2014 United States gubernatorial elections
States
Data from the New York Times

2014 United States gubernatorial elections

Section Title: States
Table Section Text: Data from the New York Times

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Candidates

Alabama	Robert Bentley	Republican	Re-elected 63.6%.	√ Robert Bentley (R), 63.6% Parker Griffith (D), 36.4%

Alaska	Sean Parnell	Republican	Incumbent lost re-election. Independent gain	√ Bill Walker (I) Sean Parnell (R) J. R. Myers (Constitution) Carolyn Clift (L)

Arizona	Jan Brewer	Republican	Incumbent term-limited. Republican hold	√ Doug Ducey (R) Fred DuVal (D) John Mealer (Americans Elect) Barry Hess (L)

Arkansas	Mike Beebe	Democratic	Incumbent term-limited. Republican gain	√ Asa Hutchinson (R) Mike Ross (D) Josh Drake (Green) Frank Gilbert (L)

California	Jerry Brown	Democratic	Re-elected 58.7%	√ Jerry Brown (D) Neel Kashkari (R)

Colorado	John Hickenlooper	Democratic	Re-elected 48.4%	√ John Hickenlooper (D) Bob Beauprez (R) Matthew Hess (L) Mike Dunafon (I) Paul Fiorino (I) Jim Rundberg (I) Harry Hempy (Green)

Connecticut	Dan Malloy	Democratic	Re-elected 50.9%	√ Dan Malloy (D) Tom Foley (R) Joe Visconti (I) Lee Whitnum (I)

Florida	Rick Scott	Republican	Re-elected 48.2%	√ Rick Scott (R) Charlie Crist (D) Adrian Wyllie (L) Joe Allen (No Party Affiliation) Glenn Burkett (No Party Affiliation) Farid Khavari (No Party Affiliation)

Georgia	Nathan Deal	Republican	Re-elected 52.8%	√ Nathan Deal (R) Jason Carter (D) Andrew Hunt (L)

Hawaii	Neil Abercrombie	Democratic	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold	√ David Ige (D) Duke Aiona (R) Mufi Hannemann (Hawaii Independent) Jeff Davis (L)

Idaho	Butch Otter	Republican	Re-elected 53.5%	√ Butch Otter (R) A.J. Balukoff (D) Steve Pankey (Constitution) John Bujak (L) Jill Humble (I) Pro-Life (Marvin Richardson) (I)

Illinois	Pat Quinn	Democratic	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain	√ Bruce Rauner (R) Pat Quinn (D) Chad Grimm (L)

Iowa	Terry Branstad	Republican	Re-elected 59.1%	√ Terry Branstad (R) Jack Hatch (D) Lee Hieb (L) David Rosenfeld (Socialist Workers)

Kansas	Sam Brownback	Republican	Re-elected 50%	√ Sam Brownback (R) Paul Davis (D) Keen Umbehr (L)

Maine	Paul LePage	Republican	Re-elected 48.2%	√ Paul LePage (R) Mike Michaud (D) Eliot Cutler (Unenrolled)

Maryland	Martin O'Malley	Democratic	Incumbent term-limited. Republican gain	√ Larry Hogan (R) Anthony Brown (D) Shawn Quinn (L)

Massachusetts	Deval Patrick	Democratic	Incumbent retired. Republican gain	√ Charlie Baker (R) Martha Coakley (D) Evan Falchuk (United Independent) Scott Lively (I) Jeff McCormick (I)

Michigan	Rick Snyder	Republican	Re-elected 51%	√ Rick Snyder (R) Mark Schauer (D) Mary Buzuma (L) Paul Homeniuk (G) Robin Sanders (I)

Minnesota	Mark Dayton	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	Re-elected 50.1%	√ Mark Dayton (DFL), 50.1% Jeff Johnson (R), 44.5% Hannah Nicollet (Independence), 2.9% Chris Wright (Grass Roots), 1.6% Chris Holbrook (L), 0.9%

Nebraska	Dave Heineman	Republican	Incumbent term-limited. Republican hold	√ Pete Ricketts (R) Chuck Hassebrook (D) Mark Elworth (L)

Nevada	Brian Sandoval	Republican	Re-elected 70.6%	√ Brian Sandoval (R) Robert Goodman (D) David VanDerBeek (Independent American)

New Hampshire	Maggie Hassan	Democratic	Re-elected 52.6%	√ Maggie Hassan (D) Walt Havenstein (R)

New Mexico	Susana Martinez	Republican	Re-elected 57.3%	√ Susana Martinez (R) Gary King (D)

New York	Andrew Cuomo	Democratic	Re-elected 54%	√ Andrew Cuomo (D) Rob Astorino (R) Howie Hawkins (G) Michael McDermott (L)

Ohio	John Kasich	Republican	Re-elected 63.8%	√ John Kasich (R) Ed FitzGerald (D) Anita Rios (G)

Oklahoma	Mary Fallin	Republican	Re-elected 55.8%	√ Mary Fallin (R) Joe Dorman (D) Richard Prawdzienski (L, running as I)

Oregon	John Kitzhaber	Democratic	Re-elected 49.5%	√ John Kitzhaber (D) Dennis Richardson (R) Paul Grad (Libertarian) Aaron Auer (Constitution)

Pennsylvania	Tom Corbett	Republican	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain	√ Tom Wolf (D) Tom Corbett (R)

Rhode Island	Lincoln Chafee	Democratic	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold	√ Gina Raimondo (D) Allan Fung (R) Bob Healey (Moderate) Kate Fletcher (I) Leon Kayarian (I)

South Carolina	Nikki Haley	Republican	Re-elected 56%	√ Nikki Haley (R) Vincent Sheheen (D) Steve French (L) Morgan Reeves (United Citizens) Tom Ervin (I)

South Dakota	Dennis Daugaard	Republican	Re-elected 70.5%	√ Dennis Daugaard (R) Susan Wismer (D) Mike Myers (I)

Tennessee	Bill Haslam	Republican	Re-elected 70.3%	√ Bill Haslam (R), 70.3% Charlie Brown (D), 22.8% John Jay Hooker (I), 2.3% Shaun Crowell (Constitution), 2.0% Isa Infante (Green), 1.4% Daniel Lewis (L), 0.6% Steve Coburn (I), 0.6%

Texas	Rick Perry	Republican	Incumbent retired. Republican hold	√ Greg Abbott (R) Wendy Davis (D) Brandon Parmer (Green) Kathie Glass (L)

Vermont	Peter Shumlin	Democratic	After no candidate received over 50% of the popular vote, the election was decided in January 2015 by the Vermont General Assembly.	√ Peter Shumlin (D), 46.4% Scott Milne (R), 45.3% Dan Feliciano (L), 4.4% Emily Peyton (I), 1.7% Pete Diamondstone (Liberty Union), 0.9% Bernard Peters (I), 0.7% Cris Ericson (I), 0.6%

Wisconsin	Scott Walker	Republican	Re-elected, 52.3%	√ Scott Walker (R), 52.3% Mary Burke (D), 46.6% Robert Burke (L), 0.8%

Wyoming	Matt Mead	Republican	Re-elected, 62.5%	√ Matt Mead (R), 62.5% Pete Gosar (D), 28.9% Don Wills (I), 6.1% Dee Cozzens (L), 2.5%

Sentence(s)

The Republicans gained Democratic-held seats in Massachusetts, Maryland, Arkansas and defeated incumbent Pat Quinn in Illinois.

final_sentence: The Republicans gained Democratic-held seats in Massachusetts, Maryland, Arkansas and defeated incumbent Pat Quinn in Illinois.