Nine state executive positions were up for election in 2014 in the state of Alabama.^[1] The general election took place November 4, 2014, following a primary on June 3 and a runoff where necessary on July 15.

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. Alabama uses an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.^[2]^[3]^[4]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

The following offices were elected in 2014 in Alabama:

In addition to candidate lists and election results, this page includes information about important dates, how the state's executive branch is organized, as well as links to articles about recent news in races across the state.

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held nine of the nine state executive seats up for election in 2014 in Alabama.

Alabama State Executives -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 4, 2014	After the 2014 Election
	Republican Party	9	9
	Democratic Party	0	0
Total		9	9

Candidates by office

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Office	Incumbent	Assumed Office	Incumbent running?	General Election Candidates	2015 Winner	Partisan Switch?
Governor	Robert J. Bentley	2011	Yes^[5]	Robert Bentley Parker Griffith	Robert Bentley	No
Lieutenant Governor	Kay Ivey	2011	Yes^[6]	Kay Ivey James C. Fields	Kay Ivey	No
Secretary of State	Jim Bennett	2013	Term-limited	John Merrill Lula Albert-Kaigler	John Merrill	No
Attorney General	Luther Strange	2010	Yes	Luther Strange Joseph Lister Hubbard	Luther Strange	No
Treasurer	Young Boozer	2011	Yes	Young Boozer	Young Boozer	No
Auditor	Samantha Shaw	2007	Term-limited	Jim Zeigler Miranda Joseph	Jim Zeigler	No
Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries	John McMillan	2011	Yes^[7]	John McMillan Doug "New Blue" Smith	John McMillan	No
Public Service Commission	Jeremy Oden	2012	Yes^[8]	Jeremy Oden	Jeremy Oden	No
Public Service Commission	Terry Dunn	2010	Yes^[9]	Chip Beeker	Chip Beeker	No

Primary results

Governor

Governor of Alabama Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Robert Bentley Incumbent	89.3%	388,247
Stacy George	5.8%	25,134
Bob Starkey	4.9%	21,144
Total Votes		434,525
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State.

Governor of Alabama Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Parker Griffith	63.9%	115,433
Kevin Bass	36.1%	65,225
Total Votes		180,658
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State.

Lt. Governor

Lieutenant Governor of Alabama Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Kay Ivey Incumbent	61.7%	257,588
Stan Cooke	38.3%	160,023
Total Votes		417,611
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State.

Alabama Attorney General

Uncontested

Secretary of State

Runoff

Alabama Secretary of State, Republican Primary Runoff, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John Merrill	53.1%	108,740
Reese McKinney	46.9%	95,877
Total Votes		204,617
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State.

Primary

Alabama Secretary of State Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John Merrill	39.6%	143,960
Reese McKinney	38.4%	139,763
James Perdue	22%	80,050
Total Votes		363,773
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State.

Treasurer

Uncontested

Auditor

Runoff

Alabama State Auditor, Republican Primary Runoff, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jim Zeigler	64.9%	131,637
Dale Peterson	35.1%	71,141
Total Votes		202,778
Election results via ALGOP.org.

Primary

Alabama Auditor Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jim Zeigler	47.1%	164,002
Dale Peterson	24.3%	84,828
Adam Thompson	18.6%	64,688
Hobbie Sealy	10%	34,910
Total Votes		348,428
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State.

Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries

Uncontested

Alabama Public Service Commissioner Place 1

Alabama Public Service Commission, Position 1, Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jeremy Oden Incumbent	52.4%	188,971
Kathy Peterson	47.6%	171,755
Total Votes		360,726
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State.

Alabama Public Service Commissioner Place 2

Runoff

Alabama Public Service Commissioner (Place 2), Republican Primary Runoff, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Chip Beeker	59.3%	119,122
Terry Dunn Incumbent	40.7%	81,626
Total Votes		200,748
Election results via ALGOP.org.

Primary

Alabama Public Service Commission, Position 2, Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Chip Beeker	39%	133,606
Terry Dunn Incumbent	32.5%	111,404
Jonathan Barbee	15.9%	54,341
Phillip Brown	12.6%	43,097
Total Votes		342,448
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State.

General election results

The general election took place on November 4, 2014.

Governor

Governor of Alabama, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Robert Bentley Incumbent	63.6%	750,231
	Democrat	Parker Griffith	36.2%	427,787
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.2%	2,395
Total Votes				1,180,413
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State

Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kay Ivey Incumbent	63.2%	738,090
	Democratic	James C. Fields	36.7%	428,007
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.1%	1,146
Total Votes				1,167,243
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State

Attorney General

Attorney General of Alabama, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Luther Strange Incumbent	58.4%	681,973
	Democratic	Joseph Lister Hubbard	41.4%	483,771
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.2%	2,157
Total Votes				1,167,901
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State

Secretary of State

Secretary of State of Alabama, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Merrill	64.3%	733,298
	Democratic	Lula Albert-Kaigler	35.6%	406,373
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.1%	1,271
Total Votes				1,140,942
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State

Treasurer

Young Boozer ran unopposed for re-election.

Auditor

Auditor of Alabama, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jim Zeigler	62.9%	716,122
	Democratic	Miranda Joseph	37%	420,843
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.1%	1,010
Total Votes				1,137,975
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State

Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries

Agriculture Commissioner of Alabama, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John McMillan Incumbent	64.7%	734,428
	Democratic	Doug "New Blue" Smith	35.2%	400,299
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.1%	970
Total Votes				1,135,697
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State

Public Service Commissioner (2 seats)

Jeremy Oden and Chip Beeker ran unopposed in the general election.

Voter turnout

Political scientist Michael McDonald's United States Elections Project studied voter turnout in the 2014 election by looking at the percentage of eligible voters who headed to the polls. McDonald used voting-eligible population (VEP), or the number of eligible voters independent of their current registration status, to calculate turnout rates in each state on November 4. He also incorporated ballots cast for the highest office in each state into his calculation. He estimated that 81,687,059 ballots were cast in the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, representing 35.9 percent of the VEP.^[10] By comparison, 61.6 percent of VEP voted in the 2008 presidential election and 58.2 percent of VEP voted in the 2012 presidential election.^[11]

Quick facts

According to PBS Newshour, voter turnout in the 2014 midterms was the lowest since the 1942 midterms, which took place during the nation's involvement in World War II.^[12]

Forty-three states and the District of Columbia did not surpass 50 percent turnout in McDonald's analysis.

The three states with the lowest turnout according to McDonald's analysis were Texas (28.3 percent), Tennessee (28.6 percent), and Indiana (28.8 percent).

Maine (58.5 percent), Wisconsin (56.5 percent), and Colorado (54.5 percent) were the three states with the highest turnout.

Twelve states increased voter turnout in 2014 compared to the 2010 midterm elections.^[13]

Voter turnout rates, 2014
State	Total votes counted	% voter eligible population	Top statewide office up for election	Size of lead (Raw votes)	Size of lead (%)
Alabama	1,191,274	33.2	Governor	320,319	27.2
Alaska	285,431	54.4	Governor	4,004	1.6
Arizona	1,537,671	34.1	Governor	143,951	12.5
Arkansas	852,642	40.1	Governor	118,664	14.0
California	7,513,972	30.8	Governor	1,065,748	17.8
Colorado	2,080,071	54.5	Governor	50,395	2.4
Connecticut	1,096,509	42.5	Governor	26,603	2.5
Delaware	234,038	34.4	Attorney General	31,155	13.6
District of Columbia	177,176	35.8	Mayor	27,934	19.0
Florida	6,026,802	43.3	Governor	66,127	1.1
Georgia	2,596,947	38.5	Governor	202,685	8.0
Hawaii	369,554	36.5	Governor	45,323	12.4
Idaho	445,307	39.6	Governor	65,852	14.9
Illinois	3,680,417	40.9	Governor	171,900	4.9
Indiana	1,387,622	28.8	Secretary of State	234,978	17.8
Iowa	1,142,284	50.2	Governor	245,548	21.8
Kansas	887,023	43.4	Governor	33,052	3.9
Kentucky	1,435,868	44.0	U.S. Senate	222,096	15.5
Louisiana	1,472,039	43.8	U.S. Senate	16,401	1.1
Maine	616,996	58.5	Governor	29,820	4.9
Maryland	1,733,177	41.5	Governor	88,648	6.1
Massachusetts	2,186,789	44.6	Governor	40,361	1.9
Michigan	3,188,956	43.2	Governor	129,547	4.3
Minnesota	1,992,613	50.5	Governor	109,776	5.6
Mississippi	631,858	28.9	U.S. Senate	141,234	33.0
Missouri	1,426,303	31.8	Auditor	684,074	53.6
Montana	373,831	47.3	U.S. Senate	65,262	17.9
Nebraska	552,115	41.5	Governor	97,678	18.7
Nevada	547,349	29.0	Governor	255,793	46.7
New Hampshire	495,565	48.4	Governor	24,924	5.2
New Jersey	1,955,042	32.5	N/A	N/A	N/A
New Mexico	512,805	35.7	Governor	73,868	14.6
New York	3,930,310	29.0	Governor	476,252	13.4
North Carolina	2,939,767	41.2	U.S. Senate	48,511	1.7
North Dakota	255,128	45.0	U.S. House At-large seat	42,214	17.1
Ohio	3,149,876	36.2	Governor	933,235	30.9
Oklahoma	824,831	29.8	Governor	122,060	14.7
Oregon	1,541,782	53.5	Governor	59,029	4.5
Pennsylvania	3,495,866	36.0	Governor	339,261	9.8
Rhode Island	329,212	42.2	Governor	14,346	4.5
South Carolina	1,261,611	35.2	Governor	179,089	14.6
South Dakota	282,291	44.9	Governor	124,865	45.1
Tennessee	1,374,065	28.6	Governor	642,214	47.5
Texas	4,727,208	28.3	Governor	957,973	20.4
Utah	577,973	30.2	Attorney General	173,819	35.2
Vermont	193,087	38.8	Governor	2,095	1.1
Virginia	2,194,346	36.6	U.S. Senate	16,727	0.8
Washington	2,123,901	43.1	N/A	N/A	N/A
West Virginia	451,498	31.2	U.S. Senate	124,667	27.6
Wisconsin	2,410,314	56.5	Governor	137,607	5.7
Wyoming	168,390	39.3	Governor	52,703	33.6

Note: Information from the United States Elections Project was last updated on December 16, 2014.

Key deadlines

Deadline	Event
February 7, 2014	Filing deadline
June 3, 2014	Primary election
July 15, 2014	Primary runoff
November 4, 2014	General election
November 14, 2014	Certification of general election results
January 19, 2015	Inauguration day for state executive officials in general election

State executive organization

Executive officials in Alabama are part of a three-pronged government structure that includes state legislators and state judges. The following chart details the relationship among different branches of Alabama's state government:

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Alabama + State + Executive +-Obama + Elections"

Alabama state executive elections, 2014 News Feed

External links

Suggest a link

Alabama Secretary of State: Elections Division

Footnotes

[1] The Green Papers, "Alabama 2012 General Election," accessed June 28, 2012

[ncslprimary-2] National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 22, 2024

[3] Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-13-1," accessed July 22, 2024

[4] Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-3-30," accessed July 22, 2024

[5] The Republic, "Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley seeking second term," April 9, 2013

[6] Kay Ivey for Lieutenant Governor 2014 Official Campaign Website, "Homepage," accessed September 10, 2013

[7] The Associated Press, "Alabama Agriculture Commissioner John McMillan launches re-election campaign," June 25, 2013

[cull-8] Cullman Sense, Oden announces bid for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1, July 1, 2013

[9] The Associated Press, "Chairman of Alabama Minority GOP challenges Commissioner Terry Dunn in PSC primary (updated)," August 12, 2013

[10] United States Elections Project, "2014 November General Election Turnout Rates," November 7, 2014

[11] TIME, "Voter Turnout in Midterm Elections Hits 72-Year Low," November 10, 2014

[12] PBS, "2014 midterm election turnout lowest in 70 years," November 10, 2014

[13] U.S. News & World Report, "Midterm Turnout Down in 2014," November 5, 2014

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