2014 Florida Chief Financial Officer election

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2014 Chief Financial Officer of Florida General Election
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  2010 November 4, 2014 2018  
  Jeff Atwater High Resolution.jpg William - Will - Rankin.jpg
Nominee Jeff Atwater Will Rankin
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote3,353,8972,337,727
Percentage58.9%41.1%

Florida CFO Election Results by County, 2014.svg
County results

Atwater:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%

Contents

Rankin:     50–60%     60–70%

CFO before election

Jeff Atwater
Republican

Elected CFO

Jeff Atwater
Republican

The 2014 Florida Chief Financial Officer election took place on November 4, 2014, which resulted in the re-election of the Florida Chief Financial Officer. Incumbent Republican Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater ran for re-election to a second term in office. [1]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Will Rankin, businessman, 11-year U.S. Army Veteran, and former Ohio director of asset management [4]

Withdrew

  • Allie Braswell, President of the Central Florida Urban League [5]

Declined

General election

Candidates

Endorsements

Will Rankin
Organizations
  • Florida Alliance for Retired Americans [17]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Jeff
Atwater (R)
Will
Rankin (D)
Undecided
Public Policy Polling November 1–2, 20141,198± 2.8%51%37%12%
Saint Leo University October 16–19, 2014500± 4.9%50%35%15%
Public Policy Polling September 4–7, 2014818± 3.8%46%34%20%

By congressional district

Atwater won 21 of 27 congressional districts, including four that elected Democrats. [18]

DistrictAtwaterRankinRepresentative
1st 75%25% Jeff Miller
2nd 59%41% Gwen Graham
3rd 67%33% Ted Yoho
4th 71%29% Ander Crenshaw
5th 37%63% Corrine Brown
6th 65%35% Ron DeSantis
7th 63%37% John Mica
8th 65%35% Bill Posey
9th 50.5%49.5% Alan Grayson
10th 63%37% Daniel Webster
11th 68%32% Rich Nugent
12th 66%34% Gus Bilirakis
13th 62%38% Bill Young
14th 48%52% Kathy Castor
15th 64%36% Dennis Ross
16th 63%37% Vern Buchanan
17th 67%33% Tom Rooney
18th 62%38% Patrick Murphy
19th 69%31% Trey Radel
20th 22%78% Alcee Hastings
21st 47%53% Ted Deutch
22nd 54%46% Lois Frankel
23rd 44%56% Debbie Wasserman Schultz
24th 16%84% Frederica Wilson
25th 62%38% Mario Díaz-Balart
26th 55%45% Carlos Curbelo
27th 56%44% Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

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