2014 Wisconsin Secretary of State election

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2014 Wisconsin Secretary of State Election
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 2010November 4, 2014 2018  
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Candidate Doug La Follette Julian Bradley
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,380,7521,235,034
Percentage50.0%46.3%

2014 Wisconsin Secretary of State Election Results.svg
County results
La Follette:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Bradley:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Secretary of State before election

Doug La Follette
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Doug La Follette
Democratic

The 2014 Wisconsin Secretary of State Election took place on November 4, 2014 to elect the Wisconsin Secretary Of State. It occurred concurrently with other elections across Wisconsin. Incumbent Doug La Follette was re-elected to his tenth term as Secretary of State of Wisconsin, taking 50% of the vote in the November general election. La Follette defeated La Crosse Republican Julian Bradley.

Contents

State Representative Garey Bies was defeated in the Republican primary.

Democratic primary

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in the primary

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Julian Bradley 138,734 64.8
Republican Garey Bies75,34035.2
Total votes214,074 100

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)

administered

Sample

size

Margin of

error

Doug

La Follette (D)

Julian

Bradley (R)

Undecided
Gravis Marketing October 3–4, 2014837± 3%44%43%13%
Gravis Marketing September 22–23, 2014908± 3%50%37%13%
Gravis Marketing July 31–August 2, 20141,346± 3%46%39%15%

Results

Wisconsin Secretary of State Election, 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Doug La Follette (incumbent) 1,161,113 50.00% -1.61%
Republican Julian Bradley1,074,83546.29%-2.01%
Independent Andy Craig58,9962.54%
Constitution Jerry Broitzman25,7441.11%
Scattering1,3470.06%
Plurality86,2783.72%+0.40%
Total votes2,322,035 100.0% +11.57%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Despite losing the state, Bradley won 5 of 8 congressional districts. [5]

DistrictLa FolletteBradleyRepresentative
1st 44%53% Paul Ryan
2nd 67%29% Mark Pocan
3rd 52%44% Ron Kind
4th 73%24% Gwen Moore
5th 35%62% Jim Sensenbrenner
6th 43%54% Glenn Grothman
7th 46%51% Sean Duffy
8th 44%52% Reid Ribble

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