 Griffin was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas in the 2014 elections.He defeated two Republican challengers in the primary election, both outgoing members of the Arkansas House of Representatives, Andy Mayberry and Debra Hobbs, taking 63 percent of the vote to Mayberry's 21 percent and Hobbs' 16 percent.In the general election on November 4, 2014, Griffin defeated Democrat John Burkhalter in the lieutenant governor's race.