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2014 Georgia gubernatorial election
The
2014 Georgia
gubernatorial election
took place on
November 4
, 2014, to elect the
Governor of Georgia
, concurrently with the
election
to Georgia's
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
.
Incumbent
Republican Governor
Nathan Deal
was re-elected to serve a second
term in office
. He turned back two primary challengers and in the
general election
, defeated
Democratic State
Senator
Jason Carter
and
Libertarian
nominee businessman and engineer
Andrew Hunt
, who were
unopposed
in their respective primaries.
Republican
primary
Candidates
Declared
John Barge
,
State School Superintendent
Nathan Deal, incumbent
Governor
David Pennington,
Mayor
of
Dalton
Polling
Results
Democratic
primary
Candidates
Declared
Jason Carter,
state senator
and grandson of former president and former governor
Jimmy Carter
Withdrew
Connie Stokes
, former DeKalb
County Commissioner
, former state senator and candidate for
GA-04
in 2004 and
2010
Declined
Stacey Abrams
,
Minority Leader
of the
Georgia House of Representatives
Roy Barnes
, former governor and nominee for governor in 2010
Shirley Franklin
, former
mayor
of
Atlanta
Scott Holcomb
,
state representative
Kasim Reed
,
Mayor of Atlanta
Results
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Declared
Andrew Hunt, businessman and engineer
General election
Debates
,
October 19
, 2014 -
C-SPAN
,
October 26
, 2014 - C-SPAN
Predictions
Polling
Hypothetical polling
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Results
Hypothetical runoff polling
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