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The 2014 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, concurrently with the election to Colorado'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 Governor of Colorado is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Colorado. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Colorado's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Colorado General Assembly, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of treason or impeachment. The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
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 John Hickenlooper and Lieutenant Governor Joseph García were re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Republican former U.S. Representative Bob Beauprez and his running mate, Douglas County Commissioner Jill Repella, by 68,000 votes.
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.
John Wright Hickenlooper Jr. is an American politician and businessman who served as the 42nd Governor of Colorado from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party. In 2019, he announced that he is running for President of the United States in 2020.
Joseph A. García, was the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from January 2011 to May 2016.
John Hickenlooper was the only Democrat to file to run, and thus at the Democratic state assembly on April 12, 2014, he was renominated unopposed. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Hickenlooper (Incumbent) | 214,403 | 100 | |
Total votes | 214,403 | 100 |
At the Republican state assembly on April 12, 2014, Mike Kopp and Scott Gessler received 34% and 33% of the votes of over 3,900 delegates, respectively, thus winning a place on the ballot. Greg Brophy, Steve House and Roni Bell Sylvester received 19%, 13% and 2%, respectively, falling short of the 30% needed to qualify for the ballot. Bob Beauprez and Tom Tancredo did not contest the assembly vote, instead petitioning their way onto the ballot. [4]
Mike Kopp is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a member of the Colorado Senate, representing Senate District 22, which encompasses southern Jefferson County. He served from 2007 and as Senate Minority Leader from 2009 until his resignation in October 2011 after his wife died from cancer. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Colorado in 2014.
Scott Gessler is the former Secretary of State of Colorado, having served from 2011 to 2015. He is a former business owner and elections attorney. Gessler is a member of the Republican Party. Gessler is also a veteran of the United States Army.
Greg Brophy is a former Republican member of the Colorado Senate, representing Senate District 1 which encompasses Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma counties, and parts of Weld County. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Governor of Colorado in 2014. For a time, he served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Representative Ken Buck.
Robert Louis Beauprez is an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the state of Colorado.
The Secretary of State of Colorado is the secretary of state of the state of Colorado in the United States. The office is one of five elected constitutional offices in the state. The current Secretary of State is Democrat Jena Griswold.
Pueblo is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The population was 106,595 in 2010 census, making it the 267th most populous city in the United States and the 9th largest in Colorado. Pueblo is the heart of the Pueblo Metropolitan Statistical Area totaling over 160,000 people and an important part of the Front Range Urban Corridor. As of 2014, Pueblo is the primary city of the Pueblo–Cañon City combined statistical area (CSA) totaling approximately 208,000 people, making it the 134th largest in the nation.
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Bob Beauprez | Greg Brophy | Scott Gessler | Steve House | Mike Kopp | Jim Rundberg | Roni Bell Sylvester | Tom Tancredo | Other | Undecided |
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Magellan* | May 28–29, 2014 | >900 | ± 3% | 25% | — | 13% | — | 10% | — | — | 27% | — | 25% |
PPP | March 13–16, 2014 | 255 | ± 6.1% | 20% | 7% | 18% | 3% | 8% | — | 1% | 24% | — | 18% |
PPP | December 3–4, 2013 | 335 | ± 5.2% | — | 9% | 15% | 2% | 3% | 3% | — | 34% | — | 33% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Beauprez | 116,333 | 30.24 | |
Republican | Tom Tancredo | 102,830 | 26.73 | |
Republican | Scott Gessler | 89,213 | 23.19 | |
Republican | Mike Kopp | 76,373 | 19.85 | |
Total votes | 384,749 | 100 |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [47] | Tossup | November 3, 2014 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [48] | Lean D | November 3, 2014 |
Rothenberg Political Report [49] | Tilt D | November 3, 2014 |
Real Clear Politics [50] | Tossup | November 3, 2014 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | John Hickenlooper (D) | Bob Beauprez (R) | Other | Undecided |
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Public Policy Polling | November 1–2, 2014 | 739 | ± 3.6% | 46% | 46% | 5% [51] | 3% |
48% | 49% | — | 3% | ||||
Quinnipiac University | October 28 – November 2, 2014 | 815 | ± 3.4% | 43% | 45% | 7% [52] | 6% |
43% | 45% | 5% [53] | 7% | ||||
44% | 45% | 5% [54] | 7% | ||||
YouGov | October 25–31, 2014 | 1,417 | ± 3.3% | 44% | 42% | 4% | 10% |
Public Policy Polling | October 28–29, 2014 | 573 | ± ? | 47% | 47% | — | 5% |
SurveyUSA | October 27–29, 2014 | 618 | ± 4% | 46% | 46% | 4% [55] | 4% |
Vox Populi Polling | October 26–27, 2014 | 642 | ± 3.9% | 49% | 44% | — | 7% |
Quinnipiac University | October 22–27, 2014 | 844 | ± 3.4% | 40% | 45% | 6% [56] | 9% |
41% | 46% | 4% [57] | 9% | ||||
40% | 45% | 5% [58] | 9% | ||||
Strategies 360 | October 20–25, 2014 | 604 | ± 4% | 46% | 43% | 2% | 8% |
Rasmussen Reports | October 21–23, 2014 | 966 | ± 3% | 47% | 49% | 1% | 3% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | October 16–23, 2014 | 1,611 | ± 4% | 48% | 44% | 1% | 7% |
NBC News/Marist | October 18–22, 2014 | 755 LV | ± 3.6% | 46% | 41% | 7% [59] | 6% |
953 RV | ± 3.2% | 46% | 38% | 8% [60] | 9% | ||
Suffolk University | October 18–21, 2014 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 43% | 45.4% | 3% [61] | 7.6% |
Quinnipiac University | October 15–21, 2014 | 974 | ± 3.1% | 45% | 44% | 4% [62] | 7% |
45% | 45% | 3% [63] | 7% | ||||
45% | 44% | 3% [64] | 8% | ||||
Monmouth University | October 17–20, 2014 | 431 | ± 4.7% | 50% | 43% | 3% | 4% |
IPSOS | October 13–20, 2014 | 1,099 | ± 3.4% | 46% | 46% | — | 8% |
Public Policy Polling | October 16–19, 2014 | 778 | ± 3.5% | 45% | 44% | 5% [65] | 7% |
46% | 46% | — | 8% | ||||
Gravis Marketing | October 16, 2014 | 695 | ± 4% | 44% | 48% | 6% [58] | 3% |
Quinnipiac | October 9–13, 2014 | 988 | ± 3.1% | 42% | 46% | 6% [66] | 6% |
43% | 48% | 2% [67] | 7% | ||||
43% | 46% | 5% [58] | 6% | ||||
CNN/ORC | October 9–13, 2014 | 665 | ± 4% | 49% | 48% | — | 3% |
SurveyUSA | October 9–12, 2014 | 591 | ± 4.1% | 45% | 44% | 4% [68] | 6% |
High Point University | October 4–8, 2014 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 44% | 46% | 6% | 4% |
Fox News | October 4–7, 2014 | 739 | ± 3.5% | 42% | 42% | 6% | 10% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | September 20 – October 1, 2014 | 1,634 | ± 3% | 49% | 45% | 1% | 5% |
Rasmussen Reports | September 29–30, 2014 | 950 | ± 3% | 50% | 46% | 2% | 3% |
Gravis Marketing | September 16–17, 2014 | 657 | ± 4% | 43% | 48% | 5% | 4% |
Suffolk University | September 13–16, 2014 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 43% | 40.8% | 6% [69] | 10.2% |
Quinnipiac | September 10–15, 2014 | 1,211 | ± 2.8% | 40% | 50% | 7% [52] | 3% |
40% | 52% | 4% [57] | 4% | ||||
41% | 51% | 5% [54] | 3% | ||||
Myers | September 7–14, 2014 | 1,350 | ± 2.7% | 51% | 44% | 1% | 4% |
SurveyUSA | September 8–10, 2014 | 664 | ± 3.9% | 45% | 43% | 7% [70] | 5% |
Rasmussen Reports | September 3–4, 2014 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 44% | 45% | 4% | 7% |
NBC News/Marist | September 2–4, 2014 | 795 LV | ± 3.5% | 43% | 39% | 9% [71] | 9% |
976 RV | ± 3.1% | 43% | 36% | 9% [71] | 10% | ||
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | August 18 – September 2, 2014 | 1,727 | ± 4% | 45% | 45% | 2% | 8% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | July 5–24, 2014 | 2,020 | ± 3% | 47% | 47% | 2% | 3% |
Public Policy Polling | July 17–20, 2014 | 653 | ± 3.8% | 44% | 43% | — | 12% |
Quinnipiac | July 10–14, 2014 | 1,147 | ± 2.9% | 43% | 44% | 3% | 10% |
Gravis Marketing | July 8–10, 2014 | 1,106 | ± 3% | 49% | 43% | 6% [58] | 3% |
NBC News/Marist | July 7–10, 2014 | 914 | ± 3.2% | 49% | 43% | 1% | 7% |
Rasmussen Reports | June 25–26, 2014 | 750 | ± 4% | 44% | 44% | 4% | 8% |
Public Policy Polling | April 17–20, 2014 | 618 | ± ? | 48% | 41% | — | 11% |
Quinnipiac | April 15–21, 2014 | 1,298 | ± 2.7% | 48% | 39% | 1% | 12% |
Magellan Strategies | April 14–15, 2014 | 717 | ± 3.7% | 50% | 35% | 10% | 5% |
Public Policy Polling | March 13–16, 2014 | 568 | ± 4.1% | 48% | 38% | — | 14% |
Public Policy Polling | April 11–14, 2013 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 50% | 43% | — | 6% |
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Throughout the night the race was very close. With 90% of the vote in Beauprez was about 3,000 votes ahead. The Democrats were holding out hope that Jefferson County would edge them out. When 96% of the vote had reported, Hickenlooper prevailed. Beauprez conceded defeat at 5:48 am on the morning of November 6.
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Democratic | John Hickenlooper/Joseph García | 1,006,433 | 49.3 | |
Republican | Bob Beauprez/Jill Repella | 938,195 | 45.95 | |
Libertarian | Matthew Hess/Brandon Young | 39,590 | 1.94 | |
Green | Harry Hempy/Scott Olson | 27,391 | 1.34 | |
Independent | Mike Dunafon/Robin Roberts | 24,042 | 1.18 | |
Independent | Paul Fiorino/Charles Whitley | 5,923 | 0.29 | |
Total votes | 2,041,574 | 100 | ||
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