African American Members of 114th Congress

November 7, 2014
What Do I Know blog
[Based on updating sitting African-American Congress Members and googling to find new
African-American members. There may be some people missing. Ill keep checking. Please let
me know if you find errors or omissions.]
Election results mostly from: LA Times election results page
Other results are from the Virgin Islands Voting results and District of Columbia Board of
Elections
Red indicates that an incumbent left Congress and was not replaced by an African American.
One term Congressman Steven Horsford of Nevada is in this category.
Green indicates an incumbent left Congress, replaced by another African American. Examples
are Alma Adams, Stacey Plaskett, and also a couple of others who replaced departing Congress
Members during the session and were elected in November 2014.
Blue indicates new African American member of Congress in district that was not previously
represented by an African-American - Brenda Lawrence won a seat that was held by an
African-American until the 2012 election when two Democratic Congress Members were
redistricted into the same district. The white winner - Gary Peters - rans successfully for US
Senate in 2014.
There were two Republican African-Americans elected Mia Love and Will Hurd.
The representatives are Democrats unless identified (R)

In addition to Members of the House of Representatives, there are two African American US
Senators:
Sen. Tim Scott (R-NC) was appointed to Jim DeMinnts term after Dements resignation. He
won the election to finish the last two years of the DeMints term November 4, 2014.
Sen Cory Booker (D-NJ) won a special election when Sen. Lautenberg died and was reelected
November 4, 2014.

Incumbent/State District

State

Terri Sewell
Alabama 7th

AL

% of Vote

Notes
ran unopposed

Incumbent/State District

State

% of Vote

Notes

Karen Bass
California 37th district (LA)

CA

83%

Barbara Lee
California 13th

CA

87%

Laura Richardson
California 37th lost in 2012

CA

Defeated
by Rep.
Janice
Hahn (D)
60%-40%
(2012)

Maxine Waters
California 43rd

CA

70%

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Delegate, Washington DC

DC

81%

Corrine Brown
Floridas 5th district

FL

71%-25%3%

Allen West* (GOP)

Florida 22nd (now 18th) lost
to Patrick Murphy (D) in a
close race in 2012. Murphy
won easily in 2014)

FL

Frederica Wilson
Florida 24th

FL

86%

Alcee L. Hastings
Florida 23rd Now 20th

FL

81%

Sanford D.Bishop, Jr.

Georgia 2nd District

GA

59%

10

Hank Johnson
Georgia 4th

GA

unopposed

11

John Lewis
Georgia 5th

GA

unopposed

12

David Scott
Georgia 13th

GA

unopposed

Incumbent/State District

State

% of Vote

13

Bobby L. Rush
Illinois 1st

IL

72%

14

Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.

Illinois 2nd
Robin Kelly, April 11, 2013

IL

78%

15

Danny K. Davis
Illinois 7th

IL

85%

16

Andre Carson
Indianas 7th district

IN

54%

17

Cedric Richmond
Louisiana 2nd

LA

68%

18

Donna Edwards
Maryland 4th

MD

70%

19

Elijah E. Cummings
Maryland 7th

MD

69%

20

Brenda Lawrence
Michigan 15th

MI

77%

21

John Conyers, Jr.

Michigan 13th

MI

79%

22

Keith Ellison
Minnesota 5th

MN

79%

23

William Lacy Clay, Jr.

1st Missouri District (St.
Louis)

MO

72%

24

Emanuel Cleaver II
5th Missouri (KC)

MO

51%

25

Bennie Thompson
Mississippi 2nd

MS

67%

Notes

replaced Jackson who

resigned midterm and won
the Nov. election

Hansen Clarke LOST in 2012

to white Dem Congressman
Gary Peters in primary after
redistricting. Peters won US
Senate seat in 2014.

Incumbent/State District

State

% of Vote

Notes

26

G.K. Butterfield
5th District North Carolina
Now 1st

NC

73%

27

Alma Adams
(Melvin L. Watt
Resigned Jan 6, 2014 to
become director of the
Federal Housing Finance
Agency.
North Carolina 12th
Alma Adams (D) defeated
against Vince Coakley (R )
both are Black

NC

75%

28

Donald M. Payne Jr.

New Jersey 10th

NJ

85%

replaced his father Donald M

Payne who died in 2012,

Steven Horsford

NV

lost 48.5%
- 45.8%

Lost to white Republican

Cresent Hardy

29

Yvette Clarke
New Yorks 9th district

NY

89%

30

Gregory W. Meeks
New York 5th

NY

95%

31

Hakeem Jeffries
New York 8th District

NY

91%

32

Charles B. Rangel
New York 13th

NY

87%

33

Joyce Beatty
Ohio 3rd -

OH

63%

34

Marcia L. Fudge
Ohio 11th

OH

79%

35

Chaka Fattah
Penn 2nd

PA

87%

36

James E. Clyburn
6th District South Carolina Sumter

SC

72%

Incumbent/State District

State

% of Vote

37

Al Green
Texas 9th

TX

90%

38

Sheila Jackson Lee

Texas 18th

TX

71%

39

Eddie Bernice Johnson

Texas 30th

TX

87%

40

Marcia Veassey -Texas 33 New District in 2012

TX

86%

41

Will Hurd (R)

Texas District 23

TX

49%

42

Mia Love (R)

Utah 4th District

UT

50%

43

Robert C. Scott
Virginia 3rd

VA

44

Stacey Plaskett replaced

Donna M. Christensen who
ran for governor
US Virgin Islands Delegate

VI

90%

45

Gwendolynne Moore
Wisconsin 4th

WI

70%

Notes

Lowest margin of victory

unopposed
Christensen lost the
gubernatorial race