United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2014

United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2014
South Dakota
November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)
 
Nominee Mike Rounds Rick Weiland Larry Pressler
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Popular vote 140,741 82,456 47,741
Percentage 50.37% 29.51% 17.09%

County results
U.S. Senator before election

Tim Johnson
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Mike Rounds
Republican

Elections in South Dakota

The 2014 United States Senate election in South Dakota took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of South Dakota, concurrently with the election of the Governor of South Dakota, 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.

Incumbent Democratic Senator Tim Johnson decided to retire instead of running for re-election to a fourth term in office.

Businessman Rick Weiland ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination, while the Republicans picked former Governor of South Dakota Mike Rounds. Also running were two independent candidates: former Republican U.S. Senator Larry Pressler, who served three terms in the Senate from 1979 to 1997, and former Republican State Senator Gordon Howie.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Weiland faced no opposition in the Democratic primary.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Annette
Bosworth		 Stace
Nelson 		Larry
Rhoden		 Mike
Rounds		 Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies April 8–10, 2014 500 ± 4.38% 8% 14% 7% 61% 9%
Nielson Brothers Polling October 2–6, 2013 410 ± 4.84% 2.7% 10.4% 3.9% 46.1% 37%
Harper Polling September 4–5, 2013 252 ±6.17% 6% 8% 7% 58% 22%

Results

Republican primary results[37]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Rounds 41,377 55.54
Republican Larry Rhoden 13,593 18.25
Republican Stace Nelson 13,179 17.69
Republican Annette Bosworth 4,283 5.75
Republican Jason Ravnsborg 2,066 2.77
Total votes 74,490 100.00

Independents and Third Parties

Candidates

Declared

Disqualified

Withdrew

General election

Campaign

Rounds was widely seen as the front runner throughout the campaign.[45] However, he faced ongoing criticism on the election trial for his possible involvement with the State's ongoing EB-5 visa investigation, concerning the conflict of interest that Rounds' administration had when administering the EB-5 program. State officials misused funds to pay for their salaries, did not disclose that they owned companies which they gave contracts to, directed money towards companies that went bankrupt and arranged for loans from unknown sources from shell companies located in tax havens.[46][47][48] In October 2014, Rounds admitted that he had approved a $1 million state loan to meat-packing company Northern Beef shortly after learning that Secretary of Tourism and State Development Richard Benda had agreed to join the company, with Benda then getting another $600,000 in loans that was ultimately used to pay his own salary.[49][50] Benda committed suicide in October 2013, days before a possible indictment over embezzlement and grand theft charges.[51]

Columnist Jonathan Ellis of the Argus Leader called Rounds' fundraising "anemic" compared to the amount of outside money coming in to the state on Weiland's side, and criticized the entire Rounds campaign as "more suited for sheriff of Mayberry County than U.S. Senate." [52]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Rick
Weiland (D)		 Mike
Rounds (R)		 Larry
Pressler (I)		 Gordon
Howie (I)		 Other Undecided
Monmouth University October 24–27, 2014 429 ± 4.7% 31% 45% 19% 1% — 4%
40% 48% — 1% — 11%
Rasmussen Reports October 22–26, 2014 908 ± 3.5% 31% 45% 21% — — 3%
SurveyUSA October 21–26, 2014 611 ± 4% 32% 43% 19% 2% — 4%
Mason-Dixon October 20–23, 2014 800 ± 3.5% 33% 42% 13% 2% — 10%
NBC News/Marist October 19–23, 2014 730 LV ± 3.6% 29% 43% 16% 3% <1% 7%
990 RV ± 3.1% 28% 43% 16% 4% <1% 9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 2014 527 ± 8% 25% 38% 17% — 0% 21%
Public Opinion Strategies* October 18–20, 2014 500 ± 4.38% 24% 48% 16% 3% — 9%
Harper Polling October 9–11, 2014 630 ± 3.9% 33% 37% 23% 5% — 2%
SurveyUSA October 1–5, 2014 616 ± 4% 28% 35% 32% 3% — 2%
47% 47% — 3% — 3%
— 39% 54% 3% — 4%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20–October 1, 2014 382 ± 7% 27% 42% 12% — 1% 17%
Public Policy Polling^ September 29–30, 2014 703 ± 3.7% 28% 35% 24% 8% — 5%
Nielson Brothers Polling September 21–25, 2014 647 ± 3.24% 25.7% 39.4% 23.7% 3.6% — 7.2%
636 ± 3.27% 37.1% 45.4% — 7.2% — 10.3%
623 ± 3.3% — 40.4% 38.7% 7.8% — 13.2%
Public Opinion Strategies* September 22–23, 2014 500 ± 4.38% 23% 41% 19% 4% — 12%
ccAdvertising September 22–23, 2014 1,769 ± ? 17% 39% 17% — — 27%
SurveyUSA September 3–7, 2014 510 ± 4.4% 28% 39% 25% 3% — 5%
42% 44% — 3% — 11%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18–September 2, 2014 526 ± 6% 29% 43% 6% — 1% 21%
Public Policy Polling^ August 27–28, 2014 709 ± 3.7% 33% 39% 17% 4% — 7%
42% 45% — — — 13%
Public Policy Polling^ August 12–13, 2014 726 ± 3.6% 31% 39% 16% 5% — 9%
Public Opinion Strategies* August 11–13, 2014 500 ± 4.38% 24% 49% 15% 4% — 7%
Nielson Brothers Polling July 23–28, 2014 578 ± 4.04% 30.2% 42.9% 14.2% 4.1% — 8.6%
Clarity Campaign Labs^ July 16–23, 2014 3,837 ± 1.44% 24% 34% 10% 3% — 29%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 2014 631 ± 4.5% 34% 59% — — 3% 5%
Rasmussen Reports June 4–5, 2014 750 ± 4% 29% 44% 18% — 2% 7%
SurveyUSA May 6–10, 2014 504 ± 4.5% 30% 44% 17% 3% 2%[53] 5%
Public Policy Polling^ April 30–May 1, 2014 745 ± 3.6% 28% 38% 15% 4% — 15%
Rasmussen Reports February 25–26, 2014 500 ± 4.5% 31% 51% — — 6% 11%
Public Policy Polling October 10–13, 2013 882 ± 3.3% 34% 40% — — 11%[54] 15%
Nielson Brothers Polling October 2–6, 2013 818 ± 3.43% 34.8% 50.2% — — — 15%
Harper Polling September 4–5, 2013 517 ± 4.31% 38% 52% — — — 10%
Nielson Brothers Polling June 10–14, 2013 500 ± 4.4% 27.1% 54.3% — — — 18.6%

Results

United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2014[55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mike Rounds 140,741 50.37 +12.86
Democratic Rick Weiland 82,456 29.51 -32.98
Independent Larry Pressler 47,741 17.09 N/A
Independent Gordon Howie 8,474 3.03 N/A
Majority 58,285 20.86 4.12
Turnout 279,412 54.2
Republican gain from Democratic

See also

References

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  53. ↑ Clayton Walker (I) 2%
  54. ↑ Kurt Evans (L) 11%
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