The 2014 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the
Governor of Oklahoma
The governor of Oklahoma is the head of government of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Under the Oklahoma Constitution, the governor serves as the head of the Oklahoma executive branch, of the government of Oklahoma. The governor is the '' ex of ...
. Incumbent
Republican
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** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
Governor
Mary Fallin
Mary Fallin (; née Copeland; born December 9, 1954) is an American politician who served as the 27th governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she was elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014. She was the first and s ...
was running for re-election to a second term in office. Fallin was re-elected, defeating
Democratic candidate
Joe Dorman
Joseph E. Dorman (born September 18, 1970) is an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, representing the 65th electoral district. He is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party.
An Okl ...
, a state legislator.
Republican primary
Fallin, the incumbent, easily defeated Chad "The Drug Lawyer" Moody and Dax Ewbank who would run as a
Libertarian for
U.S. Senate in 2016. Ewbank and Moody both stressed ending the War on Drugs and protecting 2nd Amendment rights.
Candidates
Declared
* Dax Ewbank
*
Mary Fallin
Mary Fallin (; née Copeland; born December 9, 1954) is an American politician who served as the 27th governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she was elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014. She was the first and s ...
, incumbent
governor
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* Chad Moody, attorney
Withdrew
*
Randy Brogdon
Randall C. Brogdon (born June 17, 1953) is an American businessman and politician from the state of Oklahoma. He was a state senator for Oklahoma's 34th senate district from 2002 until 2011. Brogdon ran for governor of Oklahoma in 2010 on a platf ...
, former state senator and candidate for Governor
in 2010 (
ran for the U.S. Senate and lost)
Declined
*
T.W. Shannon
Tahrohon Wayne Shannon (born February 24, 1978) is an American banker and politician who served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives for the 62nd district from 2007 to 2015. In a ceremony on January 8, 2013, Shannon took the oat ...
, former
Speaker
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* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
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** I ...
of the
Oklahoma House of Representatives (
ran for the U.S. Senate and lost)
Results
Democratic primary
Dorman was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
Candidates
Declared
*
Joe Dorman
Joseph E. Dorman (born September 18, 1970) is an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, representing the 65th electoral district. He is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party.
An Okl ...
, state representative
Withdrew
*
R. J. Harris,
Libertarian candidate for president in
2012
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and candidate for
Oklahoma's 4th congressional district
Oklahoma's 4th congressional district is located in south-central Oklahoma and covers (in whole or in part) a total of 15 counties. Its principal cities include Midwest City, Norman, Moore, Ada, Duncan, Lawton/Ft. Sill, and Ardmore. The dist ...
in
2010 and
2012
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(endorsed Dorman)
Declined
*
Dan Boren
David Daniel Boren (born August 2, 1973) is the Secretary of Commerce for the Chickasaw Nation, based in Oklahoma. He is a retired American politician, who served as the U.S. Representative for from 2005 to 2013. The district included most of ...
, former U.S. Representative (endorsed Dorman)
*
David L. Boren
David Lyle Boren (born April 21, 1941) is a retired American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as 21st governor of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1979 and three terms in the United States Senat ...
, President of the
University of Oklahoma
, mottoeng = "For the benefit of the Citizen and the State"
, type = Public research university
, established =
, academic_affiliations =
, endowment = $2.7billion (2021)
, pr ...
, former U.S. Senator and former Governor (endorsed Dorman)
*
Brad Henry, former Governor (endorsed Dorman)
*
M. Susan Savage, former
Mayor
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of
Tulsa
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...
and former
Secretary of State of Oklahoma
The Secretary of State of the State of Oklahoma is the chief clerical officer of Oklahoma and a member of the Oklahoma Governor's Cabinet. The Secretary of State is the only appointed constitutional member of the executive branch of the Oklahom ...
(endorsed Dorman)
Independents
Candidates
Declared
* Richard Prawdzienski, former Chair of the
Libertarian Party of Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Libertarian Party is the state affiliate of the Libertarian Party in Oklahoma. It has been active in state politics since the 1970s, but due to Oklahoma's ballot access requirements the party has been an officially recognized par ...
and candidate for
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in
2010
* Kimberly Willis
[
]
Disqualified
* Joe Sills
General election
Debates
Complete video of debate
October 2, 2014
Predictions
Polling
* * Internal poll for the Joe Dorman campaign
Results
See also
* 2014 United States elections
The 2014 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, in the middle of Democratic President Barack Obama's second term. Republicans retained control of the House of Representatives and won control of the Senate.
Republicans ...
* 2014 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 4, 2014, in 36 states and three territories, concurrent with other elections during the 2014 United States elections.
The Republicans defended 22 seats, compared to the Democrats' 14. T ...
* 2014 United States Senate elections
The 2014 United States Senate elections were held on November 4, 2014. A total of 36 seats in the 100-member U.S. Senate were contested. Thirty-three Class 2 seats were contested for regular six-year terms to be served from January 3, 2015 to J ...
References
External links
Oklahoma gubernatorial election, 2014
at Ballotpedia
{{2014 United States elections
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