The 2014 California attorney general election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the attorney general of California. Incumbent Democratic attorney general Kamala Harris won re-election to a second term in office.

A primary election was held on June 3, 2014. Under California's nonpartisan blanket primary law, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers — regardless of party — advance to the general election in November, even if a candidate manages to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election. Harris and Republican Ronald Gold finished first and second, respectively, and contested the general election, which Harris won by a margin of 14.98%. , this election, alongside other concurrent statewide races, marks the last time where Mono and San Diego counties voted for the Republican in a statewide race.

Primary election Candidates Democratic Party Kamala Harris, incumbent attorney general

Republican Party Ronald Gold, former deputy attorney general John Haggerty David King Phil Wyman, former state assemblyman and former state senator

Libertarian Party Jonathan Jaech

No party preference Orly Taitz, "birther" activist, candidate for secretary of state of California in 2010 and for the U.S. Senate in 2012

Results

General election

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror KamalaHarris (D) RonaldGold (R) UndecidedGQR/American ViewpointGQR/American Viewpoint October 22–29, 2014 1,162 ± 3.3% 51% 37% 12%Field PollField Poll October 15–28, 2014 941 ± 3.4% 49% 36% 15%Field PollField Poll August 14–28, 2014 467 ± 4.8% 49% 37% 14%

Results

By county County Kamala HarrisDemocratic Ronald GoldRepublican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Alameda272,21878.21%75,83521.79%196,38356.42%348,053Alpine26056.77%19843.23%6213.54%458Amador5,05040.63%7,37859.37%-2,328-18.73%12,428Butte26,62244.87%32,71655.13%-6,094-10.27%59,338Calaveras6,16240.60%9,01759.40%-2,855-18.81%15,179Colusa1,45435.81%2,60664.19%-1,152-28.37%4,060Contra Costa160,71864.34%89,06535.66%71,65328.69%249,783Del Norte3,03444.76%3,74455.24%-710-10.48%6,778El Dorado24,35240.83%35,28659.17%-10,934-18.33%59,638Fresno72,94746.67%83,34453.33%-10,397-6.65%156,291Glenn1,76530.27%4,06669.73%-2,301-39.46%5,831Humboldt22,49762.33%13,59537.67%8,90224.66%36,092Imperial12,09758.86%8,45441.14%3,64317.73%20,551Inyo2,28042.66%3,06557.34%-785-14.69%5,345Kern49,80537.66%82,43462.34%-32,629-24.67%132,239Kings8,39538.24%13,55961.76%-5,164-23.52%21,954Lake9,77757.21%7,31342.79%2,46414.42%17,090Lassen1,92228.52%4,81771.48%-2,895-42.96%6,739Los Angeles957,23866.94%472,74433.06%484,49433.88%1,429,982Madera9,76637.03%16,61062.97%-6,844-25.95%26,376Marin63,69874.74%21,52325.26%42,17549.49%85,221Mariposa2,49138.79%3,93061.21%-1,439-22.41%6,421Mendocino16,12868.19%7,52431.81%8,60436.38%23,652Merced17,43147.25%19,46052.75%-2,029-5.50%36,891Modoc77227.66%2,01972.34%-1,247-44.68%2,791Mono1,49449.63%1,51650.37%-22-0.73%3,010Monterey46,98365.02%25,27234.98%21,71130.05%72,255Napa22,91661.79%14,17238.21%8,74423.58%37,088Nevada18,94950.86%18,31149.14%6381.71%37,260Orange258,54642.56%348,89057.44%-90,344-14.87%607,436Placer44,52240.38%65,74259.62%-21,220-19.24%110,264Plumas2,77740.16%4,13759.84%-1,360-19.67%6,914Riverside160,91046.65%184,00753.35%-23,097-6.70%344,917Sacramento183,51758.02%132,77541.98%50,74216.04%316,292San Benito7,86759.07%5,45140.93%2,41618.14%13,318San Bernardino135,91648.11%146,61351.89%-10,697-3.79%282,529San Diego315,46248.44%335,78051.56%-20,318-3.12%651,242San Francisco180,25383.79%34,87016.21%145,38367.58%215,123San Joaquin57,70150.62%56,28149.38%1,4201.25%113,982San Luis Obispo41,78950.23%41,40349.77%3860.46%83,192San Mateo109,20769.79%47,26230.21%61,94539.59%156,469Santa Barbara60,05255.90%47,38344.10%12,66911.79%107,435Santa Clara257,16967.17%125,66732.83%131,50234.35%382,836Santa Cruz53,39675.60%17,23824.40%36,15851.19%70,634Shasta18,99534.38%36,25965.62%-17,264-31.24%55,254Sierra60340.63%88159.37%-278-18.73%1,484Siskiyou5,61241.77%7,82458.23%-2,212-16.46%13,436Solano52,59659.84%35,29840.16%17,29819.68%87,894Sonoma97,89170.02%41,90429.98%55,98740.05%139,795Stanislaus40,98946.28%47,57453.72%-6,585-7.44%88,563Sutter7,43937.25%12,53462.75%-5,095-25.51%19,973Tehama4,96932.72%10,21867.28%-5,249-34.56%15,187Trinity1,74645.72%2,07354.28%-327-8.56%3,819Tulare22,06636.23%38,83463.77%-16,768-27.53%60,900Tuolumne6,77640.82%9,82559.18%-3,049-18.37%16,601Ventura101,22551.80%94,19848.20%7,0273.60%195,423Yolo28,91765.50%15,23434.50%13,68330.99%44,151Yuba4,52036.84%7,74863.16%-3,228-26.31%12,268Total4,102,64957.49%3,033,47642.51%1,069,17314.98%7,136,125

References

External links Attorney General - Statewide Results California Attorney General election, 2014 at Ballotpedia Campaign contributions at FollowTheMoney.org

Official campaign websites Ron Gold for Attorney General of California John Haggerty for California Attorney General 2014 Kamala Harris 2014 Jonathan Jaech for California Attorney General David King for Attorney General Orly Taitz for California Attorney General Wyman for Attorney General