Kansas gubernatorial election, 2014

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Kansas gubernatorial election, 2014

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Nominee Sam Brownback Paul Davis
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Jeff Colyer Jill Docking
Popular vote433,196401,100
Percentage49.8%46.1%

Kansas Governor Election Results by County, 2014.svg

County Results
Brownback:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Davis:     40-50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Governor before election

Sam Brownback
Republican

Elected Governor

Sam Brownback
Republican

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

Contents

Incumbent Republican Governor Sam Brownback ran for re-election to a second term. [1] He was opposed in the general election by Democrat Paul Davis, the Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives, and Libertarian attorney Keen Umbehr.

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.

Sam Brownback American politician and 46th Governor of Kansas

Samuel Dale Brownback is an American attorney, politician, diplomat and member of the Republican Party who has served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom since February 2018. Brownback previously served as the Secretary of Agriculture of Kansas (1986–93), as the U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district (1995–96), as a United States Senator from Kansas (1996–2011) and the 46th Governor of Kansas (2011–18). He also ran for the Republican nomination for President in 2008.

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 election was viewed as a referendum on Brownback's aggressive tax cutting initiatives and his conservative values. [2] The consensus among The Cook Political Report , Governing , The Rothenberg Political Report , Sabato's Crystal Ball , Daily Kos Elections, and others was that the contest was a tossup. Brownback won the election by a margin of 3.7%. Davis carried seven counties, all in eastern Kansas, five of which are home to four-year state universities.

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Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Jeff Colyer American politician

Jeffrey William Colyer is an American surgeon who served as the 47th governor of Kansas from January 31, 2018 to January 14, 2019. A Republican, he served as the 49th lieutenant governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018, as a member of the Kansas Senate from 2009 to 2011, and in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009. Colyer became governor of Kansas when Governor Sam Brownback resigned to take an ambassador position.

Lieutenant Governor of Kansas

The Lieutenant Governor of Kansas is the second-ranking member of the executive branch of Kansas state government. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor for a four-year term. The lieutenant governor succeeds to the office of governor if the office becomes vacant, and also serves as acting governor if the governor is incapacitated or absent from the state.

  • Jennifer Winn, businesswoman [3]
  • Running mate: Robin Lais, advertising agency owner and natural healing shop owner [4]
  • Former running mate: Ethan McCord, Iraq War veteran [5]

Declined

Kris Kobach American politician

Kris William Kobach is an American politician who served as the 31st Secretary of State of Kansas. A former Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party and member of the City Council of Overland Park, Kansas, he was the Republican nominee in Kansas's 3rd congressional district in the 2004 election, losing to Democratic incumbent Dennis Moore.

Secretary of State of Kansas one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kansas

The Secretary of State of Kansas is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kansas. The current secretary of state is former Speaker pro tempore of the Kansas House of Representatives, Scott Schwab, who was sworn in on January 14, 2019.

Stephen Morris was a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 39th District from 1993-2013. He was Senate president from 2005-2013. From 1977 to 1993, he served as the vice-president, then president of the Kansas Unified School District 210, Board of Education. He is a farmer from Hugoton.

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Sam
Brownback		Jennifer
Winn		Undecided
SurveyUSA July 17–22, 2014691± 3.7%60%30%9%
SurveyUSA June 19–23, 2014508± 4.4%55%37%8%

Results

Results by county: Brownback--70-80% Brownback--60-70% Brownback--50-60% Winn--50-60% Kansas gubernatorial Republican primary, 2014.svg
Results by county:
  Brownback—70–80%
  Brownback—60–70%
  Brownback—50–60%
  Winn—50–60%
Republican primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sam Brownback166,68763.2
Republican Jennifer Winn96,90736.7
Total votes263,594100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Paul Davis66,357100
Total votes66,357100

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Declared

  • Keen Umbehr, attorney [15]
  • Running mate: Josh Umbehr, physician and son of Keen Umbehr [16]

General election

Debates

Endorsements

Sam Brownback
Republican politicians
Democratic politicians
Other individuals
Organizations
Paul Davis
Democratic politicians
Republican politicians [24] [25]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Sam
Brownback (R)		Paul
Davis (D)		Keen
Umbehr (L)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling November 1–3, 2014963± 3.2%45%46%4%—4%
47%48%——3%
Public Policy Polling October 30–31, 2014752± ?44%48%5%—3%
YouGov October 25–31, 20141,137± 4.8%39%38%2%1%21%
Fox News October 28–30, 2014907± 3%42%48%4%<1%5%
Survey USA October 22–26, 2014623± 4%43%46%5%—7%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 20141,973± 4%43%40%—1%16%
NBC News/Marist October 18–22, 2014757 LV± 3.6%44%45%5%1%6%
1,055 RV± 3%43%43%6%1%7%
Rasmussen Reports October 20–21, 2014960± 3%45%52%—1%2%
Gravis Marketing October 20–21, 20141,124± 3%44%49%——7%
Monmouth University October 16–19, 2014429± 4.7%45%50%—2%5%
Remington Research October 9–12, 20141,091± 2.97%48%45%3%—4%
Public Policy Polling October 9–12, 20141,081± 3%42%42%6%—10%
44%45%——12%
Fox News October 4–7, 2014702± 3.5%46%40%2%2%11%
CNN/ORC October 2–6, 2014687± 3.5%49%49%——2%
SurveyUSA October 2–5, 2014549± 4.3%42%47%4%—7%
Gravis Marketing September 30–October 1, 2014850± 3%40%48%——12%
NBC News/Marist September 27–October 1, 2014636 LV± 3.9%43%44%4%1%7%
1,097 RV± 3%41%43%5%1%10%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20–October 1, 20142,013± 3%45%42%—0%12%
Suffolk University September 27–30, 2014500± 4.4%41.6%45.8%6%—6.6%
Fort Hays State University September 10–27, 2014685± 3.8%36.5%38.8%8.5%—16%
Remington Research September 23, 2014625± 3.91%44%46%5%—5%
Rasmussen Reports September 16–17, 2014750± 4%43%47%—4%6%
Fox News September 14–16, 2014604± 4%41%45%4%—8%
Public Policy Polling September 11–14, 20141,328± 2.7%38%42%7%—14%
39%45%——15%
KSN/SurveyUSA September 4–7, 2014555± 4.2%40%47%5%—7%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18–September 2, 2014839± 5%47%40%—2%11%
SurveyUSA August 20–23, 2014560± 4.2%40%48%5%—6%
Public Policy Polling August 14–17, 2014903± 3.3%37%39%9%—15%
Rasmussen Reports August 6–7, 2014750± 4%41%51%—3%5%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 20141,274± 6.1%52%40%—3%5%
SurveyUSA July 17–22, 20141,208± 2.9%40%48%5%—7%
SurveyUSA June 19–23, 20141,068± 3.1%41%47%—5%7%
Rasmussen Reports April 16–17, 2014750± 4%47%40%—6%7%
Public Policy Polling April 1–2, 2014886± 3.1%41%45%——14%
Public Policy Polling February 18–20, 2014693± 3.7%40%42%——18%
Wilson Perkins Allen January 29, 2014?± ?42%31%——27%
SurveyUSA October 23–24, 2013511± 4.4%39%43%—12%6%

Results

Governor's election in Kansas, 2014 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Sam Brownback/Jeff Colyer (Incumbent) 433,196 49.82 -13.46
Democratic Paul Davis/Jill Docking401,10046.13+13.92
Libertarian Keen Umbehr/Josh Umbehr35,2064.05+1.37
Total votes869,502100

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  17. ↑ Nonpartisan report: Davis' tax-freeze plan stalls $20M in Brownback-endorsed cuts
  18. ↑ Former congresswoman endorses Brownback
  19. ↑ "Wyandotte County Democrats endorse Gov. Brownback". KSN-TV. September 26, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  20. ↑ Former CEO in Wichita, Touts Brownback
  21. ↑ NFIB endorses Brownback for second term as Governor
  22. ↑ Kansas Rifle Association Endorses Brownback
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