Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2014

November 4, 2014



Nominee	Matt Mead	Pete Gosar	Don Wills
Party	Republican	Democratic	Independent
Popular vote	99,700	45,752	9,895
Percentage	58.25%	26.73%	5.78%

Governor before election

Matt Mead
Republican

Elected Governor

Matt Mead
Republican

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The 2014 Wyoming gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Wyoming. The election coincided with elections to other federal and state offices.

Incumbent Republican Governor Matt Mead ran for re-election to a second term in office. Mead won the election with 62.5% of the vote, defeating Democrat Pete Gosar, Independent candidate Don Wills and Libertarian Dee Cozzens.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Taylor Haynes, physician, rancher and Independent write-in candidate for Governor in 2010^[1]
Cindy Hill, State Superintendent of Public Instruction^[2]
Matt Mead, incumbent Governor^[3]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Matt Mead	Cindy Hill	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	July 19–21, 2013	780	± 3.5%	69%	15%	16%

Results

Results by county:

Matt Mead

Taylor Haynes

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Mead	53,673	54.04
	Republican	Taylor Haynes	31,532	31.75
	Republican	Cindy Hill	12,464	12.55
	Republican	Write-in	215	0.22
	Republican	Over Votes	26	0.03
	Republican	Under Votes	1,402	1.41
Total votes			99,312	100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Pete Gosar, former Chairman of the Wyoming Democratic Party, candidate for Governor in 2010 and brother of Arizona Republican U.S. Representative Paul Gosar^[5]

Results

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Gosar	15,289	83.52
	Democratic	Write-in	510	2.78
	Democratic	Over Votes	5	0.03
	Democratic	Under Votes	2,502	13.67
Total votes			18,306	100

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Matt Mead (R)	Pete Gosar (D)	Other	Undecided
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	October 16–23, 2014	258	± 11%	58%	33%	0%	9%
Mason-Dixon	October 6–8, 2014	625	± 4%	53%	28%	6%^[6]	13%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	September 20–October 1, 2014	264	± 7%	53%	30%	7%	11%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	August 18–September 2, 2014	350	± 8%	53%	25%	12%	9%
Rasmussen Reports	August 20–21, 2014	700	± 4%	55%	34%	7%	4%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	July 5–24, 2014	416	± 5.1%	53%	25%	16%	5%

Hypothetical polling

With Mead

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Matt Mead (R)	Dave Freudenthal (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	July 19–21, 2013	1,203	± 2.8%	47%	36%	—	17%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Matt Mead (R)	Gary Trauner (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	July 19–21, 2013	1,203	± 2.8%	62%	20%	—	18%

With Hill

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Cindy Hill (R)	Dave Freudenthal (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	July 19–21, 2013	1,203	± 2.8%	23%	57%	—	20%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Cindy Hill (R)	Gary Trauner (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	July 19–21, 2013	1,203	± 2.8%	29%	38%	—	33%

Results

Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2014^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Mead	99,700	58.25
	Democratic	Pete Gosar	45,752	26.73
	Independent	Don Wills	9,895	5.78
	Libertarian	Dee Cozzens	4,040	2.36
	Write-in	Other	8,490	4.96
	Over Votes	Other	62	0.04
	Under Votes	Other	3,214	1.88
Total votes			171,153	100

References

↑ Doug Randall (April 29, 2013). "Haynes Announces Run For Governor". KGAB.com. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
↑ Doug Randall (January 31, 2013). "Hill Announces Run for Governor in 2014". KGAB.com. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
↑ Kari Gray (March 11, 2014). "Governor Matt Mead Announces 2014 Re-Election Campaign". meadforgovernor.com. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
1 2 "2014 Official Primary Election results" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
↑ Ben Neary (May 17, 2014). "(Updated) Gosar announces run for Wyoming governor on Democratic side". Casper Star-Tribune. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
↑ Dee Cozzens (L) 3%, Don Wills (I) 3%
↑ "Statewide Candidates Official Summary Wyoming General Election - November 4, 2014" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. Retrieved November 16, 2014.

External links

Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2014 at Ballotpedia
Campaign contributions at FollowTheMoney.org

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