A general election was held in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
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on November 4, 2014. All of Georgia's executive officers were up for election as well as a
United States Senate
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seat, all of Georgia's fourteen seats in the
United States House of Representatives
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and all seats in both houses of the
Georgia General Assembly.
Primary elections were held on May 20, 2014. Primary runoffs, necessary if no candidate wins a majority of the vote, were held on July 22, 2014.
United States Senate
Incumbent Republican Senator
Saxby Chambliss
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chose to retire rather than run for re-election to a third term in office.
Seven Republicans ran for their party's nomination: U.S. Representative
Paul Broun
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Broun unsuccess ...
, patent attorney Art Gardner, U.S. Representative
Phil Gingrey, conservative political activist Derrick E. Grayson, former
Secretary of State of Georgia
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The office has had a four-year term since 1946. Before 1880, th ...
Karen Handel
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, U.S. Representative
Jack Kingston
John Heddens Kingston (born April 24, 1955) is an American politician who served as U.S. representative for in southeast Georgia, serving from 1993 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party and was part of the House leadership (2002–06) ...
and
Georgia Ports Authority
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Georgia's primary deepwater ports are located in Savannah and ...
board member David Perdue. Perdue and Kingston came first and second, respectively in the primary. As no candidate won a majority, the two proceeded to a runoff. Perdue won the runoff by a narrow margin.
Four Democrats ran for their party's nomination: former state senator
Steen Miles,
daughter of former U.S. Senator
Sam Nunn
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After leaving Congress, Nunn co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initia ...
and CEO of
Points of Light
Points of Light is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization headquartered in Georgia, United States dedicated to engaging more people and resources in solving serious social problems through voluntary service.
Each year, Points ...
Michelle Nunn
Mary Michelle Nunn (born November 16, 1966) is an American philanthropic executive and politician. Since 2015 she has been president and CEO oCARE USA the American national member of CARE International, the humanitarian aid and international de ...
,
physician Branko Radulovacki and
Reserve Officers' Training Corps
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instructor Todd Robinson. Nunn easily won the Democratic nomination with almost 75% of the vote.
United States House of Representatives
All of Georgia's fourteen seats in the
United States House of Representatives
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were up for election in 2014.
The race in the
12th congressional district is considered by political prognosticators to be the most competitive. In addition, open seat contests in the
1st,
10th
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, and
11th
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districts featured competitive Republican primaries for seats held by retiring Republican incumbents. There was also a competitive Democratic primary in the
4th district
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.
Governor
Incumbent
Republican
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Governor
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Nathan Deal
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ran for re-election to a second term as governor.
Deal was challenged in the Republican primary by
State Superintendent of Schools John Barge and
Dalton
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Mayor David Pennington. He defeated them all, winning renomination with 72% to 17% for Pennington and 11% for Barge.
State Senator
Jason Carter, a grandson of former president and former governor
Jimmy Carter
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, was unopposed for the Democratic Party's nomination.
Lieutenant governor
Incumbent Republican
lieutenant governor Casey Cagle ran for re-election to a third term in office. He was unopposed in the Republican primary.
Connie Stokes
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, a former
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Commissioner, former state senator and candidate for
Georgia's 4th congressional district
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in 2004 and
2010 was the Democratic nominee and was unopposed in her primary election.
General election
Polling
Results
Attorney general
Incumbent Republican
attorney general Sam Olens ran for re-election to a second term in office. He was unopposed in the Republican primary.
Greg Hecht, a former state representative, former state senator and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2006 was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
General election
Polling
Results
Secretary of State
Incumbent Republican
Secretary of State Brian Kemp
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ran for re-election to a second term in office.
He was unopposed in the Republican primary.
Democratic primary
Gerald Beckum, the Mayor of
Oglethorpe,
and
Doreen Carter, president of the Greater Lithonia Chamber of Commerce and a former
Lithonia
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City Councilwoman, ran for the Democratic nomination.
Polling
Results
General election
Polling
Results
Commissioner of Agriculture
Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture
Gary Black ran for re-election to a second term in office.
He was unopposed in the Republican primary.
Christopher Irvin, a contractor, nominee for the State House of Representatives in 2010 and grandson of former Commissioner
Tommy Irvin, ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
General election
Polling
Results
Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner
Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire
Ralph Hudgens ran for re-election to a second term in office.
[ He was unopposed in the Republican primary.
Ted Metz qualified as the Libertarian nominee.
]
Democratic primary
Insurance associate and former state representative Keith Heard and retired insurance professional Liz Johnson ran for the Democratic nomination.
Polling
Results
General election
Polling
Results
Commissioner of Labor
Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler
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ran for re-election to a second term in office.[ He was unopposed in the Republican primary.
Attorney and former state representative Robbin Shipp is the Democratic nominee. She was unopposed in the primary election.][
]
General election
Polling
Results
State Superintendent of Schools
Incumbent Republican State Superintendent of Schools John Barge did not run for re-election to a second term in office. He instead ran for governor.
Republican primary
Candidates
=Declared
=
* Mary Kay Bacallao, Fayette County Board of Education member
* Ashley D. Bell, former Hall County Commissioner
* Mike Buck, Chief of Staff to John Barge and former administrator of the Rome City School District
* Sharyl Dawes, teacher and former Chairman of the Gwinnett County
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Republican
* Allen Bowles Fort, superintendent of the Quitman County School District[
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School Board
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member
* Fitz Johnson, businessman
* Kira Willis, teacher and Libertarian nominee for superintendent in 2010
* Richard Woods, Republican candidate for superintendent in 2010[
]
=Withdrew
=
* Matt Schultz, Bartow County School Board
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member ''(endorsed Johnson)''
=Declined
=
* John Barge, incumbent State Superintendent of Schools ( ran for Governor)
Polling
Results
Runoff
Buck and Woods advanced to the runoff, which Woods won by 199,453 votes to 198,740. As his 713-vote margin of victory was less than 1%, a recount was considered likely. Buck duly requested one on July 29 and two days later, Woods was confirmed as the winner after Buck only narrowed the margin by 13 votes.
Democratic primary
Candidates
=Declared
=
* Tarnisha Dent, teacher[
* Denise Freeman, consultant and advocate][
* Jurita Forehand Mays, teacher][
* ]Alisha Thomas Morgan
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Personal life and education
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, State Representative and non-profit director
* Rita Robinzine, teacher and candidate for the State House of Representatives in 2008[
* ]Valarie Wilson
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, former president of the Georgia School Boards Association and former City Schools of Decatur Board member
Polling
Results
Runoff
Wilson and Morgan advanced to a runoff, which Wilson won handily.
General election
Polling
Results
Public Service Commission
Two members of the five-person Georgia Public Service Commission
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were up for election.
District 1
District 1 incumbent Republican Herman D. "Doug" Everett ran for re-election.[
Libertarian John Monds, the nominee for the seat in 2008 and the nominee for Governor in 2010 qualified as the Libertarian nominee to oppose Everett, who had no Democratic opponent.
]
General election
=Polling
=
=Results
=
District 4
District 4 incumbent Republican Lauren McDonald ran for re-election to a second consecutive and third overall term in office.
Business manager and candidate for the State House of Representatives in 2008 Daniel Blackman was unopposed for the Democratic nomination in District 4.[ Aaron Gilmer was the Libertarian nominee.
]
Republican primary
He was opposed in the Republican primary by attorney Doug Kidd and insurance agent and Hall County Commissioner Craig Lutz.
=Results
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General election
=Polling
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=Results
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Georgia General Assembly
References
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Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...