2014 South Carolina gubernatorial election

The 2014 South Carolina gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of South Carolina, concurrently with the regularly-scheduled election and special election to both of South Carolina's U.S. Senate seats, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

2014 South Carolina gubernatorial election

November 4, 2014
 
Nominee Nikki Haley Vincent Sheheen
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 696,645 516,166
Percentage 55.9% 41.4%

Haley:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Sheheen:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Nikki Haley
Republican

Elected Governor

Nikki Haley
Republican

Incumbent Republican Governor Nikki Haley ran for re-election to a second term in office. She faced Democratic State Senator Vincent Sheheen in the general election. Republican-turned-Independent Tom Ervin had been running, but he withdrew from the race and endorsed Sheheen.

Haley defeated Sheheen again in 2014, as she won nearly 56 percent of the vote to his 41 percent.

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