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The Pennsylvania lieutenant gubernatorial election of 2014 took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, the winners of the lieutenant gubernatorial primary elections join the ticket of their party's gubernatorial nominee.
Primary elections were held on May 20, 2014. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley was renominated unopposed and ran for re-election to a second term on a ticket with incumbent Governor Tom Corbett. The Democratic nominee was State Senator Mike Stack, who was businessman Tom Wolf's running mate. [1]
Wolf and Stack defeated Corbett and Cawley in the general election. [2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jim Cawley (incumbent) | 400,752 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 400,752 | 100.00 | ||
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Mark Critz | Brad Koplinski | Brandon Neuman | Jay Paterno | Mark Smith | Mike Stack | Unde- cided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harper Polling Archived 2014-05-14 at the Wayback Machine | May 12–13, 2014 | 559 | ±4.14% | 18% | 9% | 5% | — | 6% | 20% | 42% |
| Harper Polling Archived 2014-03-02 at the Wayback Machine | Feb. 22–23, 2014 | 501 | ±4.38% | 16% | 4% | 7% | 17% | 2% | 6% | 48% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mike Stack | 351,627 | 46.79 | |
| Democratic | Mark Critz | 119,334 | 15.88 | |
| Democratic | Mark Smith | 109,519 | 14.57 | |
| Democratic | Brad Koplinski | 89,524 | 11.91 | |
| Democratic | Brandon Neuman | 81,438 | 10.84 | |
| Total votes | 751,442 | 100.00 | ||
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