2014 California Attorney General election

2014 California Attorney General election

November 4, 2014

Nominee Kamala Harris Ronald Gold Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 4,102,649 3,033,476 Percentage 57.5% 42.5%

County results Harris:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Gold:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Attorney General before election Kamala Harris Democratic Elected Attorney General Kamala Harris Democratic

The 2014 California Attorney General election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Attorney General of California. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Kamala Harris won re-election to a second term in office.

A primary election was held on June 3, 2014. Under California's nonpartisan blanket primary law, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers — regardless of party — advance to the general election in November, even if a candidate manages to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election. Harris and Republican Ronald Gold finished first and second, respectively, and contested the general election, which Harris won by a margin of 14.98%.

Primary election

Candidates

Democratic Party

• Kamala Harris, incumbent Attorney General^[1][2]

Republican Party

• Ronald Gold, former Deputy Attorney General^[3]
• John Haggerty^[3][4]
• David King^[1]
• Phil Wyman, former State Assemblyman and former State Senator^[1]

Libertarian Party

• Jonathan Jaech^[4]

No Party Preference

• Orly Taitz, "birther" activist, candidate for Secretary of State of California in 2010 and for the U.S. Senate in 2012^[1][5]

Results

Nonpartisan blanket primary^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kamala Harris (incumbent)	2,177,480	53.2
	Republican	Ronald Gold	504,091	12.3
	Republican	Phil Wyman	479,468	11.7
	Republican	David King	368,190	9.0
	Republican	John Haggerty	336,433	8.2
	No party preference	Orly Taitz	130,451	3.2
	Libertarian	Jonathan Jaech	99,056	2.4
Total votes			4,095,169	100.0

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Kamala Harris (D)	Ronald Gold (R)	Undecided
GQR/American Viewpoint[7]	October 22–29, 2014	1,162	± 3.3%	51%	37%	12%
Field Poll[8]	October 15–28, 2014	941	± 3.4%	49%	36%	15%
Field Poll[9]	August 14–28, 2014	467	± 4.8%	49%	37%	14%

Results

California Attorney General election, 2014^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kamala Harris (incumbent)	4,102,649	57.49%	+11.44%
	Republican	Ronald Gold	3,033,476	42.51%	−2.77%
Total votes			7,136,125	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

References

1. Don Thompson, Associated Press (May 3, 2014). "Incumbents seek re-election to 5 statewide offices". Fresno Bee. Archived from the original on May 10, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
2. Paul Blumenthal (February 11, 2014). "California Attorney General Kamala Harris Announcing Re-Election Bid". CBS Sacramento. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
3. "Official certified list of candidates" (PDF). Attorney General. California Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 14, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
4. "GOP Obama "Birther" Critic Joins State Race for Attorney General". AllGov.com. February 21, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
5. "Obama 'birther' critic Orly Taitz files for California AG race". The Sacramento Bee. February 19, 2014. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
6. "Statement of Vote June 3, 2014, Statewide Direct Primary Election" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
7. GQR/American Viewpoint
8. Field Poll
9. Field Poll
10. "Statement of Vote November 4, 2014, General Election" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 30, 2014.

External links

• Attorney General - Statewide Results Archived 2014-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
• California Attorney General election, 2014 at Ballotpedia
• Campaign contributions at FollowTheMoney.org

Official campaign websites

• Ron Gold for Attorney General of California
• John Haggerty for California Attorney General 2014
• Kamala Harris 2014
• Jonathan Jaech for California Attorney General
• David King for Attorney General
• Orly Taitz for California Attorney General
• Wyman for Attorney General