2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2014 election for Iowa's 1st District
U.S. House · Iowa
Rod Blum (R) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating Pat Murphy (D) by 2.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Rod BlumRepublican · winner
51.1%147,762
Pat MurphyDemocrat
48.8%141,145
289,306 votes
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2014
Races before and after
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 AM ET
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
Pat MurphyRod Blum
$1.4M
Raised by the campaign
$1.1M
$1.4M
Spent by the campaign
$1M
$1.3K
Cash on hand
$44.6K
Campaign money: FEC, through Dec 31, 2014.
Source: FEC campaign filingsUpdated Dec 31, 2014