2014 South Dakota gubernatorial election

2014 South Dakota gubernatorial election
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Nominee Dennis Daugaard Susan Wismer
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Matt Michels Susy Blake
Popular vote 195,477 70,549
Percentage 70.47% 25.43%
Daugaard:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Wismer:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Tie:      40–50%
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Dennis Daugaard
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Dennis Daugaard
Republican

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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.

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]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dennis Daugaard (incumbent) 60,017 80.87
Republican Lora Hubbel 14,196 19.13
Total votes 74,213 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Susan Wismer 15,311 55.49
Democratic Joe Lowe 12,283 44.51
Total votes 27,594 100

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

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[27] Solid R November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[28] Safe R November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report[29] Safe R November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics[30] Safe R November 3, 2014

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Dennis
Daugaard (R) 		Susan
Wismer (D) 		Mike
Myers (I) 		Other Undecided
Monmouth University[31] October 24–27, 2014 429 ± 4.7% 68% 29% 1% — 2%
SurveyUSA[32] October 21–26, 2014 611 ± 4% 54% 34% 5% — 7%
Mason-Dixon[33] October 20–23, 2014 800 ± 3.5% 62% 26% 5% — 7%
NBC News/Marist[34] October 19–23, 2014 730 LV ± 3.6% 67% 28% — 1% 4%
990 RV ± 3.1% 67% 26% — 2% 5%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[35] October 16–23, 2014 527 ± 8% 54% 28% — 3% 15%
Harper Polling[36] October 9–11, 2014 630 ± 3.9% 53% 35% — 8% 4%
SurveyUSA[37] October 1–5, 2014 616 ± 4% 59% 30% 7% — 5%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[38] September 20–October 1, 2014 382 ± 7% 57% 31% — 2% 10%
Nielson Brothers Polling[39] September 21–25, 2014 607 ± 3.35% 53% 28% 10% — 9%
SurveyUSA[40] September 3–7, 2014 510 ± 4.4% 54% 34% 6% — 7%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[41] August 18–September 2, 2014 526 ± 6% 55% 28% — 1% 16%
Nielson Brothers Polling[42] July 23–28, 2014 572 ± 4.07% 53% 29% 7% — 12%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[43] July 5–24, 2014 630 ± 4.5% 66% 27% — 2% 5%
Rasmussen Reports[44] June 4–5, 2014 750 ± 4% 55% 35% — 3% 7%
SurveyUSA[45] May 6–10, 2014 504 ± 4.5% 56% 23% 13% — 9%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Dennis
Daugaard (R) 		Joe
Lowe (D) 		Mike
Myers (I) 		Other Undecided
SurveyUSA[45] May 6–10, 2014 504 ± 4.5% 57% 21% 11% — 10%
Rasmussen Reports[44] February 25–26, 2014 500 ± 4.5% 63% 23% — 5% 9%

Results

South Dakota gubernatorial election, 2014[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dennis Daugaard (incumbent) 195,477 70.47% +8.96%
Democratic Susan Wismer 70,549 25.43% −13.06%
Independent Michael J. Myers 11,377 4.10% 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

See also

References

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  20. ^ "VERY QUIETLY, MIKE MYERS LOSES RUNNING MATE. MAYBE. COLLIER ATTEMPTS TO WITHDRAW FROM BALLOT, BUT MAY BE BARRED BY LAW FROM LEAVING". Dakota War College. June 26, 2014. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
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  32. ^ SurveyUSA
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  36. ^ Harper Polling Archived 2014-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
  37. ^ SurveyUSA
  38. ^ CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  39. ^ Nielson Brothers Polling
  40. ^ SurveyUSA
  41. ^ CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  42. ^ Nielson Brothers Polling
  43. ^ CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  44. ^ a b Rasmussen Reports
  45. ^ a b SurveyUSA
  46. ^ General Election - November 4.2014

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