The 2014 South Dakota Secretary of State election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the next secretary of state of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican Jason Gant retired after serving one term in office.https://www.ksl.com/article/32207634/senate-race-minimum-wage-on-south-dakota-ballot Republican state Senator Shantel Krebs defeated Democrat Angelia Schultz in a landslide to succeed Gant.https://www.aberdeennews.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/06/aberdeen-resident-angelia-schultz-may-be-rising-star-in-democratic-party/44967509/
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Shantel Krebs, state senator (2011–2015)https://www.argusleader.com/story/davidmontgomery/2014/06/21/shantel-krebs-secretary-of-state/11217919/
Eliminated at convention Pat Miller, deputy secretary of state
Declined Jason Gant, incumbent secretary of state (2011–2015)
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Angelia Schultz, writer and college professorhttps://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2014/06/25/democrat-try-oppose-krebs-secretary-state/11343791/
Libertarian primary Candidates Nominee Emmett Reistrofferhttps://www.aberdeennews.com/story/news/local/2014/08/28/secretary-of-state-candidate-assembling-campaign-team/44970309/
Constitution primary Candidates Nominee Lori Stacey
General election Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin ShantelKrebs (R) AngeliaSchultz (D) LoriStacey (C) EmmettReistroffer (L) UndecidedSurveyUSASurveyUSA October 21–26, 2014 611 ± 4% 46% 29% 4% 3% 17%SurveyUSASurveyUSA October 1–5, 2014 616 ± 4% 43% 29% 6% 5% 18%SurveyUSA September 3–7, 2014 510 41% 31% 7% 4% 17%
Results
By county CountyShantel KrebsRepublicanAngelia SchultzDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Aurora58555.56%39737.70%716.74%18817.85%1,053Beadle3,13059.80%1,76833.78%3366.42%1,36226.02%5,234Bennett44952.21%32537.79%8610.00%12414.42%860Bon Homme1,23856.40%78735.85%1707.74%45120.55%2,195Brookings4,78056.16%3,11536.60%6167.24%1,66519.56%8,511Brown6,02753.54%4,54240.34%6896.12%1,48513.19%11,258Brule96058.29%56834.49%1197.23%39223.80%1,647Buffalo11927.11%29667.43%245.47%-177-40.32%439Butte2,10069.44%59119.54%33311.01%1,50949.90%3,024Campbell44978.50%8314.51%406.99%36663.99%572Charles Mix1,57053.00%1,22741.42%1655.57%34311.58%2,962Clark85362.63%42431.13%856.24%42931.50%1,362Clay1,48343.07%1,69149.11%2697.81%-208-6.04%3,443Codington4,93859.60%2,79933.78%5486.61%2,13925.82%8,285Corson37642.92%40846.58%9210.50%-32-3.65%876Custer2,27565.00%85424.40%37110.60%1,42140.60%3,500Davison3,40461.37%1,77231.95%3716.69%1,63229.42%5,547Day99145.69%1,01946.98%1597.33%-28-1.29%2,169Deuel86152.95%61437.76%1519.29%24715.19%1,626Dewey42030.52%86362.72%936.76%-443-32.19%1,376Douglas94878.48%20416.89%564.64%74461.59%1,208Edmunds97162.73%49732.11%805.17%47430.62%1,548Fall River1,79265.96%64523.74%28010.31%1,14742.22%2,717Faulk55667.56%22527.34%425.10%33140.22%823Grant1,40854.28%1,01239.01%1746.71%39615.27%2,594Gregory1,03162.11%50130.18%1287.71%53031.93%1,660Haakon66481.67%10713.16%425.17%55768.51%813Hamlin1,36366.46%56127.35%1276.19%80239.10%2,051Hand91966.93%38828.26%664.81%53138.67%1,373Hanson80364.86%35528.68%806.46%44836.19%1,238Harding45478.68%7012.13%539.19%38466.55%577Hughes4,80372.00%1,55223.26%3164.74%3,25148.73%6,671Hutchinson1,81771.88%57622.78%1355.34%1,24149.09%2,528Hyde40070.05%15126.44%203.50%24943.61%571Jackson52560.90%27131.44%667.66%25429.47%862Jerauld42756.71%28537.85%415.44%14218.86%753Jones33275.97%7316.70%327.32%25959.27%437Kingsbury1,22562.31%62531.79%1165.90%60030.52%1,966Lake2,71460.62%1,42431.81%3397.57%1,29028.81%4,477Lawrence5,22062.88%2,34628.26%7358.85%2,87434.62%8,301Lincoln10,82568.00%4,14326.03%9505.97%6,68241.98%15,918Lyman65657.44%38633.80%1008.76%27023.64%1,142Marshall74146.78%76148.04%825.18%-20-1.26%1,584McCook1,15460.96%58330.80%1568.24%57130.16%1,893McPherson72575.60%18118.87%535.53%54456.73%959Meade5,26067.87%1,75322.62%7379.51%3,50745.25%7,750Mellette29245.91%27543.24%6910.85%172.67%636Miner42654.97%29538.06%546.97%13116.90%775Minnehaha30,21959.42%17,12133.66%3,5196.92%13,09825.75%50,859Moody1,18553.38%88840.00%1476.62%29713.38%2,220Pennington20,38064.75%8,54127.13%2,5558.12%11,83937.61%31,476Perkins86469.51%24319.55%13610.94%62149.96%1,243Potter76971.74%24222.57%615.69%52749.16%1,072Roberts1,28543.43%1,51451.17%1605.41%-229-7.74%2,959Sanborn47260.59%25132.22%567.19%22128.37%779Shannon2168.17%2,20383.32%2258.51%-1,987-75.15%2,644Spink1,27654.74%92139.51%1345.75%35515.23%2,331Stanley86870.45%29123.62%735.93%57746.83%1,232Sully45469.53%15223.28%477.20%30246.25%653Todd39819.21%1,49272.01%1828.78%-1,094-52.80%2,072Tripp1,38367.33%54026.29%1316.38%84341.04%2,054Turner1,94964.09%84927.92%2437.99%1,10036.17%3,041Union3,09164.26%1,40229.15%3176.59%1,68935.11%4,810Walworth1,21769.03%44225.07%1045.90%77543.96%1,763Yankton3,91657.25%2,40035.09%5247.66%1,51622.16%6,840Ziebach24641.55%30150.84%457.60%-55-9.29%592Totals155,64760.23%84,18132.58%18,5867.19%71,46627.66%258,414
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Brule (largest city: Chamberlain) Miner (largest city: Howard) Moody (largest city: Flandreau) Turner (largest city: Parker)
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