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Election 2014 Results

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2014 South Dakota governor election

Dennis Daugaard (Republican) beat Susan Wismer (Democrat) in South Dakota in 2014, 70.5% to 25.4%, a margin of 45.0 points and 124,928 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2010, when Dennis Daugaard also won.

Republicans led in 62 of the 66 counties and Democrats in 4. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 54,264 votes and went to the Republican by 41.5 points. The closest was Dewey, where 55 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dennis Daugaard won Republican 195,477 70.5%
Susan Wismer Democratic 70,549 25.4%
All other candidates 11,377 4.1%
Total277,403

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 14,716 27.1% 37,228 68.6% 2,320 54,264 R+41.5
Pennington 7,551 22.6% 24,340 72.8% 1,564 33,455 R+50.2
Lincoln 3,513 20.8% 12,768 75.7% 589 16,870 R+54.9
Brown 3,864 32.1% 7,801 64.9% 354 12,019 R+32.8
Brookings 2,792 30.3% 6,105 66.2% 327 9,224 R+35.9
Codington 2,158 23.7% 6,656 73.1% 295 9,109 R+49.4
Lawrence 2,000 22.5% 6,434 72.3% 462 8,896 R+49.8
Meade 1,373 16.5% 6,503 78.3% 432 8,308 R+61.7
Yankton 2,088 27.0% 5,310 68.7% 326 7,724 R+41.7
Hughes 1,113 16.0% 5,688 81.8% 156 6,957 R+65.8
Davison 1,255 20.8% 4,590 75.9% 203 6,048 R+55.1
Beadle 1,433 25.6% 3,974 70.9% 197 5,604 R+45.3
Union 1,092 21.4% 3,754 73.6% 255 5,101 R+52.2
Lake 1,205 24.7% 3,493 71.7% 172 4,870 R+47.0
Clay 1,372 36.5% 2,124 56.5% 260 3,756 R+20.0
Custer 780 21.0% 2,735 73.7% 195 3,710 R+52.7
Turner 713 21.6% 2,373 72.0% 211 3,297 R+50.3
Roberts 1,346 41.8% 1,787 55.5% 86 3,219 R+13.7
Butte 513 16.0% 2,484 77.5% 207 3,204 R+61.5
Charles Mix 893 28.1% 2,172 68.3% 114 3,179 R+40.2
Fall River 609 20.9% 2,125 72.9% 179 2,913 R+52.0
Grant 827 28.6% 1,981 68.4% 87 2,895 R+39.9
Hutchinson 466 16.8% 2,215 80.1% 86 2,767 R+63.2
Oglala Lakota 1,875 70.2% 590 22.1% 206 2,671 D+48.1
Spink 650 25.7% 1,812 71.5% 72 2,534 R+45.9
Day 1,065 44.3% 1,256 52.2% 83 2,404 R+7.9
Bon Homme 577 24.1% 1,718 71.6% 103 2,398 R+47.6
Moody 638 26.7% 1,658 69.3% 97 2,393 R+42.6
Hamlin 472 21.1% 1,670 74.8% 90 2,232 R+53.7
Tripp 348 15.9% 1,793 81.8% 52 2,193 R+65.9
Todd 1,354 63.2% 658 30.7% 132 2,144 D+32.5
Kingsbury 568 26.9% 1,480 70.0% 65 2,113 R+43.2
McCook 462 22.5% 1,522 74.0% 73 2,057 R+51.5
Walworth 370 19.3% 1,493 78.0% 52 1,915 R+58.6
Gregory 366 20.3% 1,369 75.8% 72 1,807 R+55.5
Brule 388 22.0% 1,323 75.0% 54 1,765 R+53.0
Marshall 970 55.0% 760 43.1% 33 1,763 D+11.9
Deuel 484 27.5% 1,203 68.3% 75 1,762 R+40.8
Edmunds 380 22.2% 1,288 75.1% 46 1,714 R+53.0
Clark 324 21.2% 1,140 74.5% 67 1,531 R+53.3
Hand 290 19.4% 1,172 78.4% 32 1,494 R+59.0
Dewey 666 45.7% 721 49.5% 69 1,456 R+3.8
Hanson 280 20.9% 1,005 75.1% 54 1,339 R+54.1
Perkins 184 13.9% 1,066 80.3% 77 1,327 R+66.5
Douglas 171 12.9% 1,121 84.8% 30 1,322 R+71.9
Stanley 208 16.1% 1,042 80.7% 42 1,292 R+64.6
Lyman 318 25.7% 863 69.8% 56 1,237 R+44.1
Potter 170 14.6% 973 83.4% 23 1,166 R+68.9
Aurora 312 27.4% 776 68.1% 51 1,139 R+40.7
McPherson 160 15.6% 848 82.5% 20 1,028 R+66.9
Bennett 276 30.0% 606 65.9% 38 920 R+35.9
Corson 363 39.9% 491 54.0% 56 910 R+14.1
Jackson 233 25.7% 616 68.0% 57 906 R+42.3
Faulk 157 17.6% 712 79.8% 23 892 R+62.2
Miner 224 25.6% 621 70.9% 31 876 R+45.3
Haakon 72 8.3% 774 89.4% 20 866 R+81.1
Sanborn 203 23.5% 634 73.3% 28 865 R+49.8
Jerauld 197 23.5% 627 74.6% 16 840 R+51.2
Mellette 224 32.9% 424 62.3% 33 681 R+29.4
Sully 96 14.1% 565 83.0% 20 681 R+68.9
Ziebach 238 37.9% 357 56.8% 33 628 R+18.9
Campbell 82 13.2% 516 83.0% 24 622 R+69.8
Harding 47 7.7% 517 84.8% 46 610 R+77.0
Hyde 111 18.4% 479 79.4% 13 603 R+61.0
Jones 60 13.0% 390 84.2% 13 463 R+71.3
Buffalo 244 53.6% 188 41.3% 23 455 D+12.3

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Dakota governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kristi Noem (R) R+26.8
2018 Kristi Noem (R) R+3.4
2014 Dennis Daugaard (R) R+45.0
2010 Dennis Daugaard (R) R+23.0
2006 Mike Rounds (R) R+25.6
2002 Mike Rounds (R) R+14.8
1998 William J. Janklow (R) R+31.2
1994 William J. Janklow (R) R+14.8
1990 George S. Mickelson (R) R+17.8
1986 George S. Mickelson (R) R+3.6
1982 William J. Janklow (R) R+41.7
1978 William J. Janklow (R) R+13.3
1974 Richard F. Kneip (D) D+7.2
1972 Richard F. Kneip (D) D+20.1
1970 Richard F. Kneip (D) D+9.7
1968 Frank Farrar (R) R+15.3
1966 Nils Boe (R) R+15.4
1964 Nils A. Boe (R) R+3.3
1962 Archie M. Gubbrud (R) R+12.2
1960 Archie M. Gubbrud (R) R+1.5
1958 Ralph Herseth (D) D+2.8
1956 Joe Foss (R) R+8.8
1954 Joe Foss (R) R+13.3
1952 Sigurd Anderson (R) R+40.3
1950 Sigurd Anderson (R) R+21.8
1948 George T. Mickelson (R) R+22.2
1946 George T. Mickelson (R) R+34.3
1944 Merrell Q. Sharpe (R) R+31.0
1942 Merrell Q. Sharpe (R) R+23.0
1940 Harlan J. Bushfield (R) R+10.3
1938 Harlan J. Bushfield (R) R+7.9
1936 Leslie Jensen (R) R+3.2
1934 Tom Berry (D) D+17.9
1932 Tom Berry (D) D+13.2
1930 Warren E. Green (R) R+6.7
1928 William J. Bulow (D) D+5.5
1926 William J. Bulow (D) D+7.1
1924 Carl Gunderson (R) R+31.0
1922 William H. McMaster (R) R+16.3
1920 William H. McMaster (R) R+39.0
1918 Peter Norbeck (R) R+34.6
1916 Peter Norbeck (R) R+17.3
1914 Frank M. Byrne (R) R+14.9
1912 Frank M. Byrne (R) R+2.8
1910 Robert S. Vessey (R) R+22.5
1908 Robert S. Vessey (R) R+15.9
1906 Coe I. Crawford (R) R+38.6
1904 Samuel H. Elrod (R) R+43.6
1902 Charles N. Herreid (R) R+36.0
1900 Charles N. Herreid (R) R+14.4
1898 Andrew E. Lee (other)
1896 Andrew E. Lee (other)
1894 Charles H. Sheldon (R) R+41.2
1892 Charles H. Sheldon (R) R+26.9
1890 Arthur C. Mellette (R) R+20.6
1889 Arthur C. Mellette (R) R+38.7