2014_South_Dakota_elections Knowpia

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 edit

Attorney General edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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.