2014 Wisconsin Secretary of State Election

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Candidate  | Doug La Follette | Julian Bradley
Party  | Democratic | Republican
Popular vote  | 1,161,113 | 1,074,835
Percentage  | 50.0% | 46.3%

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County results

Congressional district results

La Follette: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Bradley: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

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| Secretary of State before election

Doug La Follette
Democratic

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Doug La Follette
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The 2014 Wisconsin Secretary of State Election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Wisconsin Secretary Of State. It occurred concurrently with other elections across Wisconsin. Incumbent Doug La Follette was re-elected to his tenth term as Secretary of State of Wisconsin, taking 50% of the vote in the November general election. La Follette defeated La Crosse Republican Julian Bradley.

State Representative Garey Bies was defeated in the Republican primary.

## Democratic primary

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* Incumbent Secretary of State Doug La Follette ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

## Republican primary

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### Candidates

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#### Nominee

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* Julian Bradley, Telecommunications manager[1]

#### Eliminated in the primary

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* Garey Bies, State Representative[2]

### Results

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Republican primary results[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Julian Bradley  | 138,734  | 64.8
| Republican | Garey Bies  | 75,340  | 35.2
Total votes | 214,074  | 100

## General election

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### Polling

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Poll source  | Date(s)

administered

| Sample

size

| Margin of

error

| Doug

La Follette (D)

| Julian

Bradley (R)

| Undecided

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Gravis Marketing[4] | October 3–4, 2014  | 837  | ± 3%  | 44% | 43%  | 13%
Gravis Marketing[5] | September 22–23, 2014  | 908  | ± 3%  | 50% | 37%  | 13%
Gravis Marketing[6] | July 31–August 2, 2014  | 1,346  | ± 3%  | 46% | 39%  | 15%

### Results

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Wisconsin Secretary of State Election, 2014[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Democratic | Doug La Follette (incumbent)  | 1,161,113  | 50.00%  | −1.61%
| Republican | Julian Bradley  | 1,074,835  | 46.29%  | −2.01%
| Independent | Andy Craig  | 58,996  | 2.54%  |
| Constitution | Jerry Broitzman  | 25,744  | 1.11%  |
|  | Scattering | 1,347  | 0.06%  |
Plurality | 86,278  | 3.72%  | +0.40%
Total votes | 2,322,035  | 100.0%  | +11.57%
| Democratic hold

### By congressional district

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Despite losing the state, Bradley won 5 of 8 congressional districts.[8]

District  | La Follette  | Bradley  | Representative

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1st | 44%  | 53% | Paul Ryan
2nd | 67% | 29%  | Mark Pocan
3rd | 52% | 44%  | Ron Kind
4th | 73% | 24%  | Gwen Moore
5th | 35%  | 62% | Jim Sensenbrenner
6th | 43%  | 54% | Glenn Grothman
7th | 46%  | 51% | Sean Duffy
8th | 44%  | 52% | Reid Ribble

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Julian Bradley, Republican candidate for secretary of state". The Cap Times. August 7, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
2. ^ "Wisconsin lawmaker to run for secretary of state". Pioneer Press. March 21, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
3. ^ "Wisconsin 2014 fall primary election results". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
4. ^ Gravis Marketing
5. ^ Gravis Marketing
6. ^ Gravis Marketing
7. ^ "Wisconsin 2014 fall primary election results". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
8. ^ "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 13, 2024.

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