Virginia elections, 2014

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The state of Virginia held elections in 2014. Below are the dates of note:

2014 elections and events in Virginia
State Senate and House special elections January 7, 2014 Red padlock.png
State Senate special election January 21, 2014 Red padlock.png
State House special election February 25, 2014 Red padlock.png
Signature filing deadline March 27, 2014 Red padlock.png
School board elections (3) May 6, 2014 Red padlock.png
Voter registration deadline for primary election May 19, 2014 Red padlock.png
Primary date June 10, 2014 Red padlock.png
Voter registration deadline for general election October 14, 2014 Red padlock.png
General election date November 4, 2014 Red padlock.png
School board elections (4) November 4, 2014 Red padlock.png

Below are the types of elections that were scheduled in Virginia in 2014:

On the 2014 ballot
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U.S. Senate Scheduled electiona
U.S. House Scheduled electiona
State Executives Unscheduled electiond
State Senate Scheduled electiona
State House Scheduled electiona
Statewide ballot measures (1 measures) Unscheduled electiond
Local ballot measures Unscheduled electiond
School boards Scheduled electiona

2014 elections

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Races to watch in Virginia

U.S. Congress

See also: Virginia's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014

Rep. Scott Rigell (R) faced re-election in a district that became increasingly Democratic since his 2010 election. He defeated Suzanne Patrick, a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Jumpstart program, which was designed to provide early support to top-tier Democratic challengers.


Elections by type

U.S. Senate

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U.S. Senate elections in Virginia

See also: United States Senate elections in Virginia, 2014 and United States Senate elections, 2014

Voters in Virginia elected one member to the U.S. Senate in the election on November 4, 2014.

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
March 27, 2014
No primary
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. Virginia utilizes an open primary process in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1][2]

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

Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by February 10, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014 (22 days before election).[3]

See also: Virginia elections, 2014

Incumbent: The election filled the Senate seat held by Mark Warner (D). Warner was first elected in 2008.

Candidates

Red padlock.png Note: The filing deadline for candidates was March 27, 2014.

General election candidates


Republican Party June 7, 2014, Republican State Convention

Withdrew from race


U.S. House

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U.S. House of Representatives elections in Virginia

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2014 and United States House of Representatives elections, 2014

The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Virginia took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected 11 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
March 27, 2014
June 10, 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. Virginia utilizes an open primary process in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[12][13]

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

Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by February 10, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014 (22 days before election).[14]

See also: Virginia elections, 2014


Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held 8 of the 11 congressional seats from Virginia.

Members of the U.S. House from Virginia -- Partisan Breakdown
Party As of November 2014 After the 2014 Election
     Democratic Party 3 3
     Republican Party 8 8
Total 11 11

Incumbents

Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the 11 congressional districts were:

Name Party District
Robert J. Wittman Ends.png Republican 1
Scott Rigell Ends.png Republican 2
Robert C. Scott Electiondot.png Democratic 3
Randy Forbes Ends.png Republican 4
Robert Hurt Ends.png Republican 5
Bob Goodlatte Ends.png Republican 6
Eric Cantor Ends.png Republican 7
Jim Moran Electiondot.png Democratic 8
Morgan Griffith Ends.png Republican 9
Frank Wolf Ends.png Republican 10
Gerald Connolly Electiondot.png Democratic 11

List of candidates by district

Red padlock.png Note: The filing deadline for candidates was March 27, 2014.

1st Congressional District

General election candidates


Republican Party June 10, 2014, Republican primary

Failed to file


2nd Congressional District

General election candidates

Failed to file

3rd Congressional District

General election candidates

Failed to file


4th Congressional District

General election candidates

5th Congressional District

General election candidates


Republican Party May 22, 2014, Republican Candidate Announcement

Democratic Party May 31, 2014, Democratic Convention

Third Party candidates


6th Congressional District

General election candidates

Failed to file


7th Congressional District

General election candidates


Republican Party June 10, 2014, Republican primary


Libertarian Party Libertarian candidate

Failed to file


7th Congressional District Special election

Special election candidates

Failed to file


8th Congressional District

General election candidates


Republican Party Republican convention results

Democratic Party June 10, 2014, Democratic primary

Grey.png Third Party Candidates

Failed to file

Withdrew prior to primary

Potential candidates

  • Democratic Party Walter Tejada: Arlington County Board member[50]


9th Congressional District

General election candidates

Failed to file

10th Congressional District

General election candidates

April 26, 2014, Republican primary results[73]

Failed to file

Withdrew from race

Declined to run


11th Congressional District

General election candidates

Failed to file


State Senate

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State Senate special elections in Virginia

See also: Virginia state legislative special elections, 2014 and State legislative special elections, 2014

There were no regularly scheduled state legislature election in Virginia in 2014 - only special elections.

Special elections by date

January 7, 2014

January 21, 2014



State House

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State House special elections in Virginia

See also: Virginia state legislative special elections, 2014 and State legislative special elections, 2014

There were no regularly scheduled state legislature election in Virginia in 2014 - only special elections.

Special elections by date

January 7, 2014



February 25, 2014



School boards

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School board elections in Virginia

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See also: Virginia school board elections, 2014 and List of school board elections in 2014

In 2014, 670 of America's largest school districts held elections for 2,188 seats. These elections took place in 37 states.

State elections

A total of nine Virginia school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2014 for 32 seats. Chesterfield County Public Schools held a special election on March 18, 2014, for one seat. Three districts held elections on May 6, 2014, while the remaining five districts held elections on November 4, 2014.

Here are several quick facts about Virginia's school board elections in 2014:

  • An average of 2.16 candidates ran for each board seat up for election in 2014 in Virginia’s largest school districts by enrollment, which was higher than the national average of 1.89 candidates per seat.
  • 15.63 percent of the school board seats on the ballot in 2014 were unopposed. This was a lower percentage than the 32.57 percent of school board seats that were unopposed nationally.
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The districts listed below served 322,532 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.[108] Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.

2014 Virginia School Board Elections
District Date Seats up for election Total board seats Student enrollment
Chesterfield County Public Schools 3/18/2014 1 5 59,233
Chesapeake Public Schools 5/6/2014 5 9 39,748
Hampton City Schools 5/6/2014 3 7 21,588
Newport News City Public Schools 5/6/2014 4 7 30,488
Arlington Public Schools 11/4/2014 2 5 21,485
Henrico County Public Schools 11/4/2014 1 5 49,654
Portsmouth Public Schools 11/4/2014 5 9 14,674
Suffolk Public Schools 11/4/2014 5 7 14,507
Virginia Beach City Public Schools 11/4/2014 6 11 71,185



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Voting in Virginia

See also: Voting in Virginia

Important voting information

  • 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. Virginia utilizes an open primary process in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[109][110]

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

  • Virginia passed legislation in 2013 authorizing online voter registration, but a system has not yet been implemented.

Voting absentee

See also: Absentee voting by state

For information about eligibility, deadlines, military and overseas voting and updates to the voting laws in Virginia, please visit our absentee voting by state page.

Voting early

See also: Early voting

Virginia is one of fourteen states that do not allow early voting. Although it is not technically considered early voting, Virginians may submit an absentee ballot in-person, serving the same purpose as early voting.[111][112]

Elections Performance Index

See also: Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index

Virginia ranked 25th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2012 elections. The EPI examined election administration performance and assigned an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. These indicators were chosen in order to determine both the convenience and integrity of these three phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. Virginia received an overall score of 65 percent.[113]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed October 7, 2024
  2. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections,"Casting a Ballot," accessed October 7, 2024
  3. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections Website, "Become a Registered Voter," accessed January 3, 2014
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 Virginia Public Access Project, "U.S. Senate," accessed April 3, 2013 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ Politico, "Libertarian to run for Senate in Va.," accessed January 30, 2014
  6. ↑ WJLA, "Robert Sarvis considering U.S. Senate run against Warner", accessed December 3, 2013
  7. ↑ Roll Call, "Report: Ed Gillespie to Challenge Mark Warner", accessed January 10, 2014
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Associated Press, "Va. US Senate race draws 4 Republican candidates," accessed February 3, 2014 (dead link)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Hill, "Three file against Gillespie for Va. Senate," accessed February 25, 2014
  10. ↑ Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, "Republicans Announce U.S. Senate Candidates Looking to Challenge Warner," accessed February 25, 2014
  11. ↑ Politico, "Ed Gillespie GOP challenger Howie Lind drops out," accessed February 4, 2014
  12. ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed October 7, 2024
  13. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections,"Casting a Ballot," accessed October 7, 2024
  14. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections Website, "Become a Registered Voter," accessed January 3, 2014
  15. ↑ Facebook, "Vote Hailey 2014," accessed June 24, 2014
  16. ↑ Associated Press, "Virginia - Summary Vote Results," accessed June 10, 2014
  17. ↑ Anthony Riedel for U.S. Congress Facebook Page, "Info," accessed February 25, 2014
  18. ↑ Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, "Libertarian to Challenge Wittman for House Seat," accessed February 11, 2014
  19. ↑ Roll Call, "Rigell receives Democratic challenger," accessed August 28, 2013
  20. ↑ Libertarian Party of Virginia, "Our Candidates," accessed March 21, 2014
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections, "List of Candidates," accessed July 24, 2014
  22. ↑ FreedomOutpost.com, "Virginia Libertarian Party has Recruited Candidates for each of the State’s 11 Congressional Districts," accessed June 2, 2014
  23. ↑ GSforCongress.com, "Home," accessed June 2, 2014
  24. ↑ Fausz 4 Congress, "Elliott Fausz announces candidacy for VA-4 Congressional District," accessed June 19, 2014
  25. ↑ Libertarian Party of Virginia, "Our Candidates," accessed March 21, 2014
  26. ↑ FaquierGOP.com, "Rep. Robert Hurt Unopposed For Republican 5th District Nomination," accessed June 1, 2014
  27. ↑ WINA.com, "Democrats Nominate Lawrence Gaughan For Congress," accessed June 1, 2014
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Virginia State Board of Elections, "Primary Nominees," accessed April 3, 2014
  29. ↑ Bearing Drift, "Robert Hurt gets Democratic challenger in Fifth Congressional District," accessed February 25, 2014
  30. ↑ NBC 29, "Lawrence Gaughan Announces Candidacy for 5th District Congressional Seat," accessed March 20, 2014
  31. ↑ FreedomOutpost.com, "Virginia Libertarian Party has Recruited Candidates for each of the State’s 11 Congressional Districts," accessed June 2, 2014
  32. ↑ Elect Ken, "Home," accessed June 2, 2014
  33. ↑ Times Dispatch, "Hammer receives Libertarian nod in 6th," accessed June 1, 2014
  34. ↑ Virginia Conservative, "Bevington Still In Race, Picks Up Endorsement," accessed April 5, 2014
  35. ↑ Paul Bevington for Congress, "Home," accessed March 19, 2014
  36. ↑ The Hill, "Eric Cantor gets a Tea Party challenger", accessed January 7, 2014
  37. ↑ Libertarian Party of Virginia, "Our Candidates," accessed March 21, 2014
  38. ↑ Campaign website, "Home", accessed December 3, 2013
  39. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "2014 Republican Primaries for U.S House of Representatives," accessed April 3, 2014
  40. ↑ Examiner, "Congressional candidate: 'Pro life people are the true tyrants of America'," accessed March 1, 2014
  41. ↑ MrMediaTraining.com, "The Candidate Who Got Crushed by a Smarter Interviewer," April 13, 2014
  42. ↑ Facebook, "David Brat for Congress," August 13, 2014
  43. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named special
  44. ↑ Associated Press, "Virginia - Summary Vote Results," accessed June 10, 2014
  45. ↑ National Review, "Meet Micah Edmond, a Republican Running in Moran’s District," accessed March 12, 2014
  46. ↑ VAGOP8CD.org, "8th Congressional District Virginia Republican Convention," accessed April 30, 2014
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.3 47.4 47.5 47.6 47.7 Virginia Public Access Project, "U.S. House District 8," accessed April 3, 2014 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "vpap" defined multiple times with different content
  48. ↑ Arlington Patch, "Patrick Hope Launches Congressional Campaign," accessed February 3, 2014
  49. ↑ Lavern Chatman for Congress, "LAVERN CHATMAN, COMMUNITY LEADER, ENTERS RACE FOR CONGRESS IN 8TH DISTRICT OFFERING A NEW TYPE OF LEADERSHIP," accessed February 10, 2014
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 50.2 50.3 50.4 Washington Post, "A crowded sprint to the left looms in race for Jim Moran’s N.Va. congressional seat," accessed February 3, 2014
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 Washington Post, "Former Va. Lt. Gov. Don Beyer will enter race for Jim Moran’s congressional seat this week," accessed February 3, 2014
  52. ↑ Roll Call, "Democrat Don Beyer Will Run to Replace Jim Moran in Virginia", accessed January 24, 2014
  53. ↑ Richmond Times Dispatch, "Ebbin formally announces bid for Moran's congressional seat," accessed February 3, 2014
  54. ↑ Metro Weekly, "Adam Ebbin announces congressional run for Virginia's 8th District seat," accessed February 3, 2014
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 Washington Blade, "Adam Ebbin enters race for Congress," accessed February 3, 2014
  56. ↑ 56.0 56.1 Washington Post, "Derek Hyra, Mark Levine entering Democratic field to replace Rep. James P. Moran in House," accessed February 19, 2014
  57. ↑ Libertarian Party of Virginia, "Our Candidates," accessed March 21, 2014
  58. ↑ Gwendolyn Beck, "Home," accessed June 2, 2014
  59. ↑ Armenian Reporter, "Nancy Najarian joins congressional race in N. Virginia," accessed March 31, 2014
  60. ↑ Washington Post, "Charniele Herring joins field for Rep. Moran’s seat, will step down as chair of Va. Democrats," accessed February 3, 2014
  61. ↑ Washington Post "Alexandria delegate drops out of Democratic primary in Virginia’s 8th District", accessed May 15, 2014
  62. ↑ Facebook "Korpe for Congress" accessed May 15, 2014
  63. ↑ Washington Post, "Va. Del Alfonso Lopez drops out of 8th congressional district Democratic primary," accessed April 5, 2014
  64. ↑ Roll Call, "Fifth Democrat to Enter Race to Replace Jim Moran," accessed January 27, 2014
  65. ↑ Washington Post, "Shuttleworth withdraws from Northern Virginia congressional race", accessed May 15, 2014
  66. ↑ The Washington Post, "Sickles drops out of race for Moran’s N.Va. congressional seat," accessed March 17, 2014
  67. ↑ William Carr for Congress, "Home," accessed July 17, 2014
  68. ↑ Matthew Edwards, "Home," accessed June 2, 2014
  69. ↑ Washington Post, "Democratic Fairfax supervisor John Foust will enter 2014 race to unseat GOP Rep. Frank Wolf," accessed January 7, 2014
  70. ↑ The Hill, "Comstock launches bid to succeed Wolf," accessed January 7, 2014
  71. ↑ Libertarian Party of Virginia, "Our Candidates," accessed March 21, 2014
  72. ↑ VAGOP10.org, "April 26, 2014 Party Canvass: Unofficial Results," accessed April 28, 2014
  73. ↑ VAGOP10.org, "April 26, 2014 Party Canvass: Unofficial Results," accessed April 28, 2014
  74. ↑ 74.0 74.1 74.2 74.3 74.4 Washington Post, "Bob Marshall jumps into crowded GOP race to succeed Frank Wolf in Congress," accessed February 17, 2014
  75. ↑ Times Dispatch, "Marshall seeking Wolf’s congressional seat," accessed February 17, 2014
  76. ↑ Campaign website, "Home," accessed January 27, 2014
  77. ↑ Washington Post, "Bob Marshall jumps into crowded GOP race to succeed Frank Wolf in Congress," accessed February 15, 2014
  78. ↑ ABC News, "State Dinner Crasher Tareq Salahi to Run for Congress," accessed December 20, 2013
  79. ↑ Northern Virginia Daily, "Candidate Salahi says residency no bar to serving 10th District," accessed February 3, 2014
  80. ↑ Email submission to Ballotpedia on January 7, 2014
  81. ↑ [Candidate submitted information to BP Staff on March 12, 2014]
  82. ↑ Bolger for Congress, "Richard Bolger Suspends Campaign for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District," accessed March 17, 2014
  83. ↑ Roll Call, "Frank Wolf Receives Democratic Challenger," accessed September 9, 2013
  84. ↑ Loudon Times, "Leesburg Democrat exits 10th Congressional District race," accessed March 17,2014
  85. ↑ Campaign website, "About," accessed January 7, 2014
  86. ↑ Washington Post, "Race to succeed Frank Wolf in Congress could feature sharp Republican divide," accessed February 17, 2014
  87. ↑ Mother Jones, "GOP Congressional Candidate: Spousal Rape Shouldn't Be a Crime," accessed January 17, 2014
  88. ↑ Roll Call, "Republican Drops Bid for Wolf’s Seat in Virginia," accessed January 23, 2014
  89. ↑ Suzanne Scholte for Congress, "Meet Suzanne," accessed May 8, 2014
  90. ↑ Joe Galdo for Congress, "Home," accessed March 5, 2014
  91. ↑ Libertarian Party of Virginia, "Our Candidates," accessed March 21, 2014
  92. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Mark Gibson for Congress," accessed March 11, 2014
  93. ↑ washingtonpost.com, "Va. Senate control hangs in balance as Democrat leads special election by 22 votes," January 7, 2014
  94. ↑ bradblog.com, "Another VA 'Recount' Coming: 9-Vote Margin in Special Election for Control of State Senate," January 10, 2014
  95. ↑ Washington Post, "Democrat wins Virginia Senate recount, giving Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s agenda a crucial boost," January 27, 2014
  96. ↑ Virginia Secretary of State, "Official special election results," accessed January 30, 2014
  97. ↑ wvec.com, "Special Election in Senate District 6 set for January 7th," December 6, 2013 (dead link)
  98. ↑ Washington Post, "Democrats win state Senate seat in Northern Virginia — and perhaps control of the chamber," January 21, 2014
  99. ↑ Virginia Secretary of State, "Official special election results," accessed January 30, 2014
  100. ↑ nbc29.com, "VA Senate Special Election Set Jan. 21," December 20, 2013
  101. ↑ washingtonpost.com, "Va. Senate control hangs in balance as Democrat leads special election by 22 votes," January 7, 2014
  102. ↑ Virginia Secretary of State, "Official special election results," accessed January 22, 2014
  103. ↑ roanoke.com, " Ware to resign from House of Delegates, citing mother’s poor health," November 14, 2013
  104. ↑ governor.virginia.gov, " Governor McDonnell Sets Date for Special Election in Virginia House District 11," November 27, 2013 (dead link)
  105. ↑ Washington Post, "Bloxom wins special election to fill Va House seat," February 26, 2014
  106. ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, "Official special election results," accessed March 14, 2014
  107. ↑ dailyprogress.com, "Feb. 25 set for Va. House special election," January 29, 2014
  108. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed March 21, 2014
  109. ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed October 7, 2024
  110. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections,"Casting a Ballot," accessed October 7, 2024
  111. ↑ Long Distance Voter, "Early Voting Rules," accessed December 16, 2013
  112. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "Absentee and Early Voting," accessed December 16, 2013
  113. ↑ Pew Charitable Trusts, "Election Performance Index Report," accessed April 23, 2014
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