2014 Georgia gubernatorial election

The 2014 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Georgia, concurrently with the election to Georgia's Class II U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Republican Governor Nathan Deal was re-elected to serve a second term in office by a margin of 7.8%. He turned back two primary challengers and in the general election, defeated Democratic State Senator Jason Carter and Libertarian nominee businessman and engineer Andrew Hunt, who were unopposed in their respective primaries. As of 2022, this is the last time that Cobb and Gwinnett counties voted for the Republican candidate for governor and the last time that Burke, Chattahoochee, Dooly, Quitman, Twiggs, Washington, and Wilkinson counties voted for the Democratic candidate.

Declared

 * John Barge, State School Superintendent
 * Nathan Deal, incumbent Governor
 * David Pennington, Mayor of Dalton

Results
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Declared

 * Jason Carter, state senator and grandson of former U.S. president and former governor Jimmy Carter

Withdrew

 * Connie Stokes, former DeKalb County Commissioner, former state senator and candidate for GA-04 in 2004 and 2010 (running for Lieutenant Governor)

Declined

 * Stacey Abrams, Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives
 * Roy Barnes, former governor and nominee for governor in 2010
 * Shirley Franklin, former mayor of Atlanta
 * Scott Holcomb, state representative
 * Kasim Reed, Mayor of Atlanta

Declared

 * Andrew Hunt, businessman and engineer

Debates

 * Complete video of debate, October 19, 2014 - C-SPAN
 * Complete video of debate, October 26, 2014 - C-SPAN

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

 * Douglas (largest town: Douglasville)
 * Henry (largest city: Stockbridge)
 * Newton (largest town: Covington)

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

 * Baker (largest city: Newton)
 * Brooks (largest city: Quitman)
 * Clinch (Largest city: Homerville)
 * Early (largest city: Blakely)
 * McIntosh (largest municipality: Darien)
 * Mitchell (largest municipality: Camilla)
 * Peach (largest municipality: Fort Valley)
 * Webster (largest town: Preston)