A general election was held in the

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on November 4, 2014. All of Colorado's executive officers were up for election as well as a

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seat and all of Colorado's seven seats in the

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s were held on June 24, 2014.

Governor and lieutenant governor

Incumbent Democratic

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and his

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Joseph García ran for re-election to a second term in office. They were unopposed for the Democratic nomination In Colorado, gubernatorial candidates pick their running mates and they are elected on the same ticket. The

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nominee was former U.S. Representative and nominee for governor in 2006

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, whose running mate was Douglas County

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Jill Repella. He defeated

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, former Minority Leader of the

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and former U.S. Representative and Constitution Party nominee for governor in 2010

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in the primary election. Libertarian Matthew Hess and his running mate Brandon Young, Greens Bill Bartlett and Harry Hempy and Independents Mike Dunafon, Mayor of Glendale, and Jim Rundberg also ran.

Attorney General

Incumbent Republican Attorney General

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was term-limited form seeking a third consecutive term. Republican nominee Chief Deputy Attorney General Cynthia Coffman defeated Democratic nominee former deputy attorney general Don Quick with 51.4% of the vote.

Results

Secretary of State

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State

did not run for re-election to a second term in office. He instead ran unsuccessfully for governor. As of , this was the last time a Republican was elected Secretary of State of Colorado.

Republican primary

El Paso County Clerk & Recorder Wayne W. Williams was the Republican nominee. Arapahoe County

Nancy Doty considered running, but decided against it.

Democratic primary

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of the

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was the Democratic nominee. Former Majority Leader of the

and nominee for secretary of state in 2006 Ken Gordon had also declared his candidacy in December 2012, though it was unclear if he was continuing in the race after Neguse entered in June 2013. Gordon died of a heart attack in December 2013. Former state senator

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also considered running for the Democratic nomination, but she decided against it.

American Constitution primary

Amanda Campbell, the

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nominee for the State House in 2008 and for secretary of state in 2010 ran again.

General election

Polling

Results

State Treasurer

Incumbent Republican sate Treasurer Walker Stapleton ran for re-election to a second term in office. As of , this was the last time a Republican was elected Colorado state treasurer.

Republican primary

Stapleton was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Democratic primary

Former U.S. Representative and former Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs in the

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was the Democratic nominee. Pat Quinn, the outgoing mayor of Broomfield, had also declared his candidacy in June 2013, but he withdrew from the race in November 2013.

General election

Polling

* * Internal poll for the Pat Quinn campaign

Results

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic senator

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unsuccessfully ran for re-election to a second term in office. U.S. Representative

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was the Republican nominee, businessman Gaylon Kent was the Libertarian nominee, Unity Party of America founder and National Chairman Bill Hammons is the Unity Party nominee, and neurosurgeon and conservative activist Steve Shogan ran as an independent.

United States House of Representatives

All of Colorado's seven seats in the

were up for election in 2014.

References

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