United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, 2014
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1The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in West Virginia was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the three U.S. Representatives from West Virginia, one from each of the state's three congressional districts.
Representatives are elected for two-year terms. Those elected served in the 114th Congress from January 2015 until January 2017.
Republican David McKinley, who had represented West Virginia's 1st congressional district since 2011, was re-elected in 2012. While McKinley had expressed some interest in running for Senate, he later declared he would not run. He filed for re-election to his House seat on January 15, 2014.
Glen Gainer III, the West Virginia State Auditor, sought the Democratic nomination unopposed.
Republican Shelley Moore Capito, who had represented West Virginia's 2nd congressional district since 2001, won her seventh term in Congress with almost 70 percent of the vote in 2012. She announced that she would not run for re-election, so that she could run for the United States Senate seat held by retiring Democrat Jay Rockefeller.
In 2014, Democrat Nick Rahall, who had represented West Virginia in Congress since 1977, ran for re-election to the 3rd District seat, after having considered running for the Senate but instead deciding to run for re-election. Veteran Richard Ojeda ran against Rahall for the Democratic nomination, but lost. Rahall was considered one of the most "endangered" House Democrats by the House Democratic campaign committee. Rahall was endorsed by the National Rifle Association's Political Victory Fund.
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