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, 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 Dennis Daugaard, incumbent governor Lora Hubbel, former state representative and former chair of the Minnehaha County Republican Party

Declined Stan Adelstein, state senator Stace Nelson, state representative (running for the U.S. Senate)

Results

Democratic primary Candidates Declared Joe Lowe, former state director of wildland fire suppression and former mayor of Mission Viejo, California Susan Wismer, state representative

Declined Jason Frerichs, minority leader of the South Dakota Senate Bryce Healy, former commissioner of schools and public lands Scott Heidepriem, former state senator and nominee for governor in 2010 Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, former U.S. representative Mike Huether, mayor of Sioux Falls (running for re-election) Steve Jarding, educator, lecturer and political consultant Pat O'Brien, author, television anchor and radio host

Results

Independents and third parties Candidates Declared Mike Myers (Independent), former University of South Dakota School of Law professor and former CEO of Mayo Clinic 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, 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. In July, Myers sued the Secretary of State to allow him to change his running mate. On August 18, federal judge Lawrence L. Piersol of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota ruled in Myers' favor.

Failed to make the ballot Curtis Strong (Constitution), Tea Party activist

General election Predictions Source Ranking As of The Cook Political Report November 3, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 3, 2014 Rothenberg Political Report November 3, 2014 Real Clear Politics November 3, 2014

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror DennisDaugaard (R) SusanWismer (D) MikeMyers (I) Other UndecidedMonmouth UniversityMonmouth University October 24–27, 2014 429 ± 4.7% 68% 29% 1% — 2%SurveyUSASurveyUSA October 21–26, 2014 611 ± 4% 54% 34% 5% — 7%Mason-DixonMason-Dixon October 20–23, 2014 800 ± 3.5% 62% 26% 5% — 7%NBC News/MaristNBC News/Marist October 19–23, 2014 730 LV ± 3.6% 67% 28% — 1% 4% 990 RV ± 3.1% 67% 26% — 2% 5%CBS News/NYT/YouGovCBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 2014 527 ± 8% 54% 28% — 3% 15%Harper PollingHarper Polling October 9–11, 2014 630 ± 3.9% 53% 35% — 8% 4%SurveyUSASurveyUSA October 1–5, 2014 616 ± 4% 59% 30% 7% — 5%CBS News/NYT/YouGovCBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20–October 1, 2014 382 ± 7% 57% 31% — 2% 10%Nielson Brothers PollingNielson Brothers Polling September 21–25, 2014 607 ± 3.35% 53% 28% 10% — 9%SurveyUSASurveyUSA September 3–7, 2014 510 ± 4.4% 54% 34% 6% — 7%CBS News/NYT/YouGovCBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18–September 2, 2014 526 ± 6% 55% 28% — 1% 16%Nielson Brothers PollingNielson Brothers Polling July 23–28, 2014 572 ± 4.07% 53% 29% 7% — 12%CBS News/NYT/YouGovCBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 2014 630 ± 4.5% 66% 27% — 2% 5%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports June 4–5, 2014 750 ± 4% 55% 35% — 3% 7%SurveyUSASurveyUSA May 6–10, 2014 504 ± 4.5% 56% 23% 13% — 9%

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror DennisDaugaard (R) JoeLowe (D) MikeMyers (I) Other UndecidedSurveyUSA May 6–10, 2014 504 ± 4.5% 57% 21% 11% — 10%Rasmussen Reports February 25–26, 2014 500 ± 4.5% 63% 23% — 5% 9%

Results

By county CountyDennis DaugaardRepublicanSusan WismerDemocraticMichael J. MyersIndependentMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Aurora77668.13%31227.39%514.48%46440.74%1,139Beadle3,97470.91%1,43325.57%1973.52%2,54145.34%5,604Bennett60665.87%27630.00%384.13%33035.87%920Bon Homme1,71871.64%57724.06%1034.30%1,14147.58%2,398Brookings6,10566.19%2,79230.27%3273.55%3,31335.92%9,224Brown7,80164.91%3,86432.15%3542.95%3,93732.76%12,019Brule1,32374.96%38821.98%543.06%93552.97%1,765Buffalo18841.32%24453.63%235.05%-56-12.31%455Butte2,48477.53%51316.01%2076.46%1,97161.52%3,204Campbell51682.96%8213.18%243.86%43469.77%622Charles Mix2,17268.32%89328.09%1143.59%1,27940.23%3,179Clark1,14074.46%32421.16%674.38%81653.30%1,531Clay2,12456.55%1,37236.53%2606.92%75220.02%3,756Codington6,65673.07%2,15823.69%2953.24%4,49849.38%9,109Corson49153.96%36339.89%566.15%12814.07%910Custer2,73573.72%78021.02%1955.26%1,95552.70%3,710Davison4,59075.89%1,25520.75%2033.36%3,33555.14%6,048Day1,25652.25%1,06544.30%833.45%1917.95%2,404Deuel1,20368.27%48427.47%754.26%71940.81%1,762Dewey72149.52%66645.74%694.74%553.78%1,456Douglas1,12184.80%17112.93%302.27%95071.86%1,322Edmunds1,28875.15%38022.17%462.68%90852.98%1,714Fall River2,12572.95%60920.91%1796.14%1,51652.04%2,913Faulk71279.82%15717.60%232.58%55562.22%892Grant1,98168.43%82728.57%873.01%1,15439.86%2,895Gregory1,36975.76%36620.25%723.98%1,00355.51%1,807Haakon77489.38%728.31%202.31%70281.06%866Hamlin1,67074.82%47221.15%904.03%1,19853.67%2,232Hand1,17278.45%29019.41%322.14%88259.04%1,494Hanson1,00575.06%28020.91%544.03%72554.14%1,339Harding51784.75%477.70%467.54%47077.05%610Hughes5,66881.71%1,11316.04%1562.25%4,55565.66%6,937Hutchinson2,21580.05%46616.84%863.11%1,74963.21%2,767Hyde47979.44%11118.41%132.16%36861.03%603Jackson61667.99%23325.72%576.29%38342.27%906Jerauld62774.64%19723.45%161.90%43051.19%840Jones39084.23%6012.96%132.81%33071.27%463Kingsbury1,48070.04%56826.88%653.08%91243.16%2,113Lake3,49371.72%1,20524.74%1723.53%2,28846.98%4,870Lawrence6,43472.32%2,00022.48%4625.19%4,43449.84%8,896Lincoln12,76875.68%3,51320.82%5893.49%9,25554.86%16,870Lyman86369.77%31825.71%564.53%54544.06%1,237Marshall76043.11%97055.02%331.87%-210-11.91%1,763McCook1,52273.99%46222.46%733.55%1,06051.53%2,057McPherson84882.49%16015.56%201.95%68866.93%1,028Meade6,50378.27%1,37316.53%4325.20%5,13061.75%8,308Mellette42462.26%22432.89%334.85%20029.37%681Miner62170.89%22425.57%313.54%39745.32%876Minnehaha37,22868.61%14,71627.12%2,3204.28%22,51241.49%54,264Moody1,65869.29%63826.66%974.05%1,02042.62%2,393Pennington24,34072.75%7,55122.57%1,5644.67%16,78950.18%33,455Perkins1,06680.33%18413.87%775.80%88266.47%1,327Potter97383.45%17014.58%231.97%80368.87%1,166Roberts1,78755.51%1,34641.81%862.67%44113.70%3,219Sanborn63473.29%20323.47%283.24%43149.83%865Shannon59022.09%1,87570.20%2067.71%-1,285-48.11%2,671Spink1,81271.51%65025.65%722.84%1,16245.86%2,534Stanley1,04280.65%20816.10%423.25%83464.55%1,292Sully56582.97%9614.10%202.94%46968.87%681Todd65830.69%1,35463.15%1326.16%-696-32.46%2,144Tripp1,79381.76%34815.87%522.37%1,44565.89%2,193Turner2,37371.97%71321.63%2116.40%1,66050.35%3,297Union3,75473.59%1,09221.41%2555.00%2,66252.19%5,101Walworth1,49377.96%37019.32%522.72%1,12358.64%1,915Yankton5,31068.75%2,08827.03%3264.22%3,22241.71%7,724Ziebach35756.85%23837.90%335.25%11918.95%628Totals195,47770.47%70,54925.43%11,3774.10%124,92845.03%277,403

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Clay (largest city: Vermillion) Corson (largest city: McLaughlin) Day (largest city: Webster) Dewey (largest city: North Eagle Butte) Roberts (largest city: Sisseton) Ziebach (largest city: Dupree)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Marshall (largest city: Britton)

See also 2014 United States Senate elections 2014 United States elections

References

External links South Dakota gubernatorial election, 2014 at Ballotpedia

Official campaign websites (archived) Dennis Daugaard Lora Hubbel Joe Lowe Mike Myers Curtis Strong Susan Wismer