2014 South Dakota elections

A general election was held in the U.S. state of South Dakota on November 4, 2014. All of South Dakota's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat and South Dakota's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on June 3, 2014.

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Attorney General

Election results by county

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Marty Jackley ran for re-election to a second full term in office. The Democratic Party ran no candidate for this office, which left Chad Haber of the Libertarian Party to be Jackley's only challenger.

South Dakota Attorney General election, 2014[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marty Jackley	208,848	82.00%
	Libertarian	Chad Haber	45,856	18.00%
Total votes			254,704	100

Secretary of State

Election results by county

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Jason Gant decided to retire rather than run for re-election to a second term in office.

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Shantel Krebs (R)	Angelia Schultz (D)	Lori Stacey (C)	Emmett Reistroffer (L)	Undecided
SurveyUSA	October 21–26, 2014	611	± 4%	46%	29%	4%	3%	17%
SurveyUSA	October 1–5, 2014	616	± 4%	43%	29%	6%	5%	18%
SurveyUSA	September 3–7, 2014	510	± 4.4%	41%	31%	7%	4%	17%

South Dakota Secretary of State election, 2014[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shantel Krebs	155,647	60.23
	Democratic	Angelia Schultz	84,181	32.58
	Constitution	Lori Stacey	10,258	3.97
	Libertarian	Emmett Reistroffer	8,328	3.22
Total votes			258,414	100

State Treasurer

Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Richard Sattgast ran for re-election to a second term in office.

South Dakota State Treasurer election, 2014[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rich Sattgast	155,758	61.18
	Democratic	Denny Pierson	85,202	33.47
	Libertarian	Ken Santema	13,615	5.35
Total votes			254,575	100

State Auditor

Election results by county

Incumbent Republican State Auditor Steve Barnett ran for re-election to a second term in office. The Democratic Party ran no candidate for this office, which left Kurt Evans of the Libertarian Party to be Barnett's only challenger.

South Dakota State Auditor election, 2014[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Barnett	191,755	79.95
	Libertarian	Kurt Evans	48,103	20.05
Total votes			239,858	100

Commissioner of School and Public Lands

Incumbent Republican Commissioner of School and Public Lands Vern Larson, who was appointed to the office in August 2013 after Commissioner Jarrod Johnson resigned, did not run for election, as per the terms of his appointment.

South Dakota Commissioner of School and Public Lands election, 2014[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan Brunner	174,810	76.45
	Libertarian	John English	53,836	23.55
Total votes			228,646	100

Public Utilities Commissioner

Incumbent Republican Public Utilities Commission Chairman Gary Hanson ran for re-election to a third six-year term in office.

South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner election, 2014[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Hanson	167,726	65.73
	Democratic	David Allen	74,842	29.32
	Constitution	Wayne Schmidt	12,642	4.95
Total votes			255,210	100

United States Senate

United States House of Representatives

References

1. "Election Results: Statewide Races". South Dakota Secretary of State. Retrieved 5 November 2014.