[1] In the general election, Republican Dan Forest won 50.08% of the vote, narrowly defeating Democrat Linda Coleman.

[3] When he took office in January 2013, Forest became the state's first Republican lieutenant governor since Jim Gardner left office two decades earlier.

Declared Under state law, if no candidate receives 40 percent of the vote in the primary, the second-place candidate can request a second primary (runoff).

[25] According to unofficial May 8 primary election results, Gurley came in second, and he announced that he would request such a runoff.

[26] Forest won 10 of the state's 13 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.