Country: | South Dakota |
Election Date: | November 4, 2014 |
Previous Year: | 2012 |
Previous Election: | 2012 South Dakota elections |
Next Year: | 2016 |
Next Election: | 2016 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.
See main article: 2014 South Dakota gubernatorial election.
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.
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 | class=small | Sample size | class=small | Margin | Shantel Krebs (R) | Angelia Schultz (D) | Lori Stacey (C) | Emmett Reistroffer (L) | Undecided |
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SurveyUSA | October 21–26, 2014 | 611 | ± 4% | align=center | 46% | 29% | 4% | 3% | 17% | |
SurveyUSA | October 1–5, 2014 | 616 | ± 4% | align=center | 43% | 29% | 6% | 5% | 18% | |
SurveyUSA | September 3–7, 2014 | 510 | align=center | 41% | 31% | 7% | 4% | 17% |
Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Richard Sattgast ran for re-election to a second term in office.
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.
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.
Incumbent Republican Public Utilities Commission Chairman Gary Hanson ran for re-election to a third six-year term in office.
See main article: United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2014.
See main article: United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2014.