2014 Wyoming gubernatorial election
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Turnout | 63.37% Registered6.41% 34.00% of Total Population4.17% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Declared
[edit]- Taylor Haynes, physician, rancher and Independent write-in candidate for governorin 2010[1]
- Cindy Hill, State Superintendent of Public Instruction[2]
- Matt Mead,incumbent governor[3]
Polling
[edit]Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Matt Mead |
Cindy Hill |
Undecided |
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Public Policy Polling | July 19–21, 2013 | 780 | ± 3.5% | 69% | 15% | 16% |
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Declared
[edit]- Pete Gosar,former chairman of theWyoming Democratic Party,candidate for governorin 2010and brother of Arizona Republican U.S. representativePaul Gosar[5]
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
[edit]Predictions
[edit]Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[6] | Solid R | November 3, 2014 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
Rothenberg Political Report[8] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
Real Clear Politics[9] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
Polling
[edit]Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Matt Mead (R) |
Pete Gosar (D) |
Other | Undecided |
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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%[10] | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Public Policy Polling | July 19–21, 2013 | 1,203 | ± 2.8% | 29% | 38% | — | 33% |
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Doug Randall (April 29, 2013)."Haynes Announces Run For Governor".KGAB.com.RetrievedJanuary 20,2014.
- ^Doug Randall (January 31, 2013)."Hill Announces Run for Governor in 2014".KGAB.com.RetrievedJanuary 20,2014.
- ^Kari Gray (March 11, 2014)."Governor Matt Mead Announces 2014 Re-Election Campaign".meadforgovernor.com.Archived fromthe originalon March 13, 2014.RetrievedMarch 12,2014.
- ^ab"2014 Official Primary Election results"(PDF).Wyoming Secretary of State.RetrievedSeptember 2,2014.
- ^Ben Neary (May 17, 2014)."(Updated) Gosar announces run for Wyoming governor on Democratic side".Casper Star-Tribune.RetrievedMay 18,2014.
- ^"2014 Governor Race Ratings for November 3, 2014".The Cook Political Report.RetrievedOctober 1,2018.
- ^"The Crystal Ball's Final 2014 Picks".Sabato's Crystal Ball.RetrievedOctober 1,2018.
- ^"2014 Gubernatorial Ratings".Senate Ratings.The Rothenberg Political Report.RetrievedOctober 1,2018.
- ^"2014 Elections Map - 2014 Governors Races".Real Clear Politics.RetrievedOctober 1,2018.
- ^Dee Cozzens (L) 3%, Don Wills (I) 3%
- ^"Statewide Candidates Official Summary Wyoming General Election - November 4, 2014"(PDF).Wyoming Secretary of State.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on November 7, 2014.RetrievedNovember 16,2014.
External links
[edit]- Official campaign websites (Archived)
- Matt Meadincumbent
- Pete Gosar
- Taylor Haynes
- Cindy Hill