Randy Frese is a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives who represents the 94th district.
 The 94th district, located in Western Illinois along the Mississippi River, includes all or parts of Adams, Henderson, Hancock and Warren counties.
 He succeeded Jil Tracy, who chose not to run for re-election to be Kirk Dillard’s running mate in the 2014 gubernatorial election.
 Prior to being elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, he served as the Adams County Circuit Clerk from 2004 until 2012 when he opted to run against John M. Sullivan for State Senate instead of running for re-election.
John W. Lehman (born August 2, 1945) was a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 21st District.
 He was previously a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1996 through 2004.
 He retook his old seat in the 2012 Wisconsin recall elections, defeating the incumbent Republican, Van Wanggaard, who had defeated Lehman in 2010.
 On July 11, 2012, Lehman was certified as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.
 Lehman was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin in the 2014 gubernatorial election.
Eliot Cutler (born July 29, 1946) is an American lawyer who was an Independent candidate in Maine's 2010 and 2014 gubernatorial races.
Morihiro Hosokawa (細川 護煕 , Hosokawa Morihiro , born 14 January 1938) is a Japanese politician who was the 79th Prime Minister of Japan from 9 August 1993 to 28 April 1994.
 His coalition was the first non-Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) government since 1955.
 He ran as a candidate for governor of Tokyo in the February 2014 gubernatorial election as an independent supported by the Democratic Party of Japan.
 He is since 2005, the 18th Head of the Kumamoto-Hosokawa clan, one of the noble families in Japan.
Elmer Austin Benson (September 22, 1895 March 13, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician from Minnesota.
 In 1935, Elmer Benson was appointed to the U.S. Senate following the death of Thomas Schall.
 He served as the 24th Governor of Minnesota, defeating Republican Martin Nelson in a landslide victory in Minnesota's 1936 gubernatorial election.
 He lost the governorship two years later following his defeat to Republican Harold Stassen in the 1938 gubernatorial election.
Randall C. "Randy" Brogdon (born June 17, 1953) is an American businessman and politician.
 He was a state senator for Oklahoma's 34th senate district from 2002 until 2011.
 Brogdon ran for governor of Oklahoma in 2010 on a platform of tax cuts and reducing the role of government.
 He was defeated by Mary Fallin.
 On December 25, 2013, Brogdon announced that he would challenge incumbent Governor Fallin in the 2014 gubernatorial election.
 However, he withdrew to run for the U.S. Senate in a special election triggered by the retirement of Tom Coburn.
 He lost the nomination to representative James Lankford.
 In April 2015, he was elected as chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party.
The Safe Carry Protection Act (House Bill 60, also known as the Guns Everywhere Bill) is a law in the state of Georgia that dictates where firearms may be carried by residents of the state.
 It also allows residents with a permit to carry a concealed weapon to bring firearms into "bars, churches, school zones, government buildings and certain parts of airports."
 The bill passed the Georgia General Assembly, passing the House of Representatives by a vote of 112-58 and the Senate by 37-18.
 The bill received support from the Republican and Democratic candidates in the 2014 gubernatorial election: incumbent Nathan Deal and State Senator Jason Carter.
Thomas Westerman Wolf (born November 17, 1948) is an American businessman and politician who is the 47th and current Governor of Pennsylvania, since taking office on January 20, 2015.
 A Democrat, he defeated Republican incumbent Tom Corbett in the 2014 gubernatorial election.
 Previously, Wolf served as the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue from April 2007 until November 2008 and as an executive in his family-owned business.
Thomas Jonathan "Tom" Ervin (May 14, 1952) is an American attorney, former judge, one-time politician and former radio station owner.
 A past member of the Republican Party, he served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1979 through 1983.
 He had been running for Governor of South Carolina in the 2014 gubernatorial election as an Independent, but in late October he dropped out and endorsed Democratic nominee Vincent Sheheen.
Jason James Carter (born August 7, 1975) is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Georgia.
 Carter is a former state senator and was the Democratic nominee for Georgia governor in the 2014 election.
 He lost to incumbent Nathan Deal by a margin of 7.9%, taking 44.9% of the vote to Deal's 52.8%.
 Carter is the grandson of former Georgia governor and U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

Question: When was the American lawyer and politician which contested in the 2014 gubernatorial election born 
Answer: August 7, 1975