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The 2014 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Arkansas, concurrently with the election to Arkansas's Class II U.S. Senate seat, 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.
The three classes of United States Senators are made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats each. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that senators in one of the groups are up for election every two years, rather than having all 100 seats up for election at once. For example, the 33 Senate seats of class 1 were up for election in 2018, the elections for the 33 seats of class 2 will take place in 2020, and the elections for the 34 seats of class 3 will be held in 2022.
Incumbent Democratic Governor Mike Beebe was not eligible to run for re-election due to term limits established by the Arkansas Constitution. Arkansas is one of eight states that limits its Governors to two terms for life. [1] The Democrats nominated former U.S. Representative Mike Ross and the Republicans nominated former DEA Administrator, former U.S. Representative and 2006 nominee Asa Hutchinson. Hutchinson defeated Ross and two minor party candidates in the general election.
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Michael Avery Ross is an American businessman and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party who was his party's 2014 nominee for Governor of Arkansas. He also served as the U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 2001 to 2013. He was also a member of the Arkansas Senate from 1991 to 2001, member of the Nevada County Quorum Court from 1983 to 1985, and is a former small business owner.
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Democratic | Mike Ross | 129,437 | 84.41 | |
Democratic | Lynette "Doc" Bryant | 23,906 | 15.59 | |
Total votes | 153,343 | 100 |
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Curtis Coleman | Asa Hutchinson | Undecided |
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Talk Business/Hendrix College | April 29, 2014 | 1,516 | ± 2.5% | 20% | 70% | 10% |
Public Policy Polling | April 25–27, 2014 | 342 | ± 5.3% | 23% | 62% | 15% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Asa Hutchinson | 130,752 | 72.95 | |
Republican | Curtis Coleman | 48,473 | 27.05 | |
Total votes | 179,225 | 100 |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [54] | Lean R | November 3, 2014 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [55] | Likely R | November 3, 2014 |
Rothenberg Political Report [56] | Lean R | November 3, 2014 |
Real Clear Politics [57] | Lean R | November 3, 2014 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Mike Ross (D) | Asa Hutchinson (R) | Other | Undecided |
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Opinion Research Associates | October 30–November 1, 2014 | 400 | ± 5% | 43% | 39% | 5%< [58] | 14% |
Public Policy Polling | October 30–November 1, 2014 | 1,092 | ± 3% | 41% | 51% | 4% [59] | 4% |
44% | 53% | — | 3% | ||||
Rasmussen Reports | October 27–29, 2014 | 967 | ± 3% | 43% | 50% | 3% | 4% |
Issues & Answers Network | October 21–27, 2014 | 568 | ± 4.1% | 39% | 50% | — | 11% |
Opinion Research Associates | October 25–26, 2014 | 401 | ± 5% | 44% | 42% | 2% [60] | 11% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | October 16–23, 2014 | 1,567 | ± 4% | 38% | 47% | 0% | 15% |
NBC News/Marist | October 19–23, 2014 | 621 | ± 3.9% | 44% | 47% | 4% [61] | 5% |
971 | ± 3.1% | 44% | 43% | 5% [62] | 8% | ||
Hendrix Poll | October 15–16, 2014 | 2,075 | ± 2.2% | 41% | 49% | 4.5% | 5.5% |
Rasmussen Reports | October 13–15, 2014 | 940 | ± 3% | 47% | 49% | 1% | 3% |
Fox News | October 4–7, 2014 | 707 | ± 3.5% | 37% | 46% | 5% [63] | 12% |
Opinion Research Associates | October 1–5, 2014 | 400 | ± 5% | 45% | 41% | 3% | 11% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | September 20–October 1, 2014 | 1,991 | ± 2% | 38% | 49% | 1% | 12% |
Rasmussen Reports | September 24–25, 2014 | 750 | ± 4% | 42% | 46% | 4% | 8% |
Suffolk | September 20–23, 2014 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 41.4% | 42.6% | 5% [64] | 11% |
Public Policy Polling | September 18–21, 2014 | 1,453 | ± 2.6% | 38% | 44% | 5% [65] | 13% |
40% | 46% | — | 14% | ||||
Gravis Marketing | September 8–11, 2014 | 902 | ± 4% | 42% | 46% | 2% [66] | 10% |
Answers Unlimited | September 7–9, 2014 | 600 | ± 3.5% | 44% | 44% | 4% [59] | 8% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | August 18–September 2, 2014 | 1,572 | ± 3% | 38% | 45% | 1% | 15% |
NBC News/Marist | September 2–4, 2014 | 639 LV | ± 3.9% | 39% | 48% | 6% [67] | 7% |
1,068 RV | ± 3% | 39% | 46% | 7% [68] | 8% | ||
Rasmussen Reports | August 25–26, 2014 | 750 | ± 4% | 46% | 44% | 3% | 7% |
Opinion Research Associates | August 6–14, 2014 | 414 | ± 4.9% | 44% | 44% | 3% [69] | 9% |
Public Policy Polling | August 1–3, 2014 | 1,066 | ± 3% | 38% | 43% | 7% [70] | 12% |
40% | 46% | — | 14% | ||||
Talk Business/Hendrix College | July 22–25, 2014 | 1,780 | ± 2.3% | 41% | 46% | 5.5% [71] | 7.5% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | July 5–24, 2014 | 1,616 | ± 3.5% | 45% | 48% | 2% | 4% |
Gravis Marketing | July 7–8, 2014 | 987 | ± 3% | 46% | 49% | 5% [66] | — |
Public Opinion Strategies | May 27–29, 2014 | 500 | ± 4.39% | 42% | 48% | — | 10% |
Rasmussen Reports | May 27–28, 2014 | 750 | ± 4% | 41% | 48% | 4% | 6% |
NBC News/Marist | April 30–May 4, 2014 | 876 | ± 3.3% | 42% | 49% | 2% | 7% |
Public Policy Polling | April 25–27, 2014 | 840 | ± 3.4% | 38% | 46% | — | 16% |
New York Times/Kaiser Family | April 8–15, 2014 | 857 | ± ? | 40% | 41% | 4% | 16% |
Opinion Research Associates | April 1–8, 2014 | 400 | ± 5% | 45% | 39% | — | 17% |
Talk Business/Hendrix College | April 3–4, 2014 | 1,068 | ± 3% | 44% | 43% | 5% [65] | 8% |
Impact Management Group | February 10, 2014 | 1,202 | ± 2.83% | 42% | 42% | — | 17% |
Rasmussen Reports | February 4–5, 2014 | 500 | ± 4.5% | 44% | 41% | 3% | 12% |
Public Policy Polling | December 13–15, 2013 | 1,004 | ± 3.1% | 43% | 44% | — | 14% |
Impact Management Group | October 24, 2013 | 911 | ± 3.2% | 37% | 40% | — | 23% |
University of Arkansas | October 10–17, 2013 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 30% | 32% | — | 38% |
Talk Business/Hendrix College | October 8, 2013 | 603 | ± 4.% | 37% | 41% | — | 22% |
Harper Polling | August 4–5, 2013 | 587 | ± 4.04% | 38% | 46% | — | 16% |
Talk Business/Hendrix College | February 20, 2013 | 675 | ± 3.8% | 38% | 43% | — | 19% |
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Republican | Asa Hutchinson | 470,429 | 55.44 | |
Democratic | Mike Ross | 352,115 | 41.49 | |
Libertarian | Frank Gilbert | 16,319 | 1.92 | |
Green | Josh Drake | 9,729 | 1.15 | |
Majority | 118,314 | 13.94% | ||
Total votes | 848,592 | 100 | ||
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