The Wyoming Secretary of State election of 2014 took place on November 4, 2014. The incumbent Secretary of State, Max Maxfield, chose not to run for reelection. Real estate investor Ed Murray defeated Jennifer Young and Howard "Kit" Carson of the Constitution and Libertarian parties without any opposition from the Wyoming Democratic Party with 69.98% of the vote. However, despite losing the Republican primary Edward Buchanan would later be appointed Secretary of State after Murray`s resignation.
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Turnout | 65.05% 3.13% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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County results Murray: 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Campaign finance reports | |
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Candidate | Amount raised |
Ed Murray | $508,200 |
Edward Buchanan | $124,816 |
Peter S. Illoway | $119,017 |
Clark Stith | $35,557 |
Source: OpenSecrets[6] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Murray | 32,944 | 36.75% | |
Republican | Edward Buchanan | 31,312 | 34.93% | |
Republican | Peter S. Illoway | 16,596 | 18.52% | |
Republican | Clark Stith | 8,511 | 9.50% | |
Write-In | Write-In | 274 | 0.31% | |
Total votes | 156,407 | 100% |
Campaign finance reports | |
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Candidate | Amount raised |
Ed Murray | $508,200 |
Jennifer Young | $10,121 |
Howard Carson | $0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Murray | 119,772 | 76.58% | |
Constitution | Jennifer Young | 18,918 | 12.10% | |
Libertarian | Howard Carson | 16,858 | 10.78% | |
Write-In | Write-In | 859 | 0.55% | |
Total votes | 156,407 | 100% |