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| United States gubernatorial elections, 2014 | ||||
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| 38 governorships | ||||
| November 4, 2014 | ||||
| First party | Second party | |||
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| Leader | Chris Christie | Peter Shumlin | ||
| Party | Republican | Democratic | ||
| Seats before | 29 | 21 | ||
| Seats won | 31 | 16 + 1 (20) | ||
| Seat change | +2 | -3 | ||
The U.S. 2014 gubernatorial elections were held on November 4, 2014 in 35 states and 3 territories.
The elections coincided with the U.S. Senate elections, and U.S. House elections of the year.
As part of the 2014 Republican wave, the Republicans maintained a strong majority, in spite of Democratic pick ups.
Results[]
Winning candidate in bold[]
| Incumbent | State\Territory | Party | Results | Candidates |
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| Robert Bentley | Alabama | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Parker Griffith (Democratic) |
| Mike Beebe | Arkansas | Democratic | Incumbent term limited, Republican gain |
Asa Hutchinson (Republican) Mike Ross (Democratic) |
| Sean Parnell | Alaska | Republican | Incumbent defeated, independent gain | Bill Walker (Independent) |
| Jan Brewer | Arizona | Republican | Incumbent term limited, Republican hold | Doug Ducey (Republican) Fred DuVal (Democratic) |
| Jerry Brown | California | Democratic | Incumbent re-elected | Neel Kashkari (Republican) |
| John Hickenlooper | Colorado | Democratic | Incumbent re-elected | Bob Beauprez (Republican) |
| Dan Malloy | Connecticut | Democratic | Incumbent re-elected | Tom Foley (Republican) |
| Rick Scott | Florida | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Charlie Crist (Democratic) Adrian Wyllie (Libertarian) |
| Nathan Deal | Georgia | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Jason Carter (Democratic) |
| Eddie Calvo | Guam | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Carl Gutierrez (Democratic) |
| Neil Abercrombie | Hawaii | Democratic | Incumbent lost nomination, Democratic hold | David Ige (Democratic) Duke Aiona (Democratic) Mufi Hannemann (Independent) |
| Butch Otter | Idaho | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | A.J. Balukoff (Democratic) |
| Pat Quinn | Illinois | Democratic | Incumbent defeated, Republican gain | Bruce Rauner (Republican) |
| Terry Branstad | Iowa | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Jack Hatch (Democratic) |
| Sam Brownback | Kansas | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Paul Davis (Democratic) |
| Paul LePage | Maine | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Mike Michaud (Democratic) |
| Martin O'Malley | Maryland | Democratic | Incumbent term limited, Republican gain | Larry Hogan (Republican) Anthony Brown (Democratic) |
| Deval Patrick | Massachusetts | Democratic | Incumbent retired, Democratic hold | Charles Baker (Republican) Martha Coakley (Democratic) |
| Rick Snyder | Michigan | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Mark Schauer (Democratic) |
| Mark Dayton | Minnesota | DFL | Incumbent re-elected | Jeff Johnson (Republican) |
| Dave Heineman | Nebraska | Republlican | Incumbent term limited, Republican hold | Pete Ricketts (Republican) Chuck Hassebrook (Democratic) |
| Brian Sandoval | Nevada | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Bob Goodman (Democratic) David Lory VanDerBeek (Independent American) |
| Maggie Hassan | New Hampshire | Democratic | Incumbent re-elected | Walt Havenstein (Republican) |
| Susanna Martinez | New Mexico | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Gary King (Democratic) |
| Andrew Cuomo | New York | Democratic | Incumbent re-elected | Rob Astorino (Republican) Howie Hawkins (Green) |
| Eloy Inos | Northern Mariana Islands | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Heinz Hofschneider (Independent) |
| John Kasich | Ohio | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Ed Fitzgerald (Democratic) |
| Mary Fallin | Oklahoma | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Joe Dorman (Democratic) |
| John Kitzhaber | Oregon | Democratic | Incumbent re-elected | Dennis Richardson (Republican) |
| Tom Corbett | Pennsylvania | Republican | Incumbent defeated, Democratic gain | Tom Wolf (Democratic) |
| Lincoln Chafee | Rhode Island | Democratic | Incumbent retired, Democratic hold | Gina Raimondo(Democratic) Alan Fung (Republican) |
| Nikki Haley | South Carolina | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Vincent Sheheen (Democratic) |
| Dennis Daugaard | South Dakota | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Susan Wismer (Democratic) |
| Bill Haslam | Tennessee | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Charlie Brown (Democratic) |
| Rick Perry | Texas | Republican | Incumbent retired, Republican hold | Greg Abbott (Republican) Wendy Davis (Democratic) |
| John de Jongh | U.S. Virgin Islands | Democratic | Incumbent term limited, Democratic hold | Donna Christian-Christensen (Democratic) Kenneth Mappp (Independent) |
| Peter Shumlin | Vermont | Democratic | Incumbent re-elected | Scott Milne (Republican) |
| Scott Walker | Wisconsin | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Mary Burke (Democratic) |
| Matt Mead | Wyoming | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Pete Gosar (Democratic) |