Georgia gubernatorial election, 2014

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Georgia gubernatorial election, 2014
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Nominee Nathan Deal Jason Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,341,1611,138,476
Percentage52.8%44.9%
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County Results

Deal:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Contents

Carter:     40-50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Governor before election

Nathan Deal
Republican

Elected Governor

Nathan Deal
Republican

The 2014 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Georgia, concurrently with the election to Georgia'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.

United States House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they compose the legislature of the United States.

Incumbent Republican Governor Nathan Deal was re-elected to serve a second term in office. He turned back two primary challengers and in the general election, defeated Democratic State Senator Jason Carter and Libertarian nominee businessman and engineer Andrew Hunt, who were unopposed in their respective primaries.

Republican Party (United States) Major 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.

Nathan Deal 82nd Governor of Georgia

John Nathan Deal is an American attorney and politician who served as the 82nd Governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party in 1992 and switched to the Republican Party in 1995. On March 1, 2010, Deal announced his resignation from Congress to run for Governor of Georgia.

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.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Dr. John D. Barge is the former superintendent of schools for the U.S. state of Georgia. He was also a candidate for Governor of Georgia in the 2014 election, coming in third place in the Republican primary and receiving 11.5% of the vote. This year, Barge will go up against incumbent State School Superintendent Richard Woods, who he beat in the 2010 primary. Democrat Sid Chapman also qualified Monday to run for the seat Of State Superintendent the position Barge held in 2010-2015.

The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) is an American agency that governs public education in the state of Georgia. The department manages funding and testing for local educational agencies accountable for student achievement. The Department is managed by the State Superintendent of Schools, a publicly elected position currently held by Richard Woods. Former Superintendents of the department have included Linda Schrenko, Kathy Cox, William Bradley Bryant, and John Barge. The department is headquartered in the 2054 Twin Towers East building at 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Downtown Atlanta.

Dalton, Georgia City in Georgia, United States

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Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Nathan
Deal		John
Barge		David
Pennington		Undecided
InsiderAdvantage May 18, 2014852±3.36%62.1%5.1%9.9%22.9%
SurveyUSA May 8–12, 2014634± 4%63%10%15%12%
SurveyUSA April 24–27, 2014501± 4.3%64%10%11%16%
InsiderAdvantage April 13–15, 2014804±3.4%61%4%7%28%
Landmark/Rosetta March 23–24, 2014600± 4%58%8%7%27%
SurveyUSA March 16–18, 2014508± 4.2%65%7%11%17%
Public Policy Polling August 2–5, 2013260± 6.1%71%8%—21%
71%—11%19%
20/20 Insight, LLC May 7–9, 2013?± ?53%—18%29%

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Nathan Deal430,17072.15
Republican David Pennington99,54816.7
Republican John Barge66,50011.15
Total votes596,218100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Jason Carter (politician) Member of the Georgia State Senate

Jason James Carter is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Georgia. Carter is a former state senator and was the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in the 2014 election. He lost to incumbent Nathan Deal. Carter's grandfather is former Georgia Governor and President Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter 39th president of the United States

James Earl Carter Jr. is an American politician and philanthropist who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A Democrat, he previously served as a Georgia State senator from 1963 to 1967 and as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. Carter has remained active in public life during his post-presidency, and in 2002 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in co-founding the Carter Center.

Withdrew

Connie Stokes is an American politician from the state of Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a former DeKalb County Commissioner, and formerly served in the Georgia State Senate. Stokes ran for lieutenant governor in 2014.

DeKalb County, Georgia County in the United States

DeKalb County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 691,893, making it Georgia's fourth-most populous county. Its county seat is Decatur.

County commission Governing body

A county commission is a group of elected officials charged with administering the county government in some states of the United States. County commissions are usually made up of three or more individuals. In some counties in Georgia however, a sole commissioner holds the authority of the commission.

Declined

Stacey Abrams American politician

Stacey Yvonne Abrams is an American politician, lawyer, and novelist who served as Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she was her party's nominee in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election. Abrams was the first black female major-party gubernatorial nominee in the history of the United States. In February 2019, she became the first African-American woman to deliver a response to the State of the Union address.

Georgia House of Representatives

The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia. There are currently 180 elected members.

Roy Barnes American politician

Roy Eugene Barnes is an American attorney and politician who served as the 80th Governor of the U.S. State of Georgia from 1999 to 2003. As of 2019, he is the last Democrat to serve as Governor of Georgia.

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jason Carter304,243100
Total votes304,243100

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

General election

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [12] TossupNovember 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] Lean RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report [14] Lean RNovember 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics [15] TossupNovember 3, 2014

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Nathan
Deal (R)		Jason
Carter (D)		Andrew
Hunt (L)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling November 1–3, 2014975± 3.1%47%43%4%—6%
49%45%——6%
Landmark Communications November 2, 20141,500± 2.5%50.8%44.5%2.5%—2.2%
Insider Advantage November 2, 20141,463± 3%47%44%5%—4%
SurveyUSA October 30 – November 2, 2014591± 4.1%47%42%5%—5%
YouGov October 25–31, 20141,743± 3.2%45%41%1%1%12%
NBC News/Marist October 26–30, 2014603 LV± 4%48%43%3%1%5%
875 RV± 3.3%46%42%4%1%7%
Landmark Communications October 29, 20141,500± 2.5%47.5%46.1%3.5%—2.9%
Vox Populi Polling October 28, 2014602± 4%49%42%3%—7%
Monmouth October 26–28, 2014436± 4.7%48%42%5%—5%
Rasmussen Reports October 25–27, 2014977± 3%49%43%—2%6%
SurveyUSA October 24–27, 2014611± 4%46%44%3%—6%
Public Policy Polling October 23–24, 2014771± ?%48%45%4%—3%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 20141,774± 4%47%43%2%0%8%
Atlanta Journal-Constitution October 16–23, 20141,170± 3.6%46%41%6%—7%
Insider Advantage October 21–22, 2014704± 3.7%43.8%43.9%4.6%—7.7%
CNN/ORC International October 19–22, 2014565± 4%46%48%6%——
Landmark Communications October 20–21, 20141,000± 2.75%47.7%45.2%4.9%—2.2%
SurveyUSA October 17–20, 2014606± 4.1%45%43%4%—8%
GaPundit.com October 13–14, 20141,543± 2.49%44.33%44.26%6.16%—5.25%
SurveyUSA October 10–13, 2014563± 4.2%46%46%4%—4%
Landmark Communications October 7–9, 20141,000± 3.1%45%45%5%—5%
SurveyUSA October 2–6, 2014566± 4.2%46%44%4%—7%
Public Policy Polling October 2–5, 2014895± 3.3%46%41%4%—9%
50%45%——5%
Hickman Analytics September 26 – October 5, 2014500± 4.4%44%36%9%—13%
Rasmussen Reports September 30 – October 1, 20141,000± 4%49%43%—2%6%
Insider Advantage September 29 – October 1, 2014947± 3.2%43.7%43.4%4%—8.9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20 – October 1, 20141,851± 3%48%43%1%0%7%
SurveyUSA September 19–22, 2014550± 4.3%44%45%4%—7%
Rasmussen Reports September 15–16, 2014750± 4%45%44%—3%8%
Insider Advantage September 10–11, 20141,167± 2.9%44.4%39.9%6.8%—8.9%
Landmark Communications September 9–11, 20141,109± 2.9%43.7%46.8%4.3%—5.2%
Atlanta Journal-Constitution September 8–11, 2014884± 4%43%42%7%—8%
SurveyUSA September 5–8, 2014558± 4.2%45%44%4%—6%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18 – September 2, 20141,900± 3%47%39%4%1%9%
GaPundit.com August 24–25, 20141,578± 2.47%43.6%41.51%6.59%—8.3%
Landmark Communications August 20–21, 2014600± 4%40%44%——16%
SurveyUSA August 14–17, 2014560± 4.2%48%39%4%—8%
InsiderAdvantage August 12–13, 2014719± 3.7%43%39%7%—11%
Hicks Evaluation Group August 8–10, 2014788± 3.48%45.3%45.4%——9.3%
Landmark Communications July 25, 2014750± 3.8%40%46.6%4.5%—8.9%
Rasmussen Reports July 23–24, 2014750± 4%44%45%—3%8%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 20142,568± 3.4%50%41%—1%8%
Landmark Communications July 15, 2014750± 441%49%4%—6%
Public Policy Polling July 11–13, 2014664± ?41%40%8%—11%
Insider Advantage June 24–25, 20141,349± 2.7%47%40%—3%10%
SurveyUSA June 3–5, 2014999± 3.2%44%38%7%—11%
Rasmussen Reports May 21–22, 2014750± 4%41%48%—3%7%
Public Policy Polling May 21–22, 2014803± ?%43%43%7%—7%
SurveyUSA May 8–12, 20141,380± 2.7%43%37%7%—14%
Atlanta Journal-Constitution May 5–8, 20141,012± 4%48%44%——8%
Saint Leo May 5–6, 20141,000± 3%38%35%11%—16%
NBC News/Marist April 30 – May 5, 20142,196± 2.1%50%40%—1%10%
SurveyUSA April 24–27, 20141,567± 2.5%41%37%9%—13%
Public Policy Polling April 1–3, 2014628± 4%42%43%——15%
Landmark/Rosetta Stone March 30, 2014575± 4%43%39%——18%
Insider Advantage March 13, 2014486± 4.3%38%41%——21%
Public Policy Polling February 19–20, 2014833± 4%45%42%——12%
Atlanta Journal-Constitution January 6–9, 2014802± 4%47%38%——15%
Insider Advantage January 6, 2014529± 4.6%44%22%——34%
Anzalone Liszt Grove October 14–20, 2013600± 4%44%36%——20%
Public Policy Polling October 7–8, 2013602± 4.1%44%40%——16%
Public Policy Polling August 2–5, 2013520± 4.3%48%33%——19%
20/20 Insight, LLC May 7–9, 20131,483± 2.5%42%45%——13%
Public Policy Polling February 15–18, 2013602± 4%46%38%——16%
Public Policy Polling Nov. 30–Dec. 2, 2012729± 3.6%46%38%——17%

Results

Georgia gubernatorial election, 2014 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Nathan Deal 1,345,237 52.75 -0.27
Democratic Jason Carter 1,144,79444.89+1.92
Libertarian Andrew Hunt60,1852.36-1.65
Write-ins [17] 4320.02
Majority200,4437.86-2.19
Turnout 2,550,216
Republican hold

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