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2014 Midterm Elections: How Did We Do in the Governor’s Races? - Roundup Table - November 7, 2014

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State          
Alaska Sean Parnell (R) Bill Walker (I) Some Other Candidate Not sure  
Sep 23-24, 2014 42% 47% 5% 6%    
Oct 8-12, 2014 41% 50% 2% 7%    
Oct 27-30, 2014 43% 50% 3% 5%          
Final Outcome 46.4% 48.1%              
Final Spread   1.7          
RCP Average*   1.2          
               
Alabama Robert Bentley (R) Parker Griffith (D) Some other candidate Not sure      
June 9-10, 2014 55% 32% 4% 9%          
Final Outcome 63.6% 36.4%              
Final Spread 27.2          
RCP Average* -        
           
Arkansas Asa Hutchinson (R) Mike Ross (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
February 4-5, 2014 41% 44% 3% 12%  
May 27-28, 2014 41% 41% 4% 6%  
August 25-26, 2014 44% 46% 3% 7%  
September 24-25, 2014 46% 42% 4% 8%  
October 13-15, 2014 49% 47% 1% 3%  
October 27-29, 2014 50% 43% 3% 4%          
Final Outcome 55.5% 41.5%              
Final Spread 13.8        
RCP Average* 8        
           
Arizona Ducey (R) DuVal (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
August 27-28, 2014 40% 40% 8% 13%  
October 14-16, 2014 47% 42% 3% 7%          
Final Outcome 53.9% 41.4%              
Final Spread 12.5        
RCP Average* 7.5        
           
California Kashkari (R) Brown (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
June 4-5, 2014 33% 52% 5% 10%          
Final Outcome 41.3% 58.7%              
Final Spread   17.4      
RCP Average*   18.5      
           
Colorado Bob Beauprez (R) John Hickenlooper (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
1-Jul-14 44% 44% 4% 8%  
8-Sep-14 45% 44% 4% 7%  
1-Oct-14 46% 50% 2% 3%  
October 21-23, 2014 49% 47% 3% 2%          
Final Outcome 47.0% 48.4%              
Final Spread 1.4      
RCP Average*   0.5      
           
Connecticut Thomas Foley (R) Dan Malloy (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
August 18-19, 2014 45% 38% 7% 20%  
October 14-15, 2014* 50% 43% 2% 4%  
October 29-30, 2014 47% 48% 2% 4%          
Final Outcome 48.4% 50.6%              
Final Spread   2.2      
RCP Average*   1.3      
           
Florida Scott (R) Crist (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
April 21-22, 2014 39% 45% 6% 10%  
July 29-30, 2014 42% 41% 8% 9%  
September 8-10, 2014 40% 42% 8% 9%  
October 15-17, 2014 47% 47% 2% 4%          
Final Outcome 48.2% 47.0%              
Final Spread 1.2        
RCP Average*   1      
           
Georgia Deal (R) Carter (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
May 21-22, 2014 41% 48% 3% 7%  
July 23-24, 2014 44% 45% 3% 8%  
September 15-16, 2014 45% 44% 3% 8%  
Sep 30-Oct 1, 2014 49% 43% 2% 6%  
October 25-27, 2014 49% 43% 2% 6%          
Final Outcome 52.8% 44.8%              
Final Spread 8        
RCP Average* 4.6        
           
Hawaii Aiona (R) Ige (D) Hannemann (I) Some other candidate Not sure
September 9-10, 2014 39% 40% 14% 2% 6%        
Final Outcome 36.9% 49.5%              
Final Spread   12.6      
RCP Average*   12.8      
           
Idaho Otter (R) Balukoff (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
May 28-29, 2014 50% 36% 8% 7%          
Final Outcome 54.0% 38.0%              
Final Spread 16        
RCP Average* 14.7        
           
Illinois Rauner (R) Quinn (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
April 9-10, 2014 43% 40% 6% 10%  
July 29-30, 2014 44% 39% 7% 10%  
September 24-25, 2014 42% 44% 6% 8%  
October 20-22, 2014 48% 47% 2% 4%          
Final Outcome 50.7% 45.9%              
Final Spread 4.8        
RCP Average*   0.8      
           
Iowa Terry Brandstad (R) Jack Hatch (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
June 4-6, 2014 49% 40% 2% 8%  
August 11-12, 2014 52% 35% 6% 7%  
September 17-18, 2014 46% 40% 3% 10%  
ctober 28-30, 2014 55% 37% 3% 4%          
Final Outcome 59.1% 37.3%              
Final Spread 21.8        
RCP Average* 19        
           
Kansas Brownback (R) Davis (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
April 16-17, 2014 47% 40% 6% 7%  
August 6-7, 2014 41% 51% 3% 5%  
September 16-17, 2014 43% 47% 4% 6%  
October 20-21, 2014 45% 52% 1% 3%          
Final Outcome 50.0% 46.1%              
Final Spread   3.8      
RCP Average*   2.3      
           
Maine LePage (R) Michaud (D) Cutler (I) Some other candidate Not sure
October 8-9, 2014 41% 40% 16% 1% 3%
September 3-4, 2014 39% 43% 15% 0% 4%
April 23-25, 2014 40% 40% 14% 1% 5%        
Final Outcome 47.9% 43.7%              
Final Spread 4        
RCP Average* 1.4        
           
Maryland Hogan (R) Brown (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
July 9-10, 2014 35% 48% 7% 10%          
Final Outcome 53.8% 44.8%              
Final Spread 9        
RCP Average No average reported      
           
Massachusetts Baker (R) Coakley (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
September 16-17, 2014 42% 42% 5% 10%  
October 13-15, 2014 48% 46% 2% 5%          
Final Outcome 48.5% 46.6%              
Final Spread 1.9        
RCP Average* 3.4        
           
Michigan Snyder (R) Schauer (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
July 29-29, 2014 45% 42% 5% 8%  
September 17-18, 2014 47% 41% 3% 9%  
October 20-21, 2014 49% 46% 3% 5%          
Final Outcome 51.0% 46.8%              
Final Spread 4.1        
RCP Average* 2.5        
           
Minnesota Johnson (R) Dayton (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
August 13-14, 2014 41% 49% 3% 7%  
September 29-30, 2014 40% 50% 3% 7%          
Final Outcome 44.5% 50.1%              
Final Spread   5.6      
RCP Average*   7      
           
Nebraska Ricketts (R) Hassebrook (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
May 14-15, 2014 47% 40% 5% 8%          
Final Outcome 57.6% 38.9%              
Final Spread 18.7        
RCP Average No average reported. Four-out-of-five of the most recent polls were all conducted by the same source  
           
New Hampshire Walt Havenstein (R) Maggie Hassan (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
September 10-11, 2014 40% 51% 3% 6%  
October 29-30, 2014 42% 51% 2% 5%          
Final Outcome 47.3% 52.7%              
Final Spread   5.6      
RCP Average*   3.2      
           
New Mexico Matrinez (R) King (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
July 21-22, 2014 43% 43% 7% 7%  
September 22-23, 2014 50% 37% 6% 6%          
Final Outcome 57.3% 42.7%              
Final Spread 14.6        
RCP Average* 13.3        
           
Nevada Sandoval (R) Goodman (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
June 16-18, 2014 55% 28% 6% 11%          
Final Outcome 70.6% 23.9%              
Final Spread 46.7        
RCP Average* 24.7        
           
New York Astorino (R) Cuomo (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
September 22-23, 2014 32% 49% 7% 12%          
Final Outcome 40.6% 54.0%              
Final Spread   13.4      
RCP Average*   22      
         
Ohio Kasich (R) FitzGerald (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
May 7-8, 2014 45% 38% 4% 13%  
September 8-9, 2014 50% 30% 4% 15%          
Final Outcome 63.8% 32.9%              
Final Spread 30.9        
RCP Average* 21        
           
Oklahoma Fallin (R) Dorman (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
July 15-16, 2014 45% 40% 7% 8%          
Final Outcome 55.8% 41.0%              
Final Spread 14.8        
RCP Average* 15        
           
Oregon Richardson (R) Kitzhaber (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
September 2-3, 2014 38% 48% 4% 10%          
Final Outcome 45.7% 49.0%              
Final Spread   2.7      
RCP Average*   7.7      
           
Pennsylvania Corbett (R) Wolf (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
May 28-29, 2014 31% 51% 4% 14%          
Final Outcome 45.1% 54.9%              
Final Spread   9.8      
RCP Average*   11      
           
Rhode Island Allan Fung (R) Raimondo (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
September 23-25, 2014 37% 42% 11% 11%          
Final Outcome 36.3% 40.2%              
Final Spread   3.9      
RCP Average*   4      
           
South Carolina Haley (R) Sheheen (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
April 14-15, 2014 52% 37% 3% 7%  
August 25-26, 2014 51% 36% 6% 7%          
Final Outcome 56.0% 41.4%              
Final Spread 14.6        
RCP Average* 15.5        
           
South Dakota Daugaard (R) Wismer (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
June 4-5, 2014 55% 25% 3% 7%          
Final Outcome 70.5% 25.4%              
Final Spread 45.1        
RCP Average* 30.3        
           
Tennessee Bill Haslam (R) Charles Brown (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
August 11-12, 2014 55% 30% 6% 9%          
Final Outcome 70.3% 22.8%              
Final Spread 47.5        
RCP Average* 26.5        
           
Texas Greg Abbott (R) Wendy Davis (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
3/4/2014 53% 41% 1% 4%  
8/5/2014 48% 40% 3% 9%  
10/2/2014 51% 40% 3% 7%          
Final Outcome 59.3% 38.9%              
Final Spread 20.4        
RCP Average* 15.5        
           
Vermont Scott Milne (R) Peter Shumlin (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
August 27-28, 2014 36% 48% 7% 9%          
Final Outcome 45.3% 46.4%              
Final Spread   1.1      
RCP Average No average reported. Four-out-of-five of the most recent polls were all conducted by the same source  
           
Wisconsin Scott Walker (R) Mary Burke (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
Mar. 10-11, 2014 45% 45% 5% 5%  
Aug. 13-14, 2014 48% 47% 2% 3%  
Sept. 15-16, 2014 48% 46% 3% 3%  
Oct. 20-21, 2014 48% 49% 1% 2%          
Final Outcome 52% 47%              
Final Spread 5.7        
RCP Average* 2.2        
           
Wyoming Matt Mead (R) Pete Gosar (D) Some other candidate Not sure  
August 20-21, 2014 55% 34% 7% 4%          
Final Outcome 62.5% 28.9%              
Final Spread 33.6        
RCP Average* 23        
* The RCP (Real Clear Politics) average is based on the most recent major polls including those by Rasmussen Reports taken in each race.