2014 South Dakota Public Utilities Commission election

The 2014 South Dakota Public Utilities Commission election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect one of three members of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. Incumbent Republican Gary Hanson was re-elected to a third term in office, defeating Democratic challenger David Allen in a landslide.https://www.sdpb.org/news/2014-11-05/gary-hanson-re-elected-to-puc

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Gary Hanson, incumbent public utilities commissioner (2003–present)https://rapidcityjournal.com/blog/pierre-review/puc-s-gary-hanson-says-he-ll-run-for-re/article_a11aef8e-73c2-11e3-a25a-001a4bcf887a.html

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee David Allen, candidate for state Senate in 2012https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2014/07/01/democrats-fill-fall-ballot/11832125/

Declined Jeffrey Barth, Minnehaha County commissioner (2007–2023)

Constitution primary Candidates Nominee Wayne Schmidt

General election

Results

By county CountyGary HansonRepublicanDavid AllenDemocraticWayne SchmidtConstitutionMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Aurora68064.39%33031.25%464.36%35033.14%1,056Beadle3,47666.02%1,57729.95%2124.03%1,89936.07%5,265Bennett43851.96%33639.86%698.19%10212.10%843Bon Homme1,37862.72%70231.95%1175.33%67630.77%2,197Brookings5,25362.69%2,70932.33%4174.98%2,54430.36%8,379Brown6,54359.41%3,98236.16%4884.43%2,56123.25%11,013Brule1,09967.22%45227.65%845.14%64739.57%1,635Buffalo12930.00%28466.05%173.95%-155-36.05%430Butte2,10971.27%58519.77%2658.96%1,52451.50%2,959Campbell47380.44%8113.78%345.78%39266.67%588Charles Mix1,76359.76%1,08936.92%983.32%67422.85%2,950Clark94668.85%36026.20%684.95%58642.65%1,374Clay1,75351.73%1,51844.79%1183.48%2356.93%3,389Codington5,51666.64%2,39328.91%3684.45%3,12337.73%8,277Corson38544.00%41247.09%788.91%-27-3.09%875Custer2,24766.26%87025.66%2748.08%1,37740.61%3,391Davison3,67765.32%1,74531.00%2073.68%1,93234.32%5,629Day1,27257.82%83237.82%964.36%44020.00%2,200Deuel1,01462.59%49830.74%1086.67%51631.85%1,620Dewey43732.35%81960.62%957.03%-382-28.28%1,351Douglas1,00483.39%17014.12%302.49%83469.27%1,204Edmunds1,04267.93%40226.21%905.87%64041.72%1,534Fall River1,73065.11%71326.83%2148.05%1,01738.28%2,657Faulk56870.56%20024.84%374.60%36845.71%805Grant1,67964.50%79630.58%1284.92%88333.92%2,603Gregory1,20071.22%42525.22%603.56%77545.99%1,685Haakon65682.41%10613.32%344.27%55069.10%796Hamlin1,50673.54%44621.78%964.69%1,06051.76%2,048Hand99270.11%38527.21%382.69%60742.90%1,415Hanson86270.31%32526.51%393.18%53743.80%1,226Harding44580.32%6511.73%447.94%38068.59%554Hughes4,99575.85%1,34820.47%2423.68%3,64755.38%6,585Hutchinson2,01179.27%43817.26%883.47%1,57362.00%2,537Hyde41473.40%12522.16%254.43%28951.24%564Jackson52862.71%26831.83%465.46%26030.88%842Jerauld50565.33%23930.92%293.75%26634.41%773Jones35980.67%6414.38%224.94%29566.29%445Kingsbury1,33869.04%53427.55%663.41%80441.49%1,938Lake2,88565.99%1,28029.28%2074.73%1,60536.71%4,372Lawrence5,20364.06%2,36729.14%5526.80%2,83634.92%8,122Lincoln11,81775.27%3,30421.05%5783.68%8,51354.23%15,699Lyman76565.95%33028.45%655.60%43537.50%1,160Marshall90957.03%62839.40%573.58%28117.63%1,594McCook1,33369.97%46624.46%1065.56%86745.51%1,905McPherson75280.17%14215.14%444.69%61065.03%938Meade5,23568.83%1,78323.44%5887.73%3,45245.39%7,606Mellette32551.83%24639.23%568.93%7912.60%627Miner50364.57%24631.58%303.85%25732.99%779Minnehaha34,12968.23%13,85227.69%2,0404.08%20,27740.54%50,021Moody1,33460.66%75534.33%1105.00%57926.33%2,199Pennington19,85265.30%8,66028.48%1,8916.22%11,19236.81%30,403Perkins85370.91%23919.87%1119.23%61451.04%1,203Potter82676.62%18316.98%696.40%64359.65%1,078Roberts1,69956.22%1,22940.67%943.11%47015.55%3,022Sanborn51965.04%23329.20%465.76%28635.84%798Shannon2419.40%2,18585.19%1395.42%-1,944-75.79%2,565Spink1,47063.42%78233.74%662.85%68829.68%2,318Stanley88472.40%28022.93%574.67%60449.47%1,221Sully51077.98%11717.89%274.13%39360.09%654Todd43321.20%1,46671.79%1437.00%-1,033-50.59%2,042Tripp1,53174.03%44821.66%894.30%1,08352.37%2,068Turner2,37676.33%60719.50%1304.18%1,76956.83%3,113Union3,31169.57%1,23325.91%2154.52%2,07843.66%4,759Walworth1,28070.41%31417.27%22412.32%96653.14%1,818Yankton4,08059.08%2,52236.52%3044.40%1,55822.56%6,906Ziebach24942.93%30452.41%274.66%-55-9.48%580Totals167,72665.73%74,82429.32%12,6424.95%92,90236.40%255,192

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