2014 Wyoming gubernatorial election

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2014 Wyoming gubernatorial election
Flag of Wyoming.svg
  2010 November 4, 2014 2018  
Turnout63.37% Registered Decrease2.svg 6.41%
34.00% of Total Population Decrease2.svg 4.17%
  Matt Mead.jpg Pete Gosar.jpg Don Wills.jpg
Nominee Matt Mead Pete Gosar Don Wills
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Popular vote99,70045,7529,895
Percentage59.39%27.25%5.89%

2014 Wyoming gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Mead:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Gosar:     40–50%

Governor before election

Matt Mead
Republican

Elected Governor

Matt Mead
Republican

The 2014 Wyoming gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor of Wyoming. The election coincided with elections to other federal and state offices.

Contents

Incumbent Republican Governor Matt Mead ran for re-election to a second term in office. Mead won the election with 59% of the vote, defeating Democrat Pete Gosar, Independent candidate Don Wills and Libertarian Dee Cozzens.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Taylor Haynes, physician, rancher and Independent write-in candidate for Governor in 2010 [1]
  • Cindy Hill, State Superintendent of Public Instruction [2]
  • Matt Mead, incumbent governor [3]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Matt
Mead
Cindy
Hill
Undecided
Public Policy Polling July 19–21, 2013780± 3.5%69%15%16%

Results

Results by county:
Mead
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Mead--70-80%
Mead--60-70%
Mead--50-60%
Mead--40-50%
Haynes
Haynes--40-50% 2014 WY gubernatorial Republican primary.svg
Results by county:
Mead
  •   Mead—70–80%
  •   Mead—60–70%
  •   Mead—50–60%
  •   Mead—40–50%
Haynes
  •   Haynes—40–50%
Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Matt Mead (incumbent) 53,673 54.04
Republican Taylor Haynes31,53231.75
Republican Cindy Hill12,46412.55
Republican Write-in2150.22
Republican Over Votes 260.03
Republican Under Votes 1,4021.41
Total votes99,312 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Results by county:
Gosar-->90% 2014 WY gubernatorial Democratic primary.svg
Results by county:
  Gosar—>90%
Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Pete Gosar 15,289 83.52
Democratic Write-in5102.78
Democratic Over Votes 50.03
Democratic Under Votes 2,50213.67
Total votes18,306 100

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [6] Solid RNovember 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report [8] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics [9] Safe RNovember 3, 2014

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Matt
Mead (R)
Pete
Gosar (D)
OtherUndecided
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 2014258± 11%58%33%0%9%
Mason-Dixon October 6–8, 2014625± 4%53%28%6% [10] 13%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20–October 1, 2014264± 7%53%30%7%11%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18–September 2, 2014350± 8%53%25%12%9%
Rasmussen Reports August 20–21, 2014700± 4%55%34%7%4%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 2014416± 5.1%53%25%16%5%
Hypothetical polling
With Mead
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Matt
Mead (R)
Dave
Freudenthal (D)
OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling July 19–21, 20131,203± 2.8%47%36%17%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Matt
Mead (R)
Gary
Trauner (D)
OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling July 19–21, 20131,203± 2.8%62%20%18%
With Hill
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Cindy
Hill (R)
Dave
Freudenthal (D)
OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling July 19–21, 20131,203± 2.8%23%57%20%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Cindy
Hill (R)
Gary
Trauner (D)
OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling July 19–21, 20131,203± 2.8%29%38%33%

Results

Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2014 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Matt Mead (incumbent) 99,700 59.39% -6.29%
Democratic Pete Gosar45,75227.25%+4.31%
Independent Don Wills9,8955.89%N/A
Write-in 8,4905.06%+3.85%
Libertarian Dee Cozzens4,0402.41%-0.44%
Total votes167,877 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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