2014 South Dakota Attorney General election

The 2014 South Dakota Attorney General election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the attorney general of South Dakota. Republican incumbent Marty Jackley won re-election to a second full term after first being appointed to the position in 2009. Jackley defeated Chad Haber of the Libertarian Party in a landslide. The Democratic Party did not run a candidate.

The Libertarian Party ran a negative campaign, accusing Jackley of large-scale corruption. Haber is the husband of former U.S. Senate candidate Annette Bosworth, who was, at the time, being investigated by the attorney general's office on 12 felony election law charges. A year after the election, Haber still owed over $6,000 for multiple violations of campaign finance law.

Background In 2009, Republican Marty Jackley was first appointed attorney general by then-governor Mike Rounds. Jackley succeeded one-term Republican incumbent Larry Long, who opted to be appointed by Governor Mike Rounds to be a circuit court judge in Sioux Falls. Jackley was then elected in 2010 for his first full term.

Republican convention Jackley ran unopposed for the Republican nomination at the August 2014 convention. Candidates Nominee Marty Jackley, incumbent attorney general

Libertarian convention Candidates Nominee Chad Haber, healthcare worker Eliminated at convention Kurt Evans, former U.S. Senate candidate (later ran for state auditor) Bob Newland, former Attorney General candidate Results 2014 South Dakota Attorney General Libertarian Convention resultsCandidateVotesPercentageChad Haber1550.00%Kurt Evans1033.33%Bob Newland310.00%None of the above26.66%Total

General election Results

By county CountyMarty JackleyRepublicanChad HaberLibertarianMarginTotal#%#%#%Aurora88582.94%18217.06%70365.89%1,067Beadle4,43383.80%85716.20%3,57667.60%5,290Bennett64475.94%20424.06%44051.89%848Bon Homme1,83382.68%38417.32%1,44965.36%2,217Brookings6,75380.83%1,60219.17%5,15161.65%8,355Brown8,56178.06%2,40621.94%6,15556.12%10,967Brule1,44284.97%25515.03%1,18769.95%1,697Buffalo24358.70%17141.30%7217.39%414Butte2,57184.02%48915.98%2,08268.04%3,060Campbell52889.19%6410.81%46478.38%592Charles Mix2,36880.65%56819.35%1,80061.31%2,936Clark1,15085.00%20315.00%94769.99%1,353Clay2,38273.63%85326.37%1,52947.26%3,235Codington7,02183.52%1,38516.48%5,63667.05%8,406Corson51263.37%29636.63%21626.73%808Custer2,84883.45%56516.55%2,28366.89%3,413Davison4,86685.53%82314.47%4,04371.07%5,689Day1,65576.76%50123.24%1,15453.53%2,156Deuel1,38783.76%26916.24%1,11867.51%1,656Dewey80961.90%49838.10%31123.79%1,307Douglas1,13992.30%957.70%1,04484.60%1,234Edmunds1,33485.29%23014.71%1,10470.59%1,564Fall River2,16980.57%52319.43%1,64661.14%2,692Faulk71487.29%10412.71%61074.57%818Grant2,15581.35%49418.65%1,66162.70%2,649Gregory1,48987.49%21312.51%1,27674.97%1,702Haakon78192.54%637.46%71885.07%844Hamlin1,81486.26%28913.74%1,52572.52%2,103Hand1,25690.10%1389.90%1,11880.20%1,394Hanson1,06686.32%16913.68%89772.63%1,235Harding52089.81%5910.19%46179.62%579Hughes5,95289.13%72610.87%5,22678.26%6,678Hutchinson2,35690.48%2489.52%2,10880.95%2,604Hyde51089.63%5910.37%45179.26%569Jackson65977.44%19222.56%46754.88%851Jerauld66988.03%9111.97%57876.05%760Jones42092.11%367.89%38484.21%456Kingsbury1,62883.49%32216.51%1,30666.97%1,950Lake3,69183.72%71816.28%2,97367.43%4,409Lawrence6,69481.79%1,49018.21%5,20463.59%8,184Lincoln13,51486.46%2,11613.54%11,39872.92%15,630Lyman95180.94%22419.06%72761.87%1,175Marshall1,19879.23%31420.77%88458.47%1,512McCook1,64386.84%24913.16%1,39473.68%1,892McPherson85688.61%11011.39%74677.23%966Meade6,82985.62%1,14714.38%5,68271.24%7,976Mellette46974.44%16125.56%30848.89%630Miner68185.88%11214.12%56971.75%793Minnehaha39,81781.51%9,03418.49%30,78363.01%48,851Moody1,72978.88%46321.12%1,26657.76%2,192Pennington25,42182.10%5,54417.90%19,87764.19%30,965Perkins1,06085.14%18514.86%87570.28%1,245Potter1,00990.74%1039.26%90681.47%1,112Roberts2,17974.67%73925.33%1,44049.35%2,918Sanborn68484.76%12315.24%56169.52%807Shannon68031.01%1,51368.99%-833-37.98%2,193Spink1,92883.18%39016.82%1,53866.35%2,318Stanley1,09188.70%13911.30%95277.40%1,230Sully59290.24%649.76%52880.49%656Todd82345.29%99454.71%-171-9.41%1,817Tripp1,84587.48%26412.52%1,58174.96%2,109Turner2,59885.01%45814.99%2,14070.03%3,056Union3,77881.49%85818.51%2,92062.99%4,636Walworth1,55886.22%24913.78%1,30972.44%1,807Yankton5,61781.25%1,29618.75%4,32162.51%6,913Ziebach39169.33%17330.67%21838.65%564Totals208,84882.00%45,85618.00%162,99263.99%254,704

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Buffalo (largest city: Fort Thompson) Corson (largest city: McLaughlin) Dewey (largest city: North Eagle Butte) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Libertarian Shannon (largest city: Pine Ridge) Todd (largest city: Mission)

Notes

See also 2014 South Dakota elections

References

External links Elections & Voting – South Dakota Secretary of State