Alabama elections, 2014

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on November 4, 2014. All of Alabama's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives.

U.S. state constituent political entity of the United States

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders. Four states use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names.

Alabama State of the United States of America

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states. With a total of 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of inland waterways, Alabama has among the most of any state.

United States Senate Upper house of the United States Congress

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprises the legislature of the United States. The Senate chamber is located in the north wing of the Capitol, in Washington, D.C.

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Primary elections were held on June 3, 2014 for offices that need to nominate candidates. Primary runoffs, necessary if no candidate won a majority of the vote, were held on 15 July.

A primary election is the process by which voters, either the general public or members of a political party, can indicate their preference for a candidate in an upcoming general election or by-election, thus narrowing the field of candidates.

Governor

Incumbent Republican Governor Robert J. Bentley, who has served in the office since January 17, 2011, ran for re-election to a second term as governor. [1]

Republican Party (United States) political party in the United States

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

Robert J. Bentley 53rd Governor of Alabama

Robert Julian Bentley is an American former politician and physician who served as the 53rd Governor of Alabama from 2011 until 2017 upon his resignation after a political scandal and subsequent arrest. A member of the Republican Party, Bentley was elected governor in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Bentley resigned on April 10, 2017 due to a sex scandal involving a political aide.

He defeated former Morgan County Commissioner Stacy Lee George and retired software company owner and candidate for Mayor of Scottsboro in 2012 Bob Starkey in the Republican primary. [1]

Morgan County, Alabama County in the United States

Morgan County is a county in the north central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census the population was 119,490. The county seat is Decatur. The county was created by the Alabama Territorial legislature on February 6, 1818 from land acquired from the Cherokee Indians in the Treaty of Turkeytown, and was originally called Cotaco County. On June 14, 1821 it was renamed in honor of American Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan of Virginia. It is a prohibition or dry county, though the cities of Decatur, Hartselle, and Priceville are wet.

Scottsboro, Alabama City in Alabama, United States

Scottsboro is a city in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 14,770. Named for its founder Robert T. Scott, the city is the county seat of Jackson County.

In the Democratic primary, former U.S. Representative Parker Griffith defeated businessman and former professional baseball player Kevin Bass. [1]

Democratic Party (United States) political party in the United States

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party. The Democrats' dominant worldview was once social conservatism and economic liberalism while populism was its leading characteristic in the rural South. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt ran as a third-party candidate in the Progressive Party, beginning a switch of political platforms between the Democratic and Republican Party over the coming decades, and leading to Woodrow Wilson being elected as the first fiscally progressive Democrat. Since Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal coalition in the 1930s, the Democratic Party has also promoted a social liberal platform, supporting social justice.

Parker Griffith American politician

Rolf Parker Griffith Jr. is an American retired physician, entrepreneur and politician who served in the Alabama State Senate from 2006 to 2008 and then as the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 5th congressional district from 2009 to 2011. A lifelong member of the Democratic Party, while serving in Congress, at the urging of Republicans he switched parties on December 22, 2009. He ran for re-election in 2010 but was defeated in the Republican primary by Mo Brooks. He returned to the Democratic Party in 2014 and unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Alabama in the 2014 election.

Bentley defeated Griffith in the general election by a landslide.

Lieutenant governor

In Alabama, the governor and lieutenant governor are elected separately. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey, who has served in the office since January 17, 2011, ran for re-election to a second term. [1]

Kay Ivey Alabama politician

Kay Ellen Ivey is an American politician serving as the 54th Governor of Alabama since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, she previously was the 38th Alabama State Treasurer from 2003 to 2011 and 30th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama from 2011 to 2017. Ivey became Alabama's second female governor and first female Republican governor upon the resignation of her predecessor, Robert J. Bentley. She won a full term in the 2018 gubernatorial election.

Pastor and conservative activist Stan Cooke also ran in the Republican primary. [1]

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		Margin of
error		 Kay
Ivey		 Stan
Cooke		 Undecided
Cygnal May 29–30, 2014 1,217 ± 2.81%57.9% 32.4% 9.7%
Cygnal May 19–20, 2014 1,324 ± 2.69%35.1% 17.6%47.3%
Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kay Ivey (Incumbent)257,58861.68
Republican Stan Cooke 160,023 38.32
Total votes417,611100

Former State Representative James C. Fields was the only Democrat running for the office. [1] Scott Ninesling, a fire chief and emergency response supervisor for a liquefied natural gas plant in Angola, had declared his candidacy, but he withdrew before the filing deadline. [3]

Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kay Ivey (Incumbent)738,09063.23
Democratic James C. Fields 428,007 36.67
Write-ins Other 1,146 0.1
Total votes1,167,243100
Republican hold

Attorney general

Results by county Alabama Attorney General election, 2014 results by county.svg
Results by county

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Luther Strange, who has served in the office since January 17, 2011, ran for re-election to a second term. [1]

He was unopposed in the Republican primary. State Representative Joe Hubbard, the great-grandson of former U.S. Senator J. Lister Hill, was the only Democrat running for the office.

Alabama Attorney General election, 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Luther Strange (Incumbent)681,97358.39
Democratic Joe Hubbard 483,771 41.42
Write-ins Other 2,157 0.18
Total votes1,167,901100
Republican hold

Secretary of State

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State James R. Bennett, who has served in the office since July 31, 2013, did not run for re-election, per the terms of his appointment. [1] Bennett, who had previously served as Secretary of State from 1993 to 2003, was appointed to the office following the resignation of Beth Chapman.

Running in the Republican primary were former Montgomery County Probate Judge Reese McKinney, State Representative John Merrill, and Crenshaw County Probate Judge James Perdue. [1]

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		Margin of
error		 Reese
McKinney		 John
Merrill		 James
Perdue		 Undecided
Cygnal May 29–30, 2014 1,217 ± 2.81%20.6%19.3% 17.1%43%
Cygnal May 19–20, 2014 1,324 ± 2.69%11.5% 8.5%8.9%71.1%
Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Merrill 143,96039.57
Republican Reese McKinney139,76338.42
Republican Jim Perdue 80,050 22.01
Total votes363,773100
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		Margin of
error		 Reese
McKinney		 John
Merrill		 Undecided
Cygnal July 7–8, 2014 821 ± 3.42% 23%24.2%52.8%
Republican primary runoff results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Merrill 108,66453.14
Republican Reese McKinney 95,808 46.86
Total votes204,472100

The only Democrat running was Lula Albert-Kaigler, a retired self-employed worker and candidate for Alabama's 1st congressional district in 2013. [1]

Alabama Secretary of State election, 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Merrill 733,29864.27
Democratic Lula Albert-Kaigler 406,373 35.62
Write-ins Other 1,271 0.11
Total votes1,140,942100
Republican hold

State auditor

Results by county Alabama State Auditor election, 2014 results by county.svg
Results by county

Incumbent Republican State Auditor Samantha Shaw, who has served in the office since January 15, 2007, is term-limited and not eligible to run for re-election to a third term. [1]

Four Republicans ran for their party's nomination: farmer and candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in 2010 Dale Peterson, former Deputy Conservation Commissioner Hobbie Sealy, Secretary of State aide Adam Thompson, and former Public Service Commissioner Jim Zeigler. [1] Attorney Ray Bryan had been running on a platform of abolishing the office, [6] but he was disqualified from the ballot by the Alabama Republican Party for missing the deadline to file a financial statement with the Alabama Ethics Commission. He considered running as an Independent, but decided against it. [7]

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		Margin of
error		 Dale
Peterson		 Hobbie
Sealy		 Adam
Thompson		 Jim
Zeigler		 Undecided
Cygnal May 29–30, 2014 1,217 ± 2.81%16.5% 5.3% 9.8%23.7%44.7%
Cygnal May 19–20, 2014 1,324 ± 2.69%11.1% 3.4% 4.7%20.2%60.6%
Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Zeigler164,00247.07
Republican Dale Peterson84,82824.35
Republican Adam Thompson 64,688 18.57
Republican Hobbie Sealy 34,910 10.02
Total votes348,428100
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		Margin of
error		 Dale
Peterson		 Jim
Zeigler		 Undecided
Cygnal July 7–8, 2014 821 ± 3.42% 21.5%30.5%48%
Republican primary runoff results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Zeigler131,54364.92
Republican Dale Peterson 71,085 35.08
Total votes202,628100

The only Democrat running was Miranda Joseph, the nominee for State Auditor in 2010. [1]

Alabama State Auditor election, 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Zeigler716,12262.93
Democratic Miranda Joseph 420,843 36.98
Write-ins Other 1,010 0.09
Total votes1,137,975100
Republican hold

State treasurer

Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Young Boozer, who has served in the office since January 17, 2011, is running for re-election to a second term. [1]

Boozer was unopposed in the Republican primary. Democrat Joe Cottle, a lobbyist for the Alabama Education Association, had been running, but withdrew from the race. [1]

Alabama State Treasurer election, 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Young Boozer 748,87698.01
Write-ins Other 15,224 1.99
Total votes764,100100
Republican hold

Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries

Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan, who has served in the office since January 17, 2011, is running for re-election to a second term. [1]

McMillan was unopposed in the Republican primary. The only Democrat running is Doug "New Blue" Smith. [1]

Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries election, 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John McMillan 734,42864.67
Democratic Doug "New Blue" Smith 400,299 35.25
Write-ins Other 970 0.09
Total votes1,135,697100
Republican hold

Public Service Commission

Both of the Associate Commissioners on the Alabama Public Service Commission are up for election. Republican Jeremy Oden, who was appointed to the Commission by Governor Bentley in December 2012, is running for election to a first full term. Republican Terry L. Dunn, who was first elected in 2010, is running for re-election to a second term. [1]

Oden was challenged in the Republican primary by Kathy Peterson, the wife of Dale Peterson and a candidate for Public Service Commission in 2012. No Democrat filed to run. [1]

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		Margin of
error		 Jeremy
Oden		 Kathy
Peterson		 Undecided
Cygnal May 29–30, 2014 1,217 ± 2.81%35.5% 25.6%38.9%
Cygnal May 19–20, 2014 1,324 ± 2.69%19.8% 16.5%63.7%
PSC Place 1 Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeremy Oden188,97152.39
Republican Kathy Peterson 171,755 47.61
Total votes360,726100
Alabama PSC Place 1 election, 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeremy Oden 735,29898
Write-ins Other 15,043 2
Total votes750,341100
Republican hold

Dunn faced three opponents in the Republican primary: Jonathan Barbee, former interim press secretary for the Alabama Republican Party; Chris "Chip" Beeker, former Greene County Commissioner; and Phillip Brown, the Chairman of the Alabama Minority GOP. No Democrat filed to run. [1]

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		Margin of
error		 Terry L.
Dunn		 Jonathan
Barbee		 Chris "Chip"
Beeker		 Phillip
Brown		 Undecided
Cygnal May 29–30, 2014 1,217 ± 2.81%13.4% 11.6%22.7% 7.2%45.2%
Cygnal May 19–20, 2014 1,324 ± 2.69%9.8% 6.2%16.9% 4.6%62.5%
PSC Place 2 Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris "Chip" Beeker133,60639.01
Republican Terry L. Dunn111,40432.53
Republican Jonathan Barbee 54,341 15.87
Republican Phillip Brown 43,097 12.58
Total votes342,448100
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		Margin of
error		 Terry L.
Dunn		 Chris "Chip"
Beeker		 Undecided
Cygnal July 7–8, 2014 821 ± 3.42% 22.4%30.8%46.8%
Republican primary runoff results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris "Chip" Beeker119,04159.34
Republican Terry L. Dunn 81,563 40.66
Total votes200,604100
Alabama PSC Place 2 election, 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris "Chip" Beeker735,95797.99
Write-ins Other 15,094 2.01
Total votes751,051100
Republican hold

United States Senate

Incumbent Republican Senator Jeff Sessions ran for re-election to a fourth term. No other candidates filed before the deadline and so he was unopposed in the primary and general elections.

United States House of Representatives

All of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014.

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Official Alabama Secretary of State Results
  3. ↑ "Democrat Ninesling running for lieutenant governor". Tuscaloosa News. July 16, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Certified General Election Results" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "Alabama Runoff Results". Al.com. July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Candidate for Alabama auditor seeks to abolish auditor's office". al.com. June 4, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  7. ↑ Juanta Coffman (February 26, 2014). "State auditor candidate to sit out 2014". ABC3340. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
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