2014 United States House of Representatives elections
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2014, in the middle of President Barack Obama's second term in office. Elections were held for all 435 seats of the House of Representatives, representing the 50 states. Elections were also held for the non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five territories. The winners of these elections served in the 114th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States Census. The Republicans won 16 seats from  Democrats, while three Republican-held seats turned Democratic. The Republicans achieved their largest majority in the House since 1928 due to a sizeable Republican wave. Combined with the Republican gains made in 2010, the total number of Democratic-held House seats lost under Barack Obama's presidency in midterm elections rose to 77 with these elections. This marked the highest number of House seats lost under a two-term president of the same party since Harry S. Truman. With 36.4% of eligible voters voting, the voter turnout was the lowest since 1942. This would be the last time the GOP  made more seat gains in the House until 2020. The Republican Party’s 247-seat majority was the largest number of seats that they had controlled since 1946. As of 2021, this is the last congressional election in which Democrats won a house seat in Nebraska, and the last time Republicans won a house seat in New Hampshire. Results summary. Source: Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk (does not include blank and over/under votes) Voter demographics. Source: "CNN" exit poll Incumbents who retired. Forty-one representatives retired from their seats. Democrats. Sixteen Democrats (seventeen, including the delegate from the  Virgin Islands) retired from their seats. Republicans. Twenty-five Republicans retired from their seats. Incumbents defeated. In the general election. Republicans had a net gain of nine seats, taken from Democrats. Democrats. Eleven Democrats (twelve, including the delegate from American Samoa) lost re-election to Republicans. Republicans. Two Republicans lost re-election to Democrats. Open seat gains. Republicans had a net gain of four seats previously held by Democrats. Democratic to Republican. Five open seats previously held by Democrats were won by Republicans. Republican to Democratic. One open seat previously held by a Republican was won by a Democrat. Closest  races. In forty-seven races, the margin of victory was less than 10%. Special elections. Five special elections were held in 2014. Non-voting delegates. ! ! ! !