][9]

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.[10] 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.[11] Rick Crawford voted to approve the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[12]

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.[13] 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. Rick Crawford voted for HR 2775.[14]

Campaign contributions

Rick Crawford

Jackie McPherson

District history

Candidate ballot access
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2012

On November 6, 2012, Rick Crawford (R) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Scott Ellington, Jacob Holloway and Jessica Paxton in the general election.

U.S. House, Arkansas District 1 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Scott Ellington 39.1% 96,601
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRick Crawford Incumbent 56.2% 138,800
     Green Jacob Holloway 2% 5,015
     Libertarian Jessica Paxton 2.6% 6,427
Total Votes 246,843
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010

On November 2, 2010, Rick Crawford won election to the United States House. He defeated Chad Causey (D) and Ken Adler (G) in the general election.[27]

U.S. House, Arkansas District 1 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRick Crawford 51.8% 93,224
     Democratic Chad Causey 43.5% 78,267
     Green Ken Adler 4.6% 8,320
Total Votes 179,811

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. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures Website, "State Primary Election Types," accessed April 3, 2023
  4. ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
  5. ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State Website, "Voter Registration Information," accessed January 3, 2014
  6. ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
  7. ↑ U.S. House, "House Resolution 676," accessed July 30, 2014
  8. ↑ Associated Press, "Suing Obama: GOP-led House gives the go-ahead," July 31, 2014
  9. ↑ Washington Post, "House clears way for lawsuit against Obama," accessed July 30, 2014
  10. ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
  11. ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
  12. ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
  13. ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
  14. ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
  15. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Rick Crawford April Quarterly," accessed July 23, 2013
  16. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Rick Crawford July Quarterly," accessed July 23, 2013
  17. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Rick Crawford October Quarterly," accessed October 21, 2013
  18. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Rick Crawford Year-End," accessed February 4, 2014
  19. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Rick Crawford April Quarterly," accessed April 20, 2014
  20. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Rick Crawford Pre-Primary," accessed May 12, 2014
  21. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Rick Crawford July Quarterly," accessed July 23, 2014
  22. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Rick Crawford October Quarterly," accessed October 20, 2014
  23. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jackie McPherson April Quarterly," accessed April 30, 2014
  24. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jackie McPherson Pre-Primary," accessed May 12, 2014
  25. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jackie McPherson July Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2014
  26. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jackie McPherson October Quarterly," accessed October 22, 2014
  27. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
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Tom Cotton (R)
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