Alabama Secretary of State election, 2014
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June 3, 2014 |
November 4, 2014 |
John Merrill  |
Jim Bennett |
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The Alabama Secretary of State election took place on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Jim Bennett (R) was appointed secretary of state to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of previous officeholder Beth Chapman. Chapman was first elected in 2006 and, due to term limits, would have been ineligible to seek re-election in 2014 even if she had remained in office through the end of her term. Per the terms of his appointment, Bennett was not running for a full term in 2014.
The race to replace Bennett featured Democratic candidate Lula Albert-Kaigler and Republican candidate John Merrill. Merrill won election to a four-year term.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Alabama uses an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1][2][3]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Candidates
General election candidates
Lula Albert-Kaigler - 2013 U.S. House candidate[4]
John Merrill - Current legislator, Alabama House of Representatives District 62 
[5]
Did not file
Jim Bennett - Incumbent
Lost in the primary
Reese McKinney - Former probate judge of Montgomery County, Alabama (Lost in runoff)[6]
James Perdue - Probate judge of Crenshaw County, Alabama[7]
Results
General election
| Secretary of State of Alabama, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | John Merrill |
64.3% | 733,298 | |
| Democratic | Lula Albert-Kaigler | 35.6% | 406,373 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.1% | 1,271 | |
| Total Votes | 1,140,942 | |||
| Election results via Alabama Secretary of State | ||||
Runoff
| Alabama Secretary of State, Republican Primary Runoff, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| John Merrill |
53.1% | 108,740 | ||
| Reese McKinney | 46.9% | 95,877 | ||
| Total Votes | 204,617 | |||
| Election results via Alabama Secretary of State. | ||||
Primary election
Democratic primary
- Unopposed
Republican primary
| Alabama Secretary of State Republican Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| John Merrill |
39.6% | 143,960 | ||
| Reese McKinney |
38.4% | 139,763 | ||
| James Perdue | 22% | 80,050 | ||
| Total Votes | 363,773 | |||
| Election results via Alabama Secretary of State. | ||||
Past elections
2010
| 2010 Race for Secretary of State - General Election[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote Percentage | |
| Republican Party |  Beth Chapman
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62.3% | |
| Democratic Party | Scott Gilliland | 37.7% | |
| Total Votes | 1,451,133 | ||
2006
| 2006 Race for Secretary of State - General Election[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote Percentage | |
| Republican Party | Beth Chapman
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57.6% | |
| Democratic Party | Nancy L. Worley | 42.3% | |
| Total Votes | 1,204,136 | ||
Campaign finance
Comprehensive donor information for this election has been collected by Follow the Money. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of $790,852 during the election. This information was last updated on May 9, 2015.[10]
| Campaign Contribution Totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Office | Result | Contributions | |
| Reese McKinney |
Alabama Secretary of State |  |
$491,012 | |
| John Merrill |
Alabama Secretary of State |  |
$271,309 | |
| James Perdue |
Alabama Secretary of State | |
$28,531 | |
| Lula Albert-Kaigler |
Alabama Secretary of State | |
$0 | |
| Grand Total Raised | $790,852 | |||
Key deadlines
| Deadline | Event |
|---|---|
| February 7, 2014 | Filing deadline |
| June 3, 2014 | Primary election |
| July 15, 2014 | Primary runoff |
| November 4, 2014 | General election |
| November 14, 2014 | Certification of general election results |
| January 19, 2015 | Inauguration day for state executive officials in general election |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Alabama + Secretary + State + Election + 2014"
See also
- Alabama Secretary of State
- Alabama state executive official elections, 2014
- State executive official elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-13-1," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-3-30," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Alabama Democratic Party, "2014 Primary Candidate List," February 7, 2014
- ↑ John Merrill for Alabama Secretary of State 2014 Official Campaign Website, "Homepage," accessed September 10, 2013
- ↑ Reese McKinney for Secretary of State 2014 Official Campaign Website, "Homepage," accessed September 10, 2013
- ↑ AL.com, "Crenshaw County Probate Judge Jim Perdue to run for Secretary of State," accessed August 8, 2013
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State - 2010 General Election Results
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State - 2006 General Election Results
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Overview of Alabama 2014 elections," accessed May 9, 2015
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