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The 2014 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Minnesota Attorney General.
Incumbent Democratic–Farmer–Labor Attorney General Lori Swanson ran for re-election to a third term in office. Primary elections were held on August 12, 2014. The Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) renominated Swanson, the Republican Party nominated State Senator Scott Newman and the Independence Party nominated attorney Brandan Borgos.
Swanson defeated Newman in the general election by a significant margin.
The Democratic–Farmer–Labor endorsement was made on May 31, 2014. Incumbent Lori Swanson won the endorsement unopposed. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Lori Swanson (incumbent) | 174,119 | 100 | |
Total votes | 174,119 | 100 |
The Republican endorsement was made on May 30, 2014. State Senator Scott Newman won the endorsement unopposed. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Scott Newman | 103,933 | 63.24 | |
Republican | Sharon Anderson | 60,407 | 36.76 | |
Total votes | 164,340 | 100 |
The Independence Party endorsement was made on May 17, 2014. Brandan Borgos won the endorsement unopposed. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Independence | Brandan Borgos | 5,632 | 100 | |
Total votes | 5,632 | 100 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Lori Swanson (DFL) | Sharon Anderson (R) | Brandan Borgos (IP) | Andy Dawkins (G) |
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Gravis Marketing | July 2–3, 2014 | 879 | ± 3% | 49% | 36% | 8% | 7% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Lori Swanson (incumbent) | 1,014,714 | 52.60% | -0.30% | |
Republican | Scott Newman | 752,543 | 39.01% | -2.26% | |
Legal Marijuana Now | Dan Vacek | 57,604 | 2.99% | N/A | |
Independence | Brandon Borgos | 44,613 | 2.31% | -2.75% | |
Libertarian | Mary O'Connor | 30,008 | 1.56% | N/A | |
Green | Andy Dawkins | 28,748 | 1.49% | N/A | |
Write-in | 750 | 0.04% | -0.04% | ||
Total votes | 1,898,972 | 100.0% | |||
Democratic (DFL) hold | |||||
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