2014 Nevada gubernatorial election

2014 Nevada gubernatorial election

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Nominee Brian Sandoval Bob Goodman
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 386,340 130,722
Percentage 70.58% 23.88%

Sandoval:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Governor before election

Brian Sandoval
Republican

Elected Governor

Brian Sandoval
Republican

The 2014 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Nevada. Incumbent Republican governor Brian Sandoval won re-election to a second term in office, defeating Democratic nominee Bob Goodman in a landslide.[1] Sandoval won a higher percentage of the vote than any other incumbent governor in 2014.

Sandoval's coattails allowed Republicans to win both chambers of the legislature for the first time since 1931, thereby giving Republicans a trifecta in the state for the first time since then.

As of 2024, this is the most recent time that the Republican candidate carried Clark County in a statewide race, the last time that the winner of the gubernatorial election carried all counties in Nevada, the last time the winner received a majority of votes, and the last time last time the winner received more than 70% of the vote.

  1. ^ Waldron, Molly (December 14, 2011). "Gov. Sandoval says he will seek re-election". KTNV. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2012.