The 2014 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the

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. Incumbent Governor

Robert J. Bentley Robert Julian Bentley (born February 3, 1943) is an American former politician and physician who served as the 53rd governor of Alabama from 2011 until 2017 upon his resignation following his arrest after a sex scandal involving a political aide ...

won a second term over

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Parker Griffith Rolf Parker Griffith Jr. (born August 6, 1942) is a retired American physician, entrepreneur and politician who served in the Alabama State Senate from 2006 to 2008 and then as the U.S. representative for from 2009 to 2011. A lifelong member o ...

. This was the first Alabama gubernatorial race where either

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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 Kay Ellen Ivey ( ; born October 15, 1944) is an American politician who is the 54th governor of Alabama, serving since 2017. A Republican since 2002, Ivey was the 38th Alabama state treasurer from 2003 to 2011 and the 30th lieutenant governor o ...

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

, incumbent Governor * Stacy Lee George, former Morgan County Commissioner * Bob Starkey, retired software company owner and candidate for Mayor of Scottsboro in 2012

Declined

Tommy Battle Thomas Massengale Battle Jr. (born December 3, 1955) is an American businessman serving as the 67th mayor of Huntsville, Alabama. His first term began November 3, 2008, and he has since been reelected four times. Early life and education Battle ...

, Mayor of

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Bradley Byrne Bradley Roberts Byrne (born February 16, 1955) is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district from 2014 to 2021. Elected as a member of the state Board of Education as a Dem ...

, U.S. Representative and candidate for Governor in 2010 ( ran for re-election) * David Carrington, President of the Jefferson County Commission (ran for re-election) * Beth Chapman, former

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* Mike Hubbard, Speaker of the

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(ran for re-election) * Mary Scott Hunter, Member of the

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(ran for re-election) *

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( ran for re-election) * Tim James, businessman, son of former Governor

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and candidate for Governor

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and

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, President Pro Tempore of the

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(ran for re-election) *

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, Chief Justice of the

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and candidate for Governor in 2006 and

* Tony Petelos, Jefferson County Manager and former Mayor of

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, former

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( ran for re-election)

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

* Kevin Bass, businessman, former professional baseball player and candidate for Mayor of Fayette in 2012 *

, former U.S. Representative

Declined

* Billy Beasley, state senator *

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, former

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* Sue Bell Cobb, former chief justice of the

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, Minority Leader of the

and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 * Craig Ford, Minority Leader of the

* Pete Johnson, retired Jefferson County Judge * John Rogers, state representative * Robert Vance, Jefferson County Circuit Judge and nominee for Chief Justice of the

in 2012

Results

Independents

Candidates

Declined

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, former

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player

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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(Largest city: Greenville) * Chambers (Largest city:

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) *

(Largest city:

) * Conecuh (Largest city:

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) * Coosa (Largest city: Goodwater) *

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(Largest city:

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) * Jefferson (Largest city:

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)

References

External links

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