A general election was held in the
U.S. state of
Wyoming on November 4, 2014. All of Wyoming's executive officers were up for election as well as a
United States Senate seat and Wyoming's at-large seat in the
United States House of Representatives.
Primary election
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s were held on August 19, 2014.
Governor
Incumbent
Republican Governor Matt Mead ran for re-election to a second term in office. He was challenged in the primary by physician and rancher Taylor Haynes and
Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Cindy Hill, defeating them by 54% to 32% to 13%.
In the general election, he defeated former Chairman of the Wyoming Democratic Party Pete Gosar, Independent Don Wills and Libertarian Dee Cozzens by 58% to 27% to 6% to 2%.
Secretary of State
Republican primary
Candidates
*
Ed Murray, businessman
*
Ed Buchanan, former
Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives
* Pete Illoway, former
State Representative
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*
Clark Stith,
Rock Springs City Councilman
Democratic primary
No Democrat announced their candidacy for Secretary of State.
General election
State Treasurer
Republican primary
Candidates
*
Mark Gordon, incumbent State Treasurer
* Ron Redo
Democratic primary
No Democrat announced their candidacy for State Treasurer.
General election
State Auditor
Republican primary
Candidates
*
Cynthia Cloud, incumbent State Auditor
Democratic primary
No Democrat announced their candidacy for State Auditor.
General election
Superintendent of Public Instruction
This was the last statewide election in Wyoming in which
Laramie County voted for the Democratic nominee.
Republican primary
Candidates
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Jillian Balow
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, Wyoming Department of Family Services administrator
* Sheryl Lain, retired teacher
* Bill Winney, candidate for the
Wyoming House of Representatives in 2010 and 2012
Democratic primary
Candidates
* Mike Ceballos, businessman
General election
United States Senate
Incumbent Republican Senator
Mike Enzi ran for re-election to a fourth term in office.
He defeated Democrat Charlie Hardy, Independent Curt Gottshall and Libertarian Joseph Porambo in the general election.
United States House of Representatives
Wyoming has a single
at-large congressional district. Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative
Cynthia Lummis, who has represented the state in Congress since 2011, ran for re-election to a third term in office.
She defeated Democrat Richard Grayson in the general election.
References
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