section_path: Political aspirations/2014 House of Representatives election
section_name: 2014 House of Representatives election
paragraph_text: 2014 House of Representatives election
  
  Bongino ran for the U.S. House of Representatives seat from Maryland's 6th congressional district in the 2014 election against incumbent Democrat John Delaney. Bongino narrowly lost to Delaney by 1.5 percentage points. Bongino carried four of the district's five counties, but had a 20,500-vote deficit in the district's share of Montgomery County in the outer suburbs of Washington.
  
  Bongino ran for the U.S. House of Representatives seat from Maryland's 6th congressional district in the 2014 election against incumbent Democrat John Delaney. Bongino narrowly lost to Delaney by 1.5 percentage points. Bongino carried four of the district's five counties, but had a 20,500-vote deficit in the district's share of Montgomery County in the outer suburbs of Washington.