Kansas Attorney General election, 2014
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August 5, 2014 |
November 4, 2014 |
Derek Schmidt |
Derek Schmidt |
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The Kansas Attorney General election took place on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Derek Schmidt (R) was first elected in 2010 and won election to another four-year term in 2014. He faced Democratic candidate A.J. Kotich in the general election.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Kansas utilizes a semi-closed primary process, in which previously unaffiliated voters can participate in the partisan primary of their choice (a voter who is already affiliated with a party can only vote in that party's primary).[1][2][3][4]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Candidates
General election
Derek Schmidt - Incumbent
A.J. Kotich[5]
Results
General election
| Attorney General of Kansas, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Derek Schmidt Incumbent |
66.8% | 564,766 | |
| Democratic | A.J. Kotich | 33.2% | 281,105 | |
| Total Votes | 845,871 | |||
| Election results via Kansas Secretary of State | ||||
Polls
| Kansas Attorney General - General Election 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Derek Schmidt * (R) | A.J. Kotich (D) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling October 9-12, 2014 | 53% | 27% | 20% | +/-3 | 1,081 | ||||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling September 11-14, 2014 | 50% | 27% | 24% | +/-2.7 | 1,328 | ||||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 51.5% | 27% | 22% | +/-2.85 | 1,204.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: An asterisk (*) denotes incumbent status.
Past elections
2010
| Kansas Attorney General, General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Derek Schmidt |
54.9% | 458,497 | |
| Democratic | Steve Six | 41.9% | 349,340 | |
| Libertarian | Dennis Hawver | 3.2% | 26,867 | |
| Total Votes | 834,704 | |||
| Election results via Kansas Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign finance
Comprehensive donor information for this election has been collected by Follow the Money. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of $908,057 during the election. This information was last updated on May 13, 2015.[6]
| Campaign Contribution Totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Office | Result | Contributions | |
| Derek Schmidt |
Kansas Attorney General | $872,022 | ||
| A.J. Kotich |
Kansas Attorney General | $36,035 | ||
| Grand Total Raised | $908,057 | |||
Key deadlines
| Deadline | Event |
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| June 2, 2014 | Filing deadline (Party Candidates) |
| August 4, 2014 | Filing deadline (Independents) |
| August 5, 2014 | Primary election |
| November 4, 2014 | General election |
| December 1, 2014 | Deadline for State Board of Canvassers to meet |
| January 12, 2015 | Inauguration day for state executive officials elected in November |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Kansas + Attorney + General + Election + 2014"
See also
- Kansas Attorney General
- Kansas state executive official elections, 2014
- State executive official elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," February 6, 2024
- ↑ FairVote, "Open and closed primaries," accessed July 25, 2024
- ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
- ↑ Scott Schwab Kansas Secretary of State, "Voter information," accessed July 25, 2024
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Candidates List," accessed June 18, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Overview of Kansas 2014 elections," accessed May 13, 2015
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