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Georgia Attorney General election, 2014
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The Georgia Attorney General election took place on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Samuel S. Olens (R) was first elected in 2010 and faced Greg Hecht (D) in the general election. Olens won election to another four-year term.
The recent history of attorney general races in Georgia was favorable to the Democrats, with Olens replacing three-term Democratic incumbent Thurbert E. Baker in 2011. The past elections section details the previous three elections, with each featuring a margin of victory of at least 9 percent. A September poll from Survey USA found that Olens was only ahead of Hecht by 7 percent with 12 percent of likely voters undecided for the general election.
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. Georgia utilizes 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]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Candidates
General election
Samuel S. Olens - Incumbent[3] 
Greg Hecht[4]
Results
General election
| Georgia Attorney General, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Samuel S. Olens Incumbent |
56.9% | 1,436,987 | |
| Democratic | Greg Hecht | 43.1% | 1,087,268 | |
| Total Votes | 2,524,255 | |||
| Election results via Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
Primary election
Republican primary
- Uncontested
Democratic primary
- Uncontested
Polls
General election
All candidates
| Attorney General of Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Sam Olens* (R) | Greg Hecht (D) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| SurveyUSA (Likely voters) September 19-22, 2014 | 48% | 41% | 12% | +/-4.3 | 550 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
**Incumbency is denoted by asterisk (*)
Past elections
2010
| Georgia Attorney General, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Samuel S. Olens |
52.9% | 1,351,090 | |
| Democratic | Ken Hodges | 43.6% | 1,112,049 | |
| Libertarian | Don Smart | 3.5% | 88,583 | |
| Total Votes | 2,551,722 | |||
| Election results via Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
2006
| Georgia Attorney General, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Thurbert E. Baker Incumbent |
57.2% | 1,185,366 | |
| Republican | Perry McGuire | 42.8% | 888,288 | |
| Total Votes | 2,073,654 | |||
2002
| Georgia Attorney General, 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Thurbert E. Baker Incumbent |
55.6% | 1,093,734 | |
| Republican | Shannon Goessling | 44.4% | 874,996 | |
| Total Votes | 1,968,730 | |||
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 $2,480,784 during the election. This information was last updated on May 12, 2015.[5]
| Campaign Contribution Totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Office | Result | Contributions | |
| Samuel S. Olens |
Georgia Attorney General |  |
$1,851,616 | |
| Greg Hecht |
Georgia Attorney General |  |
$629,168 | |
| Grand Total Raised | $2,480,784 | |||
Key deadlines
| Deadline | Event |
|---|---|
| March 7, 2014 | Filing deadline for candidates |
| May 20, 2014 | Primary election |
| June 27, 2014 | Filing deadline for independent candidates |
| July 22, 2014 | Primary runoff election |
| September 2, 2014 | Deadline to file as a write-in candidate for the general election |
| November 4, 2014 | General election |
| December 31, 2014 | Inauguration day for public service commissioners elected in general election |
| January 12, 2015 | Inauguration day for all other state executives elected in general election |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Georgia + Attorney + General + Election + 2014"
See also
- Georgia Attorney General
- Georgia state executive official elections, 2014
- State executive official elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ Justia, "2023 Georgia Code § 21-2-224 - Registration deadlines; restrictions on voting in primaries; official list of electors; voting procedure when portion of county changed from one county to another," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ Sam Olens for Attorney General 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed April 1, 2014
- ↑ Greg Hecht for Attorney General 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed April 1, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Overview of Georgia 2014 elections," accessed May 12, 2015
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