2014 Alabama gubernatorial election
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Nominee Robert J. Bentley Parker Griffith
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 750,231 427,787
Percentage 63.6% 36.2%
County results
Bentley:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Griffith:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Governor before election

Robert J. Bentley
Republican

Elected Governor

Robert J. Bentley
Republican

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The 2014 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Governor Robert J. Bentley won a second term over Democrat Parker Griffith. This was the first Alabama gubernatorial race where either Choctaw and/or Conecuh counties voted Republican. This alongside the concurrent Senate race is the last time Jefferson County voted Republican in any statewide election. Bentley did not complete this term; he resigned in April 2017 due to a scandal and was succeeded by fellow Republican Kay Ivey.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Robert J.
Bentley 		Stacy Lee
George 		Bob
Starkey 		Undecided
Cygnal May 29–30, 2014 1,217 ± 2.81% 80.7% 5.1% 5.3% 8.9%
Cygnal May 19–20, 2014 1,324 ± 2.69% 73.3% 3.1% 1.8% 21.8%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Robert J.
Bentley 		Bob
Riley 		Other/
Undecided
Capital Survey Research Center[permanent dead link] May 21–23; June 4–6, 2012 315 ± 5.5% 49.5% 27.6% 23.9%

Results

Republican primary results[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert J. Bentley (incumbent) 388,247 89.35%
Republican Stacy Lee George 25,134 5.78%
Republican Bob Starkey 21,144 4.87%
Total votes 434,525 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

County results
Democratic primary results[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Parker Griffith 115,433 63.90%
Democratic Kevin Bass 65,225 36.10%
Total votes 180,658 100.00%

Independents

Candidates

Declined

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[27] Solid R November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[28] Safe R November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report[29] Safe R November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics[30] Safe R November 3, 2014

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Robert
Bentley (R) 		Parker
Griffith (D) 		Other Undecided
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 2014 661 ± 6% 63% 25% 0% 12%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20 – October 1, 2014 692 ± 4% 65% 28% 1% 6%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18 – September 2, 2014 741 ± 5% 62% 28% 1% 9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 2014 1,036 ± 5.2% 59% 31% 2% 9%
Rasmussen Reports June 9–10, 2014 750 ± 4% 55% 32% 4% 9%

Results

2014 Alabama gubernatorial election[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Robert J. Bentley (incumbent) 750,231 63.56% +5.66%
Democratic Parker Griffith 427,787 36.24% -5.86%
Write-in 2,395 0.20% N/A
Total votes 1,180,413 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

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