2014 Michigan elections

2014 Michigan elections

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Michigan on November 4, 2014. Primary elections were held on August 5, 2014.

Voters elected all four executive officers and both houses of the state legislature, as well as the state's delegations to the U.S. House and one of its two U.S. Senate seats.

As of 2025, this remains the most recent time that the Republican Party has won any statewide office in Michigan.

Federal elections

U.S. Senate

Main article: 2014 United States Senate election in Michigan

Incumbent Democratic Senator Carl Levin was re-elected in 2008 with 62.7% of the vote. He retired instead of seeking a seventh term. U.S. Representative Gary Peters defeated former secretary of state Terri Lynn Land in the general election.

2014 United States Senate election in Michigan ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gary Peters	1,704,936	54.61	8.05
	Republican	Terri Lynn Land	1,290,199	41.33	7.48
	Libertarian	Jim Fulner	62,897	2.01	0.44
	Constitution	Richard Matkin	37,529	1.20	0.56
	Green	Chris Wahmhoff	26,137	0.84	0.06
	Write-in		77	0.00
Total votes			3,121,775	100.00
	Democratic hold

U.S. House

Main article: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result [2]
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	113,263	45.28%	130,414	52.14%	6,454	2.58%	250,131	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 2	70,851	33.25%	135,568	63.63%	6,653	3.12%	213,072	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 3	84,720	39.01%	125,754	57.91%	6,691	3.08%	217,165	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 4	85,777	39.09%	123,962	56.50%	9,684	4.41%	219,423	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 5	148,182	66.71%	69,222	31.16%	4,734	2.13%	222,138	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 6	84,391	40.38%	116,801	55.89%	7,784	3.73%	208,976	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 7	92,083	41.17%	119,564	53.45%	12,038	5.38%	223,685	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 8	102,269	42.06%	132,739	54.60%	8,117	3.34%	243,125	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 9	136,342	60.39%	81,470	36.09%	7,945	3.52%	225,757	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 10	67,143	29.36%	157,069	68.68%	4,480	1.96%	228,692	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 11	101,681	40.47%	140,435	55.90%	9,122	3.63%	251,238	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 12	134,346	65.01%	64,716	31.32%	7,598	3.68%	206,660	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 13	132,710	79.49%	27,234	16.31%	7,003	4.20%	166,947	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 14	165,272	77.79%	41,801	19.67%	5,395	2.54%	212,468	100.00%	Democratic Hold
Total	1,519,030	49.17%	1,466,749	47.47%	103,698	3.36%	3,089,477	100.00%

State elections

Governor and lieutenant governor

Main article: 2014 Michigan gubernatorial election

Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Snyder was first elected in 2010 with 58.1% of the vote. ^[3] He ran for re-election to a second term and defeated former U.S. Representative Mark Schauer in the closest statewide election in 2014.

2014 Michigan gubernatorial election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rick Snyder (incumbent)	1,607,399	50.92	7.19
	Democratic	Mark Schauer	1,479,057	46.86	6.96
	Libertarian	Mary Buzuma	35,723	1.13	0.44
	Constitution	Mark McFarlin	19,368	0.61	0.04
	Green	Paul Homeniuk	14,934	0.47	0.17
	Write-in		50	0.00
Total votes			3,156,531	100.00
	Republican hold

Secretary of state

Main article: 2014 Michigan Secretary of State election

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Ruth Johnson was first elected in 2010 with 50.7% of the vote. She won re-election to a second term against attorney Godfrey Dillard.

2014 Michigan Secretary of State election ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ruth Johnson (incumbent)	1,649,047	53.53	2.85
	Democratic	Godfrey Dillard	1,323,004	42.94	2.28
	Libertarian	Jamie Lewis	61,112	1.98	0.15
	Constitution	Robert Gale	34,447	1.12	0.19
	Natural Law	Jason Gatties	13,185	0.43	New
Total votes			3,080,795	100.00
	Republican hold

Attorney general

Main article: 2014 Michigan Attorney General election

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette was first elected in 2010 with 52.6% of the vote. He won re-election to a second term against MSU law professor Mark Totten.

2014 Michigan Attorney General election ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Schuette (incumbent)	1,603,471	52.11	0.48
	Democratic	Mark Totten	1,359,839	44.19	0.71
	Libertarian	Justin Altman	57,345	1.86	0.08
	Constitution	Gerald Van Sickle	30,762	1.00	0.94
	Green	John La Pietra	25,747	0.84	New
Total votes			3,077,164	100.00
	Republican hold

Board of education

2014 Michigan Board of Education election ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pamela Pugh Smith	1,368,790	24.47
	Democratic	Casandra E. Ulbrich (incumbent)	1,309,760	23.42
	Republican	Maria Carl	1,279,122	22.87
	Republican	Jonathan Tade Williams	1,206,419	21.57
	Libertarian	Kimberly Moore	114,666	2.05
	Constitution	John Adams	82,511	1.48
	Libertarian	Gregory Scott Stempfle	75,702	1.35
	Constitution	Karen Adams	65,828	1.18
	Green	Sherry A. Wells	60,516	1.08
	Natural Law	Nikki Mattson	30,099	0.54
Total votes			5,593,413	100.00
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

State legislature

Main articles: 2014 Michigan Senate election and 2014 Michigan House of Representatives election

All seats of the Michigan Legislature were up for election. The Senate elects its members to four year terms, while the House of Representatives members are elected to two year terms. Republicans retained control of both chambers and made small gains in seats.

Senate Party Before After Change Republican 26 27 1 Democratic 12 11 1 Total 38 38

House of Representatives Party Before After Change Republican 59 63 4 Democratic 51 47 4 Total 110 110

Supreme court

2014 Michigan Supreme Court election

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3 seats of the Supreme Court of Michigan
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 5 2 Seats won 2 1 Seat change

General election

2014 Michigan Supreme Court election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Brian K. Zahra (incumbent)	1,450,326	32.19
	Nonpartisan	Richard H. Bernstein	1,301,254	28.88
	Nonpartisan	James Robert Redford	934,029	20.73
	Nonpartisan	Bill Murphy	637,741	14.15
	Nonpartisan	Doug Dern	182,543	4.05
Total votes			4,505,893	100.00

Special election

2014 Michigan Supreme Court special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	David Viviano (incumbent)	1,521,035	62.14
	Nonpartisan	Deborah Thomas	706,971	28.88
	Nonpartisan	Kerry Morgan	219,892	8.98
Total votes			2,447,898	100.00

Ballot measures

Proposal 1 (August)

Eliminate Personal Property Tax
Results
Choice Votes  % Yes 863,459 69.29% No 382,770 30.71% Valid votes 1,246,229 100.00% Invalid or blank votes 0 0.00% Total votes 1,246,229 100.00%
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