2014 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2014 General Election

2014 Governor's Chairs
by State

36 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2014

36 Elected

14 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2014

14 Open Governor's Chairs (voluntary retirement, seeking other political office, term limits)

26 Incumbents renominated by same party

1 Incumbent lost primary - no longer a candidate for this office

1 Democratic

1 Incumbent Governor - election status not yet determined (primaries and/or nominating conventions yet to be held)

1 Republican

246 Candidates seeking a Governor's Chair (Candidates may run under the banner of multiple parties. Hence, the number of parties may be greater than the number of candidates.)

This is a list of the current Governors' chairs, the incumbents occupying them, and the candidacy status of said incumbents. Chairs up for election in the year 2014 are marked as such.

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Alaska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

	Independent; (Democratic)	134,658	48.10%	former Mayor of Valdez Bill Walker • for Lieutenant Governor: Byron I. Mallott. Mr. Walker was previously affiliated with the Republican Party. 1 September 2014: The Alaska Democratic Party Central Committee voted 89-2 to drop its own nominees and support the Independent campaign of Bill Walker (Republican turned Independent) and Byron I. Mallott (Democratic).
Total		279,958	100.00%

Arizona 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: The Governor can not serve for more than 8 years
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)

	Write-in; (Independent)	50	0.00%	Brian Bailey
	Write-in; (Independent)	29	0.00%	Cary D. Dolego
	Write-in; (Independent)	7	0.00%	Diana-Elizabeth Ramseys Rasmussen Kennedy
Total		1,506,416	100.00%

Idaho 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

	Independent	8,801	2.00%	Jill Humble
	Independent	2,870	0.65%	Marvin Thomas "Pro-Life" Richardson
Total		439,830	100.00%

Maine 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Independent	51,515	8.35%	Eliot R. Cutler
Total		616,967	100.00%

Massachusetts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Independent	19,378	0.89%	Scott Lively • for Lieutenant Governor: Shelly Saunders
	Independent	16,295	0.75%	Jeffrey S. "Jeff" McCormick • for Lieutenant Governor: Yarmouth Selectman Tracy Post
Total		2,186,789	100.00%

Oklahoma 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Independent	17,169	2.08%	Kimberly Willis
	Independent; (Libertarian)	9,125	1.11%	Richard Prawdzienski
Total		824,831	100.00%

Rhode Island 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Independent	3,483	1.07%	Kate L. Fletcher
	Independent	1,228	0.38%	Leon M. Kayarian
Total		324,055	100.00%

South Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Independent	11,377	4.10%	Michael J. "Mike" Myers • for Lieutenant Governor: former state Representative Lora Hubbel. circa 3 July 2014: Caitlin F. Collier withdrew as the party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor due to a family health issue. Media reports state that there is no South Dakota law that allows an independent candidate to be replaced. 18 August 2014: U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Piersol granted an injunction allowing Michael Myers to replace his running mate.
Total		277,403	100.00%

Tennessee 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Independent	30,579	2.26%	John Jay Hooker
	Independent	8,612	0.64%	Steven Damon "Steve" Coburn
	Independent; (Libertarian)	8,321	0.61%	Daniel T. Lewis

	Write-in; (Independent)	15	0.00%	Mark Pearson
	Write-in; (Independent)	14	0.00%	BeLinda Jo Ivins
	Write-in; (Independent)	4	0.00%	A. Darryl Haas
Total		1,353,728	100.00%

Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2014. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

	Independent	3,157	1.64%	Emily Peyton • Lost 26 August 2014 Republican Primary for this office. Now running as an Independent.
	Independent	1,434	0.74%	Bernard Peters
	Independent; (Marijuana)	1,089	0.56%	Cris Ericson
Total		193,087	100.00%

Wisconsin 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

	Write-in; (Independent)	52	0.00%	state Representative Brett D. Hulsey • State Representative Husley ran for and lost the Democratic nomination for Governor in the 12 August 2014 primary.
	Write-in; (Independent)	5	0.00%	Jessica Nicole Perry
Total		2,410,314	100.00%

Wyoming 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period. The Wyoming Supreme Court determined on 4 May 2004 that term limits require an amendment to the state constitution rather than, as they were, imposed by a 1992 ballot initiative. At the time, the ruling was not applied to statewide offices. Reference: CATHCART v. MEYER, 2004 WY 49, 88 P.3d 1050, Case Number: 04-32, 04-33, 04-34, Decided: 05/04/2004
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

	Independent	9,895	5.78%	Don Wills
Total		171,153	100.00%

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic
	• Democratic-Farmer Labor
	• Republican
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution
	• Green
	• Libertarian
	• Pacific Green
Other Third Parties
	• Americans Elect
	• Conservative
	• Grassroots
	• Hawai'i Independent Party
	• Independence
	• Independent American
	• Independent Party of Connecticut
	• Independent Party of Oregon
	• Iowa
	• Liberty Union
	• Marijuana
	• Moderate
	• New Independent Party Iowa
	• Peoples
	• Progressive
	• Sapient
	• StopCommonCore
	• U.S. Taxpayers
	• United Citizens
	• United Independent
	• Women's Equality
	• Working Families
Independents
	• Independent
	• No Party Affiliation
	• Petition
	• Petitioning Candidate
	• Unaffiliated
	• Unenrolled
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• None of these candidates
	• Scattering
	• Write-in

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.