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The Michigan gubernatorial election of 2014 took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Michigan, concurrently with the election of Michigan's Class II U.S. Senate seat, 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. Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Snyder ran for re-election to a second term in office.〔 Primary elections took place on August 5, 2014, in which Snyder and former U.S. Representative Mark Schauer were unopposed in the Republican and Democratic primaries, respectively. Snyder was considered vulnerable in his bid for a second term, as reflected in his low approval ratings. The consensus among ''The Cook Political Report'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ratings )〕 ''Governing'', ''The Rothenberg Political Report'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ratings )〕 and ''Sabato's Crystal Ball''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ratings )〕 was that the contest was a "tossup". Snyder was saddled with a negative approval rating, while his Democratic opponent, former U.S. Representative Mark Schauer, suffered from a lack of name recognition. Snyder was re-elected with 50.9% of the vote. ==Republican primary== Polling indicated significant opposition from Republican primary voters in Michigan towards Snyder's bid for re-election.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Snyder's approval rating gets boost from bankruptcy, Medicaid decisions )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Poll says Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder vulnerable in a Republican primary )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Snyder losing GOP support since Medicaid expansion )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=With Medicaid win, did Gov. Rick Snyder lose some Republicans? Tea party talks potential primary )〕 This came in the midst of discussions by the Tea Party network regarding whether incumbent Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley should be replaced as Snyder's running mate.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lt. Gov. Brian Calley on tea party challenger: 'We have a competition for ideas' in Republican Party )〕 Snyder started running campaign ads in September 2013, immediately following the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Snyder gets jump on 2014 election, launches TV, internet campaign ads )〕 and formally declared that he is seeking re-election in January 2014.〔 In August 2013, Tea Party leader Wes Nakagiri announced that he would challenge Calley for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tea party leader Wes Nakagiri wants to replace Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Calley in 2014 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tim Skubick: Tea Party could be 2014 election headache for Gov. Rick Snyder )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GOP poll says Livingston County's Nakagiri has shot at state's No. 2 post in 2014 )〕 At the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference (September 20–22, 2013), speculation reported by the media also included Todd Courser as a potential challenger to Calley.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Snyder gets top billing, but Calley in spotlight at Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference )〕 At the Michigan Republican Party state convention, which took take place on August 23, 2014, incumbent Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley won renomination. On January 3, 2014, Mark McFarlin (who had originally declared his intention to run as a Democrat the previous November), announced that he would be running for the Republican nomination. He believed that his populist platform was too conservative for the Democratic ticket, and that he could get crossover support in the general election. However, he did not submit his filing petitions in time to qualify for the August primary ballot.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michigan gubernatorial election, 2014」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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