2014 South Dakota gubernatorial election

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2014 South Dakota gubernatorial election
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Nominee Dennis Daugaard Susan Wismer
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Matt Michels Susy Blake
Popular vote195,47770,549
Percentage70.5%25.4%
2014 South Dakota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
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Daugaard:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Wismer:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Tie:     40–50%
Governor before election

Dennis Daugaard
Republican

Elected Governor

Dennis Daugaard
Republican

The 2014 South Dakota gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, concurrently with the election of South Dakota's Class II U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Contents

Incumbent Republican governor Dennis Daugaard ran for re-election to a second term in office. He won the Republican primary and ran again with incumbent lieutenant governor Matt Michels. The Democrats nominated State Representative Susan Wismer, who chose former state representative Susy Blake as her running mate. Independent Mike Myers also ran, whose running mate was former Republican state representative Lora Hubbel.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Republican primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dennis Daugaard (incumbent) 60,017 80.87
Republican Lora Hubbel14,19619.13
Total votes74,213 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Susan Wismer 15,311 55.49
Democratic Joe Lowe12,28344.51
Total votes27,594 100

Independents and Third Parties

Candidates

Declared

  • Running mate: Lora Hubbel, former Republican State Representative and Republican candidate for governor in 2014. Myers' initial running mate was Caitlin Collier, an attorney and Democratic candidate for the State House in 2008. After Collier announced her withdrawal from the race in June 2014 because of a family illness, [20] [21] Myers attempted to replace her with Hubbel, who had run against Daugaard in the Republican primary. However, Secretary of State of South Dakota Jason Gant refused to remove Collier's name, saying that state law had no provision for replacing an Independent candidate on the ballot. [21] In July, Myers sued the Secretary of State to allow him to change his running mate [22] and on August 18, federal judge Lawrence L. Piersol of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota ruled in Myers' favor. [23] [24]

Failed to make the ballot

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [27] Solid RNovember 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [28] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report [29] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics [30] Safe RNovember 3, 2014

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Dennis
Daugaard (R)		Susan
Wismer (D)		Mike
Myers (I)		OtherUndecided
Monmouth University October 24–27, 2014429± 4.7%68%29%1%—2%
SurveyUSA October 21–26, 2014611± 4%54%34%5%—7%
Mason-Dixon October 20–23, 2014800± 3.5%62%26%5%—7%
NBC News/Marist October 19–23, 2014730 LV± 3.6%67%28%—1%4%
990 RV± 3.1%67%26%—2%5%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 2014527± 8%54%28%—3%15%
Harper Polling Archived 2014-10-21 at the Wayback Machine October 9–11, 2014630± 3.9%53%35%—8%4%
SurveyUSA October 1–5, 2014616± 4%59%30%7%—5%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20–October 1, 2014382± 7%57%31%—2%10%
Nielson Brothers Polling September 21–25, 2014607± 3.35%53%28%10%—9%
SurveyUSA September 3–7, 2014510± 4.4%54%34%6%—7%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18–September 2, 2014526± 6%55%28%—1%16%
Nielson Brothers Polling July 23–28, 2014572± 4.07%53%29%7%—12%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 2014630± 4.5%66%27%—2%5%
Rasmussen Reports June 4–5, 2014750± 4%55%35%—3%7%
SurveyUSA May 6–10, 2014504± 4.5%56%23%13%—9%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Dennis
Daugaard (R)		Joe
Lowe (D)		Mike
Myers (I)		OtherUndecided
SurveyUSA May 6–10, 2014504± 4.5%57%21%11%—10%
Rasmussen Reports February 25–26, 2014500± 4.5%63%23%—5%9%

Results

South Dakota gubernatorial election, 2014 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Dennis Daugaard (incumbent) 195,477 70.47% +8.96%
Democratic Susan Wismer70,54925.43%-13.06%
Independent Michael J. Myers11,3774.10%N/A
Total votes'277,403''100.0%'N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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