United States Presidential election7 Nov 2028in 728 days Senate D 97% House D 58% Calendar Track record Research
Closest results
Election 2014 Results

Each election opens in its own mode: the forecast before the votes are counted, the live count while races are still too close to call, and the results once every race is decided.

2014 governor election results by state and county

Republicans won 25 governor races to 11 in 2014, taking Democratic states such as Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts, though Democrats gained Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

36 governor races were held in 2014. Democrats won 11 and Republicans 24, and 1 went to neither party.

The closest were Florida (R+1.1), Vermont (D+1.3) and Massachusetts (R+1.9). 7 governorships changed party: Alaska to the third party, Arkansas to the Republicans, Illinois to the Republicans, Maryland to the Republicans, Massachusetts to the Republicans, Pennsylvania to the Democrats and Rhode Island to the Democrats.

United States
If only voted How this works
If the polls miss like

Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

About the 2014 governor elections

The 2014 midterms came in Barack Obama's sixth year, with his approval low and turnout down. Republicans won control of the Senate and won 25 governor races to the Democrats' 11. Republicans made gains in Democratic territory. Larry Hogan beat Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown in Maryland by about four points, Charlie Baker won Massachusetts by under two points over Martha Coakley, and Bruce Rauner unseated Pat Quinn in Illinois. Asa Hutchinson took Arkansas. Rick Scott held Florida by about a point against former Governor Charlie Crist, now running as a Democrat. Sam Brownback was re-elected in Kansas by about four points despite a backlash over his tax cuts, and Scott Walker won a second full term in Wisconsin. Democrats gained Pennsylvania, where Tom Wolf beat Governor Tom Corbett, and Rhode Island with Gina Raimondo. Peter Shumlin held Vermont by just over a point and Dannel Malloy kept Connecticut. In Alaska, independent Bill Walker unseated Republican Governor Sean Parnell.

Every race

StateDemocratVotesRepublicanVotesOthersMargin
Alabama Parker Griffith427,787 (36.2%) Robert Bentley750,231 (63.6%) 2,395 R+27.3
Alaska flip none Sean Parnell128,435 (45.9%) Bill Walker (Independent) 134,658 (48.1%)
Ind. +2.2
Arizona Fred Duval626,921 (41.6%) Doug Ducey805,062 (53.4%) 74,433 R+11.8
Arkansas flip Mike Ross352,115 (41.5%) Asa Hutchinson470,429 (55.4%) 26,048 R+13.9
California Edmund G. Brown4,388,368 (60.0%) Neel Kashkari2,929,213 (40.0%) D+19.9
Colorado John Hickenlooper1,006,433 (49.3%) Bob Beauprez938,195 (46.0%) 96,977 D+3.3
Connecticut Dannel Malloy554,314 (50.7%) Thomas C. Foley526,295 (48.2%) 12,164 D+2.6
Florida Charlie Crist2,801,198 (47.1%) Rick Scott2,865,343 (48.1%) 285,030 R+1.1
Georgia Jason J. Carter1,144,794 (44.9%) Nathan Deal1,345,237 (52.7%) 60,617 R+7.9
Hawaii David Ige181,106 (49.5%) Duke Aiona135,775 (37.1%) Mufi Hannemann (Independent) 42,934 (11.7%)
D+12.4
Idaho A.J. Balukoff169,556 (38.6%) C. L. Otter235,405 (53.5%) 34,869 R+15.0
Illinois flip Pat Quinn1,681,343 (46.3%) Bruce Rauner1,823,627 (50.3%) 122,720 R+3.9
Iowa Jack Hatch420,787 (37.3%) Terry E. Branstad666,032 (59.0%) 42,238 R+21.7
Kansas Paul Davis401,100 (46.1%) Sam Brownback433,196 (49.8%) 35,206 R+3.7
Maine Mike Michaud265,125 (43.4%) Paul LePage294,533 (48.2%) Eliot Cutler (Independent) 51,518 (8.4%)
R+4.8
Maryland flip Anthony G. Brown818,890 (47.2%) Larry Hogan884,400 (51.0%) 29,887 R+3.8
Massachusetts flip Martha Coakley1,004,408 (46.6%) Charlie Baker1,044,573 (48.4%) 107,487 R+1.9
Michigan Mark H. Schauer1,479,057 (46.9%) Rick Snyder1,607,399 (50.9%) 70,075 R+4.1
Minnesota Mark Dayton989,113 (50.1%) Jeff Johnson879,257 (44.5%) 107,036 D+5.6
Nebraska Chuck Hassebrook211,905 (39.2%) Pete Ricketts308,751 (57.2%) 19,546 R+17.9
Nevada Robert Goodman130,722 (23.9%) Brian Sandoval386,340 (70.6%) 30,287 R+46.7
New Hampshire Maggie Hassan254,662 (52.4%) Walt Havenstein230,603 (47.4%) 976 D+5.0
New Mexico Gary K. King219,362 (42.8%) Susana Martinez293,443 (57.2%) R+14.5
New York Andrew Cuomo2,069,480 (54.2%) Rob Astorino1,537,077 (40.2%) 212,529 D+13.9
Ohio Ed FitzGerald1,009,359 (33.0%) John R. Kasich1,944,848 (63.6%) 101,706 R+30.6
Oklahoma Joe Dorman338,239 (41.0%) Mary Fallin460,298 (55.8%) 26,294 R+14.8
Oregon John Kitzhaber733,230 (49.9%) Dennis Richardson648,542 (44.1%) 87,945 D+5.8
Pennsylvania flip Thomas W. Wolf1,920,355 (54.9%) Tom Corbett1,575,511 (45.1%) D+9.9
Rhode Island flip Gina Raimondo131,899 (40.8%) Allan Fung117,428 (36.3%) Robert J. Healey (Moderate Party) 69,278 (21.4%)
D+4.5
South Carolina Vincent Sheheen516,166 (41.4%) Nikki R. Haley696,645 (55.9%) 33,490 R+14.5
South Dakota Susan Wismer70,549 (25.4%) Dennis Daugaard195,477 (70.5%) 11,377 R+45.0
Tennessee Charles V. Brown309,237 (22.8%) Bill Haslam951,796 (70.3%) 92,695 R+47.5
Texas Wendy R. Davis1,835,596 (38.9%) Greg Abbott2,796,547 (59.3%) 86,125 R+20.4
Vermont Peter Shumlin89,509 (46.4%) Scott Milne87,075 (45.1%) 16,503 D+1.3
Wisconsin Mary Burke1,122,913 (46.6%) Scott Walker1,259,706 (52.3%) 27,695 R+5.7
Wyoming Pete Gosar45,752 (27.3%) Matt Mead99,700 (59.4%) Don Wills (Independent) 9,895 (5.9%)
R+32.1

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Margins are Democrat minus Republican, of all votes. Certified results, from the states' own archives, the MIT Election Data and Science Lab, Heideman (2026) and Algara & Amlani (2021). How these results were checked.

Every election since 1865 → · The 2028 governor map →