Primary runoffs, necessary if no candidate won a majority of the vote, were held on July 15.

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama by district:[1] Republican incumbent Bradley Byrne, who had represented the district since a December 2013 special election,[2] ran for re-election.

Byrne was originally believed to be running for re-election unopposed, but LeFlore managed to qualify.

[10] DeMarco and Palmer advanced to a July 15 runoff election to decide the Republican primary.

[17] Palmer faced Democrat Mark Lester, a professor at Birmingham-Southern College who replaced original nominee Avery Vise.