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- The 2014 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, concurrently with 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 Tom Corbett ran for re-election to a second term but was defeated by the Democratic nominee, Tom Wolf. Corbett was the first incumbent Pennsylvania governor to lose reelection since William Bigler in 1854, and the first Republican to ever do so. Corbett was considered vulnerable, as reflected in his low approval ratings. An August 2013 Franklin & Marshall College poll found that only 17% of voters thought Corbett was doing an "excellent" or "good" job, only 20% thought he deserved to be reelected, and 62% said the state was "off on the wrong track". Politico called Corbett the most vulnerable incumbent governor in the country, The Washington Post ranked the election as the most likely for a party switch, and the majority of election forecasters rated it "likely Democratic". Despite Corbett's unpopularity and speculation that he would face a primary challenge, he was unopposed in the Republican primary. The Democrats nominated businessman and former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Tom Wolf, who defeated U.S. Representative Allyson Schwartz, Pennsylvania Treasurer Robert McCord and former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Katie McGinty in the primary election. In primary elections for lieutenant governor, which were held separately, incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Jim Cawley was renominated unopposed, and the Democrats selected State Senator Mike Stack. This is the first Pennsylvania gubernatorial election since 1982 in which the winner was of the same party as the incumbent president, and the first time since 1934 that this occurred during a Democratic administration. (en)
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- ;Individuals
* Bob Brady, U.S. Representative
* Jay Costa, state senator
* Maggie Hassan, Governor of New Hampshire
* Brian Sims, state representative and former president of Equality Pennsylvania
;Organizations
* EMILY's List
* International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98
* Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals
* Pennsylvania State Council of Sheet Metal Workers
* Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
* Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania PAC
* United Mine Workers of America
* United Steelworkers Local 10-1 (en)
- ;Individuals
* Lester R. Brown, founder and President of the Earth Policy Institute
* Carol Browner, former EPA Administrator and former director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy
* Peter Daley, state representative
* Anthony M. DeLuca, state representative
* Kathryn S. Fuller, former president and CEO of the World Wildlife Foundation
* Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States
* Patty Kim, state representative
* Jonathan Lash, former president of the World Resources Institute
* Carl Pope, former executive director of the Sierra Club
* Bill Richardson, former Governor of New Mexico
* Robert Rubin, former United States Secretary of the Treasury
;Organizations
* Amalgamated Transit Union Local 85 (en)
- ;Elected Officials
*Rick Perry, Governor of Texas and former candidate for U.S. President in 2012
*Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey and Chairman of the Republican Governors Association
* Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator of Pennsylvania and former candidate for U.S. President in 2012
* Pat Toomey, U.S. Senator of Pennsylvania
* Mark Schweiker, former Governor of Pennsylvania
* Tom Ridge, former Governor of Pennsylvania
* Dick Thornburgh, former Governor of Pennsylvania
* Jim Cawley, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
*Mike Kelly, U.S. Representative of Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
* Glenn Thompson, U.S. Representative of Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district
* Tim Murphy, U.S. Representative of Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district
* Sandra Schultz Newman, former and first female Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
* Mike Turzai, Pennsylvania House Majority Leader from the 28th District
* John J. Taylor, Pennsylvania state representative from the 177th District
* Hal English, Pennsylvania state representative from the 30th District
* Jim Christiana, Pennsylvania state representative from the 15th District
* Randy Vulakovich, Pennsylvania state senator from the 40th District
* Kim Ward, Pennsylvania state senator from the 39th District
;Individuals
*Arnold Palmer, American professional golfer
* Michael Reagan, son of President Ronald Reagan
* Robert Gleason, Chairman of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania
* David L. Cohen, Executive Vice-President of Comcast Corporation and Democratic fundraiser/donor
;Others
*National Right to Life Committee
*Republican Governors Association
*Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania (en)
- ;Individuals
* Jim Brewster, state senator
* Frank Burns, state representative
* Andy Dinniman, state senator
* Patrick Dougherty, Indiana County district attorney
* Michael F. Doyle, U.S. Representative
* Dwight E. Evans, state representative
* Jim Ferlo, state senator
* Mike Finnerty, Pittsburgh city councilman
* Marty Flynn, state representative
* Rich Fitzgerald, Allegheny County Executive
* Wayne D. Fontana, state senator
* Edward Gainey, state representative
* Rick Gray, Mayor of Lancaster
* John Hanger, former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
* Vincent Hughes, state senator
* Ron Klink, former U.S. Representative
* Bill Kortz, state representative
* Eddie Day Pashinski, state representative
* Bill Peduto, mayor of Pittsburgh
* Josh Shapiro, chairman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
* Mark Singel, former lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania
* Matthew H. Smith, state senator
* Mike Sturla, state representative
* Rob Teplitz, state senator
* Jake Wheatley, state representative
* Robin Wiessmann, former state treasurer
; Newspapers
* Philadelphia Daily News
* Philadelphia Tribune
* Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
* Pottstown Mercury
* The Patriot-News
* York Daily Record (en)
- ;Individuals
* Bryan Barbin, state representative
* Ryan Bizzarro, state representative
* John Blake, state senator
* Michael B. Carroll, state representative
* John Cordisco, former state representative and Bucks County Democratic Committee chairman
* Dom Costa, state representative
* Florindo Fabrizio, state representative
* Jaret Gibbons, state representative
* Neal Goodman, state representative
* Joseph Gurzenda, former state senator
* Kevin Haggerty, state representative
* Ted Harhai, state representative
* Sid Michaels Kavulich, state representative
* Deberah Kula, state representative
* Jennifer Mann, former state representative
* Robert Matzie, state representative
* Joe Markosek, state representative
* Ed Pawlowski, Mayor of Allentown
* Chris Sainato, state representative
* Tim Seip, former state representative
* Pam Snyder, state representative
* Tim Solobay, state senator
* Sean Wiley, state senator
* John Wozniak, state senator
* John Yudichak, state senator
;Organizations
* American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 13
* Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 464
* International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 5
* International Union of Operating Engineers Local 66
* National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees District 1199c
* Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters
* Pennsylvania State Education Association
* United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776 (en)
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