2014 Wisconsin Secretary of State election

The 2014 Wisconsin Secretary of State Election took place on November 4, 2014 to elect the Wisconsin Secretary Of State. It occurred concurrently with other elections across Wisconsin. Incumbent Doug La Follette was re-elected to his tenth term as Secretary of State of Wisconsin, taking 50% of the vote in the November general election. La Follette defeated La Crosse Republican Julian Bradley.

2014 Wisconsin Secretary of State Election

November 4, 2014
 
Candidate Doug La Follette Julian Bradley
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,380,752 1,235,034
Percentage 50.0% 46.3%

County results
La Follette:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Bradley:      40–50%     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Secretary of State before election

Doug La Follette
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Doug La Follette
Democratic

State Representative Garey Bies was defeated in the Republican primary.

Democratic primary

  • Incumbent Secretary of State Doug La Follette ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in the primary

Results

Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Julian Bradley 138,734 64.8
Republican Garey Bies 75,340 35.2
Total votes 214,074 100

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)

administered

Sample

size

Margin of

error

Doug

La Follette (D)

Julian

Bradley (R)

Undecided
Gravis Marketing October 3–4, 2014 837 ± 3% 44% 43% 13%
Gravis Marketing September 22–23, 2014 908 ± 3% 50% 37% 13%
Gravis Marketing July 31–August 2, 2014 1,346 ± 3% 46% 39% 15%

Results

Wisconsin Secretary of State Election, 2014[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Doug La Follette (incumbent) 1,161,113 50.00% -1.61%
Republican Julian Bradley 1,074,835 46.29% -2.01%
Independent Andy Craig 58,996 2.54%
Constitution Jerry Broitzman 25,744 1.11%
Scattering 1,347 0.06%
Plurality 86,278 3.72% +0.40%
Total votes 2,322,035 100.0% +11.57%
Democratic hold

References

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