A general election was held in the U.S. state of Florida, on November 4, 2014.
State elections
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Scott and Lieutenant Governor Carlos López-Cantera sought re-election. Scott faced Elizabeth Cuevas-Neunder, a conservative activist and candidate for governor in 1998 and Yinka Adeshina, a pharmacist, in the Republican primary.[1] Scott and López-Cantera faced former Republican governor and independent candidate for Senate in 2010 Democrat Charlie Crist and Annette Taddeo-Goldstein in the general election.[2] Scott was re-elected to a second term.
Attorney General
Incumbent Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi sought re-election and won the Republican primary unopposed.[3] Other candidates include Democrats George Sheldon, former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services for Children and Families[4] and Perry E. Thurston, Jr., Minority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives.[5] Sheldon won the primary, but lost the general election to Bondi.[6]
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam sought re-election and won the Republican primary unopposed.[7] Democrat Thad Hamilton, Broward County Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor and Independent candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture in 2010 won the Democratic primary unopposed.[7] Putnam was re-elected to a second term.[6]
State Chief Financial Officer
Incumbent Republican Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater sought re-election and won the Republican primary unopposed.[8] He faced Democrat Will Rankin, a former Ohio Treasury officer and businessman, in the general election. Atwater was re-elected to a second term.
Florida Senate
20 of the 40 seats in the Florida Senate were up for election. The Republican Party of Florida won a majority of seats.
Florida House of Representatives
The Republican Party of Florida won a majority of seats.
Federal elections
United States House of Representatives
All of Florida's twenty-seven seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Gwen Graham defeated incumbent Steve Southerland in Florida's 2nd congressional district. Carlos Curbelo defeated incumbent Joe Garcia in Florida's 26th congressional district. No other seats changed hand.