2014 United States Senate election in South Dakota

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2014 United States Senate election in South Dakota
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Nominee Mike Rounds Rick Weiland Larry Pressler
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Popular vote140,74182,45647,741
Percentage50.37%29.51%17.09%
2014 United States Senate election in South Dakota results map by county.svg
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Rounds:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Weiland:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Pressler:     30–40%
Tie:     30–40%     40–50%
U.S. senator before election

Tim Johnson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Mike Rounds
Republican

The 2014 United States Senate election in South Dakota took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of South Dakota, concurrently with the election of the Governor of South Dakota, 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 Democratic Senator Tim Johnson decided to retire instead of running for re-election to a fourth term in office. As a result, this was the first open seat election since 1978. With Mike Rounds' election, Republicans held both of South Dakota's Senate seats for the first time since 1987 and gave South Dakota an all-GOP congressional delegation for the first time since 1963.

Businessman Rick Weiland ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination, while the Republicans picked former Governor of South Dakota Mike Rounds. Also running were two independent candidates: former Republican U.S. Senator Larry Pressler, who served three terms in the Senate from 1979 to 1997, and former Republican state senator Gordon Howie.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • Kevin Artz, businessman [2] [3] [4]
  • Henry Jo Sinkie, rancher and resort owner [2] [5]

Declined

Endorsements

Rick Weiland

Politicians

Organizations

Polling

Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Brendan
Johnson		Stephanie Herseth
Sandlin		Undecided
Public Policy Polling [21] March 18–19, 2013390± 5%16%68%16%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Steve
Jarding		Brendan
Johnson		Rick
Weiland		Undecided
Nielson Brothers Polling [22] October 2–6, 2013282± 5.84%6.6%30.7%10.1%52.7%

Results

Weiland faced no opposition in the Democratic primary.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Stace Nelson
  • Blaine "Chip" Campbell, state representative [35]
  • Gordon Howie, radio host, former State Senator and candidate for Governor in 2010 [35]
  • Dan Kaiser, state representative [35]
  • Elizabeth May, state representative [35]
  • Lance Russell, state representative [35]
Larry Rhoden
Mike Rounds

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Annette
Bosworth		Stace
Nelson		Larry
Rhoden		Mike
Rounds		Undecided
Harper Polling [39] September 4–5, 2013252±6.17%6%8%7%58%22%
Nielson Brothers Polling [22] October 2–6, 2013410± 4.84%2.7%10.4%3.9%46.1%37%
Public Opinion Strategies [40] April 8–10, 2014500± 4.38%8%14%7%61%9%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Kristi
Noem		Mike
Rounds		Undecided
Public Policy Polling [21] March 18–19, 2013501± 4.4%39%43%17%

Results

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Results by county
  Rounds
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Rhoden
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Nelson
  •   40–50%
  •   70–80%
Republican primary results [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Rounds 41,377 55.54%
Republican Larry Rhoden13,59318.25%
Republican Stace Nelson13,17917.69%
Republican Annette Bosworth4,2835.75%
Republican Jason Ravnsborg2,0662.77%
Total votes74,490 100.00%

Independents and third parties

Candidates

Declared

Disqualified

  • Clayton Walker (Independent), small business consultant and Democratic candidate for state representative in 2010 [45] [46]

Withdrew

General election

Campaign

Rounds was widely seen as the front runner throughout the campaign. [49] However, he faced ongoing criticism on the election trail for his possible involvement with the State's ongoing EB-5 visa investigation, concerning the conflict of interest that Rounds' administration had when administering the EB-5 program. State officials misused funds to pay for their salaries, did not disclose that they owned companies which they gave contracts to, directed money towards companies that went bankrupt and arranged for loans from unknown sources from shell companies located in tax havens. [50] [51] [52] In October 2014, Rounds admitted that he had approved a $1 million state loan to meat-packing company Northern Beef shortly after learning that Secretary of Tourism and State Development Richard Benda had agreed to join the company, with Benda then getting another $600,000 in loans that was ultimately used to pay his own salary. [53] [54] Benda committed suicide in October 2013, days before a possible indictment over embezzlement and grand theft charges. [55]

Columnist Jonathan Ellis of the Argus Leader called Rounds' fundraising "anemic" compared to the amount of outside money coming into the state on Weiland's side, and criticized the entire Rounds campaign as "more suited for sheriff of Mayberry County than U.S. Senate." [56]

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [57] Lean R (flip)November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [58] Likely R (flip)November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report [59] Likely R (flip)November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics [60] Likely R (flip)November 3, 2014

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Rick
Weiland (D)		Mike
Rounds (R)		Larry
Pressler (I)		Gordon
Howie (I)		OtherUndecided
Nielson Brothers Polling [61] June 10–14, 2013500± 4.4%27%54%———19%
Harper Polling [62] September 4–5, 2013517± 4.31%38%52%———10%
Nielson Brothers Polling [22] October 2–6, 2013818± 3.43%35%50%———15%
Public Policy Polling [63] October 10–13, 2013882± 3.3%34%40%——11% [64] 15%
Rasmussen Reports [65] February 25–26, 2014500± 4.5%31%51%——6%11%
Public Policy Polling^ [66] April 30 – May 1, 2014745± 3.6%28%38%15%4%—15%
SurveyUSA [67] May 6–10, 2014504± 4.5%30%44%17%3%2% [68] 5%
Rasmussen Reports [65] June 4–5, 2014750± 4%29%44%18%—2%7%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [69] July 5–24, 2014631± 4.5%34%59%——3%5%
Clarity Campaign Labs^ [70] July 16–23, 20143,837± 1.44%24%34%10%3%—29%
Nielson Brothers Polling [71] July 23–28, 2014578± 4.04%30%43%14%4%—9%
Public Opinion Strategies* [72] August 11–13, 2014500± 4.38%24%49%15%4%—7%
Public Policy Polling^ [73] August 12–13, 2014726± 3.6%31%39%16%5%—9%
Public Policy Polling^ [74] August 27–28, 2014709± 3.7%33%39%17%4%—7%
42%45%———13%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [75] August 18 – September 2, 2014526± 6%29%43%6%—1%21%
SurveyUSA [76] September 3–7, 2014510± 4.4%28%39%25%3%—5%
42%44%—3%—11%
ccAdvertising [77] September 22–23, 20141,769± ?17%39%17%——27%
Public Opinion Strategies* [78] September 22–23, 2014500± 4.38%23%41%19%4%—12%
Nielson Brothers Polling [79] September 21–25, 2014647± 3.24%26%39%24%4%—7%
636± 3.27%37.1%45%—7%—10%
623± 3.3%—40%39%8%—13%
Public Policy Polling^ [80] September 29–30, 2014703± 3.7%28%35%24%8%—5%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [81] September 20 – October 1, 2014382± 7%27%42%12%—1%17%
SurveyUSA [82] October 1–5, 2014616± 4%28%35%32%3%—2%
47%47%—3%—3%
—39%54%3%—4%
Harper Polling [83] October 9–11, 2014630± 3.9%33%37%23%5%—2%
Public Opinion Strategies* [84] October 18–20, 2014500± 4.38%24%48%16%3%—9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [81] October 16–23, 2014527± 8%25%38%17%—0%21%
NBC News/Marist [85] October 19–23, 2014730 LV± 3.6%29%43%16%3%<1%7%
990 RV± 3.1%28%43%16%4%<1%9%
Mason-Dixon [86] October 20–23, 2014800± 3.5%33%42%13%2%—10%
SurveyUSA [87] October 21–26, 2014611± 4%32%43%19%2%—4%
Rasmussen Reports [65] October 22–26, 2014908± 3.5%31%45%21%——3%
Monmouth University [88] October 24–27, 2014429± 4.7%31%45%19%1%—4%
40%48%—1%—11%
Hypothetical polling

With Herseth Sandlin

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Stephanie Herseth
Sandlin (D)		Kristi
Noem (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [21] March 18–19, 20131,069± 3%48%47%—5%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Stephanie Herseth
Sandlin (D)		Mike
Rounds (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [21] March 18–19, 20131,069± 3%44%49%—7%

With B. Johnson

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Brendan
Johnson (D)		Kristi
Noem (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [21] March 18–19, 20131,069± 3%37%49%—14%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Brendan
Johnson (D)		Mike
Rounds (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [21] March 18–19, 20131,069± 3%32%53%—15%

With T. Johnson

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Tim
Johnson (D)		Kristi
Noem (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [21] March 18–19, 20131,069± 3%45%49%—7%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Tim
Johnson (D)		Mike
Rounds (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [21] March 18–19, 20131,069± 3%41%52%—7%

With Weiland

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Rick
Weiland (D)		Annette
Bosworth (R)		OtherUndecided
Harper Polling [89] September 4–5, 2013517± 4.31%38%36%—26%
Nielson Brothers Polling [22] October 2–6, 2013815± 3.43%38%33%—30%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Rick
Weiland (D)		Stace
Nelson (R)		OtherUndecided
Harper Polling [90] September 4–5, 2013517± 4.31%38%40%—22%
Nielson Brothers Polling [22] October 2–6, 2013815± 3.43%36%35%—30%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Rick
Weiland (D)		Larry
Rhoden (R)		OtherUndecided
Harper Polling [91] September 4–5, 2013517± 4.31%35%41%—23%
Nielson Brothers Polling [22] October 2–6, 2013815± 3.43%37%32%—31%

Results

United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2014 [92]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mike Rounds 140,741 50.37% +12.86%
Democratic Rick Weiland 82,45629.51%−32.98%
Independent Larry Pressler 47,74117.09%N/A
Independent Gordon Howie 8,4743.03%N/A
Total votes279,412 100.00% N/A
Republican gain from Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Maps

See also

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