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| Turnout | 3,080,795 | ||||||||||||||||
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 County results Congressional district resultsJohnson: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Dillard: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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TheMichigan Secretary of State election of 2014 took place on November 4, 2014, to elect theSecretary of State of Michigan. IncumbentRepublican Secretary of StateRuth Johnson was re-elected to a second term in office with 53.53% of the vote.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Ruth Johnson (R) | Godfrey Dillard (D) | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Research[4] | November 2, 2014 | 1,224 | ± 2.8% | 47% | 40% | 5% | 8% |
| Public Policy Polling[5] | November 1–2, 2014 | 914 | ± 3.2% | 46% | 38% | 6%[6] | 9% |
| EPIC-MRA[7] | October 26–28, 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 41% | 37% | 3% | 19% |
| Glengariff Group[8] | October 22–24, 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 41% | 32.5% | 4.3% | 22.1% |
| EPIC-MRA[9] | October 17–19, 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 42% | 33% | 3% | 21% |
| Glengariff Group[10] | October 2–4, 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 38.7% | 31.8% | 5.2%[11] | 24.3% |
| Mitchell Research[12] | September 29, 2014 | 1,178 | ± 2.86% | 41% | 37% | 22% | |
| EPIC-MRA[13] | September 25–29, 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 40% | 30% | 10% | 20% |
| Target-Insyght[14] | September 22–24, 2014 | 616 | ± 4% | 39% | 38% | 5% | 18% |
| Denno Research[15] | September 11–13, 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 36.3% | 32.7% | — | 31% |
| Suffolk[16] | September 6–10, 2014 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 36.2% | 39.8% | 3.6%[17] | 20.6% |
| Public Policy Polling[18] | September 4–7, 2014 | 687 | ± 3.7% | 39% | 36% | 7%[19] | 18% |
| Glengariff Group[20] | September 3–5, 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 39.9% | 33.5% | 0.8% | 25.8% |
| 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% | N/A | |
| Majority | 326,043 | 10.59% | +5.13% | ||
| Turnout | 3,080,795 | −2.91% | |||
| Republicanhold | Swing | ||||
Johnson won ten of 14 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[22]
| District | Johnson | Dillard | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 58% | 38% | Dan Benishek |
| 2nd | 64% | 32% | |
| Bill Huizenga | |||
| 3rd | 62% | 34% | Justin Amash |
| 4th | 59% | 36% | Dave Camp (113th Congress) |
| John Moolenaar (114th Congress) | |||
| 5th | 43% | 53% | Dan Kildee |
| 6th | 58% | 37% | Fred Upton |
| 7th | 59% | 37% | Tim Walberg |
| 8th | 62% | 35% | Mike Rogers (113th Congress) |
| Mike Bishop (114th Congress) | |||
| 9th | 53% | 44% | Sander Levin |
| 10th | 64% | 32% | Candice Miller |
| 11th | 65% | 32% | Kerry Bentivolio (113th Congress) |
| Dave Trott (114th Congress) | |||
| 12th | 43% | 54% | John Dingell (113th Congress) |
| Debbie Dingell (114th Congress) | |||
| 13th | 21% | 77% | John Conyers |
| 14th | 27% | 71% | Gary Peters (113th Congress) |
| Brenda Lawrence (114th Congress) |
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