2014 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

2014 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

November 4, 2014
Turnout40.7%
 
Nominee Mary Fallin Joe Dorman
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 460,298 338,239
Percentage 55.81% 41.01%

County results
Fallin:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Dorman:      40–50%      50–60%

Governor before election

Mary Fallin
Republican

Elected Governor

Mary Fallin
Republican

The 2014 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor of Oklahoma. Incumbent Governor Mary Fallin was re-elected with 55.8% of the vote over state representative Joe Dorman. Primaries were held on June 24, 2014. Fallin won the Republican nomination with more than 75% of the vote, and Dorman won the Democratic nomination uncontested.

Republican primary

Fallin, the incumbent, easily defeated Chad "The Drug Lawyer" Moody and Dax Ewbank who would run as a Libertarian for U.S. Senate in 2016. Ewbank and Moody both stressed ending the war on drugs and protecting 2nd Amendment rights.[1]

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Results

Republican primary results[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mary Fallin (incumbent) 200,035 75.52
Republican Chad Moody 40,839 15.42
Republican Dax Ewbank 24,020 9.07
Total votes 264,894 100.00

Democratic primary

Dorman was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Independents

Candidates

Declared

Disqualified

General election

Debates

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[21] Solid R November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[22] Safe R November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report[23] Safe R November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics[24] Likely R November 3, 2014

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Mary
Fallin (R)
Joe
Dorman (D)
Other Undecided
Sooner Poll[25] October 25–29, 2014 949 ± 3.18% 48% 40% 5%[26] 7%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[27] October 16–23, 2014 995 ± 5% 56% 32% 0% 12%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[28] September 20–October 1, 2014 1,244 ± 3% 58% 33% 1% 8%
Sooner Poll[29] September 27–29, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 50% 36% 6% 8%
Clarity Campaigns*[30] August 18–September 2, 2014 841 ± 3.47% 45% 43% 4% 8%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[31] August 18–September 2, 2014 821 ± 5% 53% 35% 1% 10%
Sooner Poll[32] August 28–30, 2014 603 ± 4% 50% 32% 3%[33] 15%
Cole Hargrave Snodgrass[34] July 20–25, 2014 500 ± 4.3% 44% 31% 4%[35] 22%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[36] July 5–24, 2014 1,312 ± 4.7% 49% 40% 6% 5%
Rasmussen Reports[37] July 15–16, 2014 750 ± 4% 45% 40% 7% 8%
  • * Internal poll for the Joe Dorman campaign

Results

2014 Oklahoma gubernatorial election[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mary Fallin (incumbent) 460,298 55.81% −3.09%
Democratic Joe Dorman 338,239 41.01% +1.79%
Independent Kimberly Willis 17,169 2.08%
Independent Richard Prawdzienski 9,125 1.11%
Total votes 824,831 100.0%
Majority 122,059 14.80%
Republican hold Swing -6.10%

Results by county

County[38] Mary Fallin
Republican
Joe Dorman
Democratic
All Others
Independent
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adair 2,238 53.94% 1,737 41.87% 174 4.19% 501 12.08% 4,149
Alfalfa 972 62.79% 530 34.24% 46 2.97% 442 28.55% 1,548
Atoka 1,825 52.34% 1,527 43.79% 135 3.87% 298 8.55% 3,487
Beaver 1,110 73.22% 343 22.63% 63 4.16% 767 50.59% 1,516
Beckham 2,785 59.87% 1,701 36.56% 166 3.57% 1,084 23.30% 4,652
Blaine 1,589 60.12% 970 36.70% 84 3.18% 619 23.42% 2,643
Bryan 4,337 49.52% 4,122 47.07% 299 3.41% 215 2.45% 8,758
Caddo 2,625 45.11% 3,082 52.96% 112 1.92% -457 -7.85% 5,819
Canadian 18,456 65.88% 8,708 31.08% 850 3.03% 9,748 34.80% 28,014
Carter 5,990 55.85% 4,241 39.54% 494 4.61% 1,749 16.31% 10,725
Cherokee 4,093 45.05% 4,655 51.24% 337 3.71% -562 -6.19% 9,085
Choctaw 1,743 55.70% 1,282 40.97% 104 3.32% 461 14.73% 3,129
Cimarron 576 75.29% 137 17.91% 52 6.80% 439 57.39% 765
Cleveland 30,989 51.45% 27,247 45.24% 1,991 3.31% 3,742 6.21% 60,227
Coal 749 42.78% 937 53.51% 65 3.71% -188 -10.74% 1,751
Comanche 10,091 50.46% 9,299 46.50% 610 3.05% 792 3.96% 20,000
Cotton 902 53.56% 730 43.35% 52 3.09% 172 10.21% 1,684
Craig 1,958 54.94% 1,491 41.84% 115 3.23% 467 13.10% 3,564
Creek 9,618 62.71% 5,210 33.97% 509 3.32% 4,408 28.74% 15,337
Custer 4,210 64.59% 2,124 32.59% 184 2.82% 2,086 32.00% 6,518
Delaware 5,614 62.45% 3,126 34.77% 250 2.78% 2,488 27.68% 8,990
Dewey 996 66.58% 454 30.35% 46 3.07% 542 36.23% 1,496
Ellis 888 71.21% 316 25.34% 43 3.45% 572 45.87% 1,247
Garfield 7,247 57.14% 4,906 38.68% 530 4.18% 2,341 18.46% 12,683
Garvin 3,417 56.63% 2,428 40.24% 189 3.13% 989 16.39% 6,034
Grady 7,027 54.42% 5,568 43.12% 317 2.46% 1,459 11.30% 12,912
Grant 979 61.26% 558 34.92% 61 3.82% 421 26.35% 1,598
Greer 820 55.11% 616 41.40% 52 3.49% 204 13.71% 1,488
Harmon 404 58.89% 269 39.21% 13 1.90% 135 19.68% 686
Harper 750 69.64% 289 26.83% 38 3.53% 461 42.80% 1,077
Haskell 1,254 50.42% 1,176 47.29% 57 2.29% 78 3.14% 2,487
Hughes 1,555 53.22% 1,262 43.19% 105 3.59% 293 10.03% 2,922
Jackson 3,071 73.00% 1,018 24.20% 118 2.80% 2,053 48.80% 4,207
Jefferson 640 51.61% 555 44.76% 45 3.63% 85 6.85% 1,240
Johnston 1,133 48.09% 1,119 47.50% 104 4.41% 14 0.59% 2,356
Kay 6,131 61.38% 3,551 35.55% 307 3.07% 2,580 25.83% 9,989
Kingfisher 2,662 71.83% 948 25.58% 96 2.59% 1,714 46.25% 3,706
Kiowa 1,305 53.09% 1,090 44.34% 63 2.56% 215 8.75% 2,458
Latimer 1,016 43.05% 1,266 53.64% 78 3.31% -250 -10.59% 2,360
Le Flore 5,281 53.78% 4,074 41.49% 465 4.74% 1,207 12.29% 9,820
Lincoln 5,377 61.70% 3,001 34.43% 337 3.87% 2,376 27.26% 8,715
Logan 6,864 64.22% 3,462 32.39% 363 3.40% 3,402 31.83% 10,689
Love 1,177 54.82% 877 40.85% 93 4.33% 300 13.97% 2,147
Major 1,417 64.41% 693 31.50% 90 4.09% 724 32.91% 2,200
Marshall 1,792 52.41% 1,494 43.70% 133 3.89% 298 8.72% 3,419
Mayes 5,158 54.23% 4,016 42.22% 3374 3.54% 1,142 12.01% 9,511
McClain 5,593 61.71% 3,210 35.42% 260 2.87% 2,383 26.29% 9,063
McCurtain 3,445 51.24% 2,917 43.39% 361 5.37% 528 7.85% 6,723
McIntosh 2,361 51.23% 2,098 45.52% 150 3.25% 263 5.71% 4,609
Murray 1,606 54.40% 1,251 42.38% 95 3.22% 355 12.03% 2,952
Muskogee 6,822 47.61% 7,039 49.12% 469 3.27% -217 -1.51% 14,330
Noble 1,901 65.15% 927 31.77% 90 3.08% 974 33.38% 2,918
Nowata 1,656 61.22% 953 35.23% 96 3.55% 703 25.99% 2,705
Okfuskee 1,290 48.96% 1,254 47.59% 91 3.45% 36 1.37% 2,635
Oklahoma 79,853 51.31% 71,431 45.90% 4,356 2.80% 8,422 5.41% 155,640
Okmulgee 4,165 50.79% 3,780 46.09% 256 3.12% 385 4.69% 8,201
Osage 5,861 52.08% 5,009 44.51% 383 3.40% 852 7.57% 11,253
Ottawa 2,950 56.54% 2,066 39.59% 202 3.87% 884 16.94% 5,218
Pawnee 2,191 59.65% 1,346 36.65% 136 3.70% 845 23.01% 3,673
Payne 7,954 51.38% 7,088 45.79% 438 2.83% 866 5.59% 15,480
Pittsburg 5,163 50.77% 4,599 45.22% 408 4.01% 564 5.55% 10,170
Pontotoc 3,664 45.96% 4,051 50.82% 257 3.22% -387 -4.85% 7,972
Pottawatomie 8,909 60.93% 5,237 35.82% 475 3.25% 3,672 25.11% 14,621
Pushmataha 1,319 51.22% 1,136 44.12% 120 4.66% 183 7.11% 2,575
Roger Mills 778 63.82% 409 33.55% 32 2.63% 369 30.27% 1,219
Rogers 14,048 64.01% 7,167 32.66% 730 3.33% 6,881 31.36% 21,945
Seminole 2,663 55.84% 1,955 40.99% 151 3.17% 708 14.85% 4,769
Sequoyah 4,676 54.12% 3,649 42.23% 315 3.65% 1,027 11.89% 8,640
Stephens 6,393 56.24% 4,613 40.58% 362 3.18% 1,780 15.66% 11,368
Texas 2,466 76.39% 639 19.80% 123 3.81% 1,827 56.60% 3,228
Tillman 991 58.54% 644 38.04% 58 3.43% 347 20.50% 1,693
Tulsa 74,867 56.87% 53,073 40.31% 3,709 2.82% 21,794 16.55% 131,649
Wagoner 10,675 63.77% 5,500 32.85% 566 3.38% 5,175 30.91% 16,741
Washington 8,795 66.45% 3,912 29.56% 528 3.99% 4,883 36.89% 13,235
Washita 1,943 63.41% 1,039 33.91% 82 2.68% 904 29.50% 3,064
Woods 1,440 58.68% 916 37.33% 98 3.99% 524 21.35% 2,454
Woodward 3,029 70.77% 1,126 26.31% 125 2.92% 1,903 44.46% 4,280
Totals 460,298 55.81% 338,239 41.01% 26,294 3.19% 122,059 14.80% 824,831

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

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