2014 Michigan Secretary of State election

The Michigan Secretary of State election of 2014 took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Secretary of State of Michigan. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Ruth Johnson was re-elected to a second term in office with 53.53% of the vote.

2014 Michigan Secretary of State election

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Turnout	3,080,795
Nominee Ruth Johnson Godfrey Dillard Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,649,047 1,323,004 Percentage 53.53% 42.94%
County results Congressional district results Johnson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Dillard:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Secretary of State before election Ruth Johnson Republican Elected Secretary of State Ruth Johnson Republican

Republican Party

Candidates

Declared

• Ruth Johnson, incumbent Secretary of State^[1]

Democratic Party

Candidates

Declared

• Godfrey Dillard, attorney and candidate for Michigan's 15th congressional district in 1996^[2][3]

Minor parties

Taxpayers Party

• Robert Gale, perennial candidate

Natural Law Party

• Jason Gatties, nominee for Michigan's 6th congressional district in 2012

Libertarian Party

• Jamie Lewis, nominee for the State Senate in 2006 and 2010

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ruth Johnson (R)	Godfrey Dillard (D)	Other	Undecided
Mitchell Research[4]	November 2, 2014	1,224	± 2.8%	47%	40%	5%	8%
Public Policy Polling[5]	November 1–2, 2014	914	± 3.2%	46%	38%	6%[6]	9%
EPIC-MRA[7]	October 26–28, 2014	600	± 4%	41%	37%	3%	19%
Glengariff Group[8]	October 22–24, 2014	600	± 4%	41%	32.5%	4.3%	22.1%
EPIC-MRA[9]	October 17–19, 2014	600	± 4%	42%	33%	3%	21%
Glengariff Group[10]	October 2–4, 2014	600	± 4%	38.7%	31.8%	5.2%[11]	24.3%
Mitchell Research[12]	September 29, 2014	1,178	± 2.86%	41%	37%	22%
EPIC-MRA[13]	September 25–29, 2014	600	± 4%	40%	30%	10%	20%
Target-Insyght[14]	September 22–24, 2014	616	± 4%	39%	38%	5%	18%
Denno Research[15]	September 11–13, 2014	600	± 4%	36.3%	32.7%	—	31%
Suffolk[16]	September 6–10, 2014	500	± 4.4%	36.2%	39.8%	3.6%[17]	20.6%
Public Policy Polling[18]	September 4–7, 2014	687	± 3.7%	39%	36%	7%[19]	18%
Glengariff Group[20]	September 3–5, 2014	600	± 4%	39.9%	33.5%	0.8%	25.8%

Results

Michigan secretary of state election, 2014^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ruth Johnson (incumbent)	1,649,047	53.53%	+2.85%
	Democratic	Godfrey Dillard	1,323,004	42.94%	−2.28%
	Libertarian	Jamie Lewis	61,112	1.98%	+0.15%
	Constitution	Robert Gale	34,447	1.12%	−0.19%
	Natural Law	Jason Gatties	13,185	0.43%	N/A
Majority			326,043	10.59%	+5.13%
Turnout			3,080,795		−2.91%
	Republican hold		Swing

By congressional district

Johnson won ten of 14 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.^[22]

District	Johnson	Dillard	Representative
1st	58%	38%	Dan Benishek
2nd	64%	32%
			Bill Huizenga
3rd	62%	34%	Justin Amash
4th	59%	36%	Dave Camp (113th Congress)
			John Moolenaar (114th Congress)
5th	43%	53%	Dan Kildee
6th	58%	37%	Fred Upton
7th	59%	37%	Tim Walberg
8th	62%	35%	Mike Rogers (113th Congress)
			Mike Bishop (114th Congress)
9th	53%	44%	Sander Levin
10th	64%	32%	Candice Miller
11th	65%	32%	Kerry Bentivolio (113th Congress)
			Dave Trott (114th Congress)
12th	43%	54%	John Dingell (113th Congress)
			Debbie Dingell (114th Congress)
13th	21%	77%	John Conyers
14th	27%	71%	Gary Peters (113th Congress)
			Brenda Lawrence (114th Congress)