page_title: 2014 Nebraska gubernatorial election
section_title: Candidates
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 Nebraska gubernatorial election / Republican primary / Candidates
caption_attribution_description: English: Buffalo County Republican Party candidate night, held in Kearney on the evening of November 4, 2013. Gubernatorial candidates: from left to right, Charlie Janssen, Pete Ricketts, Mike Foley, and Tom Carlson. Candidate Beau McCoy was not present at the event.
context_page_description: The 2014 Nebraska gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the 40th Governor of Nebraska. Republican Candidate and former COO of TD Ameritrade Pete Ricketts defeated Democratic candidate and former Regent of the University of Nebraska Chuck Hassebrook, receiving 57.6% of the vote to Hassebrook's 38.9%. This is the 1st open seat election since 1998.
caption: Buffalo County Republican Party candidate event in November 2013.  From left to right: Charlie Janssen, Pete Ricketts, Mike Foley, and Tom Carlson.  Beau McCoy was not present at the event; Jon Bruning had not yet declared his candidacy.
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