The Pennsylvania lieutenant gubernatorial election of 2014 took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the

Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania The lieutenant governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The lieutenant governor is elected for a four-year term in the same year as the governor. Each party picks a candidate for lieutenant governor independently o ...

. In Pennsylvania, the winners of the lieutenant gubernatorial

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s join the ticket of their party's gubernatorial nominee.

Background

Primary elections were held on May 20, 2014. Incumbent

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Lieutenant Governor

Jim Cawley James Cawley (born June 22, 1969) is an American politician who served as the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2015. A Republican, he previously served on the Board of Commissioners of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Early life, ...

was renominated unopposed and ran for re-election to a second term on a ticket with incumbent Governor

Tom Corbett Thomas Wingett Corbett Jr. (born June 17, 1949) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 46th governor of Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1995 ...

. The Democratic nominee was State Senator

Mike Stack Michael Joseph Stack III (born June 5, 1963) is an American attorney and former politician who served as the 33rd lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a member of the P ...

, who was businessman

Tom Wolf Thomas Westerman Wolf (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 47th governor of Pennsylvania since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he defeated Republican incumbent Tom Corbett in the 2014 guber ...

's running mate. Wolf and Stack defeated Corbett and Cawley in the general election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

, incumbent Lieutenant Governor

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Mark Critz Mark Stephen Critz (born January 5, 1962) is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for , having served from a special election in May 2010 until January 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district during his tenure ...

, former U.S. Representative * Brad Koplinski,

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man *

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, state representative * Mark Smith, Bradford County

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, state senator

Withdrew

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, former assistant football coach at

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and son of former head coach

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* Brenda Alton,

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Parks and Recreation Director (Turned in petition one minute past the deadline so did not appear on the ballot)

Declined

* Michael Crossey, President of the

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* Margo Davidson, state representative *

Larry Farnese Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. (born June 1, 1968) is an American attorney and politician. He was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania Senate where he represented the 1st District from 2009 until November 30, 2020. Farnese is the Democratic ward le ...

, state senator * John Galloway, state representative * John Morganelli, Northampton County

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, state senator

Polling

Results

References

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Background

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Polling

Results

See also

References

External links