A general election was held in the

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on November 4, 2014. Three of Indiana's executive officers were up for election as well as all of Indiana's nine seats in the

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. The Republican nominees won all three statewide elections and all of Indiana's U.S. Representatives were re-elected.General election 2014

Election information

Turnout

Turnout in the primaries was 13.50%, with 617,156 ballots cast. Turnout in the general election was 30.24%, with 1,388,965 ballots cast. In addition to the above information using the standard turnout measurement of turnout among ''registered'' voters, the general election turnout among ''eligible'' voters was 28.0%. This meant that Indiana had lower voter turnout (percentage-wise) than any other state had in their concurrent elections in regards to their turnout when measuring among eligible voters.

Secretary of State

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State

Connie Lawson Connie Lawson (born April 20, 1949) is an American politician. A Republican, Lawson was Indiana Secretary of State from 2012 to 2022 and was a member of the Indiana Senate from 1996 to 2012. While in the state senate, she was Republican floor le ...

, who was appointed to the office in 2012 after

Charles P. White Charles Patrick White (born 1969) is the former Republican Indiana Secretary of State, having been first elected to the statewide executive position in November 2010. Prior to that, he served as Chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party a ...

was removed from office due to felony convictions, ran for election to a first full term in office. She was unopposed for the Republican nomination. The Democratic nominee was attorney and Marion County

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Beth White (no relation to Charles P. White). She was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. The Libertarian nominee was Karl Tatgenhorst, a technology executive.

Results

Treasurer

Republican

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Richard Mourdock Richard Earl Mourdock (born October 8, 1951) is an American politician who served as treasurer of the state of Indiana from 2007 to 2014. Running with the support of the Tea Party movement, he defeated six-term incumbent U.S. Senator Richard Lu ...

was term-limited and unable to run for a third term in office in 2014. He resigned on August 29, 2014, the last day that state employees could retire before cuts to pension benefits took effect in September 2014. Republican

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appointed chief financial officer and chief operating officer of the Indiana Finance Authority Daniel Huge to serve as interim treasurer until a longer-term replacement could be identified to finish the rest of Mourdock's term. Three candidates ran for the Republican nomination: financial advisor and candidate for the U.S. Senate in

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and for

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Don Bates;

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Mayor and candidate for

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Wayne Seybold Wayne Seybold (born September 5, 1963) is formerly the mayor of Marion, Indiana and a former Olympic pair skater representing the United States. Competing with his sister Natalie Seybold, he won five senior international medals, became a two-t ...

; and director of the TrustINdiana local government investment pool and former Cass County

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Kelly Mitchell Kelly Mitchell (born 1966/1967) is an American politician and businesswoman who served as the 54th Indiana State Treasurer. She was elected treasurer on November 4, 2014 and assumed office early on November 18, 2014. She replaced interim Treasure ...

. In the Republican primary convention, the first ballot was a "relative toss-up" and although no candidate won a majority on the second ballot, Mitchell gained votes. Bates, who was in third place, was dropped after the second ballot. Mitchell won the third ballot, by 860 votes to 497. The Democratic nominee was former member of the

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and candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in

Mike Boland, who moved to Indiana in 2012 to be closer to his grandchildren. He was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. The Libertarian nominee was Mike Jasper, an accountant and financial adviser.

General Election Results

Auditor

Incumbent Republican

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Suzanne Crouch Suzanne Crouch (born February 27, 1952) is an American politician who has served as the 52nd lieutenant governor of Indiana since 2017. She previously served as the 56th state auditor of Indiana. She is a candidate for Governor of Indiana in 20 ...

was appointed to the office in 2014 to replace Republican

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, who had resigned for unexplained personal reasons just three months after replacing the term-limited Tim Berry, who had resigned to become Chairman of the

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. Crouch ran for election to a first full term in office. She was unopposed for the Republican nomination. The Democratic nominee was retired Certified Public Accountant, attorney and former Deputy State Examiner of the Indiana State Board of Accounts Mike Claytor. He was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. The Libertarian nominee was John Schick, a management consultant and candidate for the State House in 2010.

General Election Results

United States House of Representatives

All of Indiana's nine seats in the

were up for election in 2014. The state's seven Republican Representatives and two Democratic Representatives were all re-elected.

References

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