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2014 Virginia U.S. House District 5 Election

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Who won the 2014 Virginia U.S. House District 5 Election?

Robert Hurt won the 2014 Virginia U.S. House District 5 Election. Robert Hurt received 124,735 popular votes (60.86%). The main challenger was W. Lawrence Gaughan (35.85%).

See the full head-to-head between Hurt and Gaughan

Hurt +25.0 pts · won by 51,253 votes
Robert HurtRepublicanWINNER60.86%
124,735 votes
W. Lawrence GaughanDemocratic35.85%
73,482 votes
Paul F. JonesLibertarian2.1%
4,298 votes
Kenneth J. HildebrandtGreen1.08%
2,209 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.