2014 California Secretary of State election

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2014 California Secretary of State election
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  2010 November 4, 2014 2018  
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Nominee Alex Padilla Pete Peterson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote3,799,7113,285,334
Percentage53.6%46.4%

2014 California Secretary of State election results map by county.svg
County results
Padilla:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Peterson:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Secretary of State before election

Debra Bowen
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Alex Padilla
Democratic

The 2014 California Secretary of State election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the secretary of state of California. Incumbent Democratic secretary of state Debra Bowen was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election to a third term in office.

Contents

A primary election was held on June 3, 2014. Under California's nonpartisan blanket primary law, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers — regardless of party — advance to the general election in November, even if a candidate manages to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election. Washington is the only other state with this system, a so-called "top two primary" (Louisiana has a similar "jungle primary").

Democrat Alex Padilla and Republican Pete Peterson finished first and second, respectively, and contested the general election, which Padilla won.

Primary election

Candidates

Democratic Party

Declared
Withdrew

Republican Party

Declared
  • Roy Allmond, California state employee [2]
  • Pete Peterson, executive director of the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement at Pepperdine University [5]

Green Party

Declared
  • David S. Curtis, architectural designer [6] [7] [8]

Independent

Declared

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Derek
Cressman (D)
David
Curtis (G)
Alex
Padilla (D)
Pete
Peterson (R)
Daniel
Schnur (I)
Leland
Yee (D)
OtherUndecided
SurveyUSA May 16–19, 2014610±4%48%32%9%11%
Field Poll March 18–April 5, 2014504±4.5%3%5%17%30%4%<0.5%41%
2%4%10%27%4%8%1%44%

Results

California Secretary of State primary election, 2014 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
California Democratic Party Alex Padilla 1,217,371 30.24
California Republican Party Pete Peterson 1,194,715 29.68
California Democratic Party Leland Yee 380,3619.45
No party preference Daniel Schnur369,8989.19
California Democratic Party Derek Cressman 306,3757.61
California Republican Party Roy Allmond256,6686.38
California Democratic Party Jeffrey H. Drobman178,5214.44
Green David S. Curtis121,6183.02
Total votes4,025,527 100
Turnout  13.63

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Alex
Padilla (D)
Pete
Peterson (R)
Undecided
GQR/American Viewpoint October 22–29, 20141,162± 3.3%45%41%14%
Field Poll October 15–28, 2014941± 3.4%44%37%19%
Field Poll August 14–28, 2014467± 4.8%43%36%21%
Gravis Marketing July 22–24, 2014580± 4%34%37%28%

Results

California Secretary of State general election, 2014 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alex Padilla 3,799,711 53.63
Republican Pete Peterson3,285,33446.37
Total votes7,085,045 100
Democratic hold

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