The 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the

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, concurrently with

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of Massachusetts' Class II U.S. Senate seat, and other elections to the United States Senate in other states and

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to the

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and various

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and

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. Incumbent Democratic Governor

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was eligible to seek a third term but stated in January 2011 that he would not run for re-election. The office of

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had been vacant since the resignation of

Tim Murray Timothy Patrick Murray (born June 7, 1968) is an American lawyer and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 71st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2013, when he resigned to become the head of the Worcester Chamber of Co ...

in June 2013. Primary elections for governor and lieutenant governor were conducted separately on September 9, 2014: the Democrats nominated

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Martha Coakley Martha Mary Coakley (born July 14, 1953) is an American lobbyist and lawyer who served as Attorney General of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. Prior to serving as Attorney General, she was District Attorney of Middlesex County from 1999 to 20 ...

and former CEO of the

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, and the Republicans nominated former state cabinet secretary and

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gubernatorial nominee

Charlie Baker Charles Duane Baker Jr. (born November 13, 1956) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 72nd governor of Massachusetts since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Baker was a cabinet official under two governors of Massach ...

and former state representative

Karyn Polito Karyn Ellen Polito (born November 11, 1966) is an American attorney, businesswoman, and politician serving as the 72nd lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. Polito was a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 11th ...

. Baker defeated Coakley and three other candidates in the general election.

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

=Declared

= *

Donald Berwick Donald M. Berwick (born September 9, 1946) is a former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Prior to his work in the administration, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Healthcare I ...

, former Administrator of the

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and former president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement *

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and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010 * Steven Grossman,

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, former chairman of the DNC and former chairman of the

Massachusetts Democratic Party The Massachusetts Democratic Party (MassDems) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is chaired by Gus Bickford. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling all nine of Massachusetts' U ...

=Eliminated at convention

= *

Joseph Avellone Joseph Charles "Joe" Avellone III, M.D. (born September 29, 1948) is an American medical doctor, businessman, and politician from Massachusetts. He was a surgeon at Concord Hospital for four years, selectman for the town of Wellesley, Massachuse ...

, executive at PAREXEL, former COO of

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and former chairman of the Wellesley Board of selectmen * Juliette Kayyem, columnist, lecturer and former Assistant U.S. Secretary of

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for Intergovernmental Affairs

=Withdrew

= *

Dan Wolf Daniel A. Wolf (born August 11, 1957) is an American entrepreneur, aircraft pilot, and politician. In 1989, he founded the Cape Cod-based airline Cape Air, which originally flew between Provincetown and Boston in Massachusetts, and has since e ...

, state senator and CEO of

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=Declined

= *

Suzanne M. Bump Suzanne M. Bump (born February 18, 1956) is the current Massachusetts State Auditor, the first woman elected to this role in the state's history. She is a former State Representative and state Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development. Early ...

, Massachusetts State Auditor (running for re-election) *

Mike Capuano Michael Everett Capuano ( ; born January 9, 1952) is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1999 to 2019. A Democrat, his district included the northern three-fourths of Boston, as well ...

, U.S. Representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in

(running for re-election) *

Mo Cowan William Maurice Cowan (born April 4, 1969) is an American lawyer who served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts from February 1, 2013, to July 16, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as legal counsel and chief ...

, former U.S. Senator *

Joseph Curtatone Joseph Anthony Curtatone (born June 28, 1966) is an American politician from Somerville, Massachusetts who formerly served as the city's mayor from 2004 until 2022. Early life and education Curtatone, born and raised in Somerville, Massachusetts ...

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of Somerville *

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of the

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, former U.S. Representative *

Therese Murray Therese Murray (born October 10, 1947 in Boston) is an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 2007 to 2015. Murray, a Democrat, was the first woman to lead a house of the Massachusetts General Court. She repre ...

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of the

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, former

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and former

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Carmen Ortiz Carmen Milagros Ortiz (born January 5, 1956) is an attorney, college instructor, and former United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. In 2009, she was nominated to the position by President Barack Obama. Ortiz was both the first ...

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for the District of Massachusetts *

, incumbent

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, chief of staff to

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, former Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs and former mayor of Westfield

Endorsements

Debates/forums

Complete video of forum
February 4, 2014

Polling

;With Capuano and Coakley ;Without Coakley ;With Coakley and Murray

Results

Bold denotes candidate met the minimum threshold of fifteen percent to appear on the primary ballot.

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

=Declared

= * Leland Cheung,

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city councilor and board member of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative *

, former CEO of the

* Michael Lake, candidate for state auditor in 2010

=Eliminated at convention

= * James Arena-DeRosa, former

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northeast administrator

=Withdrew

= * Jonathan Edwards, Whately Selectman

Polling

Results

Bold denotes candidate met the minimum threshold of 15 percent to appear on the primary ballot 2014 Massachusetts Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary results by municipality

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

=Declared

= *

, former state cabinet secretary and nominee for governor in 2010 * Mark Fisher, businessman and

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activist

=Declined

= *

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, former U.S. Senator ( running for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire) *

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, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2013 *

, former state representative and nominee for state treasurer in 2010 (running for lieutenant governor) *

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, former State Senate Minority Leader, nominee for

and nominee for MA-06 in

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(running for Congress) * William Weld, former governor *

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, former state representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2013

Campaign

At the Republican State Convention on March 22, 2014, Baker received 2,095 votes (82.708%), businessman and Tea Party activist Mark Fisher received 374 votes (14.765%) and there were 64 blank votes (2.527%). The threshold for making the ballot is 15% and the Party announced that Baker had thus received the nomination without the need for a primary election. However, Fisher argued that according to the Convention Rules, blank votes are not counted for the purposes of determining the winner and that he thus received 15.148%, enough to make the ballot. He sued the Massachusetts Republican State Committee and his case was due to be heard in Suffolk Superior Court between May 2 and June 18. The committee's lawyer, Louis M. Ciavarra, said that in negotiations with the committee, Fisher declined their offer of being placed on the ballot, and instead asked for $1 million in return for dropping the suit. Ciavarra said that after it was pointed out to Fisher and his representatives that this would be illegal, they allegedly lowered their request to $650,000. Fisher's lawyer, Thomas M. Harvey, has confirmed that Fisher had asked for $1 million, which he called a "starting point", saying that Fisher should be "compensated" for his efforts, in addition to receiving a place on the ballot. He later said that the request for $650,000 was "still negotiable" and added that "you don't ask for what you expect". Fisher himself has denied asking for a "payoff", instead saying that party officials had offered him a "bribe" in December 2013 in return for dropping out. He refused to say who made the offer, claiming to have been under a gag order, though no such order existed. He said that he only asked for $1 million during the negotiations because he had been asked for a figure and it was the sum that he claimed the party had offered to him. He further denied the claim that he had offered to withdraw in exchange for the money, saying that he wanted a place on the ballot, for the State Committee to release the "tally sheets" which he claims show that he rightfully won a place on the ballot, and to be reimbursed $100,000 in damages: for the cost of legal fees and of collecting signatures to make the ballot by petition. On May 9, 2014, a week into the case, Judge Douglas Wilkins accepted the State Committee's offer to certify Fisher on the primary ballot and put off the expedited June 16 trial date. The State Committee had not at that point turned over the "tally sheets" and the judge did not order them to do so, instead inviting Fisher's attorneys to submit an amended complaint. The State Committee also asked that the trial, discovery and deliberation over damages be postponed until after the election. The judge did not rule on that request, but he did rule that the other portions of Fisher's complaint would proceed at a later date, with no need for an expedited trial before the primary. A debate was held between Baker and Fisher on August 21. They clashed on jobs, gun control and higher education. Baker called for "constructive friction" in electing him governor to counterbalance the Democratic-controlled General Court and said that he would "clean up the regulatory morass, control spending ndreduce taxes." Fisher criticised the rise in food stamps, rising cost of entitlement programmes and illegal immigration. In the primary election on September 9, Baker defeated Fisher 116,004 votes (74.1%) to 40,240 (25.7%). In February 2015, Fisher settled with the State Party for $240,000. Executive Director Brian Wynne said that despite the settlement, the Party denied his accusations and said that the settlement was forced on them because of mounting legal costs.

Polling

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

=Declared

= *

, former state representative and nominee for

in 2010

Independents and third parties

Candidates

Declared

* Evan Falchuk, healthcare executive, attorney and founder of the

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:*Running mate: Angus Jennings, professional planner/consultant *

Scott Lively Scott Douglas Lively (born December 14, 1957) is an American activist, author, and attorney, who is the president of Abiding Truth Ministries, an anti-LGBT group based in Temecula, California. He was also a cofounder of Latvia-based group Watch ...

, evangelical pastor :*Running mate: Shelly Saunders *

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, co-founder and managing partner of venture capital firm Saturn Partners :*Running mate: Tracy Post, member of the Yarmouth Board of Selectmen

General election

Debates

Complete video of debate
October 7, 2014 -

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Complete video of debate
October 21, 2014 -

Complete video of debate
October 27, 2014 -

Predictions

Polling

;With Avellone ;With Berwick ;With Capuano ;With Coakley ;With Cowan ;With Galvin ;With Grossman ;With Kayyem ;With Kennedy ;With Murray ;With Ortiz ;With Wolf

Results

Results by Congressional district

Baker won 6 of the 9 congressional districts.

References

External links

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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

=Declared

=Eliminated at convention

=Withdrew

=Declined

Endorsements

Debates/forums

Polling

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

=Declared

=Eliminated at convention

=Withdrew

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

=Declared

=Declined

Campaign

Polling

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

=Declared

Independents and third parties

Candidates

Declared

General election

Debates

Predictions

Polling

Results

Results by Congressional district

See also

References

External links