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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 and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dennis Daugaard (incumbent) | 60,017 | 80.87 | |
Republican | Lora Hubbel | 14,196 | 19.13 | |
Total votes | 74,213 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Susan Wismer | 15,311 | 55.49 | |
Democratic | Joe Lowe | 12,283 | 44.51 | |
Total votes | 27,594 | 100 |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[27] | Solid R | November 3, 2014 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[28] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
Rothenberg Political Report[29] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
Real Clear Politics[30] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Dennis Daugaard (R) |
Susan Wismer (D) |
Mike Myers (I) |
Other | Undecided |
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Monmouth University | October 24–27, 2014 | 429 | ± 4.7% | 68% | 29% | 1% | — | 2% |
SurveyUSA | October 21–26, 2014 | 611 | ± 4% | 54% | 34% | 5% | — | 7% |
Mason-Dixon | October 20–23, 2014 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 62% | 26% | 5% | — | 7% |
NBC 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/YouGov | October 16–23, 2014 | 527 | ± 8% | 54% | 28% | — | 3% | 15% |
Harper Polling Archived 2014-10-21 at the Wayback Machine | October 9–11, 2014 | 630 | ± 3.9% | 53% | 35% | — | 8% | 4% |
SurveyUSA | October 1–5, 2014 | 616 | ± 4% | 59% | 30% | 7% | — | 5% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | September 20–October 1, 2014 | 382 | ± 7% | 57% | 31% | — | 2% | 10% |
Nielson Brothers Polling | September 21–25, 2014 | 607 | ± 3.35% | 53% | 28% | 10% | — | 9% |
SurveyUSA | September 3–7, 2014 | 510 | ± 4.4% | 54% | 34% | 6% | — | 7% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | August 18–September 2, 2014 | 526 | ± 6% | 55% | 28% | — | 1% | 16% |
Nielson Brothers Polling | July 23–28, 2014 | 572 | ± 4.07% | 53% | 29% | 7% | — | 12% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | July 5–24, 2014 | 630 | ± 4.5% | 66% | 27% | — | 2% | 5% |
Rasmussen Reports | June 4–5, 2014 | 750 | ± 4% | 55% | 35% | — | 3% | 7% |
SurveyUSA | May 6–10, 2014 | 504 | ± 4.5% | 56% | 23% | 13% | — | 9% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Dennis Daugaard (R) |
Joe Lowe (D) |
Mike Myers (I) |
Other | Undecided |
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SurveyUSA | May 6–10, 2014 | 504 | ± 4.5% | 57% | 21% | 11% | — | 10% |
Rasmussen Reports | February 25–26, 2014 | 500 | ± 4.5% | 63% | 23% | — | 5% | 9% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Dennis Daugaard (incumbent) | 195,477 | 70.47% | +8.96% | |
Democratic | Susan Wismer | 70,549 | 25.43% | −13.06% | |
Independent | Michael J. Myers | 11,377 | 4.10% | N/A | |
Total votes | 277,403 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
Republican hold |
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