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The 2014 Iowa gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Iowa. Republican incumbent Terry Branstad was running for reelection to a sixth overall and second consecutive four-year term. [1] On December 14, 2015, he became the longest-serving Governor in American history. Branstad went on to win a historic sixth term as governor by defeating Democratic challenger and State Senator Jack Hatch. Branstad won 59.1% of the popular vote to Hatch's 37.3%. Branstad won every county except Johnson County.
Terry Edward Branstad is an American politician, university administrator, and diplomat serving as the United States Ambassador to China since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Governor of Iowa. Branstad also previously served three terms in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979.
Jack G. Hatch is an Iowa State Senator and American business owner. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa in the 2014 election. A Democrat, Hatch has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003 and currently is an assistant majority leader. Prior to his election to the Iowa Senate, Hatch served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1985-1993 and 2001-2003.
Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 130,882 making it the fifth-most populous county in Iowa. The county seat is Iowa City, home of the University of Iowa. The county is named for Richard Mentor Johnson, the ninth vice president of the United States.
Thomas Conrad Hoefling is an American activist and politician. He is the founder and national chairman of America's Party and was the party's 2012 and 2016 presidential nominee. Hoefling has served as political director for Alan Keyes' political group America's Revival, and as a representative for the American Conservative Coalition.
America's Party, founded as America's Independent Party, is a conservative American political party formed in August 2008 in an offshoot of the Constitution Party by supporters of Alan Keyes, with the goal of an alternative to the Republican and Democratic party system. It selected party leader Tom Hoefling in the 2012 presidential election, and Hoefling sought the party nomination again in the 2016 Presidential election.
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Terry Branstad | Tom Hoefling | Undecided |
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Public Policy Polling | May 15–19, 2014 | 303 | ± 3.3% | 66% | 12% | 22% |
Loras College | April 7–8, 2014 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 80% | 4% | 14% |
Suffolk University | April 3–8, 2014 | 224 | ± 6.6% | 70% | 9% | 21% |
Public Policy Polling | February 20–23, 2014 | 283 | ± 5.8% | 70% | 11% | 18% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Terry Branstad (incumbent) | 129,752 | 83.0 | |
Republican | Tom Hoefling | 26,299 | 16.8 | |
Republican | Write-In | 294 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 156,275 | 100 |
Narcisse was disqualified from appearing on the ballot in the Democratic primary following a ruling by the Iowa Supreme Court [4] that upheld a lower court decision that held that Narcisse had not submitted enough valid signatures to be placed on the ballot for the primary election. Narcisse continued his campaign and declared his intention to run for the nomination as a write-in candidate. [5] When he was unsuccessful, he announced that he would be running in the general election as the nominee of the Iowa Party. [6] [7]
Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. It is on and named after the Des Moines River, which likely was adapted from the early French name, Rivière des Moines, meaning "River of the Monks". The city's population was 217,521 as of the 2017 population estimate. The five-county metropolitan area is ranked 89th in terms of population in the United States with 634,725 residents according to the 2016 estimate by the United States Census Bureau, and is the second largest metropolitan area in the state after that of Omaha, Nebraska, which includes three counties in southwest Iowa.
Iowa's 5th congressional district is an obsolete congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa. It was last represented by Republican Steve King, now serving the state's 4th congressional district.
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Chester John "Chet" Culver is an American politician who served as the 41st Governor of Iowa from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 29th Secretary of State of Iowa from 1999 to 2007. He was also elected as the Federal Liaison for the Democratic Governors Association for 2008–2009. He founded the Chet Culver Group, an energy sector consulting firm, after he left public office in 2011.
Jeff Danielson is a Democratic Iowa State Senator serving Iowa Senate District 30.
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Democratic | Jack Hatch | 60,385 | 99.2 | |
Democratic | Write-in | 466 | 0.8 | |
Total votes | 60,851 | 100 |
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The Cook Political Report [36] | Likely R | November 3, 2014 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [37] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
Rothenberg Political Report [38] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
Real Clear Politics [39] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Terry Branstad (R) | Jack Hatch (D) | Other | Undecided |
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Public Policy Polling | November 1–3, 2014 | 1,265 | ± 2.8% | 51% | 40% | 5% [40] | 5% |
54% | 43% | — | 4% | ||||
Quinnipiac University | October 28–November 2, 2014 | 778 | ± 3.5% | 52% | 41% | 2% | 6% |
Iowa Poll | October 28–31, 2014 | 701 | ± 3.7% | 59% | 35% | 2% | 4% |
YouGov | October 25–31, 2014 | 1,112 | ± 4.4% | 49% | 35% | 4% | 13% |
Fox News | October 28–30, 2014 | 911 | ± 3% | 53% | 36% | 5% | 6% |
Reuters/Ipsos | October 23–29, 2014 | 1,129 | ± 3.3% | 57% | 34% | 4% | 5% |
Quinnipiac | October 22–27, 2014 | 817 | ± 3.4% | 56% | 37% | 2% | 5% |
Loras College | October 21–24, 2014 | 1,121 | ± 2.93% | 54.9% | 34.1% | 1.5% | 9.4% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | October 16–23, 2014 | 2,322 | ± 3% | 50% | 37% | 0% | 13% |
NBC News/Marist | October 18–22, 2014 | 772 LV | ± 3.5% | 59% | 36% | 2% | 4% |
1,052 RV | ± 3% | 58% | 34% | 2% | 6% | ||
Gravis Marketing | October 20–21, 2014 | 964 | ± 3% | 53% | 43% | — | 4% |
Monmouth University | October 18–21, 2014 | 423 | ± 4.8% | 58% | 37% | 3% | 2% |
Quinnipiac University | October 15–21, 2014 | 964 | ± 3.2% | 55% | 37% | 2% | 5% |
Suffolk University | October 11–14, 2014 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 53.6% | 37.2% | 2.6% [41] | 6.6% |
Quinnipiac University | October 8–13, 2014 | 967 | ± 3.2% | 54% | 39% | 1% | 6% |
The Iowa Poll | October 3–8, 2014 | 1,000 | ± 3.1% | 54% | 39% | — | 4% |
Magellan | October 3, 2014 | 1,299 | ± 2.8% | 54.7% | 38.7% | — | 6.5% |
NBC News/Marist | September 27–October 1, 2014 | 778 LV | ± 3.5% | 58% | 36% | 1% | 5% |
1,093 RV | ± 3% | 58% | 35% | 1% | 6% | ||
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | September 20–October 1, 2014 | 2,359 | ± 2% | 52% | 39% | 0% | 9% |
Gravis Marketing | September 29–30, 2014 | 522 | ± 4% | 51% | 43% | — | 6% |
Public Policy Polling | September 25–28, 2014 | 1,192 | ± 2.8% | 50% | 36% | 4% [42] | 9% |
52% | 38% | — | 10% | ||||
Iowa Poll | September 21–24, 2014 | 546 | ± 4.2% | 48% | 34% | 6% [43] | 12% |
Rasmussen Reports | September 17–18, 2014 | 750 | ± 4% | 46% | 40% | 3% | 10% |
FOX News | September 14–16, 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 50% | 37% | 4% | 8% |
Quinnipiac | September 10–15, 2014 | 1,167 | ± 2.9% | 60% | 37% | 1% | 3% |
Loras College | September 2–5, 2014 | 1,200 | ± 2.82% | 55.5% | 33.5% | — | 11% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | August 18–September 2, 2014 | 1,764 | ± 3% | 51% | 38% | 1% | 10% |
Suffolk | August 23–26, 2014 | 500 | ± 4% | 47% | 35.4% | 1.6% [44] | 16% |
Public Policy Polling | August 22–24, 2014 | 915 | ± 3.2% | 48% | 35% | 5% [40] | 12% |
50% | 37% | — | 13% | ||||
Rasmussen Reports | August 11–12, 2014 | 750 | ± 4% | 52% | 35% | 6% | 7% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | July 5–24, 2014 | 2,044 | ± 2.7% | 51% | 40% | 1% | 8% |
Gravis Marketing | July 17–18, 2014 | 1,179 | ± 3% | 50% | 42% | — | 9% |
NBC News/Marist | July 7–13, 2014 | 1,599 | ± 2.5% | 53% | 38% | 1% | 9% |
Quinnipiac | June 12–16, 2014 | 1,277 | ± 2.7% | 47% | 38% | 1% | 14% |
Vox Populi Polling | June 4–5, 2014 | 665 | ± 3.8% | 51% | 40% | — | 9% |
Loras College | June 4–5, 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 51.7% | 37.8% | — | 10.5% |
Rasmussen Reports | June 4–5, 2014 | 750 | ± 4% | 49% | 40% | 2% | 8% |
Global Strategy Group | May 13–15, 2014 | 602 | ± 4% | 47% | 40% | — | 13% |
Public Policy Polling | May 15–19, 2014 | 914 | ± 3.3% | 48% | 40% | — | 12% |
Victory Enterprises | April 30–May 1, 2014 | 400 | ± 4.9% | 47.8% | 32.8% | — | 19.5% |
Hickman Analytics | April 24–30 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 50% | 40% | — | 10% |
Vox Populi Polling | April 22–24, 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 45% | 43% | — | 12% |
Public Policy Polling | April 19–20, 2014 | 677 | ± 3.8% | 43% | 38% | — | 19% |
Suffolk University | April 3–8, 2014 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 42.38% | 32.13% | 1.63% [45] | 23.88% |
Quinnipiac | March 5–10, 2014 | 1,411 | ± 2.6% | 46% | 35% | 1% | 17% |
Selzer & Co. | February 23–26, 2014 | 703 | ± 3.7% | 44% | 29% | — | 27% |
Public Policy Polling | February 20–23, 2014 | 869 | ± 3.3% | 48% | 36% | — | 15% |
Quinnipiac | December 10–15, 2013 | 1,617 | ± 2.4% | 49% | 33% | 1% | 17% |
Selzer & Co. | December 8–11, 2013 | 325 | ± ?% | 52% | 29% | 8% | 11% |
Public Policy Polling | July 5–7, 2013 | 668 | ± 3.8% | 47% | 35% | — | 18% |
Selzer & Co. | June 2–5, 2013 | 591 | ± 4% | 55% | 27% | 9% | 9% |
Public Policy Polling | February 1–3, 2013 | 846 | ± % | 48% | 33% | — | 19% |
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Republican | Terry Branstad | 666,023 | 59.0 | |
Democratic | Jack Hatch | 420,778 | 37.3 | |
Libertarian | Lee Deakins Hieb | 20,319 | 1.8 | |
New Independent Party Iowa | Jim Hennager | 10,582 | 0.9 | |
Iowa Party | Jonathan R. Narcisse | 10,239 | 0.9 | |
Write-ins | 1,093 | .1 | ||
Total votes | 1,129,034 | 100.00 |
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