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He faced Republican State Senator [[Evan Jenkins (politician)|Evan Jenkins]] in the November general election.<ref name=results/> Jenkins had served in the state legislature for 20 years as a Democrat, but had switched parties. Jenkins and Rahall had contributed to each other's campaigns in the decade's previous election cycles.<ref name="Contributions">{{cite news|url=http://www.charlestondailymail.com/News/statenews/201307290182|title=Nick Rahall, Evan Jenkins contributed to each other's campaigns|work=[[Charleston Daily Mail]]|date=July 30, 2013|access-date=October 6, 2014|author=Boucher, Dave}}</ref>
Rahall was considered one of the most "endangered" House Democrats by the House Democratic campaign committee.<ref name="results"/><ref name=retire/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://atr.rollcall.com/nick-rahall-political-survival-west-virginia-2014|title=Nick Rahall Bets Political Survival on Local Brand|work=At the Races; Roll Call|author=Abby Livingston|date=July 9, 2014|access-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref> He received an endorsement from the NRA.<ref name=nra>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlestondailymail.com/article/20140918/dm01/140919211|title=NRA endorses Nick Rahall for Congress|publisher=Charleston Daily Mail|date=September 18, 2014|access-date=October 3
As of September 18, 2014, the race was rated a "toss up" by both University of Virginia political professor [[Larry Sabato]], of [[Sabato's Crystal Ball]], and [[Stu Rothenberg]] of the Rothenberg Political Report.<ref name=nra/> As of October 2, managing editor Kyle Kondik of Sabato's Crystal Ball said the race was still a toss-up, calling it "Super close, super expensive and super nasty."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2014/10/02/looking-into-the-crystal-ball/|title= Looking into the Crystal Ball|publisher=West Virginia Metro News|date=October 2, 2014|access-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.com/ratings/house|title=House Ratings|publisher= The Rothenberg Political Report|access-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref> The Rahall campaign outspent the Jenkins campaign in the election by a two-to-one ratio.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/midterm-elections-2014-live-updates/story?id=26570502|title=Republicans Projected To Seize Control Of The Senate: 2014 Midterm Elections Results Live|author=ABC News|work=ABC News}}</ref>
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