The 2014 Wayne County Executive election was held on November 4, 2014. Incumbent County Executive Robert A. Ficano ran for re-election to his fourth term. However, Ficano's administration faced a federal investigation into alleged corruption, which resulted in several of Ficano's aides pleading guilty to criminal charges. Ficano faced many challengers in the Democratic primary, and was ultimately defeated in a landslide, winning just 6 percent of the vote while former County Sheriff Warren Evans won the nomination with 44 percent of the vote. In the general election, Evans faced John Dalton, the Republican nominee and a member of the Livonia Human Relations Commission. Evans defeated Dalton in a landslide, receiving 70 percent of the vote.
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Warren Evans, former Chief of the Detroit Police Department, former Wayne County Sheriff, 2009 candidate for Mayor of Detroit
- William R. Wild, Mayor of Westland
- Phil Cavanagh, State Representative
- Kevin M. McNamara, Wayne County Commissioner
- Robert Ficano, incumbent County Executive
- Bettie Cook Scott, former State Representative
- Christopher Wojtowicz, county claims investigator
- Cindy Darrah, 2013 candidate for Detroit City Clerk
- Sigmunt John Szczepkowski, Jr., perennial candidate
- Adam Salam Adamski (formerly Mario Nesr Fundarski), 2010 Republican nominee for Wayne County Executive, businessman, anti-Israel activist
- Russell George Leviska, former county employee
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
- John Dalton, Schoolcraft College student, member of the Livonia Human Relations Commission
- Fred A. Bolden, computer consultant
- Daniel K. Wenderlich, Livonia resident
Results
General election
Results
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