2014 US Gubernatorial Election Results

[Vega]

Quick question: Will Walker be with the Democratic Governor's Association, or the Republican Governor's Association? Or neither?

[The Other Castro]

Wow, who would have guessed that the polls in Alaska would be pretty accurate but the polls everywhere else would be completely off

[Lief 🗽]

Quinn's turnout operation in Cook failed massively. Though even if he had been at 2010 levels there, he still would have lost narrowly.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Illinois county map: http://www.politico.com/2014-election/results/map/governor/illinois/#.VFp5JfnF9yV


I said Rauner had to win Kirk-level support in the collar counties, and he beat those levels! Quinn only won Cook with 64% and lost everything else.

I will now accept my accolades for the prediction I made:

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and make a prediction.  If Quinn falls under 60% in Cook County, or if Rauner gets over 60% in DuPage County, then Rauner wins.  The GOP could still win without that, but it would be a lot easier this way.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Quinn is unpopular and the Illinois Dems are a corrupt joke. Nothing remotely shocking about the result there.

[user12345]

Surprising that Malloy broke 50% now when he couldn't in 2010.

[New_Conservative]

Healey took away votes from Gina Raimondo in Rhode Island, he made that race a lot closer than some people thought.

Obviously I was very excited with the Massachusetts, Maryland, Wisconsin and Michigan results. I am stunned about how close the race in Vermont was. The RGA did very well in New England.

I am disappointed with the results in Colorado and Connecticut. I figured Malloy and Hickenlooper had it (even though I made biased predictions , but it stings losing that close.

[sg0508]

Healey took away votes from Gina Raimondo in Rhode Island, he made that race a lot closer than some people thought.

Obviously I was very excited with the Massachusetts, Maryland, Wisconsin and Michigan results. I am stunned about how close the race in Vermont was. The RGA did very well in New England.

I am disappointed with the results in Colorado and Connecticut. I figured Malloy and Hickenlooper had it (even though I made biased predictions , but it stings losing that close.

Obviously in the end, it's about winning and the margin really doesn't matter, but I'm surprised you're not a big displeased about the MA margin, which was closer than many polls showed and Coakley seemed to be one of the few Democrats who actually beat the polls.

[Keystone Phil]

Quinn is unpopular and the Illinois Dems are a corrupt joke. Nothing remotely shocking about the result there.

Did you mean to type something so obviously contradictory?

[Nichlemn]

Some interesting notes:

Sandoval may have the highest percentage of the vote of any governor, at 70.6%. He's closely followed by fellow Republicans Duagaard in SD and Haslam in TN. No Democratic candidate for governor got over 60% - the closest was Brown at 58.7%. Second is... Wolf, at 54.9%.

[Nichlemn]

Also, every state in the continental US with a northern border at or below approx the 37th parallel (Arizona through North Carolina and below) now has a Republican governor. 

[Lief 🗽]

Hickenlooper's lead now up to 2%, Malloy's up to 2.8%. In the end these races aren't going to be all that close, just very slowly counted.

Kitzhaber should also break 50%. Most of the remaining vote is in Multnomah county (where Portland is).

[Lief 🗽]

Anyone know why the top two primary failed so hard in Oregon? I guess they looked to their neighbors to the north and south and didn't like what they saw?

[greenforest32]

Anyone know why the top two primary failed so hard in Oregon? I guess they looked to their neighbors to the north and south and didn't like what they saw?

I can't say for certain. A lot of the campaign flyers I received in the mail focused on "not letting billionaires write the state's election laws" (Bloomberg and another billionaire from Texas were the main funders of it) and things like that.

This is the second time it's been on the ballot too. It actually failed by a similar margin in 2008: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Ballot_Measure_65_%282008%29

[KingSweden]

Anyone know why the top two primary failed so hard in Oregon? I guess they looked to their neighbors to the north and south and didn't like what they saw?

Their loss. The top two prevents third-party spoilers like Wylie/Haugh.

[Boston Bread]

Democrats don't want a repeat of CA-31.

[tmthforu94]

As a more of a moderate Republican, I'm really happy about some of these results. I'm excited about the opportunity Republicans elected in blue states have to create a working relationship with the other side to better the state, and I think they'll do that. The three main folks I am thinking about are Charlie Baker, Larry Hogan, and Bruce Rauner.

[CatoMinor]

Quinn is unpopular and the Illinois Dems are a corrupt joke. Nothing remotely shocking about the result there.

Considering Rauner was behind and still overcame Cook County might not be shocking but certainly in the neighborhood.

[Lief 🗽]

What a joke...

Democrats won the congressional vote in Michigan 49-47; won only 5 out of 14 seats.

Democrats won the state house vote in Michigan 51-49; Republicans increased their lead in the chamber to 63-47.

Republicans won the state senate vote in Michigan 51-49; now have a supermajority of 27-11.

[Tender Branson]

What a joke...

Democrats won the congressional vote in Michigan 49-47; won only 5 out of 14 seats.

Democrats won the state house vote in Michigan 51-49; Republicans increased their lead in the chamber to 63-47.

Republicans won the state senate vote in Michigan 51-49; now have a supermajority of 27-11.

Well, then let's hope the Democrats have a solid 2020 Election Night, so that the redistricting after the 2020 Census leads to a more even playingfield again. Because what the Republicans used to draw up after the 2010 Census/elections is simply nuts in some states.

[Bacon King]

How much (if any) of that PV difference is due to uncontested candidates?

[greenforest32]

http://oregonvotes.gov/results/2014G/index.html

^ The marijuana initiative might reach 56% yes when all the votes are in. That's pretty good for a mid-term and very encouraging for all those 2016 initiatives. California is a sure bet in 2016.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

As a more of a moderate Republican, I'm really happy about some of these results. I'm excited about the opportunity Republicans elected in blue states have to create a working relationship with the other side to better the state, and I think they'll do that. The three main folks I am thinking about are Charlie Baker, Larry Hogan, and Bruce Rauner.

I don't know about Baker or Hogan, but everything I've seen from Rauner suggests he'll squander any such opportunity.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

As a more of a moderate Republican, I'm really happy about some of these results. I'm excited about the opportunity Republicans elected in blue states have to create a working relationship with the other side to better the state, and I think they'll do that. The three main folks I am thinking about are Charlie Baker, Larry Hogan, and Bruce Rauner.

I don't know about Baker or Hogan, but everything I've seen from Rauner suggests he'll squander any such opportunity.

Baker should be decent. Tolerable, at least.

[ZuWo]

According to CNN's "Election Center" only 80% of the total vote has been tallied in Vermont. Does anyone know if that's accurate? Is it guaranteed that Shumlin will end up having more votes than Milne?