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ALABAMA |
Nov. 4,
2014 Governor |
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Registered
Voters (active): 2,873,356.
Plurality. 322,444
votes (27.32 percentage points).
Notes: Gov. Robert Bentley (R) easily won a second term, defeating former U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith (D). Griffith was elected to Congress in 2008 as a Democrat, but announced he was switching to the Republican Party in Dec. 2009. He lost his 2010 re-election bid and a 2012 rematch and returned to the Democratic Party early in 2014. Bentley refused to debate Griffith. The two candidates did make back-to-back appearances at a candidate forum at the Alabama Association of County Commissioners' Annual Convention on Aug. 21 (>). Campaign Managers: Robert Bentley: ? Parker Griffith: Grant Hallmark Principal at Hallmark Group, LLC from 2013. Business manager at Camp Fire USA Central Alabama Council. Bachelor's degree in political science and government from Birmingham-Southern College, 2008. |
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