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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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	1,520	0.10%	J. Johnson
	Write-in; (Independent)	50	0.00%	Brian Bailey
	Write-in; (Republican)	43	0.00%	Alice Novoa
	Write-in; (Independent)	29	0.00%	Cary D. Dolego
	Write-in	15	0.00%	James Curtis "Curtis" "Curt" Woolsey
	Write-in; (Independent)	7	0.00%	Diana-Elizabeth Ramseys Rasmussen Kennedy
Total		1,506,416	100.00%

Colorado 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Write-in	33	0.00%	Marcus Giavanni • for Lieutenant Governor: Joshua Yballa
Total		2,041,607	100.00%

Connecticut 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Write-in; (Democratic)	568	0.05%	former state Representative Jonathan W. Pelto • for Lieutenant Governor Ebony S. Murphy. Education & Democracy Party. Failed to qualify for the primary. Running as a write-in in the General Election.
	Write-in	108	0.01%	Daniel R. Gaita • for Lieutenant Governor: Jason D. Smith
	Write-in	20	0.00%	John Traceski • for Lieutenant Governor: Elizabeth Traceski
	Write-in	12	0.00%	John Renjilian • for Lieutenant Governor: Jason Renjilian
Total		1,092,773	100.00%

Florida 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Write-in; (No Party Affiliation)	91	0.00%	Charles Frederick Tolbert • for Lieutenant Governor: Christine Timmon
	Write-in	21	0.00%	Emelia Sandra Harris • for Lieutenant Governor: Georgianna G. Harris
	Write-in	15	0.00%	Piotr Blass • for Lieutenant Governor: Bob Wirengard
	Write-in; (Republican)	6	0.00%	Timothy Michael "Tim" Devine • for Lieutenant Governor: Diane Smith
	Write-in; (Democratic)	4	0.00%	Monroe Lee • for Lieutenant Governor: Juanita Lockett
Total		5,951,561	100.00%

Georgia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Write-in	420	0.02%	David C. Byrne
	Write-in	10	0.00%	Matthew Jamison
	Write-in	2	0.00%	Chancey Andrell Porter
Total		2,550,648	100.00%

Idaho 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Write-in	79	0.02%	Paul Venable
	Write-in	6	0.00%	Walt Bayes
	Write-in	4	0.00%	Marcus Bradley Ellis
	Write-in	4	0.00%	Larry Allen White
	Write-in	2	0.00%	Kurt M. Wertzbaugher
Total		439,830	100.00%

Illinois 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Write-in; (Green)	684	0.02%	Scott K. Summers • for Lieutenant Governor: Bobby J. "Bob" Pritchett, Jr.
	Write-in	256	0.01%	Robert "Chico" Perez, Jr.
	Write-in	134	0.00%	Mark Smith
	Write-in	95	0.00%	Ryan Sweeney
	Write-in	10	0.00%	Michael W. Scruggs
	Write-in	7	0.00%	Aaron Merreighn
	Write-in	0	0.00%	Gregg Moore
	Write-in	0	0.00%	Michael Rentfro
Total		3,627,690	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
	Write-in; (Unenrolled)			J. Martin Vachon
Total		616,967	100.00%

Maryland 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in; (Democratic)	283	0.02%	Charles Ulysses Smith • for Lieutenant Governor: Clarence Tucker. Lost the Tuesday 24 June 2014 Democratic Primary. Now running as a write-in.
	Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	20	0.00%	Ed Tinus • for Lieutenant Governor: Richard Richmond
Total		1,733,177	100.00%

Michigan 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Write-in	18	0.00%	Richard Sills
	Write-in	17	0.00%	Patrick Groulx
	Write-in	12	0.00%	Charles Pakkala
	Write-in	3	0.00%	Michael Mark
	Write-in	0	0.00%	Sam Thomas
Total		3,156,531	100.00%

Minnesota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Write-in	15	0.00%	Aj Janssen • for Lieutenant Governor: Letitia Rea
	Write-in; (Republican)	7	0.00%	Merrill Anderson • for Lieutenant Governor: Mark Anderson
	Write-in	4	0.00%	Dennis S. Ferche • for Lieutenant Governor: Jane Smith
Total		1,975,406	100.00%

Nebraska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in			Troy Wentz
Total		540,202	100.00%

New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2014. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Write-in; (Libertarian)			Max Abramson
Total		485,183	100.00%

Pennsylvania 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Write-in; (Libertarian)			Ken Krawchuk • for Lieutenant Governor: Henry Haller. 1 August 2014: Did not submit the requisite number of petition signatures. 5 August 2014: May run as a write-in. 28 August 2014: Running as a write-in.
	Write-in; (Republican)			Thomas D. "Tom" Lineaweaver
Total		3,495,866	100.00%

South Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Write-in			Rhys Sage
Total		1,246,301	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
	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%

Texas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in	1,062	0.02%	Sarah M. Pavitt
Total		4,718,268	100.00%

Wisconsin 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Write-in; (Democratic)	108	0.00%	Mary Jo Walters • 12 August 2014: Ran as a write-in- and lost- the Democratic Primary for Lieutenant Governor. 8 September 2014: Running as a write-in in the General Election.
	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; (Constitution)	15	0.00%	Jumoka Akang Johnson
	Write-in; (Republican)	9	0.00%	Steve R. Evans • 12 August 2014: Ran as a write-in- and lost- the Republican Primary. 8 September 2014: Running as a write-in in the General Election.
	Write-in; (Republican)	8	0.00%	Susan P. Resch
	Write-in; (Independent)	5	0.00%	Jessica Nicole Perry
Total		2,410,314	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.