A general election was held in the

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, on November 4, 2014.

State elections

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Incumbent Republican

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and

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sought re-election. Scott faced Elizabeth Cuevas-Neunder, a conservative activist and candidate for governor in

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and Yinka Adeshina, a pharmacist, in the Republican primary. Scott and López-Cantera faced former Republican governor and independent candidate for

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Democrat

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and Annette Taddeo-Goldstein in the general election. Scott was re-elected to a second term.

Attorney General

Incumbent Republican

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sought re-election and won the Republican primary unopposed. Other candidates include Democrats George Sheldon, former Assistant

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for Children and Families and Perry E. Thurston, Jr., Minority Leader of the

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. Sheldon won the primary, but lost the general election to Bondi.

State Commissioner of Agriculture

Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam sought re-election and won the Republican primary unopposed. Democrat Thad Hamilton,

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Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor and

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candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture in

won the Democratic primary unopposed. Putnam was re-elected to a second term.

State Chief Financial Officer

Incumbent Republican

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sought re-election and won the Republican primary unopposed. He faced Democrat Will Rankin, a former Ohio Treasury officer and businessman, in the general election. Atwater was re-elected to a second term.

Florida Senate

20 of the 40 seats in the

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were up for election. The Republican Party of Florida won a majority of seats.

Florida House of Representatives

The Republican Party of Florida won a majority of seats.

Federal elections

United States House of Representatives

All of Florida's twenty-seven seats in the

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were up for election. Gwen Graham defeated incumbent Steve Southerland in Florida's 2nd congressional district. Carlos Curbelo defeated incumbent

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. No other seats changed hand.

References

External links

Division of Elections - Florida Department of State
{{2014 United States elections