2014 Michigan elections

2014 Michigan Associate Justice election (Full term)
	November 4, 2014
	County results; Zahra: 20–30% 30–40%; Bernstein: 30–40%
	Elected Justice ; TBD;

2014 Michigan Supreme Court election
	November 4, 2014
3 seats of the Supreme Court of Michigan

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Michigan on November 4, 2014. Primary elections were held on August 5, 2014.

Voters elected all four executive officers and both houses of the state legislature, as well as the state's delegations to the U.S. House and one of its two U.S. Senate seats.

As of 2025, this remains the most recent time that the Republican Party has won any statewide office in Michigan.

Federal elections

U.S. Senate

Incumbent Democratic Senator Carl Levin was re-elected in 2008 with 62.7% of the vote. He retired instead of seeking a seventh term. U.S. Representative Gary Peters defeated former secretary of state Terri Lynn Land in the general election.

2014 United States Senate election in Michigan^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gary Peters	1,704,936	54.61	8.05
	Republican	Terri Lynn Land	1,290,199	41.33	7.48
	Libertarian	Jim Fulner	62,897	2.01	0.44
	Constitution	Richard Matkin	37,529	1.20	0.56
	Green	Chris Wahmhoff	26,137	0.84	0.06
	Write-in		77	0.00
Total votes			3,121,775	100.00
	Democratic hold

U.S. House

District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result^[2]

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	113,263	45.28%	130,414	52.14%	6,454	2.58%	250,131	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 2	70,851	33.25%	135,568	63.63%	6,653	3.12%	213,072	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 3	84,720	39.01%	125,754	57.91%	6,691	3.08%	217,165	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 4	85,777	39.09%	123,962	56.50%	9,684	4.41%	219,423	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 5	148,182	66.71%	69,222	31.16%	4,734	2.13%	222,138	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 6	84,391	40.38%	116,801	55.89%	7,784	3.73%	208,976	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 7	92,083	41.17%	119,564	53.45%	12,038	5.38%	223,685	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 8	102,269	42.06%	132,739	54.60%	8,117	3.34%	243,125	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 9	136,342	60.39%	81,470	36.09%	7,945	3.52%	225,757	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 10	67,143	29.36%	157,069	68.68%	4,480	1.96%	228,692	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 11	101,681	40.47%	140,435	55.90%	9,122	3.63%	251,238	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 12	134,346	65.01%	64,716	31.32%	7,598	3.68%	206,660	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 13	132,710	79.49%	27,234	16.31%	7,003	4.20%	166,947	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 14	165,272	77.79%	41,801	19.67%	5,395	2.54%	212,468	100.00%	Democratic Hold
Total	1,519,030	49.17%	1,466,749	47.47%	103,698	3.36%	3,089,477	100.00%

State elections

Governor and lieutenant governor

Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Snyder was first elected in 2010 with 58.1% of the vote.^[3] He ran for re-election to a second term and defeated former U.S. Representative Mark Schauer in the closest statewide election in 2014.

2014 Michigan gubernatorial election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rick Snyder (incumbent)	1,607,399	50.92	7.19
	Democratic	Mark Schauer	1,479,057	46.86	6.96
	Libertarian	Mary Buzuma	35,723	1.13	0.44
	Constitution	Mark McFarlin	19,368	0.61	0.04
	Green	Paul Homeniuk	14,934	0.47	0.17
	Write-in		50	0.00
Total votes			3,156,531	100.00
	Republican hold

Secretary of state

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Ruth Johnson was first elected in 2010 with 50.7% of the vote. She won re-election to a second term against attorney Godfrey Dillard.

2014 Michigan Secretary of State election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ruth Johnson (incumbent)	1,649,047	53.53	2.85
	Democratic	Godfrey Dillard	1,323,004	42.94	2.28
	Libertarian	Jamie Lewis	61,112	1.98	0.15
	Constitution	Robert Gale	34,447	1.12	0.19
	Natural Law	Jason Gatties	13,185	0.43	New
Total votes			3,080,795	100.00
	Republican hold

Attorney general

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette was first elected in 2010 with 52.6% of the vote. He won re-election to a second term against MSU law professor Mark Totten.

2014 Michigan Attorney General election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Schuette (incumbent)	1,603,471	52.11	0.48
	Democratic	Mark Totten	1,359,839	44.19	0.71
	Libertarian	Justin Altman	57,345	1.86	0.08
	Constitution	Gerald Van Sickle	30,762	1.00	0.94
	Green	John La Pietra	25,747	0.84	New
Total votes			3,077,164	100.00
	Republican hold

Board of education

2014 Michigan Board of Education election^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pamela Pugh Smith	1,368,790	24.47
	Democratic	Casandra E. Ulbrich (incumbent)	1,309,760	23.42
	Republican	Maria Carl	1,279,122	22.87
	Republican	Jonathan Tade Williams	1,206,419	21.57
	Libertarian	Kimberly Moore	114,666	2.05
	Constitution	John Adams	82,511	1.48
	Libertarian	Gregory Scott Stempfle	75,702	1.35
	Constitution	Karen Adams	65,828	1.18
	Green	Sherry A. Wells	60,516	1.08
	Natural Law	Nikki Mattson	30,099	0.54
Total votes			5,593,413	100.00
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

State legislature

All seats of the Michigan Legislature were up for election. The Senate elects its members to four year terms, while the House of Representatives members are elected to two year terms. Republicans retained control of both chambers and made small gains in seats.

Senate
Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	26	27	1
	Democratic	12	11	1
Total		38	38

House of Representatives
Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	59	63	4
	Democratic	51	47	4
Total		110	110

Supreme Court

General election

2014 Michigan Supreme Court election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Brian K. Zahra (incumbent)	1,450,326	32.19
	Nonpartisan	Richard H. Bernstein	1,301,254	28.88
	Nonpartisan	James Robert Redford	934,029	20.73
	Nonpartisan	Bill Murphy	637,741	14.15
	Nonpartisan	Doug Dern	182,543	4.05
Total votes			4,505,893	100.00
	Republican hold
	Democratic hold

Special election

2014 Michigan Supreme Court Associate Justice (Term ending 01/01/2017) election

November 4, 2014


Candidate	David Viviano	Deborah Thomas
Party	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan
Popular vote	1,521,035	706,971
Percentage	62.14%	28.88%

County results
Viviano: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

Justice before election

David Viviano

Elected Justice

David Viviano

2014 Michigan Supreme Court special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	David Viviano (incumbent)	1,521,035	62.14
	Nonpartisan	Deborah Thomas	706,971	28.88
	Nonpartisan	Kerry Morgan	219,892	8.98
Total votes			2,447,898	100.00
	Republican hold

Ballot measures

Proposal 1 (August)

Eliminate Personal Property Tax

Results

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	863,459	69.29%
No	382,770	30.71%
Valid votes	1,246,229	100.00%
Invalid or blank votes	0	0.00%
Total votes	1,246,229	100.00%

County results

Yes

70–80%

60–70%

Proposal 1 (August)

Proposal 1 (August)
Eliminate Personal Property Tax
Choice	Votes	%
Yes	863,459	69.29
No	382,770	30.71
Total votes	1,246,229	100.00
Source: ^[7]

Proposal 1 (November)

A referendum to uphold the legalization of wolf hunting

Results

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	1,318,080	45.07%
No	1,606,328	54.93%
Valid votes	2,924,408	100.00%
Invalid or blank votes	0	0.00%
Total votes	2,924,408	100.00%

County results

Yes

80–90%

70–80%

60–70%

50–60%

No

60–70%

50–60%

Proposal 1 (November)

Proposal 1 (November)
A referendum to uphold the legalization of wolf hunting
Choice	Votes	%
No	1,606,328	54.93
Yes	1,318,080	45.07
Total votes	2,924,408	100.00

Proposal 2

A referendum to uphold a law allowing the Michigan Natural Resources Commission to classify game animals and hunting seasons

Results

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	1,051,426	36.16%
No	1,856,603	63.84%
Valid votes	2,908,029	100.00%
Invalid or blank votes	0	0.00%
Total votes	2,908,029	100.00%

County results

Yes

60–70%

50–60%

No

70–80%

60–70%

50–60%

Proposal 2

Proposal 2
A referendum to uphold a law allowing the Michigan Natural Resources Commission to classify game animals and hunting seasons
Choice	Votes	%
No	1,856,603	63.84
Yes	1,051,426	36.16
Total votes	2,908,029	100.00

References

^ ^a ^b "2014 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/04/2014". mielections.us. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
^ Haas, Karen L. (March 9, 2015). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2014". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
^ Magazine, Peter Luke | Bridge (November 3, 2010). "Rick Snyder wins 2010 Michigan governor's race, according to various exit polls". mlive. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
^ "Election Results - General Election - November 4, 2014". Michigan Department of State. November 24, 2014. Archived from the original on December 1, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
^ "Election Results - General Election - November 4, 2014". Michigan Department of State. November 24, 2014. Archived from the original on December 1, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
^ "MI State Board of Education Race - Nov 04, 2014". Our Campaigns. December 28, 2015.
^ "MI P1: Eliminate Personal Property Tax Race - Aug 05, 2014". Our Campaigns. October 23, 2014.

[results-1] "2014 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/04/2014". mielections.us. Retrieved August 9, 2021.

[clerk2014-2] Haas, Karen L. (March 9, 2015). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2014". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved October 28, 2019.

[3] Magazine, Peter Luke | Bridge (November 3, 2010). "Rick Snyder wins 2010 Michigan governor's race, according to various exit polls". mlive. Retrieved May 22, 2023.

[4] "Election Results - General Election - November 4, 2014". Michigan Department of State. November 24, 2014. Archived from the original on December 1, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.

[5] "Election Results - General Election - November 4, 2014". Michigan Department of State. November 24, 2014. Archived from the original on December 1, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.

[6] "MI State Board of Education Race - Nov 04, 2014". Our Campaigns. December 28, 2015.

[7] "MI P1: Eliminate Personal Property Tax Race - Aug 05, 2014". Our Campaigns. October 23, 2014.

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Federal elections

U.S. Senate

U.S. House

State elections

Governor and lieutenant governor

Secretary of state

Attorney general

Board of education

State legislature

Supreme Court

General election

Special election

Ballot measures

Proposal 1 (August)

Proposal 1 (November)

Proposal 2

See also

References