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2014 Connecticut gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	2014 Connecticut gubernatorial election
country	Connecticut
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2010 Connecticut gubernatorial election
previous_year	2010
turnout	55.60% ( 1.85%)
election_date
next_election	2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election
next_year	2018
image1	File:Dannel Malloy 2016.jpg
image_size	x150px
nominee1	Dannel Malloy
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
alliance1	Working Families
running_mate1	Nancy Wyman
popular_vote1	554,314
percentage1	50.73%
map	{{switcher	220px
map_caption	Malloy:
Foley:
title	Governor
before_election	Dannel Malloy
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Dannel Malloy
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)
image2	File:Official portrait of Tom Foley, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Thomas C. Foley
running_mate2	Heather Somers
party2	Republican Party (United States)
alliance2	Independent
popular_vote2	526,295
percentage2	48.16%

|County results |220px |Municipality results |[[File:2014 Connecticut gubernatorial election results map by congressional district.svg|220px]] |Congressional district results }}

Foley:

The 2014 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut, concurrently with 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 Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy won re-election to a second term in office. Connecticut, unlike most states, holds separate primary elections for governor and lieutenant governor, with the winners then running together on the same ticket.

Malloy and incumbent Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman were renominated unopposed. The Republicans nominated former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland and nominee for governor in 2010 Thomas C. Foley and Groton Town Councilor Heather Somers, making the contest a rematch of the 2010 election. Independent candidate Joe Visconti, a former West Hartford Town Councilor and the Republican nominee for Connecticut's 1st congressional district in 2008 was running with Chester Harris, a former Republican Haddam School Board Member. Visconti suspended his campaign on November 2 and endorsed Foley. However, due to the suspension coming only two days before the election, Visconti's name remained on the ballot. Former State Representative Jonathan Pelto (D-Mansfield) explored a third-party candidacy through a petition drive but was disqualified due to an inadequate number of signatures.

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared

Dannel Malloy, incumbent Governor

Withdrew

Lee Whitnum, writer, candidate for Connecticut's 4th congressional district in 2008 and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010 and 2012

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Declared

Nancy Wyman, incumbent Lieutenant Governor

Results

Malloy and Wyman ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination, so no primaries were held.

Republican primary

Governor

2010 nominee Thomas C. Foley won the endorsement of the state party at the Republican State Convention on May 17, winning 57.1% of the vote. Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton and State Senate Minority Leader John McKinney took 22.3% and 17.72%, respectively, meeting the 15% vote threshold and thus also qualified for the primary ballot. Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti and former West Hartford Town Councilor Joe Visconti failed to get 15% of the vote at the convention, so neither automatically qualified for the ballot. Visconti began collecting signatures to petition his way onto the ballot. He needed the signatures of 8,190 registered Republican voters by June 10 in order to qualify and he started collecting signatures when primary petitions became available at the end of April. Lauretti began to collect signatures a few days after the convention, but withdrew those petitions on May 22 to instead try to petition onto the ballot for lieutenant governor.

On June 6, Visconti announced that he was short of the required number of signatures, and with the filing deadline only 4 days away, was withdrawing from the race to run as an Independent instead. Boughton suspended his campaign on June 18, primarily because he did not think Lauretti, his unofficial running mate, would qualify for the ballot, which would have meant Boughton failing to qualify for public financing. He called for "party unity behind the endorsed Republican candidate, Tom Foley."

Candidates

Declared

Thomas C. Foley, former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland and nominee for governor in 2010
John P. McKinney, Minority Leader of the Connecticut Senate

Withdrew

Toni Boucher, state senator
Mark Boughton, Mayor of Danbury and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2010
Martha Dean, nominee for Connecticut Attorney General in 2002 and 2010
Mark Lauretti, Mayor of Shelton (ran for Lieutenant Governor)
Joe Visconti, former West Hartford Town Councilor and nominee for Connecticut's 1st congressional district in 2008 (running as unaffiliated)

Declined

Lawrence F. Cafero, Minority Leader of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Michael Fedele, former lieutenant governor and candidate for governor in 2010 (running for Mayor of Stamford)
Pauline R. Kezer, former Secretary of the State of Connecticut
Linda McMahon, businesswoman and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010 and 2012
Chris Shays, former U.S. Representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Toni
Boucher	Mark
Boughton	Lawrence F.
Cafero	Martha
Dean	Thomas C.
Foley	Mark
Lauretti	John P.
McKinney	Joe
Visconti	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac	May 1–6, 2014	443	±4.7%	—	9%	—	5%	39%	3%	8%	4%	2%	30%
Quinnipiac	Feb. 26–March 2, 2014	477	±4.5%	2%	11%	—	—	36%	6%	3%	3%	1%	37%
Quinnipiac	June 12–17, 2013	283	±5.8%	—	8%	4%	—	36%	—	11%	—	1%	41%

Results

Results by county:

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Lieutenant governor

Although separate primary elections are held for governor and lieutenant governor, candidates for each office often join together to form unofficial "tickets". Heather Bond Somers had originally been running on such a "ticket" with Mark Boughton, but she withdrew from the arrangement. Boughton later announced Mark Lauretti as his new running mate. This arrangement came to an end when Boughton withdrew, primarily because he did not think Lauretti would qualify for the ballot, which would have meant Boughton failing to qualify for public financing. Bacchiochi did not join any "ticket".

Bacchiochi won the endorsement of the state party at the Republican State Convention on May 17, winning 50.9% of the vote. Somers took 31.5% and Walker got 17.4%, meaning they both also qualified for the primary ballot.

Candidates

Declared

Penny Bacchiochi, state representative
Heather Bond Somers, Groton Town Councilor and former Mayor of Groton
David M. Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States

Withdrew

Mark Lauretti, Mayor of Shelton

Results

Republican primary results by county

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Independents

Candidates

Withdrew

Joe Visconti, former West Hartford Town Councilor and Republican nominee for Connecticut's 1st congressional district in 2008
:Running mate: Chester Harris, former Republican Haddam School Board Member

Disqualified

Jonathan Pelto, Democratic former state representative
:Running mate: Ebony Murphy-Root, teacher

General election

Debates

Complete video of debate, August 27, 2014 - C-SPAN
Complete video of debate, October 2, 2014 - C-SPAN

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report		November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics		November 3, 2014

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of October 10, 2014	Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand	Source: Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission
	Dannel Malloy (D)		$6,501,239		$6,716,337		$2,326,904
	Thomas C. Foley (R)		$7,944,883		$8,230,236		$4,238,039

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Dannel
Malloy (D)	Thomas C.
Foley (R)	Joe
Visconti (I)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac University	October 28 – November 2, 2014	926	± 3.2%	43%	42%	8%	1%	6%
47%	44%	—	1%	7%
Public Policy Polling	October 30 – November 1, 2014	931	± 3.2%	44%	41%	6%	—	8%
47%	44%	—	—	8%
Rasmussen Reports	October 29–30, 2014	977	± 3%	48%	47%	—	2%	4%
Quinnipiac University	October 22–27, 2014	838	± 3.4%	43%	43%	7%	1%	6%
44%	46%	—	1%	8%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	October 16–23, 2014	1,267	± 4%	40%	40%	3%	0%	17%
Quinnipiac University	October 14–20, 2014	1,010	± 3.1%	43%	42%	9%	1%	6%
45%	45%	—	2%	8%
Rasmussen Reports	October 14–16, 2014	980	± 3.5%	43%	50%	—	2%	4%
Quinnipiac University	October 1–6, 2014	1,085	± 3%	43%	43%	9%	—	5%
46%	46%	—	1%	7%
Public Policy Polling	October 2–5, 2014	861	± 3.3%	43%	35%	9%	—	14%
45%	39%	—	—	16%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	September 20 – October 1, 2014	1,284	± 3%	41%	41%	3%	1%	14%
Quinnipiac University	September 3–8, 2014	1,304	± 2.7%	40%	46%	7%	1%	6%
43%	49%	—	1%	7%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	August 18 – September 2, 2014	1,808	± 3%	42%	41%	—	3%	14%
Rasmussen Reports	August 18–19, 2014	750	± 4%	38%	45%	—	7%	10%
Gravis Marketing	August 4–7, 2014	440	± 5%	38%	46%	—	—	16%
Anzalone Liszt Grove	July 28–29, 2014	900	± ?	46%	46%	—	—	8%
Vox Populi Polling	July 27–28, 2014	550	± 4.2%	35%	34%	—	3%	27%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	July 5–24, 2014	1,177	± ?	41%	48%	—	4%	8%
Quinnipiac University	May 1–6, 2014	1,668	± 2.4%	43%	43%	—	1%	12%
Quinnipiac University	February 26 – March 2, 2014	1,878	± 2.3%	42%	42%	—	1%	14%
Quinnipiac University	June 12–17, 2013	1,154	± 2.9%	40%	43%	—	1%	16%

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Dannel
Malloy (D)	Toni
Boucher (R)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac University	February 26 – March 2, 2014	1,878	± 2.3%	45%	34%	2%	19%

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Dannel
Malloy (D)	Mark
Boughton (R)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac University	May 1–6, 2014	1,668	± 2.4%	44%	39%	1%	16%
Quinnipiac University	February 26 – March 2, 2014	1,878	± 2.3%	44%	35%	2%	19%
Quinnipiac University	June 12–17, 2013	1,154	± 2.9%	43%	36%	1%	19%

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Dannel
Malloy (D)	Lawrence F.
Cafero (R)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac University	June 12–17, 2013	1,154	± 2.9%	44%	37%	2%	18%

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Dannel
Malloy (D)	Martha
Dean (R)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac University	May 1–6, 2014	1,668	± 2.4%	46%	37%	1%	16%

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Dannel
Malloy (D)	Mark
Lauretti (R)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac University	May 1–6, 2014	1,668	± 2.4%	45%	37%	1%	17%
Quinnipiac University	February 26 – March 2, 2014	1,878	± 2.3%	44%	34%	2%	19%

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Dannel
Malloy (D)	John P.
McKinney (R)	Other	Undecided
Gravis Marketing	August 4–7, 2014	440	± 5%	38%	45%	—	17%
Quinnipiac University	May 1–6, 2014	1,668	± 2.4%	44%	40%	1%	14%
Quinnipiac University	February 26 – March 2, 2014	1,878	± 2.3%	43%	37%	1%	18%
Quinnipiac University	June 12–17, 2013	1,154	± 2.9%	44%	37%	1%	18%

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Dannel
Malloy (D)	Generic
Republican	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 1–2, 2012	1,220	± 2.8%	48%	37%	—	15%

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Dannel
Malloy (D)	Joe
Visconti (R)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac University	May 1–6, 2014	1,668	± 2.4%	46%	36%	1%	17%
Quinnipiac University	February 26 – March 2, 2014	1,878	± 2.3%	45%	34%	2%	19%

Results

By county

Dannel Malloy	Various candidates	Total	50.73%	48.16%	1.11%
Fairfield	128,714	49.72%	128,629	49.69%	1,530	0.59%	258,873
Hartford	148,096	53.51%	125,722	45.43%	2,947	1.06%	276,765
Litchfield	27,282	39.40%	40,992	59.20%	974	1.41%	69,248
Middlesex	31,478	49.45%	31,342	49.24%	833	1.31%	63,653
New Haven	135,973	53.37%	116,068	45.56%	2,713	1.06%	254,754
New London	42,983	51.30%	39,666	47.34%	1,132	1.35%	83,781
Tolland	23,887	45.99%	27,315	52.59%	738	1.42%	66,450
Windham	15,901	48.11%	16,561	50.11%	589	1.78%	33,051

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Fairfield (largest town: Bridgeport)
Middlesex (largest town: Middletown)
New London (largest town: Norwich)

By congressional district

Despite his win, and managing to flip back three counties, Malloy only won two of the five congressional districts, while Foley won the other three, all of which were held by Democrats. This result exactly replicated the previous election for governor in 2010 by congressional district between Malloy and Foley.

District	Dannel Malloy
Democratic	Thomas Foley
Republican	Various candidates
Independent	Total votes cast	Representative	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	554,314	50.73%	526,295	48.16%	12,164	1.11%	1,092,773
	1st		122,097		54.33%		100,031		44.51%		2,610		1.16%		224,738		John B. Larson
	2nd		111,560		47.96%		117,788		50.64%		3,246		1.40%		232,594		Joe Courtney
	3rd		120,938		56.17%		92,107		42.79%		2,244		1.04%		215,289		Rosa DeLauro
	4th		100,667		49.60%		100,711		49.62%		1,586		0.78%		202,964		Jim Himes
	5th		99,052		45.60%		115,658		53.26%		2,478		1.14%		217,188		Elizabeth Esty

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