2014 Wyoming gubernatorial election

See also:2014 United States gubernatorial elections

2014 Wyoming gubernatorial election

November 4, 2014
Turnout	63.37% Registered6.41% 34.00% of Total Population4.17%
Nominee Matt Mead Pete Gosar Don Wills Party Republican Democratic Independent Popular vote 99,700 45,752 9,895 Percentage 59.39% 27.25% 5.89%
County results Mead:50–60%60–70%70–80% Gosar:40–50%
Governorbefore election Matt Mead Republican ElectedGovernor Matt Mead Republican

The2014 Wyoming gubernatorial electionwas held on November 4, 2014, to elect thegovernor of Wyoming.The election coincided with elections to other federal and state offices.

IncumbentRepublicanGovernorMatt Meadran for re-election to a second term in office. Mead won the election with 59% of the vote, defeatingDemocratPete Gosar,Independentcandidate Don Wills andLibertarianDee Cozzens.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Taylor Haynes, physician, rancher and Independent write-in candidate for Governorin 2010
• Cindy Hill, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Matt Mead,incumbent governor

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Matt Mead	Cindy Hill	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	July 19–21, 2013	780	± 3.5%	69%	15%	16%

Results

Results by county:

Mead

• Mead—70–80%
• Mead—60–70%
• Mead—50–60%
• Mead—40–50%

Haynes

• Haynes—40–50%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Mead (incumbent)	53,673	54.04
	Republican	Taylor Haynes	31,532	31.75
	Republican	Cindy Hill	12,464	12.55
	Republican	Write-in	215	0.22
	Republican	Over Votes	26	0.03
	Republican	Under Votes	1,402	1.41
Total votes			99,312	100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Pete Gosar,former chairman of theWyoming Democratic Party,candidate for governorin 2010and brother of Arizona Republican U.S. RepresentativePaul Gosar

Results

Results by county:

Gosar—>90%

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Gosar	15,289	83.52
	Democratic	Write-in	510	2.78
	Democratic	Over Votes	5	0.03
	Democratic	Under Votes	2,502	13.67
Total votes			18,306	100

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Solid R	November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics	Safe R	November 3, 2014

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Matt Mead (R)	Pete Gosar (D)	Other	Undecided
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	October 16–23, 2014	258	± 11%	58%	33%	0%	9%
Mason-Dixon	October 6–8, 2014	625	± 4%	53%	28%	6%	13%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	September 20–October 1, 2014	264	± 7%	53%	30%	7%	11%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	August 18–September 2, 2014	350	± 8%	53%	25%	12%	9%
Rasmussen Reports	August 20–21, 2014	700	± 4%	55%	34%	7%	4%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	July 5–24, 2014	416	± 5.1%	53%	25%	16%	5%

Hypothetical polling

With Mead

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Matt Mead (R)	Dave Freudenthal (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	July 19–21, 2013	1,203	± 2.8%	47%	36%	—	17%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Matt Mead (R)	Gary Trauner (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	July 19–21, 2013	1,203	± 2.8%	62%	20%	—	18%

With Hill

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Cindy Hill (R)	Dave Freudenthal (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	July 19–21, 2013	1,203	± 2.8%	23%	57%	—	20%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Cindy Hill (R)	Gary Trauner (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	July 19–21, 2013	1,203	± 2.8%	29%	38%	—	33%

Results

Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Matt Mead (incumbent)	99,700	59.39%	-6.29%
	Democratic	Pete Gosar	45,752	27.25%	+4.31%
	Independent	Don Wills	9,895	5.89%	N/A
	Write-in		8,490	5.06%	+3.85%
	Libertarian	Dee Cozzens	4,040	2.41%	-0.44%
Total votes			167,877	100.00%	N/A
	Republicanhold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Albany(Largest city:Laramie)

External links

• Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2014atBallotpedia

Official campaign websites (Archived)

• Matt Meadincumbent
• Pete Gosar
• Taylor Haynes
• Cindy Hill