Michigan Secretary of State election, 2014

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Michigan Secretary of State election, 2014

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Turnout 3,080,795
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Nominee Ruth Johnson Godfrey Dillard
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,649,047 1,323,004
Percentage 53.53% 42.94%

Secretary of State before election

Ruth Johnson
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Ruth Johnson
Republican

The Michigan Secretary of State election of 2014 will take place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Secretary of State of Michigan. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Ruth Johnson was re-elected to a second term in office with 53.53% of the vote.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Minor parties

Taxpayers Party

  • Robert Gale, perennial candidate

Natural Law Party

Libertarian Party

  • Jamie Lewis, nominee for the State Senate in 2006 and 2010

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ruth
Johnson (R)
Godfrey
Dillard (D)
Other Undecided
Mitchell Research November 2, 2014 1,224 ± 2.8% 47% 40% 5% 8%
Public Policy Polling November 1–2, 2014 914 ± 3.2% 46% 38% 6%[4] 9%
EPIC-MRA October 26–28, 2014 600 ± 4% 41% 37% 3% 19%
Glengariff Group October 22–24, 2014 600 ± 4% 41% 32.5% 4.3% 22.1%
EPIC-MRA October 17–19, 2014 600 ± 4% 42% 33% 3% 21%
Glengariff Group October 2–4, 2014 600 ± 4% 38.7% 31.8% 5.2%[5] 24.3%
Mitchell Research September 29, 2014 1,178 ± 2.86% 41% 37% 22%
EPIC-MRA September 25–29, 2014 600 ± 4% 40% 30% 10% 20%
Target-Insyght September 22–24, 2014 616 ± 4% 39% 38% 5% 18%
Denno Research September 11–13, 2014 600 ± 4% 36.3% 32.7% 31%
Suffolk September 6–10, 2014 500 ± 4.4% 36.2% 39.8% 3.6%[6] 20.6%
Public Policy Polling September 4–7, 2014 687 ± 3.7% 39% 36% 7%[7] 18%
Glengariff Group September 3–5, 2014 600 ± 4% 39.9% 33.5% 0.8% 25.8%

Results

Michigan secretary of state election, 2014[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Ruth Johnson (incumbent) 1,649,047 53.53% +2.85%
Democratic Godfrey Dillard 1,323,004 42.94% -2.28%
Libertarian Jamie Lewis 61,112 1.98% +0.15%
Taxpayers Robert Gale 34,447 1.12% -0.19%
Natural Law Jason Gatties 13,185 0.43%
N/A
Majority 326,043 10.59% +5.13%
Turnout 3,080,795 -2.91%
Republican hold Swing

References

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  4. Robert Gale (TP) 1%, Jason Gatties (NL) 1%, Jamie Lewis (L) 4%
  5. Robert Gale (TP) 1%, Jason Gatties (NL) 2%, Jamie Lewis (L) 2.2%
  6. Robert Gale (TP) 1.2%, Jason Gatties (NL) 0.2%, Jamie Lewis (L) 2.2%
  7. Robert Gale (TP) 2%, Jason Gatties (NL) 2%, Jamie Lewis (L) 3%
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External links

Official campaign websites

See also