2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected the 7 U.S. representatives from the state of Alabama. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including the Governor of Alabama.

Primary elections were held on June 3, 2014. Primary runoffs, necessary if no candidate won a majority of the vote, were held on July 15.

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

District 1
Republican incumbent Bradley Byrne, who had represented the district since a December 2013 special election, ran for re-election.

Nominee

 * Bradley Byrne, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

 * Burton LeFlore, real estate agent and nominee for this seat in 2013

Campaign
Byrne was originally believed to be running for re-election unopposed, but LeFlore managed to qualify.

District 2
Republican incumbent Martha Roby, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Nominee

 * Martha Roby, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

 * Erick Wright

District 3
Republican incumbent Mike Rogers, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election.

Nominee

 * Mike Rogers, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Thomas Casson

Nominee

 * Jesse T. Smith, U.S. Army veteran

District 4
Republican incumbent Robert Aderholt, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election.

Nominee

 * Robert Aderholt, incumbent U.S. Representative

Withdrawn

 * Thomas E. Drake II

Democratic primary
No Democrats filed for the office.

District 5
Republican incumbent Mo Brooks, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary
Brooks had defeated the then incumbent Democrat-turned-Republican Parker Griffith, in the 2010 Republican primary and again in 2012. Supporters of Griffith circulated petitions to get him on the ballot as an independent. He considered doing so, but instead re-joined the Democratic Party and ran for Governor.

Nominee

 * Mo Brooks, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Jerry Hill

Declined

 * Parker Griffith, former U.S. Representative

Candidates
No Democrats filed to run.

Declined

 * Parker Griffith, former U.S. Representative

General election
Mark Bray challenged Brooks as an independent candidate, with Reggie Hill running as a write-in candidate.

District 6
Republican incumbent Spencer Bachus, who had represented the 6th district since 1993, did not run for re-election.

Nominee

 * Gary Palmer, president of the conservative think tank Alabama Policy Institute

Eliminated in primary

 * Scott Beason, state senator and candidate for this seat in 2012
 * Will Brooke, executive vice president and managing partner of Harbert Management Corporation
 * Paul DeMarco, state representative
 * Chad Mathis, orthopedic surgeon
 * Robert Shattuck, attorney
 * Tom Vigneulle, businessman

Declined

 * Bill Armistead, chairman of the Alabama Republican Party and former state senator
 * Spencer Bachus, incumbent U.S. Representative
 * Slade Blackwell, state senator
 * Greg Canfield, Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce and former state representative
 * David Carrington, president of the Jefferson County Commission
 * Steve French, former state senator
 * Tony Petelos, Jefferson County Manager
 * Rob Riley, attorney and son of former governor Riley
 * Minda Riley Campbell, attorney and daughter of former governor Bob Riley
 * Cliff Sims, blogger
 * David Standridge, state representative and candidate for this seat in 2012
 * Cam Ward, state senator
 * Jack Williams, state representative

Results
DeMarco and Palmer advanced to a July 15 runoff election to decide the Republican primary.

Nominee

 * Avery Vise, businessman

Campaign
Palmer faced Democrat Mark Lester, a professor at Birmingham-Southern College who replaced original nominee Avery Vise.

Robert Shattuck, who lost in the Republican primary, ran as a write-in candidate.

Libertarian Aimee Love had been running, but the Alabama Libertarian Party was unable to secure ballot access for federal elections.

District 7
Democrat incumbent Terri Sewell, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Nominee

 * Terri Sewell, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Tamara Harris Johnson, former Birmingham City Attorney

Republican primary
No Republicans filed to run for the office.