Maryland Comptroller election, 2014

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Maryland Comptroller Election, 2014
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Nominee Peter Franchot William Henry Campbell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,061,267 630,109
Percentage 62.65% 37.2%
Attorney General before election

Peter Franchot
Democratic

 Elected Attorney General

Peter Franchot
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Maryland Comptroller election of 2014 was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Comptroller of Maryland. Incumbent Democratic Comptroller Peter Franchot ran for re-election to a third term in office.

Primary elections were held on June 24, 2014. Franchot was re-nominated by the Democrats and the Republicans nominated former Amtrak CFO William Henry Campbell.

Democratic primary

Shortly after being re-elected in 2010, incumbent Comptroller Peter Franchot began considering running for Governor of Maryland in 2014.[1][2][3][4] Six potential candidates for the position of Comptroller emerged during this time: State House of Delegates Majority Leader Kumar P. Barve, State Delegate Jon Cardin, State Delegate Galen R. Clagett, former Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan, State Delegate Brian Feldman and State Senator James Rosapepe, with Barve and Rosapepe saying they would definitely run if Franchot did not.[5][6][7][8][9] In December 2012, Franchot announced that he would not be running for Governor.[10] Barve and Rosapepe subsequently ended their campaigns and Cardin, Claggett and Duncan decided to run for other offices. In September 2013, Franchot officially declared that he was running for a third term.[11] Feldman did not rule out challenging him but ultimately declined to do so.[12]

Candidates

Filed

Withdrew

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Franchot 369,546 100
Total votes 369,546 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Filed

Results

Republican primary results[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William Henry Campbell 169,971 100
Total votes 169,971 100

General election

Candidates

  • Peter Franchot (Democratic), incumbent Comptroller
  • William Henry Campbell (Republican), former Amtrak CFO, nominee for Comptroller in 2010 and candidate for Maryland Republican Party Chairman in 2011
  • Anjali Reed Phukan (Maryland's Service Party), Party Chairman and write-in candidate[20]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Peter
Franchot (D)		 William Henry
Campbell (R)		 Other Undecided
Gravis Marketing October 6–9, 2014 784 ± 3.5% 54% 30% — 16%

Results

Maryland Comptroller election, 2014[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Franchot 1,061,267 62.65
Republican William Henry Campbell 630,109 37.2
Write-ins 2,536 0.15
Majority 431,158 25.45%
Total votes 1,693,912 100
Democratic hold

See also

References

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