Nevada gubernatorial election, 2014

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Nevada Gubernatorial Election
Primary Date:
June 10, 2014
General Election Date:
November 4, 2014
November 4 Election Winner:
Brian Sandoval Republican Party
Incumbent prior to election:
Brian Sandoval Republican Party
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The Nevada gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Brian Sandoval (R) was running for re-election.[1] He defeated Democratic candidate Robert Goodman and independent candidate David Lory VanDerBeek for another four-year term 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. Nevada has a closed primary system, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[2][3]

Candidates

General election

Republican Party Brian Sandoval - IncumbentGreen check mark transparent.png[4]
Democratic Party Robert Goodman[5]
Independent David Lory VanderBeek[6]

Defeated in the primary

Republican Party Eddie Hamilton[5]
Republican Party Gary Marinch[5]
Republican Party William Tarbell[5]
Republican Party Thomas Tighe[5]
Democratic Party Chris Hyepock[7]
Democratic Party Charles Chang[5]
Democratic Party Frederick Conquest[5]
Democratic Party Stephen Frye[5]
Democratic Party Fernando Lopes[5]
Democratic Party Allen Rheinhart[5]
Democratic Party John Rutledge[5]
Democratic Party Abdul Shabazz[5]

Results

General election

Governor of Nevada, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Sandoval Incumbent 70.6% 386,340
     Democratic Robert Goodman 23.9% 130,722
     Independent None of these candidates 2.9% 15,751
     Independent American David Lory VanderBeek 2.7% 14,536
Total Votes 547,349
Election results via Nevada Secretary of State

Primary election

Republican primary

Governor of Nevada, Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Sandoval Incumbent 89.9% 105,857
Eddie Hamilton 3.2% 3,758
None of these candidates 3% 3,509
William Tarbell 1.7% 1,966
Thomas Tighe 1.3% 1,495
Gary Marinch 1% 1,195
Total Votes 117,780
Election results via Nevada Secretary of State.

Democratic primary

Governor of Nevada, Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
None of these candidates 30% 21,725
Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Goodman 24.8% 17,961
Stephen Frye 11.3% 8,231
John Rutledge 8.3% 6,039
Charles Chang 7.7% 5,619
Chris Hyepock 6.5% 4,743
Allen Rheinhart 5% 3,605
Abdul Shabazz 3.8% 2,731
Frederick Conquest 2.6% 1,867
Total Votes 72,521
Election results via Nevada Secretary of State.

Race background

Democratic primary

Nevada's Democratic Party struggled to find high-profile candidates to face Sandoval in the November election. Democratic voters cast more votes for the option of "None of these candidates" in the primary election than any of the actual candidates.[8][9] "None of these candidates" received 30 percent of the vote; the candidate with the next highest vote total, Robert Goodman, a retired economic development commissioner from Las Vegas, received 25 percent, and ultimately faced Sandoval in the general election.[8]

"None of these candidates" is an option on Nevada ballots in presidential and statewide office elections. The last time this option received the highest percentage of votes was in the Republican primary race for House of Representatives in 1976.[10] When "None of these candidates" receives the highest percentage, the candidate with the next highest percentage of votes is deemed the winner. According to state law: "only votes cast for the named candidates shall be counted in determining nomination or election to any statewide office or presidential nominations or the selection of presidential electors."[11]

Republican primary

Brian Sandoval had already raised more than $3 million in campaign funds before the primary election. He won the Republican nomination over four challengers in the primary election.[9]

Polls

Governor of Nevada
Poll Brian Sandoval * (R) Robert Goodman (D)OtherUndecidedMargin of errorSample size
New York Times/CBS News/YouGov
October 16-23, 2014		 53%28%6%13%+/-41,314
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

Governor of Nevada, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Rory Reid 41.6% 298,171
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Sandoval 53.4% 382,350
     Green David Scott Curtis 0.6% 4,437
     Libertarian Arthur Forrest Lampitt 0.7% 4,672
     Independent Eugene DiSimone 0.9% 6,403
     Independent Aaron Y. Honig 0.4% 3,216
     Independent Floyd Fitzgibbons 0.7% 5,049
     NA None 1.7% 12,231
Total Votes 716,529

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.[12] 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.[13]

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.[14]
  • Forty-three states and the District of Columbia failed to 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.
  • There were only 12 states that increased voter turnout in 2014 compared to the 2010 midterm elections.[15]

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

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 $5,568,991 during the election. This information was last updated on March 23, 2015.[16]

Campaign Contribution Totals
Candidate Office Result Contributions
Brian Sandoval Republican Party Nevada Governor Won $4,952,218
Eddie Hamilton Republican Party Nevada Governor Defeated $503,973
Chris Hyepock Democratic Party Nevada Governor Defeated $31,984
Stephen Frye Democratic Party Nevada Governor Defeated $30,000
Allen Rheinhart Democratic Party Nevada Governor Defeated $20,000
Robert Goodman Democratic Party Nevada Governor Defeated $12,175
David L. VanderBeek Grey.png Nevada Governor Defeated $7,934
William Tarbell Republican Party Nevada Governor Defeated $5,910
Frederick Conquest Democratic Party Nevada Governor Defeated $2,500
John Rutledge Democratic Party Nevada Governor Defeated $1,406
Charles Chang Democratic Party Nevada Governor Defeated $891
Abdul Shabazz Democratic Party Nevada Governor Defeated $0
Thomas Tighe Republican Party Nevada Governor Defeated $0
Grand Total Raised $5,568,991

Key deadlines

Deadline Event
January 6, 2014 First day of candidate filing
January 17, 2014 Last day of candidate filing
July 10, 2014 Primary election
November 4, 2014 General election
November 25, 2014 Certification of election results
January 5, 2015 Inauguration day for state executive officials

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See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Las Vegas Sun, "Sandoval kicks off re-election bid with State of the State, budget," accessed January 16, 2013
  2. ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed April 17, 2023
  3. ↑ Clark County Nevada,"Election Department: How Party Affiliation Affects You in Elections," accessed April 17, 2023
  4. ↑ Las Vegas Sun, "Sandoval kicks off re-election bid with State of the State, budget," January 16, 2013
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 Nevada Secretary of State, 2014 Filed Candidates, accessed March 17, 2014
  6. ↑ David Lory VanderBeek for Governor 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed September 26, 2013
  7. ↑ Las Vegas Sun, Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate Announcement, November 7, 2013
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Politico, "In Nevada, nobody wins (sort-of)," June 11, 2014
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Greenfield Daily Reporter, "Robert Goodman wins Nevada's Democratic gubernatorial primary; will face Gov Brian Sandoval," June 11, 2014
  10. ↑ Fox News, 'Nevada Democrats select 'none of these candidates' in gubernatorial primary," June 11, 2014
  11. ↑ Nevada Legislature, "Elections," accessed June 11, 2014
  12. ↑ United States Elections Project, "2014 November General Election Turnout Rates," November 7, 2014
  13. ↑ TIME, "Voter Turnout in Midterm Elections Hits 72-Year Low," November 10, 2014
  14. ↑ PBS, "2014 midterm election turnout lowest in 70 years," November 10, 2014
  15. ↑ U.S. News & World Report, "Midterm Turnout Down in 2014," November 5, 2014
  16. ↑ Follow the Money, "Overview of Nevada 2014 elections," accessed March 27, 2015
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