2014 United States gubernatorial elections

2014 United States gubernatorial elections

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39 governorships 36 states; 3 territories[1]
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 29 21 Seats after 31 18 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 32,353,526 29,722,192 Percentage 50.33% 46.24% Seats up 22 14 Seats won 24 11   Third party   Party Independent Seats before 0 Seats after 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 475,101 Percentage 0.74% Seats up 0 Seats won 1
Map of the results      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Independent gain      No election The 2013 sspecial elections, although covered in this article, are not included in this infobox summary.

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 4, 2014, in 36 states and three territories, concurrent with other elections during the 2014 United States elections.

The Republicans defended 22 seats, compared to the Democrats' 14. The Republicans held open seats in Arizona, Nebraska, and Texas; and gained open Democratic-held seats in Massachusetts, Maryland, and Arkansas. Republican Bruce Rauner also defeated Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn in Illinois. The only Republican losses were incumbents Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania, who lost to Democrat Tom Wolf; and Sean Parnell of Alaska, who lost to independent Bill Walker. Democrats held their open seat in Rhode Island, as well as Hawaii, where incumbent governor Neil Abercrombie was defeated in the primary.

All totaled, the Republicans had a net gain of two seats (giving them 31 total), the Democrats had a net loss of three seats (leaving them with 18 total), and an independent picked up one seat (giving them 1 total). As a result of these races, Republican Terry Branstad was re-elected to his sixth full four-year term as governor of Iowa, and thus became the longest-serving governor in U.S. history.^[2]

As of 2024, this is the last time that Republicans have won gubernatorial races in Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, and Wisconsin; that Democrats won races in New Hampshire and Vermont; that a candidate outside of the two major parties won the governorship of Alaska or any state; and that Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin did not vote for gubernatorial candidates of the same party.^[3]

Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat.

Most election predictors use:

• "tossup": no advantage
• "tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
• "lean": slight advantage
• "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage
• "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory

State	PVI[4]	Incumbent[5]	Last race	Cook Nov 3, 2014[6]	IE Nov 3, 2014[7]	Sabato Nov 3, 2014[8]	RCP Nov 2, 2014[9]	Result
Alabama	R+14	Robert J. Bentley	57.9% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Safe R	Bentley 63.6% R
Alaska	R+12	Sean Parnell	59.1% R	Tossup	Tossup	Lean I (flip)	Tossup	Walker 48.1% I (flip)
Arizona	R+7	Jan Brewer (term-limited)	54.3% R	Lean R	Lean R	Likely R	Lean R	Ducey 53.4% R
Arkansas	R+14	Mike Beebe (term-limited)	64.4% D	Lean R (flip)	Lean R (flip)	Likely R (flip)	Lean R (flip)	Hutchinson 55.4% R (flip)
California	D+9	Jerry Brown	53.8% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Safe D	Brown 60.0% D
Colorado	D+1	John Hickenlooper	51.1% D	Tossup	Tilt D	Lean D	Tossup	Hickenlooper 49.3% D
Connecticut	D+7	Dan Malloy	49.5% D	Tossup	Tossup	Lean D	Tossup	Malloy 50.7% D
Florida	R+2	Rick Scott	48.9% R	Tossup	Tossup	Lean D (flip)	Tossup	Scott 48.1% R
Georgia	R+6	Nathan Deal	53.0% R	Tossup	Lean R	Lean R	Tossup	Deal 52.1% R
Hawaii	D+20	Neil Abercrombie (lost renomination)	57.8% D	Lean D	Lean D	Likely D	Likely D	Ige 49.5% D
Idaho	R+18	Butch Otter	59.1% R	Solid R	Likely R	Likely R	Likely R	Otter 53.5% R
Illinois	D+8	Pat Quinn	46.8% D	Tossup	Tossup	Lean D	Tossup	Rauner 50.3% R (flip)
Iowa	D+1	Terry Branstad	52.9% R	Likely R	Solid R	Safe R	Safe R	Branstad 59.0% R
Kansas	R+12	Sam Brownback	63.3% R	Tossup	Tossup	Lean D (flip)	Tossup	Brownback 49.8% R
Maine	D+6	Paul LePage	37.6% R	Tossup	Tossup	Lean D (flip)	Tossup	LePage 48.2% R
Maryland	D+10	Martin O'Malley (term-limited)	56.2% D	Tossup	Tilt D	Lean D	Tossup	Hogan 51.0% R (flip)
Massachusetts	D+10	Deval Patrick (retiring)	48.4% D	Tossup	Tilt R (flip)	Lean R (flip)	Tossup	Baker 48.4% R (flip)
Michigan	D+4	Rick Snyder	58.1% R	Tossup	Tilt R	Lean R	Tossup	Snyder 50.9% R
Minnesota	D+2	Mark Dayton	43.6% D	Likely D	Solid D	Likely D	Lean D	Dayton 50.1% D
Nebraska	R+12	Dave Heineman (term-limited)	74.3% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Likely R	Ricketts 57.2% R
Nevada	D+2	Brian Sandoval	53.4% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Safe R	Sandoval 70.6% R
New Hampshire	D+1	Maggie Hassan	54.6% D	Lean D	Likely D	Lean D	Tossup	Hassan 52.4% D
New Mexico	D+4	Susana Martinez	53.3% R	Likely R	Solid R	Safe R	Likely R	Martinez 57.2% R
New York	D+11	Andrew Cuomo	54.3% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Safe D	Cuomo 54.3% D
Ohio	R+1	John Kasich	49.0% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Safe R	Kasich 63.6% R
Oklahoma	R+19	Mary Fallin	60.4% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Likely R	Fallin 55.8% R
Oregon	D+5	John Kitzhaber	49.3% D	Likely D	Safe D	Likely D	Lean D	Kitzhaber 49.9% D
Pennsylvania	D+1	Tom Corbett	54.5% R	Likely D (flip)	Likely D (flip)	Safe D (flip)	Likely D (flip)	Wolf 54.9% D (flip)
Rhode Island	D+11	Lincoln Chafee (retiring)	36.1% I [a]	Tossup	Tilt D	Lean D	Tossup	Raimondo 40.7% D
South Carolina	R+8	Nikki Haley	51.4% R	Likely R	Likely R	Likely R	Likely R	Haley 55.9% R
South Dakota	R+10	Dennis Daugaard	61.5% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Safe R	Daugaard 70.5% R
Tennessee	R+12	Bill Haslam	65.0% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Safe R	Haslam 70.3% R
Texas	R+10	Rick Perry (retiring)	55.0% R	Likely R	Solid R	Safe R	Likely R	Abbott 59.3% R
Vermont	D+16	Peter Shumlin	57.8% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Likely D	Shumlin 46.4% D
Wisconsin	D+2	Scott Walker	53.1% R	Tossup	Tilt R	Lean R	Tossup	Walker 52.3% R
Wyoming	R+22	Matt Mead	65.7% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Safe R	Mead 59.4% R

Data from The New York Times^[10]

State	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Alabama	Robert J. Bentley	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert J. Bentley (Republican) 63.6% ▌Parker Griffith (Democratic) 36.2%[11]
Alaska	Sean Parnell	Republican	2009[b]	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. Independent gain.	▌Y Bill Walker (Independent) 48.1%[12] ▌Sean Parnell (Republican) 45.9%[12] ▌Carolyn Clift (Libertarian) 3.2% ▌J. R. Myers (Constitution) 2.5%[13]
Arizona	Jan Brewer	Republican	2009[c]	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Republican hold.	▌Y Doug Ducey (Republican) 53.4% ▌Fred DuVal (Democratic) 41.6%[12] ▌Barry Hess (Libertarian) 3.8%[14] ▌John Lewis Mealer (Americans Elect) 1.0%[14]
Arkansas	Mike Beebe	Democratic	2006	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Republican gain.	▌Y Asa Hutchinson (Republican) 55.4% ▌Mike Ross (Democratic) 41.5%[12] ▌Frank Gilbert (Libertarian) 1.9%[15] ▌Josh Drake (Green) 1.2%[16]
California	Jerry Brown	Democratic	1974 1982 (retired) 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jerry Brown (Democratic) 60.0% ▌Neel Kashkari (Republican) 40.0%[17]
Colorado	John Hickenlooper	Democratic	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Hickenlooper (Democratic) 49.3%[18] ▌Bob Beauprez (Republican) 46.0%[19] ▌Matthew Hess (Libertarian) 1.9%[20] ▌Harry Hempy (Green) 1.3% ▌Mike Dunafon (Independent) 1.2%
Connecticut	Dannel Malloy	Democratic	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dannel Malloy (Democratic) 50.7% ▌Thomas C. Foley (Republican) 48.2%[21] ▌Joe Visconti (Independent) 1.1%
Florida	Rick Scott	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Rick Scott (Republican) 48.1% ▌Charlie Crist (Democratic) 47.1%[22] ▌Adrian Wyllie (Libertarian) 3.8%[23][24]
Georgia	Nathan Deal	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nathan Deal (Republican) 52.7% ▌Jason Carter (Democratic) 44.9%[25] ▌Andrew Hunt (Libertarian) 2.4%[26]
Hawaii	Neil Abercrombie	Democratic	2010	Incumbent lost renomination. New governor elected. Democratic hold.	▌Y David Ige (Democratic) 49.5%[27] ▌Duke Aiona (Republican) 37.1%[28] ▌Mufi Hannemann (Independent) 11.7% ▌Jeff Davis (Libertarian) 1.8%[29]
Idaho	Butch Otter	Republican	2006	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Butch Otter (Republican) 53.5% ▌A. J. Balukoff (Democratic) 38.6% ▌John Bujak (Libertarian) 4.1% ▌Jill Humble (Independent) 2.0% ▌Steven Pankey (Constitution) 1.2%[30]
Illinois	Pat Quinn	Democratic	2009[d]	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. Republican gain.	▌Y Bruce Rauner (Republican) 50.3%[31] ▌Pat Quinn (Democratic) 46.4%[31] ▌Chad Grimm (Libertarian) 3.4%[32]
Iowa	Terry Branstad	Republican	1982 1998 (retired) 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Terry Branstad (Republican) 59.0% ▌Jack Hatch (Democratic) 37.3%[33] ▌Lee Hieb (Libertarian) 1.8%[34]
Kansas	Sam Brownback	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sam Brownback (Republican) 49.8% ▌Paul Davis (Democratic) 46.1%[35] ▌Keen Umbehr (Libertarian) 4.1%[36]
Maine	Paul LePage	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Paul LePage (Republican) 48.2% ▌Mike Michaud (Democratic) 43.4%[28] ▌Eliot Cutler (Independent) 8.4%[37]
Maryland	Martin O'Malley	Democratic	2006	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Republican gain.	▌Y Larry Hogan (Republican) 51.0%[38] ▌Anthony Brown (Democratic) 47.3%[38] ▌Shawn Quinn (Libertarian) 1.5%
Massachusetts	Deval Patrick	Democratic	2006	Incumbent retired. New governor elected. Republican gain.	▌Y Charlie Baker (Republican) 48.4%[39] ▌Martha Coakley (Democratic) 46.5%[40] ▌Evan Falchuk (United Independent) 3.3%[41]
Michigan	Rick Snyder	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Rick Snyder (Republican) 50.9% ▌Mark Schauer (Democratic) 46.9%[42] ▌Mary Buzuma (Libertarian) 1.1%
Minnesota	Mark Dayton	DFL	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mark Dayton (DFL) 50.1% ▌Jeff Johnson (Republican) 44.5% ▌Hannah Nicollet (Independence) 2.9% ▌Chris Wright (GLC) 1.6%
Nebraska	Dave Heineman	Republican	2005[e]	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Republican hold.	▌Y Pete Ricketts (Republican) 57.2%[43] ▌Chuck Hassebrook (Democratic) 39.2%[43] ▌Mark Elworth Jr. (Libertarian) 3.5%[43]
Nevada	Brian Sandoval	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Brian Sandoval (Republican) 70.6% ▌Bob Goodman (Democratic) 23.9%[44] ▌David VanDerBeek (Independent American) 2.7%[44]
New Hampshire	Maggie Hassan	Democratic	2012	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Maggie Hassan (Democratic) 52.4% ▌Walt Havenstein (Republican) 47.4%
New Mexico	Susana Martinez	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Susana Martinez (Republican) 57.2% ▌Gary King (Democratic) 42.8%[28]
New York	Andrew Cuomo	Democratic	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Andrew Cuomo (Democratic) 54.3%[28] ▌Rob Astorino (Republican) 40.3% ▌Howie Hawkins (Green) 4.8%[45]
Ohio	John Kasich	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Kasich (Republican) 63.6%[28] ▌Ed FitzGerald (Democratic) 33.0%[46] ▌Anita Rios (Green) 3.3%[47]
Oklahoma	Mary Fallin	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mary Fallin (Republican) 55.8% ▌Joe Dorman (Democratic) 41.0%[28] ▌Kimberly Willis (Independent) 2.1% ▌Richard Prawdzienski (Independent) 1.1%[48]
Oregon	John Kitzhaber	Democratic	1994 2002 (term-limited) 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Kitzhaber (Democratic) 49.9% ▌Dennis Richardson (Republican) 44.1%[28] ▌Jason Levin (Green) 2.0% ▌Paul Grad (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌Aaron Auer (Constitution) 1.1% ▌Chris Henry (Progressive) 1.0%
Pennsylvania	Tom Corbett	Republican	2010	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y Tom Wolf (Democratic) 54.9%[28] ▌Tom Corbett (Republican) 45.1%
Rhode Island	Lincoln Chafee	Democratic	2010[f]	Incumbent retired. New governor elected. Democratic hold.	▌Y Gina Raimondo (Democratic) 40.7%[28] ▌Allan Fung (Republican) 36.2%[28] ▌Robert J. Healey (Moderate) 21.4% ▌Kate Fletcher (Independent) 1.1%
South Carolina	Nikki Haley	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nikki Haley (Republican) 55.9%[49] ▌Vincent Sheheen (Democratic) 41.4%[49] ▌Steve French (Libertarian) 1.2%[49]
South Dakota	Dennis Daugaard	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dennis Daugaard (Republican) 70.5% ▌Susan Wismer (Democratic) 25.4%[28] ▌Michael J. Myers (Independent) 4.1%[50]
Tennessee	Bill Haslam	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Haslam (Republican) 70.3% ▌Charles Brown (Democratic) 22.8%[51] ▌John Jay Hooker (Independent) 2.3%[51] ▌Shaun Crowell (Constitution) 2.0%[51] ▌Isa Infante (Green) 1.4%[51]
Texas	Rick Perry	Republican	2000[g]	Incumbent retired. New governor elected. Republican hold.	▌Y Greg Abbott (Republican) 59.3%[31] ▌Wendy Davis (Democratic) 38.9%[31] ▌Kathie Glass (Libertarian) 1.4%[52]
Vermont	Peter Shumlin	Democratic	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Peter Shumlin (Democratic) 46.4% ▌Scott Milne (Republican) 45.1% ▌Dan Feliciano (Libertarian) 4.4% ▌Emily Peyton (Independent) 1.6%
Wisconsin	Scott Walker	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Scott Walker (Republican) 52.3% ▌Mary Burke (Democratic) 46.6%[53]
Wyoming	Matt Mead	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Matt Mead (Republican) 59.4% ▌Pete Gosar (Democratic) 27.3% ▌Don Wills (Independent) 5.9% ▌Dee Cozzens (Libertarian) 2.4%

Territory	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
District of Columbia	Vincent C. Gray	Democratic	2010	Incumbent lost renomination. New mayor elected. Democratic hold.	▌Y Muriel Bowser (Democratic) 54.5% ▌David Catania (Independent) 34.6% ▌Carol Schwartz (Independent) 7.0%
Guam	Eddie Calvo	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eddie Calvo (Republican) 63.7% ▌Carl Gutierrez (Democratic) 36.0%[54]
Northern Mariana Islands	Eloy Inos	Republican	2013[h]	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eloy Inos (Republican) 57.0% ▌Heinz Hofschneider (Independent) 43.0%[55]
U.S. Virgin Islands	John de Jongh	Democratic	2006	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Independent gain.	▌Y Kenneth Mapp (Independent) 63.9%[56] ▌Donna Christian-Christensen (Democratic) 35.9%[57]

States where the margin of victory was under 5%:

1. Florida, 1.0%
2. Vermont, 1.3%
3. Massachusetts, 1.9%
4. Alaska, 2.2%
5. Connecticut, 2.5%
6. Colorado, 3.3%
7. Kansas, 3.7%
8. Maryland, 3.8%
9. Illinois, 3.9%
10. Michigan, 4.0%
11. Rhode Island, 4.5%
12. Maine, 4.8%

States where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. New Hampshire, 5.0%
2. Minnesota, 5.6%
3. Wisconsin, 5.7%
4. Oregon, 5.8%
5. Georgia, 7.8%
6. Pennsylvania, 9.8%

Red denotes states won by Republicans. Blue denotes states won by Democrats. Grey denotes states won by Independents.

2014 Alabama gubernatorial election

← 2010 November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 2018 →

Nominee Robert J. Bentley Parker Griffith Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 750,231 427,787 Percentage 63.6% 36.2%

County results

Governor before election Robert J. Bentley Republican Elected Governor Robert J. Bentley Republican

Governor Robert J. Bentley ran for re-election. Bentley was elected with 57.9% of the vote in 2010.^[58]

Former Morgan County commissioner Stacy Lee George challenged Bentley in the Republican primary, as did Bob Starkey, a retired software company executive.^[59][60]

Former baseball player and businessman Kevin Bass and former U.S. representative Parker Griffith pursued the Democratic nomination, which Griffith won.^[61][62]

Bentley won re-election to a second term.

Alabama general election^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert J. Bentley (incumbent)	750,231	63.56
	Democratic	Parker Griffith	427,787	36.24
	Write-in		2,395	0.20
Total votes			1,180,413	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Alaska gubernatorial election

← 2010 November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 2018 →

Nominee Bill Walker Sean Parnell Party Independent Republican Running mate Byron Mallott Dan Sullivan Popular vote 134,658 128,435 Percentage 48.1% 45.9%

State house district results

Governor before election Sean Parnell Republican Elected Governor Bill Walker Independent

Governor Sean Parnell ran for another term.^[64] Attorney and 2010 Republican primary candidate Bill Walker at first ran in the Republican primary, but withdrew and instead ran as an independent.^[65] Governor Parnell was defeated by Independent Bill Walker.

Former Mayor of Juneau Byron Mallott won the Democratic gubernatorial primary on August 19 with 80% of the vote.^[66] On September 2, Walker and Mallott merged their campaigns, with Walker, who ran for governor and Mallott, who ran for lieutenant governor.^[67]

Alaska general election^[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bill Walker	134,658	48.10
	Republican	Sean Parnell (incumbent)	128,435	45.88
	Libertarian	Carolyn Clift	8,985	3.21
	Constitution	J. R. Myers	6,987	2.50
	Write-in		893	0.32
Total votes			279,958	100.00
	Independent gain from Republican

2014 Arizona gubernatorial election

← 2010 November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 2018 →

Nominee Doug Ducey Fred DuVal Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 805,062 626,921 Percentage 53.4% 41.6%

County results

Governor before election Jan Brewer Republican Elected Governor Doug Ducey Republican

Governor Jan Brewer was term-limited in 2014 despite only serving one full term, as Arizona state law limits office holders to two consecutive terms, regardless of whether they are full or partial terms. In November 2012, Brewer declared she was looking into what she called "ambiguity" in Arizona's term-limit law to seek a second full four-year term.^[69]

On March 12, 2014, Brewer announced she would not seek re-election to another four-year term, which would have required a "longshot court challenge" to the Arizona Constitution.

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett,^[70] Mesa Mayor Scott Smith,^[71] State Treasurer of Arizona Doug Ducey,^[72] State Senator Al Melvin,^[73] former Go Daddy executive vice president Christine Jones,^[74] and former county attorney of Maricopa County Andrew Thomas sought the Republican nomination.^[75] Ducey won.

Fred DuVal, former chairman of the Arizona Board of Regents^[76] won the Democratic nomination.

Ducey won the election.

Arizona general election^[77]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Ducey	805,062	53.44
	Democratic	Fred DuVal	626,921	41.62
	Libertarian	Barry Hess	57,337	3.81
	Americans Elect	John Lewis Mealer	15,432	1.02
	Write-in		1,664	0.11
Total votes			1,506,416	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Arkansas gubernatorial election

← 2010 November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 2018 →

Nominee Asa Hutchinson Mike Ross Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 470,429 352,115 Percentage 55.4% 41.5%

County results

Governor before election Mike Beebe Democratic Elected Governor Asa Hutchinson Republican

Governor Mike Beebe was term-limited in 2014.^[78] Former representative Mike Ross was the Democratic nominee,^[79] while former representative Asa Hutchinson^[80] was the Republican nominee.

Hutchinson won the election.

Arkansas general election^[81]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Asa Hutchinson	470,429	55.44
	Democratic	Mike Ross	352,115	41.49
	Libertarian	Frank Gilbert	16,319	1.92
	Green	Josh Drake	9,729	1.15
Total votes			848,592	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

2014 California gubernatorial election

← 2010 November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 2018 →

Nominee Jerry Brown Neel Kashkari Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 4,388,368 2,929,213 Percentage 60.0% 40.0%

County results

Governor before election Jerry Brown Democratic Elected Governor Jerry Brown Democratic

Governor Jerry Brown sought re-election. He was elected to a third non-consecutive term with 53.1% of the vote in 2010, having previously served as governor from 1975 to 1983.^[82]

State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly and former U.S. Treasury Department Official Neel Kashkari were running for the Republican nomination.^[83] Former lieutenant governor Abel Maldonado launched a campaign but then withdrew.^[84] With 19 percent of the vote Kashkari came in second after Governor Jerry Brown (54 percent) under California's new Nonpartisan blanket primary.

California general election^[85]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Brown (incumbent)	4,388,368	59.97
	Republican	Neel Kashkari	2,929,213	40.03
Total votes			7,317,581	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014 Colorado gubernatorial election

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Nominee John Hickenlooper Bob Beauprez Party Democratic Republican Running mate Joe Garcia Jill Repella Popular vote 1,006,433 938,195 Percentage 49.3% 46.0%

County results

Governor before election John Hickenlooper Democratic Elected Governor John Hickenlooper Democratic

Governor John Hickenlooper sought re-election. Hickenlooper was elected with 50.7% of the vote in 2010.

State Senator Greg Brophy, former congressman Tom Tancredo, Colorado secretary of state Scott Gessler, and former congressman Bob Beauprez all ran for the Republican nomination. Beauprez was the Republican nominee.

Hickenlooper won re-election to a second term.

Colorado general election^[86][87]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Hickenlooper (incumbent)	1,006,433	49.30
	Republican	Bob Beauprez	938,195	45.95
	Libertarian	Matthew Hess	39,590	1.94
	Green	Harry Hempy	27,391	1.34
	Independent	Mike Dunafon	24,042	1.18
	Independent	Paul Fiorino	5,923	0.29
	Write-in		31	0.00
Total votes			2,041,605	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014 Connecticut gubernatorial election

← 2010 November 4, 2014 2018 →

Nominee Dannel Malloy Thomas C. Foley Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 554,314 526,295 Percentage 50.7% 48.2%

County results

Governor before election Dannel Malloy Democratic Elected Governor Dannel Malloy Democratic

Governor Dan Malloy sought re-election.^[88] Malloy was elected with 49.51% of the vote in 2010.

Former U.S. ambassador to Ireland and 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate Thomas C. Foley challenged Malloy again after losing by less than 1% of the vote in 2010.^[89]

Malloy won re-election to a second term.

Connecticut general election^[90]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dannel Malloy (incumbent)	554,314	50.73
	Republican	Thomas C. Foley	526,295	48.16
	Independent	Joe Visconti	11,456	1.05
	Write-in		708	0.06
Total votes			1,092,773	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014 Florida gubernatorial election

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Nominee Rick Scott Charlie Crist Party Republican Democratic Running mate Carlos Lopez-Cantera Annette Taddeo Popular vote 2,865,343 2,801,198 Percentage 48.1% 47.1%

County results

Governor before election Rick Scott Republican Elected Governor Rick Scott Republican

Governor Rick Scott was elected with 48.9% of the vote in 2010, defeating then-Chief Financial Officer of Florida Alex Sink by a margin of just over 1 percent.^[91] He announced his bid for a second term^[92] and faced former Republican governor turned Democrat Charlie Crist^[93] and Libertarian Adrian Wyllie.^[94]

Democratic state senator Nan Rich^[95] lost to Charlie Crist in the primary.

Economist and 2010 Independent nominee for governor Farid Khavari also ran.^[96]

Scott won re-election to a second term.

Florida general election^[97]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Scott (incumbent)	2,865,343	48.14
	Democratic	Charlie Crist	2,801,198	47.07
	Libertarian	Adrian Wyllie	223,356	3.75
	Independent	Glenn Burkett	41,341	0.70
	Independent	Farid Khavari	20,186	0.34
	Write-in		137	0.00
Total votes			5,951,571	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Georgia gubernatorial election

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Nominee Nathan Deal Jason Carter Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,345,237 1,144,794 Percentage 52.7% 44.9%

County results

Governor before election Nathan Deal Republican Elected Governor Nathan Deal Republican

Governor Nathan Deal sought re-election. Deal was elected with 53% of the vote in 2010.^[98]

State School Superintendent John Barge and Mayor of Dalton David Pennington also ran for the Republican nomination.^[99][100]

State Senator Jason Carter, the grandson of former president and Governor Jimmy Carter, ran for the Democratic nomination.^[101] Connie Stokes, a former Georgia state senator and DeKalb County commissioner, was running for governor,^[102] but decided to run for lieutenant governor instead.^[101] Carter won the gubernatorial nomination.

Deal won re-election to a second term.

Georgia general election^[103]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nathan Deal (incumbent)	1,345,237	52.74
	Democratic	Jason Carter	1,144,794	44.88
	Libertarian	Andrew Hunt	60,185	2.36
	Write-in		432	0.02
Total votes			2,550,648	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Hawaii gubernatorial election

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Nominee David Ige Duke Aiona Mufi Hannemann Party Democratic Republican Independent Running mate Shan Tsutsui Elwin Ahu Les Chang Popular vote 181,106 135,775 42,934 Percentage 49.5% 37.1% 11.7%

County results

Governor before election Neil Abercrombie Democratic Elected Governor David Ige Democratic

Governor Neil Abercrombie launched his re-election campaign on April 29, 2013; sought a second term in 2014.^[104] Abercrombie was elected with 58.2% of the vote in 2010 over former lieutenant governor Duke Aiona. However, in 2014, State Senator David Ige challenged Abercrombie for the Democratic nomination, and successfully defeated Abercrombie for the nomination in a landslide victory during the state's primary election on August 9, 2014. Abercrombie's primary election defeat was the first in Hawaii history for a governor, and marked the first time an incumbent governor lost re-election since William F. Quinn's defeat in 1962.^[105]

In the midst of Abercrombie's loss, former lieutenant governor Duke Aiona won the Republican nomination for governor for the second time, and former Honolulu mayor Mufi Hannemann won his primary as an independent. They along with David Ige advanced to the gubernatorial general election. Ige won the election.

Hawaii general election^[106]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Ige	181,106	49.45
	Republican	Duke Aiona	135,775	37.08
	Independent	Mufi Hannemann	42,934	11.72
	Libertarian	Jeff Davis	6,395	1.75
Total votes			366,210	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014 Idaho gubernatorial election

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Nominee Butch Otter A. J. Balukoff Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 235,405 169,556 Percentage 53.5% 38.6%

County results

Governor before election Butch Otter Republican Elected Governor Butch Otter Republican

Governor Butch Otter sought a third term.^[107] Otter was elected to a second term with 59.1% of the vote in 2010.^[108] State Senator Russ Fulcher unsuccessfully challenged Otter for the Republican nomination.^[109]

A. J. Balukoff, President of the Boise School Board,^[110] won the Democratic nomination.

Otter won re-election to a third term.

Idaho general election^[111]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Butch Otter (incumbent)	235,405	53.52
	Democratic	A. J. Balukoff	169,556	38.55
	Libertarian	John Bujak	17,884	4.07
	Independent	Jill Humble	8,801	2.00
	Constitution	Steven Pankey	5,219	1.19
	Independent	Pro-Life	2,870	0.65
	Write-in		95	0.02
Total votes			439,830	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Illinois gubernatorial election

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Nominee Bruce Rauner Pat Quinn Party Republican Democratic Running mate Evelyn Sanguinetti Paul Vallas Popular vote 1,823,627 1,681,343 Percentage 50.3% 46.4%

County results

Governor before election Pat Quinn Democratic Elected Governor Bruce Rauner Republican

Democratic Governor Pat Quinn sought re-election, but was defeated by Businessman Bruce Rauner. Quinn was elected to a full term with 46.6% of the vote in 2010.

Businessman Bruce Rauner, Treasurer Dan Rutherford, and state senators Kirk Dillard and Bill Brady ran for the Republican nomination.^[112]

On March 18, 2014, Bruce Rauner won the primary and the GOP nomination with 40.1% of the vote.^[31]

Illinois general election^[113]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Rauner	1,823,627	50.27
	Democratic	Pat Quinn (incumbent)	1,681,343	46.35
	Libertarian	Chad Grimm	121,534	3.35
	Write-in		1,186	0.03
Total votes			3,627,690	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

2014 Iowa gubernatorial election

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Nominee Terry Branstad Jack Hatch Party Republican Democratic Running mate Kim Reynolds Monica Vernon Popular vote 666,032 420,787 Percentage 59.0% 37.3%

County results

Governor before election Terry Branstad Republican Elected Governor Terry Branstad Republican

Governor Terry Branstad sought a sixth non-consecutive term.^[114] He was elected to a fifth term (non-consecutive) with 53% of the vote in 2010.^[115] Political activist Tom Hoefling unsuccessfully challenged Branstad for the Republican nomination.^[116]

Assistant Majority Leader of the Iowa State Senate Jack Hatch^[117] former Des Moines school board member Jonathan Narcisse^[118] and Webster bus driver Paul Dahl,^[119] sought the Democratic nomination. Hatch won.

Branstad won re-election and became the longest-serving governor in US history.

Iowa general election^[120]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Terry Branstad (incumbent)	666,032	58.99
	Democratic	Jack Hatch	420,787	37.27
	Libertarian	Lee Hieb	20,321	1.80
	Independent	Jim Hennager	10,582	0.94
	Independent	Jonathan Narcisse	10,240	0.91
	Write-in		1,095	0.09
Total votes			1,129,057	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Kansas gubernatorial election

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Nominee Sam Brownback Paul Davis Party Republican Democratic Running mate Jeff Colyer Jill Docking Popular vote 433,196 401,100 Percentage 49.8% 46.1%

County results

Governor before election Sam Brownback Republican Elected Governor Sam Brownback Republican

Governor Sam Brownback sought re-election.^[121] Brownback was elected with 63.4% of the vote in 2010.^[122] He easily won the Republican nomination.

Paul Davis, Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives, successfully ran for the Democratic nomination.^[123] According to The Fix, Democrats saw this as the "sleeper race" of 2014.^[124]

Brownback won re-election to a second term.

Kansas general election^[125]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Brownback (incumbent)	433,196	49.82
	Democratic	Paul Davis	401,100	46.13
	Libertarian	Keen Umbehr	35,206	4.05
Total votes			869,502	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Maine gubernatorial election

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Nominee Paul LePage Mike Michaud Eliot Cutler Party Republican Democratic Independent Popular vote 294,533 265,125 51,518 Percentage 48.2% 43.4% 8.4%

County results

Governor before election Paul LePage Republican Elected Governor Paul LePage Republican

Governor Paul LePage sought a second term.^[126] LePage was elected with 38.3% of the vote in a competitive three member race in 2010.^[127] He easily won the Republican nomination.

Representative Mike Michaud successfully ran for the Democratic nomination.^[128] Independent candidate Eliot Cutler, who finished second in Maine's 2010 gubernatorial election, also ran against LePage.^[129]

LePage won re-election to a second term.

Maine general election^[130]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul LePage (incumbent)	294,519	48.19
	Democratic	Mike Michaud	265,114	43.37
	Independent	Eliot Cutler	51,515	8.43
	Write-in		79	0.01
Total votes			611,227	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Maryland gubernatorial election

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Nominee Larry Hogan Anthony Brown Party Republican Democratic Running mate Boyd Rutherford Kenneth Ulman Popular vote 884,400 818,890 Percentage 51.0% 47.3%

County results

Governor before election Martin O'Malley Democratic Elected Governor Larry Hogan Republican

Governor Martin O'Malley was term-limited in 2014.^[131]

O'Malley endorsed Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown to succeed him.^[132] Attorney General Douglas Gansler^[133] and State Delegate Heather Mizeur^[134] sought the Democratic nomination as well.

On the Republican side, candidates had included Harford County Executive David R. Craig,^[135] Chairman of Change Maryland and former Maryland Secretary of Appointments Larry Hogan,^[136] Delegate Ron George, former Charles County Republican Central Committee chairman Charles Lollar,^[137] and 2012 U.S. Senate candidate Brian Vaeth.^[138]

On June 24, Brown and Hogan won their respective primaries. On November 4, Hogan was elected as governor.^[139]

Maryland general election^[140]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Hogan	884,400	51.03
	Democratic	Anthony Brown	818,890	47.25
	Libertarian	Shawn Quinn	25,382	1.46
	Write-in		4,505	0.26
Total votes			1,733,177	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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Nominee Charlie Baker Martha Coakley Party Republican Democratic Running mate Karyn Polito Steve Kerrigan Popular vote 1,044,573 1,004,408 Percentage 48.4% 46.5%

County results

Governor before election Deval Patrick Democratic Elected Governor Charlie Baker Republican

Governor Deval Patrick was eligible to run for re-election, but decided not to seek a third term.^[141]

State senator and Cape Air CEO Dan Wolf was running for the Democratic nomination, but withdrew after the Ethics Commission ruled his co-ownership of Cape Air violated state conflict of interest rules.^[142]

Democratic candidates included PAREXEL executive Joseph Avellone,^[143] former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Donald Berwick,^[144] Attorney General Martha Coakley,^[145] Treasurer Steve Grossman,^[146] and former Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs Juliette Kayyem.^[147] Coakley won the nomination.

Republican candidates included former Massachusetts cabinet official and 2010 nominee Charlie Baker,^[148] and TEA Party member and Shrewsbury small businessman Mark Fisher.^[149] Baker won the nomination.

Baker won the election.

Massachusetts general election^[150]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charlie Baker	1,044,573	48.39
	Democratic	Martha Coakley	1,004,408	46.54
	United Independent	Evan Falchuk	71,814	3.33
	Independent	Scott Lively	19,378	0.90
	Independent	Jeff McCormick	16,295	0.75
	Write-in		1,858	0.09
Total votes			2,158,326	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

2014 Michigan gubernatorial election

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Nominee Rick Snyder Mark Schauer Party Republican Democratic Running mate Brian Calley Lisa Brown Popular vote 1,605,034 1,476,904 Percentage 50.9% 46.9%

County results

Governor before election Rick Snyder Republican Elected Governor Rick Snyder Republican

Governor Rick Snyder sought re-election to a second term and was unopposed in the August 5 party primary.^[151] Snyder was elected with 58.1% of the vote in 2010.

Former representative Mark Schauer was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.^[152]

Snyder won re-election to a second term.

Michigan general election^[153]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Snyder (incumbent)	1,607,399	50.92
	Democratic	Mark Schauer	1,479,057	46.86
	Libertarian	Mary Buzuma	35,723	1.13
	Constitution	Mark McFarlin	19,368	0.61
	Green	Paul Homeniuk	14,934	0.47
	Write-in		50	0.00
Total votes			3,156,531	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Minnesota gubernatorial election

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Nominee Mark Dayton Jeff Johnson Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Running mate Tina Smith Bill Kuisle Popular vote 989,113 879,257 Percentage 50.1% 44.5%

County results

Governor before election Mark Dayton Democratic (DFL) Elected Governor Mark Dayton Democratic (DFL)

Governor Mark Dayton sought re-election. Dayton was elected with 43.7% of the vote in 2010. Teacher Rob Farnsworth, investment banker Scott Honour, Hennepin County commissioner and former state representative Jeff Johnson, perennial candidate Ole Savior, former Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives and candidate for governor in 2010 Marty Seifert, state senator and former radio host Dave Thompson, and state representative and former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives Kurt Zellers sought the Republican nomination.^{[154][155][156][157][158][159][160]} Activist Leslie Davis sought the DFL nomination.^[157]

Minnesota general election^[161]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Mark Dayton (incumbent)	989,113	50.07
	Republican	Jeff Johnson	879,257	44.51
	Independence	Hannah Nicollet	56,900	2.88
	Grassroots	Chris Wright	31,259	1.58
	Libertarian	Chris Holbrook	18,082	0.92
	Write-in		795	0.04
Total votes			1,975,406	100.00
	Democratic (DFL) hold

2014 Nebraska gubernatorial election

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Nominee Pete Ricketts Chuck Hassebrook Party Republican Democratic Running mate Mike Foley Jane Raybould Popular vote 308,751 211,905 Percentage 57.2% 39.2%

County results

Governor before election Dave Heineman Republican Elected Governor Pete Ricketts Republican

Governor Dave Heineman was term-limited in 2014.^[162]

Former Republican lieutenant governor Rick Sheehy had been endorsed by Heineman, but Sheehy exited the race due to a report regarding a series of inappropriate phone calls he had made to women who were not his wife.^[163] State senators Tom Carlson, Charlie Janssen, and Beau McCoy also ran for the Republican nomination.^[164][165] Other potential Republican candidates include Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Foley and businessman Pete Ricketts. The nomination was won by Ricketts.

Executive director of the Center for Rural Affairs Chuck Hassebrook ran for the Democratic nomination.^[166] State Senator Annette Dubas was also running, but she has withdrawn, leaving Hassebrook the only Democratic candidate.^[167] Hassebrook won the nomination.

Ricketts won the election.

Nebraska general election^[168]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Ricketts	308,751	57.15
	Democratic	Chuck Hassebrook	211,905	39.23
	Libertarian	Mark Elworth	19,001	3.52
	Write-in		545	0.10
Total votes			540,202	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Nevada gubernatorial election

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Nominee Brian Sandoval Bob Goodman Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 386,340 130,722 Percentage 70.6% 23.9%

County results

Governor before election Brian Sandoval Republican Elected Governor Brian Sandoval Republican

Governor Brian Sandoval sought a second term. Sandoval was elected with 53.4% of the vote in 2010.^[169]

Anthropology Professor Frederick "Fred" Conquest and Businessman Chris Hyepock ran for the Democratic nomination.^[170] Bob Goodman, won the nomination.

Family therapist David Lory VanDerBeek successfully sought the Independent American nomination.

Sandoval won re-election to a second term.

Nevada general election^[171]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Sandoval (incumbent)	386,340	70.58
	Democratic	Bob Goodman	130,722	23.88
		None of These Candidates	15,751	2.88
	Independent American	David Lory VanDerBeek	14,536	2.66
Total votes			547,349	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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Nominee Maggie Hassan Walt Havenstein Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 254,666 229,610 Percentage 52.4% 47.4%

County results Municipality results

Governor before election Maggie Hassan Democratic Elected Governor Maggie Hassan Democratic

Governor Maggie Hassan, elected in 2012 sought re-election.^[172] New Hampshire's governors serve two-year terms.

Former U.S. representative Frank Guinta had not ruled out the possibility of running for the Republican nomination.^[173]

New Hampshire general election^[174]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maggie Hassan (incumbent)	254,666	52.38
	Republican	Walt Havenstein	230,610	47.43
	Write-in		907	0.19
Total votes			486,183	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014 New Mexico gubernatorial election

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Nominee Susana Martínez Gary King Party Republican Democratic Running mate John Sanchez Deb Haaland Popular vote 293,443 219,362 Percentage 57.2% 42.8%

County results

Governor before election Susana Martínez Republican Elected Governor Susana Martínez Republican

Governor Susana Martinez sought a second term. Martinez was elected with 53.6% of the vote in 2010.^[175]

State Attorney General Gary King, the son of former governor Bruce King^[176] Businessman Alan Webber,^[177] former New Mexico Director of the Farm Service Agency Lawrence Rael,^[178] and state senators Howie Morales^[179] and Linda Lopez sought the Democratic nomination.^[180] King won.

Martinez won re-election to a second term.

New Mexico general election^[181]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susana Martinez (incumbent)	293,443	57.22
	Democratic	Gary King	219,362	42.78
Total votes			512,805	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 New York gubernatorial election

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Nominee Andrew Cuomo Rob Astorino Party Democratic Republican Alliance Parties Independence Women's Equality Working Families Parties Conservative Stop Common Core Running mate Kathy Hochul Christopher Moss Popular vote 2,069,480 1,537,077 Percentage 54.3% 40.3%

County results

Governor before election Andrew Cuomo Democratic Elected Governor Andrew Cuomo Democratic

Governor Andrew Cuomo sought re-election.^[182] Cuomo was elected with 62.6% of the vote in 2010 over Carl Paladino.^[183] Paladino might seek a rematch. Other potential Republican candidates are Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino,^[184] businessman Donald Trump, State Assemblyman Steven McLaughlin, Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro and Harry Wilson, the nominee for State Comptroller in 2010.

New York general election^[185]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew Cuomo	1,811,672	47.52
	Working Families	Andrew Cuomo	126,244	3.31
	Independence	Andrew Cuomo	77,762	2.04
	Women's Equality	Andrew Cuomo	53,802	1.41
	Total	Andrew Cuomo (incumbent)	2,069,480	54.28
	Republican	Rob Astorino	1,234,951	32.39
	Conservative	Rob Astorino	250,634	6.57
	Stop Common Core	Rob Astorino	51,492	1.35
	Total	Rob Astorino	1,537,077	40.31
	Green	Howie Hawkins	184,419	4.84
	Libertarian	Michael McDermott	16,769	0.44
	Sapient	Steven Cohn	4,963	0.13
Total votes			3,812,708	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014 Ohio gubernatorial election

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Nominee John Kasich Ed FitzGerald Party Republican Democratic Running mate Mary Taylor Sharen Neuhardt Popular vote 1,944,848 1,009,359 Percentage 63.6% 33.0%

County results

Governor before election John Kasich Republican Elected Governor John Kasich Republican

Governor John Kasich sought a second term. Kasich was elected with 49.4% of the vote in 2010.^[186]

Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald^[187] and Hamilton County commissioner Todd Portune are running for the Democratic nomination.^[188]

Former Ohio state representative Charlie Earl is running for the Libertarian nomination.^[189]

Kasich won re-election to a second term.

Ohio general election^[190]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Kasich (incumbent)	1,944,848	63.64
	Democratic	Ed FitzGerald	1,009,359	33.03
	Green	Anita Rios	101,706	3.33
Total votes			3,055,913	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

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Nominee Mary Fallin Joe Dorman Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 460,298 338,239 Percentage 55.8% 41.0%

County results

Governor before election Mary Fallin Republican Elected Governor Mary Fallin Republican

Governor Mary Fallin sought a second term. Fallin was elected with 60.1% of the vote in 2010.

2010 Republican Party Gubernatorial candidate Randy Brogdon ran again.

State Representative Joe Dorman is the only Democratic candidate who ran.

Fallin won re-election to a second term.

Oklahoma general election^[191]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Fallin (incumbent)	460,298	55.80
	Democratic	Joe Dorman	338,239	41.01
	Independent	Kimberly Willis	17,169	2.08
	Independent	Richard Prawdzienski	9,125	1.11
Total votes			824,831	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Oregon gubernatorial election

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Nominee John Kitzhaber Dennis Richardson Party Democratic Republican Alliance Working Families Independent Party Popular vote 733,230 648,542 Percentage 49.9% 44.1%

County results

Governor before election John Kitzhaber Democratic Elected Governor John Kitzhaber Democratic

Governor John Kitzhaber sought re-election.^[192] Kitzhaber was elected with 49.2% of the vote in 2010. Kitzhaber won the election.

Oregon general election^[193]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Kitzhaber (incumbent)	733,230	49.89
	Republican	Dennis Richardson	648,542	44.13
	Pacific Green	Jason Levin	29,561	2.01
	Libertarian	Paul Grad	21,903	1.49
	Constitution	Aaron Auer	15,929	1.08
	Progressive	Chris Henry	13,898	0.95
	Write-in		6,654	0.45
Total votes			1,469,717	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

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Nominee Tom Wolf Tom Corbett Party Democratic Republican Running mate Mike Stack Jim Cawley Popular vote 1,920,355 1,575,511 Percentage 54.9% 45.1%

County results

Governor before election Tom Corbett Republican Elected Governor Tom Wolf Democratic

Incumbent Republican governor Tom Corbett ran for re-election to a second term but was defeated by the Democratic nominee, Tom Wolf. This marked the first time an incumbent governor running for re-election in Pennsylvania lost.^[194]

Democrat Tom Wolf won his party's primary on May 20, 2014, defeating Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, State Treasurer Rob McCord and former Pennsylvania Secretary of Environmental Protection Kathleen McGinty in a landslide victory.^[195]

Pennsylvania general election^[196]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Wolf	1,920,355	54.93
	Republican	Tom Corbett (incumbent)	1,575,511	45.07
Total votes			3,495,866	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

2014 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

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Nominee Gina Raimondo Allan Fung Robert J. Healey Party Democratic Republican Moderate Popular vote 131,899 117,428 69,278 Percentage 40.7% 36.2% 21.4%

County results

Governor before election Lincoln Chafee Democratic Elected Governor Gina Raimondo Democratic

Governor Lincoln Chafee retired after one term in office.^[197] Chafee was elected with 36.1% in a competitive three-way race in 2010 in which he ran as an independent.^[198] He became a Democrat in May 2013, promoting speculation he would run for a second term, but later announced that he would not run for re-election on September 4, 2013.^[199]

Providence Mayor Angel Taveras,^[200] State Treasurer Gina Raimondo,^[201] and former United States Department of Education official Clay Pell ran for the nomination.^[202] Raimondo won the primary election.

Cranston Mayor Allan Fung ran for the Republican nomination.^[203] Moderate Party Chairman Ken Block, who received 6.5% of the vote in the 2010 gubernatorial election, had filed to run again for the Moderate Party.^[204] He has since switched to run as a Republican. Fung won the nomination.

Rhode Island general election^[205]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gina Raimondo	131,899	40.70
	Republican	Allan Fung	117,428	36.24
	Moderate	Robert J. Healey	69,278	21.38
	Independent	Kate Fletcher	3,483	1.07
	Independent	Leon Kayarian	1,228	0.38
	Write-in		739	0.23
Total votes			324,055	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014 South Carolina gubernatorial election

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Nominee Nikki Haley Vincent Sheheen Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 696,645 516,166 Percentage 55.9% 41.4%

County results

Governor before election Nikki Haley Republican Elected Governor Nikki Haley Republican

Governor Nikki Haley sought re-election.^[206] Haley was elected with 51.4% of the vote in 2010.

Democratic 2010 gubernatorial nominee, State Senator Vincent Sheheen, sought a rematch.^[207]

On April 11, Tom Ervin announced that he was dropping out of the GOP primary.^[208]

Haley won re-election to a second term.

South Carolina general election^[209]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nikki Haley (incumbent)	696,645	55.90
	Democratic	Vincent Sheheen	516,166	41.42
	Libertarian	Steve French	15,438	1.24
	Independent	Tom Ervin	11,496	0.92
	United Citizens	Morgan B. Reeves	5,622	0.45
	Write-in		934	0.07
Total votes			1,246,301	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 South Dakota gubernatorial election

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Nominee Dennis Daugaard Susan Wismer Party Republican Democratic Running mate Matt Michels Susy Blake Popular vote 195,477 70,549 Percentage 70.5% 25.4%

County results

Governor before election Dennis Daugaard Republican Elected Governor Dennis Daugaard Republican

Governor Dennis Daugaard sought re-election.^[210] Daugaard was elected with 61.5% of the vote in 2010. Republican former state representative Lora Hubbel has announced a primary challenge to Daugaard.^[211]

Joe Lowe, the former director of Wildland Fire Suppression, ran for the Democratic nomination.^[212] Other speculated candidates included former commissioner of schools and public lands Bryce Healy, former congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, and Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether, but they have all ruled out running for governor.^{[213][214][215]}

Daugaard won re-election to a second term.

South Dakota general election^[216]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Daugaard (incumbent)	195,477	70.47
	Democratic	Susan Wismer	70,549	25.43
	Independent	Michael J. Myers	11,377	4.10
Total votes			277,403	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Tennessee gubernatorial election

← 2010 November 4, 2014 2018 →
Turnout	35.97% [217] 5.35 pp
Nominee Bill Haslam Charles Brown Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 951,796 309,237 Percentage 70.3% 22.8%
County results Congressional district results Haslam:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Brown:      50–60%
Governor before election Bill Haslam Republican Elected Governor Bill Haslam Republican

Governor Bill Haslam sought re-election. Haslam was elected with 65% of the vote in 2010.^[218]

On August 7, Haslam won the Republican nomination with 87.7%.^[219] He faced Democrat Charlie Brown, Constitution Party nominee Shaun Crowell, Green Party nominee Isa Infante, and Libertarian Daniel T. Lewis.^[220] Haslam won re-election to a second term.

Tennessee general election^[221]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Haslam (incumbent)	951,796	70.31
	Democratic	Charles Brown	309,237	22.84
	Independent	John Jay Hooker	30,579	2.26
	Constitution	Shaun Crowell	26,580	1.96
	Green	Isa Infante	18,570	1.37
	Independent	Steve Coburn	8,612	0.64
	Libertarian	Daniel Lewis	8,321	0.62
	Write-in		33	0.00
Total votes			1,353,728	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Texas gubernatorial election

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Nominee Greg Abbott Wendy Davis Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,796,547 1,835,596 Percentage 59.3% 38.9%

County results

Governor before election Rick Perry Republican Elected Governor Greg Abbott Republican

Governor Rick Perry was eligible to run for re-election, but chose not to seek a fourth term on July 8, 2013.^[222] Perry was re-elected to a third term with 55.1% of the vote in 2010.

Attorney General Greg Abbott was the Republican Party nominee,^[223] having defeated perennial candidate Larry Kilgore,^[224] Lisa Fritsch^[225] and former Univision personality Miriam Martinez in the Republican primary.^[226]

State Senator Wendy Davis was the Democratic Party nominee.^[227] Abbott won the election with 59.3% of the vote.

Texas general election^[228]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Abbott	2,796,547	59.27
	Democratic	Wendy Davis	1,835,596	38.90
	Libertarian	Kathie Glass	66,543	1.41
	Green	Brandon Parmer	18,520	0.39
	Write-in		1,062	0.02
Total votes			4,718,268	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Vermont gubernatorial election

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Nominee Peter Shumlin Scott Milne Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 89,509 87,075 Percentage 46.4% 45.1%

County results

Governor before election Peter Shumlin Democratic Elected Governor Peter Shumlin Democratic

Governor Peter Shumlin, re-elected in 2012, sought re-election. Vermont governors serve two-year terms.^[229] He faced Republican businessman Scott Milne, among many other candidates, in the general election.

Since no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, the Vermont General Assembly voted to choose the winner, of which Shumlin won re-election by a vote of 110–69, with one abstention.^[230]

Vermont general election^[231]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Shumlin (incumbent)	89,509	46.36
	Republican	Scott Milne	87,075	45.10
	Libertarian	Dan Feliciano	8,428	4.36
	Independent	Emily Peyton	3,157	1.64
	Liberty Union	Peter Diamondstone	1,673	0.87
	Independent	Bernard Peters	1,434	0.74
	Independent	Cris Ericson	1,089	0.56
	Write-in		722	0.37
Total votes			193,087	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

← 2012 (recall) November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 2018 →

Nominee Scott Walker Mary Burke Party Republican Democratic Running mate Rebecca Kleefisch John Lehman Popular vote 1,259,706 1,122,913 Percentage 52.3% 46.6%

County results

Governor before election Scott Walker Republican Elected Governor Scott Walker Republican

Governor Scott Walker sought re-election.^[232] Walker was elected with 52.3% of the vote in 2010 and was subject to an unsuccessful recall election in 2012, which he won with 53.1% of the vote.

Former Wisconsin Secretary of Commerce Mary Burke ran for the Democratic nomination.^[233]

Walker was re-elected to a second term.

Wisconsin general election^[234]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Walker (incumbent)	1,259,706	52.26
	Democratic	Mary Burke	1,122,913	46.59
	Libertarian	Robert Burke	18,720	0.78
	Independent	Dennis Fehr	7,530	0.31
	Write-in		1,445	0.06
Total votes			2,410,314	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Wyoming gubernatorial election

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Nominee Matt Mead Pete Gosar Don Wills Party Republican Democratic Independent Popular vote 99,700 45,752 9,895 Percentage 59.4% 27.3% 5.9%

County results

Governor before election Matt Mead Republican Elected Governor Matt Mead Republican

Governor Matt Mead sought re-election.^[235] Mead was elected with 65.68% of the vote in 2010. He won the GOP primary on August 19, 2014, with 55% of the vote against Taylor Haynes (32%) and Cindy Hill (13%). The Democratic nominee is Pete Gosar.^[236]

Wyoming general election^[237]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Mead (incumbent)	99,700	59.39
	Democratic	Pete Gosar	45,752	27.25
	Independent	Don Wills	9,895	5.89
	Libertarian	Dee Cozzens	4,040	2.41
	Write-in		8,490	5.06
Total votes			167,877	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Washington, D.C. mayoral election

← 2010 November 4, 2014 2018 →

Nominee Muriel Bowser David Catania Carol Schwartz Party Democratic Independent Independent Popular vote 96,666 61,388 12,327 Percentage 55.3% 35.1% 7.1%

Ward results

Mayor before election Vincent C. Gray Democratic Elected Mayor Muriel Bowser Democratic

Mayor Vincent C. Gray sought re-election. Gray was elected with 74.2% of the vote in 2010.

Gray faced a competitive primary with challenges from four members of the district council, including Muriel Bowser,^[238] Jack Evans,^[239] Vincent Orange,^[240] and Tommy Wells,^[241] as well as former State Department official Reta Jo Lewis^[242] and activist Andy Shallal.^[243] Bowser defeated Gray for the Democratic nomination by over 10 points.^[244]

David Catania, another district councilman, and Carol Schwartz, a former councilwoman and perennial candidate, ran in the general election as independents.^[245][246] Other candidates included Libertarian nominee Bruce Majors and Statehood Green nominee Faith Dane.^[247][248]

Bowser won the election, becoming the second female mayor of the District of Columbia since Sharon Pratt left office in 1995. She was also elected to the lowest share of the vote in Washington, D.C. history.

Washington, D.C. general election^[249]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Muriel Bowser	96,666	55.30
	Independent	David Catania	61,388	35.12
	Independent	Carol Schwartz	12,327	7.05
	DC Statehood Green	Faith Dane	1,520	0.87
	Libertarian	Bruce Majors	1,297	0.74
	Write-in		1,612	0.92
Total votes			174,810	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014 Guam gubernatorial election

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Nominee Eddie Calvo Carl Gutierrez Party Republican Democratic Running mate Ray Tenorio Gary Gumataotao Popular vote 22,512 12,712 Percentage 63.7% 36.0%

Village results

Governor before election Eddie Calvo Republican Elected Governor Eddie Calvo Republican

Governor Eddie Calvo ran for re-election to a second term. Calvo was elected with 50.61% of the vote in 2010, defeating former Democratic governor Carl Gutierrez.

In June 2014, Gutierrez announced his intention to challenge Governor Calvo, setting up a rematch of the 2010 gubernatorial contest.^[250]

Calvo won re-election to a second term.

Guam general election^[251]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eddie Calvo (incumbent)	22,512	63.70
	Democratic	Carl Gutierrez	12,712	35.97
	Write-in		117	0.33
Total votes			35,341	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election

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Nominee Eloy Inos Heinz Hofschneider Juan Babauta Party Republican Independent Independent Running mate Ralph Torres Ray Yumul Juan Torres Popular vote 6,342 general 6,547 runoff 4,501 general 4,958 runoff 2,414 general Percentage 46.0% general 57.0% runoff 32.6% general 43.0% runoff 17.5% general

Results by voting district: Eloy Inos:      50–55%      55–60%      60–65%      65–70%      >95% Heinz Hofschneider:      50–55%

Governor before election Eloy Inos Republican Elected Governor Eloy Inos Republican

Governor Eloy Inos, who was elected as lieutenant governor in 2009 as a member of the Covenant Party, succeeded his predecessor Benigno Fitial (R) upon the latter's resignation on February 20, 2013, sought a full term. In September 2013 he moved to re-unify the Covenant Party with the Republican Party, and is running as a Republican in 2014. His running mate is Senate President Ralph Torres (R-Saipan).^[252]

Former Ports Authority executive director Edward "Tofila" Deleon Guerrero is running as a Democrat, with former representative Danny Quitugua as his running mate.^[253]

Former Republican governor Juan Babauta is running as an independent, with former Republican senator Juan Torres as his running mate.^[254]

2009 Republican candidate Heinz Hofschneider ran as an independent, with Senator Ray Yumul (I-Saipan) as his running mate.^[254]

Inos won election to a full term.

Northern Mariana Islands general election^[255]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eloy Inos (incumbent)	6,342	45.96
	Independent	Heinz Hofschneider	4,501	32.62
	Independent	Juan Babauta	2,414	17.50
	Democratic	Edward Guerrero	541	3.92
Total votes			13,798	100.00

Northern Mariana Islands runoff election^[255]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eloy Inos (incumbent)	6,547	56.96
	Independent	Heinz Hofschneider	4,948	43.04
Total votes			11,495	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 U.S. Virgin Islands gubernatorial election

← 2010 November 4 and 18, 2014 2018 →

Nominee Kenneth Mapp Donna Christian-Christensen Party Independent Democratic Running mate Osbert Potter Basil Ottley Jr. Popular vote 12,108 general 15,268 runoff 10,173 general 8,573 runoff Percentage 46.6% general 63.9% runoff 39.2% general 35.9% runoff   Nominee Soraya Diase Coffelt Mona Barnes Party Independent Independent Running mate Wendy Coram Popular vote 1,837 general 1,693 general Percentage 7.1% general 6.5% general

Governor before election John de Jongh Democratic Elected Governor Kenneth Mapp Independent

Governor John de Jongh was term-limited in 2014. He was re-elected with 56.3% of the vote in 2010.

U.S. House delegate Donna Christian-Christensen won the Democratic primary against a crowded field of candidates, which included former territorial legislator Adlah Donastorg Jr., incumbent lieutenant governor Gregory Francis, and former lieutenant governor Gerard Luz James.^[256] Among the independent candidates were former court judge Soraya Diase Coffelt and former lieutenant governor Kenneth Mapp, who sought the governorship for the third time in a row.

After a runoff was held when no candidate reached a majority of votes, Mapp won the election.

U.S. Virgin Islands general election^[257]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kenneth Mapp	12,108	46.61
	Democratic	Donna Christian-Christensen	10,173	39.16
	Independent	Soraya Diase Coffelt	1,837	7.07
	Independent	Mona Barnes	1,693	6.52
	Independent	Sheila A. Scullion	83	0.32
	Write-in		81	0.31
Total votes			25,975	100.00

U.S. Virgin Islands runoff election^[258]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kenneth Mapp	15,268	63.89
	Democratic	Donna Christian-Christensen	8,573	35.87
	Write-in		58	0.24
Total votes			23,899	100.00
	Independent gain from Democratic

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