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2014 Arkansas gubernatorial election

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2014 Arkansas gubernatorial election
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The 2014 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor of Arkansas, concurrently with the election to Arkansas's Class II U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. This was the last time the Arkansas governor's changed partisan control.

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Incumbent Democratic governor Mike Beebe was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits established by the Arkansas Constitution. Arkansas is one of eight states that limits its governors to two terms for life.[1] Democrats nominated former U.S. representative Mike Ross and Republicans nominated former DEA Administrator, former U.S. representative and 2006 Arkansas gubernatorial nominee Asa Hutchinson.

Hutchinson won the general election by the largest margin recorded for a Republican in an open-seat gubernatorial race since Reconstruction, a record held until 2022. The race was called for Hutchinson roughly half an hour after the polls closed; his victory gave Republicans complete control of state government for the first time since 1874.

This was the only Democratic-held governorship up for election in a state that Mitt Romney won in the 2012 presidential election.

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Lynette "Doc" Bryant, activist[3]

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Mike Ross

National political figures

Arkansas political figures

Business leaders

  • Abraham Carpenter Jr., owner and operator of Carpenter's Produce[19]
  • Jim Gaston, owner of Gaston's White River Resort, former Arkansas Business Executive of the Year and emeritus member of the Arkansas Parks & Tourism Commission[19]

Organizations

  • Arkansas Professional Fire Fighters Association[19]
  • Arkansas Timber Producers Association[19]
  • Central South Carpenters Regional Council[19]
  • Laborers International Union of North America[19]
  • Laborers Local 107[19]
  • Laborers Local 1282[19]
  • Southern States Millwright Regional Council[19]
  • Southwest Laborers District Council[19]

Polling

Hypothetical polling
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Ross
  •   >90%
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
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Republican primary

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Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Curtis Coleman

National politicians

Elected legislators

Local elected leaders

Organizations

  • Miller County Patriots[47]

Organization leaders

  • Bishop Robert E. Smith Sr., founder of Total Outreach for Christ Ministries, Inc. and Word of Outreach Christian Center[48]
  • Timothy Stephenson, founder of the EAST Initiative[49]
Asa Hutchinson

Federal legislators

State legislators

Local elected officials

  • Jerry Taylor, Democratic former state senator, state representative, and mayor of Pine Bluff[52]

Polling

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Hutchinson
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
Coleman
  •   50–60%
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Third parties

Candidates

Declared

Declined

General election

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Hutchinson won all four congressional districts.[112]

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