South Carolina gubernatorial election, 2014

November 4, 2014



Nominee	Nikki Haley	Vincent Sheheen
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	696,645	516,166
Percentage	55.9%	41.4%

County results

Governor before election

Nikki Haley
Republican

Elected Governor

Nikki Haley
Republican

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The 2014 South Carolina gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of South Carolina, concurrently with the regularly-scheduled election and special election to both of South Carolina's U.S. Senate seats, 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.

Incumbent Republican Governor Nikki Haley ran for re-election to a second term in office. She faced Democratic State Senator Vincent Sheheen in the general election. Republican-turned-Independent Tom Ervin had been running, but he withdrew from the race and endorsed Sheheen.

Haley defeated Sheheen again in 2014, as she won nearly 56 percent of the vote to his 41 percent.^[1]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Nikki Haley, incumbent Governor^[2]

Withdrew

Tom Ervin, attorney, former State Representative and former circuit court judge (ran as an Independent and later dropped out of the race to endorse Vincent Sheheen)^[3]^[4]

Declined

Tom Davis, State Senator^[5]
Bobby Harrell, Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives^[6]
Curtis M. Loftis, Jr., State Treasurer^[7]
Glenn F. McConnell, Lieutenant Governor^[8]^[9]
Mick Mulvaney, U.S. Representative^[6]^[10]
William Walter Wilkins, former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit^[6]^[11]
Alan Wilson, Attorney General of South Carolina^[6]^[12]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Nikki Haley	Someone else	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	December 7–9, 2012	506	± 4.4%	53%	37%	10%

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Nikki Haley	Curtis Loftis	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	December 7–9, 2012	506	± 4.4%	66%	18%	17%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Nikki Haley	Glenn McConnell	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	December 7–9, 2012	506	± 4.4%	58%	26%	17%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Vincent Sheheen, State Senator and nominee for Governor in 2010^[13]

Declined

Stephen K. Benjamin, Mayor of Columbia^[14]^[15]
Harry L. Ott, Jr., Minority Leader of the South Carolina House of Representatives^[16]

Endorsements

Vincent Sheheen
Elected Officials Welborn Adams, Mayor of Greenwood^[17] Lovith Anderson, Mayor of Lake City^[17] John Douglas, Mayor of Chesterfield^[17] Doug Echols, Mayor of Rock Hill^[17] Tom Ervin, attorney, former State Representative and former circuit court judge^[17] Jim Hodges, former Governor of South Carolina^[17] Andy Ingram, Mayor of Cheraw^[17] Joseph McElveen, Mayor of Sumter^[17] Wayne Rhodes, Mayor of Kershaw^[17] Joseph Riley, Mayor of Charleston^[17] Richard Riley, former United States Secretary of Education and former Governor of South Carolina^[17] Tony Scully, Mayor of Camden^[17] Ann Taylor, Mayor of Heath Springs^[17] Junie White, Mayor of Spartanburg^[17] Steve Wukela, Mayor of Florence^[17]

Vincent Sheheen

Elected Officials

Welborn Adams, Mayor of Greenwood^[17]
Lovith Anderson, Mayor of Lake City^[17]
John Douglas, Mayor of Chesterfield^[17]
Doug Echols, Mayor of Rock Hill^[17]
Tom Ervin, attorney, former State Representative and former circuit court judge^[17]
Jim Hodges, former Governor of South Carolina^[17]
Andy Ingram, Mayor of Cheraw^[17]
Joseph McElveen, Mayor of Sumter^[17]
Wayne Rhodes, Mayor of Kershaw^[17]
Joseph Riley, Mayor of Charleston^[17]
Richard Riley, former United States Secretary of Education and former Governor of South Carolina^[17]
Tony Scully, Mayor of Camden^[17]
Ann Taylor, Mayor of Heath Springs^[17]
Junie White, Mayor of Spartanburg^[17]
Steve Wukela, Mayor of Florence^[17]

Independent and Third Parties

Candidates

Declared

Steve French (Libertarian), businessman^[18]
Morgan Bruce Reeves (United Citizens Party), former NFL player and nominee for Governor in 2010^[19]

Withdrew

Tom Ervin (Independent), attorney, former Republican State Representative and former circuit court judge (endorsed Sheheen)^[20]

Declined

André Bauer (Independent), former Republican Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, candidate for Governor in 2010 and candidate for SC-07 in 2012^[21]

General election

Haley defeated Sheheen again in 2014, as she won 55 percent of the vote to his 41 percent.^[1]

South Carolina Governor election, 2014^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Nikki Haley	696,645	55.90%	+4.53%
	Democratic	Vincent Sheheen	516,166	41.42%	-5.49%
	Libertarian	Steve French	15,438	1.24%	+1.24%
	Independent	Tom Ervin	11,496	0.92%	+0.92%
	United Citizens	Morgan B. Reeves	5,622	0.45%	-1.05%
	Write-ins		934	0.07%	-0.16%
Majority			180,479	14.48%	+10.02%
Turnout			1,246,301	43.46%	-7.46%
	Republican hold		Swing

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Nikki Haley (R)	Vincent Sheheen (D)	Tom Ervin (I)	Other	Undecided
Daily Journal	October 27–30, 2014	139	—	46.04%	45.32%	2.16%	3.6%^[23]	2.88%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	October 16–23, 2014	1,566	± 4%	50%	33%	—	1%	16%
Susquehanna	October 2014	917	± 3.24%	51%	31%	11%	3%^[24]	4%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	September 20–October 1, 2014	2,663	± 2%	53%	36%	—	1%	10%
Crantford Research	September 29, 2014	688	± 3%	41%	37%	7%	—	15%
Winthrop University	September 21–28, 2014	1,082	± 3%	43.6%	33.6%	3.9%	3.8%^[25]	15%
Public Policy Polling^	September 4–5, 2014	793	± 3.5%	50%	45%	—	—	5%
American Research Group	September 2–4, 2014	600	± 4%	43%	33%	18%	1%^[26]	5%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	August 18–September 2, 2014	833	± 5%	56%	35%	—	1%	9%
Rasmussen Reports	August 25–26, 2014	750	± 4%	51%	36%	—	6%	7%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	July 5–24, 2014	1,186	± 5.4%	55%	38%	—	2%	5%
Palmetto Politics Poll	July 22, 2014	1,000	± 4%	53%	40%	—	—	7%
Palmetto Politics Poll	July 22, 2014	650	± 4%	46%	42%	3%	5%^[26]	6%
Public Policy Polling^	June 20–22, 2014	698	± 3.7%	49%	46%	—	—	5%
Rasmussen Reports	April 14–15, 2014	750	± 4%	52%	37%	—	3%	7%
Harper Polling	October 27–28, 2013	676	± 3.77%	48%	39%	—	—	13%
Clarity Campaign Labs	October 15–16, 2013	760	± 3.53%	44%	40%	—	—	16%
Public Policy Polling	December 7–9, 2012	520	± 4.3%	44%	46%	—	—	10%

Hypothetical polling

With Loftis

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Curtis Loftis (R)	Vincent Sheheen (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	December 7–9, 2012	520	± 4.3%	37%	46%	17%

With McConnell

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Glenn McConnell (R)	Vincent Sheheen (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	December 7–9, 2012	520	± 4.3%	41%	44%	15%

^ Poll for the South Carolina Democratic Party

References

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↑ Smith, Gina (February 1, 2013). "EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Tom Davis will not run for U.S. Senate, governor's office". The Island Packet. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
1 2 3 4 West, Bill (August 16, 2012). "Will Governor Haley survive 2014 gubernatorial race?" (PDF). Lexington County Chronicle and The Dispatch-News. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
↑ McGinnis, Tim (January 25, 2013). "SC State Treasurer won't run for governor". WPDE. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
↑ Moredock, Will (March 28, 2012). "Will Glenn McConnell go after Nikki Haley's job?". Charleston City Paper. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
↑ Hutchins, Corey (2013-10-23). "Haley ally Pat McKinney to challenge Glenn McConnell for lieutenant governor | Features". Charleston City Paper. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
↑ Drury, Shawn (2013-05-31). "Dems Eyeing Challenge to Mulvaney in 2014, GOP Not Worried - Government". Columbia, SC Patch. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
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↑ "Alan Wilson Sitting Pretty For Reelection". FITSNews. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
↑ Shain, Andrew (10 April 2013). "Sheheen announces another run for governor". Herald Online. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
↑ "Steve Benjamin Plotting Gubernatorial Bid". FITSNews. February 26, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
↑ "Steve Benjamin To Announce Reelection Bid". FITSNews. May 10, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
↑ Beam, Adam (June 26, 2013). "Former SC House Democratic leader accepts Obama Administration job". The State. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "SC Mayors Endorse Vincent Sheheen for Governor | Vincent Sheheen for Governor, South Carolina". Vincentsheheen.com. 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
↑ Shain, Andrew (March 15, 2014). "Libertarian joins SC governor's race". The State. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
↑ "SC politics: GOP governors take another shot at Democrat Sheheen". The State. March 31, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
↑ "Ervin drops out of SC governor's race, backs Sheheen". The State. October 28, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
↑ Andrew Shain (7 December 2013). "Sunday Buzz: Andre Bauer not putting brakes on possible SC governor's run". The State. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
↑ "South Carolina Election Results". South Carolina Board of Elections. November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
↑ Steve French (L) 2.16%, Morgan Bruce Reeves (UCP) 0.72%, Write-in 0.72%
↑ Steve French (L) 2%, Morgan Bruce Reeves (UCP) 1%
↑ Steve French (L) 2.2%, Morgan Bruce Reeves (UCP) 1.3%, Other 0.3%
1 2 Steve French (L)

External links

South Carolina gubernatorial election, 2014 at Ballotpedia
Campaign contributions at FollowTheMoney.org

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