2014 South Carolina gubernatorial election

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2014 South Carolina gubernatorial election
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Nominee Nikki Haley Vincent Sheheen
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote696,645516,166
Percentage55.90%41.42%
2014 South Carolina gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2014 South Carolina Gubernatorial election by congressional district.svg
Haley:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Sheheen:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Governor before election

Nikki Haley
Republican

Elected Governor

Nikki Haley
Republican

The 2014 South Carolina gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of South Carolina, concurrently with the regularly-scheduled election and special election to both of South Carolina's U.S. Senate seats, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Contents

Incumbent Republican Governor Nikki Haley ran for re-election to a second term in office. She faced Democratic State Senator Vincent Sheheen in the general election. Republican-turned-Independent Tom Ervin had been running, but he withdrew from the race and endorsed Sheheen.

Haley defeated Sheheen again in 2014, as she won nearly 56 percent of the vote to his 41 percent. [1]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • Tom Ervin, attorney, former state representative and former circuit court judge (ran as an Independent and later dropped out of the race to endorse Vincent Sheheen) [3] [4]

Declined

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Nikki
Haley		Someone
else		Undecided
Public Policy Polling December 7–9, 2012506± 4.4%53%37%10%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Nikki
Haley		Curtis
Loftis		Undecided
Public Policy Polling December 7–9, 2012506± 4.4%66%18%17%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Nikki
Haley		Glenn
McConnell		Undecided
Public Policy Polling December 7–9, 2012506± 4.4%58%26%17%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Vincent Sheheen
Elected Officials

Independent and third parties

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • Tom Ervin (Independent), attorney, former Republican state representative and former circuit court judge (endorsed Sheheen) [20]

Declined

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [22] Likely RNovember 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [23] Likely RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report [24] Likely RNovember 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics [25] Likely RNovember 3, 2014

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Nikki
Haley (R)		Vincent
Sheheen (D)		Tom
Ervin (I)		OtherUndecided
Daily Journal October 27–30, 2014139—46%45%2%4% [26] 3%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 20141,566± 4%50%33%—1%16%
Susquehanna October 2014917± 3.24%51%31%11%3% [27] 4%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20–October 1, 20142,663± 2%53%36%—1%10%
Crantford Research September 29, 2014688± 3%41%37%7%—15%
Winthrop University September 21–28, 20141,082± 3%44%34%4%4% [28] 15%
Public Policy Polling^ September 4–5, 2014793± 3.5%50%45%——5%
American Research Group September 2–4, 2014600± 4%43%33%18%1% [29] 5%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18–September 2, 2014833± 5%56%35%—1%9%
Rasmussen Reports August 25–26, 2014750± 4%51%36%—6%7%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 20141,186± 5.4%55%38%—2%5%
Palmetto Politics Poll July 22, 20141,000± 4%53%40%——7%
650± 4%46%42%3%5% [29] 6%
Public Policy Polling^ June 20–22, 2014698± 3.7%49%46%——5%
Rasmussen Reports April 14–15, 2014750± 4%52%37%—3%7%
Harper Polling October 27–28, 2013676± 3.77%48%39%——13%
Clarity Campaign Labs October 15–16, 2013760± 3.53%44%40%——16%
Public Policy Polling December 7–9, 2012520± 4.3%44%46%——10%
Hypothetical polling
With Loftis
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Curtis
Loftis (R)		Vincent
Sheheen (D)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling December 7–9, 2012520± 4.3%37%46%17%
With McConnell
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Glenn
McConnell (R)		Vincent
Sheheen (D)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling December 7–9, 2012520± 4.3%41%44%15%

Results

South Carolina gubernatorial election, 2014 [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Nikki Haley (incumbent) 696,645 55.90% +4.53%
Democratic Vincent Sheheen 516,16641.42%-5.49%
Libertarian Steve French15,4381.24%N/A
Independent Tom Ervin 11,4960.92%N/A
United Citizens Morgan B. Reeves5,6220.45%-1.05%
Write-in 9340.07%-0.16%
Total votes1,246,301100.00%N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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