2014 Colorado Attorney General election

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2014 Colorado Attorney General election
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 2010November 4, 2014 2018  
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Nominee Cynthia Coffman Don QuickDavid Williams
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote1,002,626826,182120,745
Percentage51.4%42.4%6.2%

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2014 Colorado Attorney General election by Congressional district.svg
Coffman:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Quick:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Attorney General before election

John Suthers
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Cynthia Coffman
Republican

The 2014 Colorado Attorney General election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Attorney General of Colorado. Incumbent Republican Attorney General John Suthers was term-limited form seeking a third consecutive term. Republican nominee Chief Deputy Attorney General Cynthia Coffman defeated Democratic nominee former deputy attorney general Don Quick with 51.4% of the vote. [1]

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrew

Declined

Results

Republican primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cynthia Coffman 321,062 100.00%
Total votes321,062 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Don Quick, former deputy attorney general and former District Attorney from the Seventeenth Judicial District [7]

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Don Quick 196,645 100.00%
Total votes196,645 100.00%

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Cynthia
Coffman (R)
Don
Quick (D)
David
Williams (L)
Undecided
Public Policy Polling November 1–2, 2014739± 3.6%50%37%5%9%
SurveyUSA October 27–29, 2014618± 4%45%38%6%11%
Suffolk University October 18–21, 2014500± 4.4%42%31%8%19%
Public Policy Polling October 16–19, 2014778± 3.5%46%32%7%15%
Gravis Marketing October 16, 2014695± 4%44%32%11%13%
Suffolk University September 9–16, 2014500± 4.4%40%30%5%25%
Public Policy Polling July 17–20, 2014653± 3.8%38%29%32%
Gravis Marketing July 8–10, 20141,106± 3%42%38%9%11%

Results

2014 Colorado Attorney General election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cynthia Coffman 1,002,626 51.43%
Democratic Don Quick826,18242.38%
Libertarian David Williams120,7456.19%
Total votes1,949,553 100.00%
Republican hold

By congressional district

Coffman won 5 of 7 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat. [10]

DistrictCoffmanQuickWilliamsRepresentative
1st 33%61%6% Diana DeGette
2nd 44%50%6% Jared Polis
3rd 56%38%6% Scott Tipton
4th 65%29%6% Corey Gardner (113th Congress)
Ken Buck (114th Congress)
5th 65%29%6% Doug Lamborn
6th 52%42%6% Mike Coffman
7th 47%45%7% Ed Perlmutter

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