Election Results Show Push Back Against Amnesty Votes

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Immigration policy played a major role in debates, polls, and news leading up to the 2014 mid-term elections. Below is a run down of immigration-related election results.

Oregon

• Ballot Measure 88 subjected Senate Bill 833, which gave illegal immigrants access to drivers licenses, to the popular vote and failed by a two-to-one margin, 66.7% to 33.3%.

Arkansas

• Incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor (D), who voted for the Senate amnesty bill, lost to Rep. Tom Cotton (R) by a margin of 56.6% to 39.4%.

Louisiana

• Incumbent Sen. Mary Landrieu (D), who voted for the Senate amnesty bill, faces a runoff electionagainst Republican candidate Bill Cassidy.

North Carolina

• Incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan (D), who voted for the Senate amnesty bill, lost to Republican challenger Thom Tillis by a margin of 49% to 47.3%.

Alaska

• Incumbent Sen. Mark Begich (D), who voted for the Senate amnesty bill, lost to Republican challenger Dan Sullivan by a margin of 49% to 45.3%.

New Hampshire

• Incumbent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D), who voted for the Senate amnesty bill, won over Republican challenger Scott Brown by a margin of 51.8% to 48.2%, a much narrower margin than expected.

Colorado

• Incumbent Sen. Mark Udall (D), who voted for the Senate amnesty bill, lost to Republican challenger Cory Gardner by a margin of 49.4% to 45.2%.

Virginia

• Candidate David Brat (R), who unseated House Majority Leader and amnesty supporter Rep. Eric Cantor in the primary, bests his Democratic rival, Jack Trammell, in the general election by 62% to 38%.

Kansas

• Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R), who has been under continual attack due to his work on immigration enforcement, won his race against Democrat Jean Kurtis Schodorf by a margin of 59% to 41%.

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