2014 South Dakota Public Utilities Commission election
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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.[1]
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November 4, 2014
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County results Hanson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Allen: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | ||||||||||||||||
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Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Gary Hanson, incumbent public utilities commissioner (2003–present)[2]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- David Allen, candidate for state Senate in 2012[3]
Declined
- Jeffrey Barth, Minnehaha County commissioner (2007–2023)[3]
Constitution primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Wayne Schmidt[3]
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Gary Hanson (incumbent) | 167,726 | 65.73% | ||
| Democratic | David Allen | 74,824 | 29.32% | ||
| Constitution | Wayne Schmidt | 12,642 | 4.95% | ||
| Total votes | 255,192 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
| County[4] | Gary Hanson Republican |
David Allen Democratic |
Wayne Schmidt Constitution |
Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aurora | 680 | 64.39% | 330 | 31.25% | 46 | 4.36% | 350 | 33.14% | 1,056 |
| Beadle | 3,476 | 66.02% | 1,577 | 29.95% | 212 | 4.03% | 1,899 | 36.07% | 5,265 |
| Bennett | 438 | 51.96% | 336 | 39.86% | 69 | 8.19% | 102 | 12.10% | 843 |
| Bon Homme | 1,378 | 62.72% | 702 | 31.95% | 117 | 5.33% | 676 | 30.77% | 2,197 |
| Brookings | 5,253 | 62.69% | 2,709 | 32.33% | 417 | 4.98% | 2,544 | 30.36% | 8,379 |
| Brown | 6,543 | 59.41% | 3,982 | 36.16% | 488 | 4.43% | 2,561 | 23.25% | 11,013 |
| Brule | 1,099 | 67.22% | 452 | 27.65% | 84 | 5.14% | 647 | 39.57% | 1,635 |
| Buffalo | 129 | 30.00% | 284 | 66.05% | 17 | 3.95% | -155 | -36.05% | 430 |
| Butte | 2,109 | 71.27% | 585 | 19.77% | 265 | 8.96% | 1,524 | 51.50% | 2,959 |
| Campbell | 473 | 80.44% | 81 | 13.78% | 34 | 5.78% | 392 | 66.67% | 588 |
| Charles Mix | 1,763 | 59.76% | 1,089 | 36.92% | 98 | 3.32% | 674 | 22.85% | 2,950 |
| Clark | 946 | 68.85% | 360 | 26.20% | 68 | 4.95% | 586 | 42.65% | 1,374 |
| Clay | 1,753 | 51.73% | 1,518 | 44.79% | 118 | 3.48% | 235 | 6.93% | 3,389 |
| Codington | 5,516 | 66.64% | 2,393 | 28.91% | 368 | 4.45% | 3,123 | 37.73% | 8,277 |
| Corson | 385 | 44.00% | 412 | 47.09% | 78 | 8.91% | -27 | -3.09% | 875 |
| Custer | 2,247 | 66.26% | 870 | 25.66% | 274 | 8.08% | 1,377 | 40.61% | 3,391 |
| Davison | 3,677 | 65.32% | 1,745 | 31.00% | 207 | 3.68% | 1,932 | 34.32% | 5,629 |
| Day | 1,272 | 57.82% | 832 | 37.82% | 96 | 4.36% | 440 | 20.00% | 2,200 |
| Deuel | 1,014 | 62.59% | 498 | 30.74% | 108 | 6.67% | 516 | 31.85% | 1,620 |
| Dewey | 437 | 32.35% | 819 | 60.62% | 95 | 7.03% | -382 | -28.28% | 1,351 |
| Douglas | 1,004 | 83.39% | 170 | 14.12% | 30 | 2.49% | 834 | 69.27% | 1,204 |
| Edmunds | 1,042 | 67.93% | 402 | 26.21% | 90 | 5.87% | 640 | 41.72% | 1,534 |
| Fall River | 1,730 | 65.11% | 713 | 26.83% | 214 | 8.05% | 1,017 | 38.28% | 2,657 |
| Faulk | 568 | 70.56% | 200 | 24.84% | 37 | 4.60% | 368 | 45.71% | 805 |
| Grant | 1,679 | 64.50% | 796 | 30.58% | 128 | 4.92% | 883 | 33.92% | 2,603 |
| Gregory | 1,200 | 71.22% | 425 | 25.22% | 60 | 3.56% | 775 | 45.99% | 1,685 |
| Haakon | 656 | 82.41% | 106 | 13.32% | 34 | 4.27% | 550 | 69.10% | 796 |
| Hamlin | 1,506 | 73.54% | 446 | 21.78% | 96 | 4.69% | 1,060 | 51.76% | 2,048 |
| Hand | 992 | 70.11% | 385 | 27.21% | 38 | 2.69% | 607 | 42.90% | 1,415 |
| Hanson | 862 | 70.31% | 325 | 26.51% | 39 | 3.18% | 537 | 43.80% | 1,226 |
| Harding | 445 | 80.32% | 65 | 11.73% | 44 | 7.94% | 380 | 68.59% | 554 |
| Hughes | 4,995 | 75.85% | 1,348 | 20.47% | 242 | 3.68% | 3,647 | 55.38% | 6,585 |
| Hutchinson | 2,011 | 79.27% | 438 | 17.26% | 88 | 3.47% | 1,573 | 62.00% | 2,537 |
| Hyde | 414 | 73.40% | 125 | 22.16% | 25 | 4.43% | 289 | 51.24% | 564 |
| Jackson | 528 | 62.71% | 268 | 31.83% | 46 | 5.46% | 260 | 30.88% | 842 |
| Jerauld | 505 | 65.33% | 239 | 30.92% | 29 | 3.75% | 266 | 34.41% | 773 |
| Jones | 359 | 80.67% | 64 | 14.38% | 22 | 4.94% | 295 | 66.29% | 445 |
| Kingsbury | 1,338 | 69.04% | 534 | 27.55% | 66 | 3.41% | 804 | 41.49% | 1,938 |
| Lake | 2,885 | 65.99% | 1,280 | 29.28% | 207 | 4.73% | 1,605 | 36.71% | 4,372 |
| Lawrence | 5,203 | 64.06% | 2,367 | 29.14% | 552 | 6.80% | 2,836 | 34.92% | 8,122 |
| Lincoln | 11,817 | 75.27% | 3,304 | 21.05% | 578 | 3.68% | 8,513 | 54.23% | 15,699 |
| Lyman | 765 | 65.95% | 330 | 28.45% | 65 | 5.60% | 435 | 37.50% | 1,160 |
| Marshall | 909 | 57.03% | 628 | 39.40% | 57 | 3.58% | 281 | 17.63% | 1,594 |
| McCook | 1,333 | 69.97% | 466 | 24.46% | 106 | 5.56% | 867 | 45.51% | 1,905 |
| McPherson | 752 | 80.17% | 142 | 15.14% | 44 | 4.69% | 610 | 65.03% | 938 |
| Meade | 5,235 | 68.83% | 1,783 | 23.44% | 588 | 7.73% | 3,452 | 45.39% | 7,606 |
| Mellette | 325 | 51.83% | 246 | 39.23% | 56 | 8.93% | 79 | 12.60% | 627 |
| Miner | 503 | 64.57% | 246 | 31.58% | 30 | 3.85% | 257 | 32.99% | 779 |
| Minnehaha | 34,129 | 68.23% | 13,852 | 27.69% | 2,040 | 4.08% | 20,277 | 40.54% | 50,021 |
| Moody | 1,334 | 60.66% | 755 | 34.33% | 110 | 5.00% | 579 | 26.33% | 2,199 |
| Pennington | 19,852 | 65.30% | 8,660 | 28.48% | 1,891 | 6.22% | 11,192 | 36.81% | 30,403 |
| Perkins | 853 | 70.91% | 239 | 19.87% | 111 | 9.23% | 614 | 51.04% | 1,203 |
| Potter | 826 | 76.62% | 183 | 16.98% | 69 | 6.40% | 643 | 59.65% | 1,078 |
| Roberts | 1,699 | 56.22% | 1,229 | 40.67% | 94 | 3.11% | 470 | 15.55% | 3,022 |
| Sanborn | 519 | 65.04% | 233 | 29.20% | 46 | 5.76% | 286 | 35.84% | 798 |
| Shannon | 241 | 9.40% | 2,185 | 85.19% | 139 | 5.42% | -1,944 | -75.79% | 2,565 |
| Spink | 1,470 | 63.42% | 782 | 33.74% | 66 | 2.85% | 688 | 29.68% | 2,318 |
| Stanley | 884 | 72.40% | 280 | 22.93% | 57 | 4.67% | 604 | 49.47% | 1,221 |
| Sully | 510 | 77.98% | 117 | 17.89% | 27 | 4.13% | 393 | 60.09% | 654 |
| Todd | 433 | 21.20% | 1,466 | 71.79% | 143 | 7.00% | -1,033 | -50.59% | 2,042 |
| Tripp | 1,531 | 74.03% | 448 | 21.66% | 89 | 4.30% | 1,083 | 52.37% | 2,068 |
| Turner | 2,376 | 76.33% | 607 | 19.50% | 130 | 4.18% | 1,769 | 56.83% | 3,113 |
| Union | 3,311 | 69.57% | 1,233 | 25.91% | 215 | 4.52% | 2,078 | 43.66% | 4,759 |
| Walworth | 1,280 | 70.41% | 314 | 17.27% | 224 | 12.32% | 966 | 53.14% | 1,818 |
| Yankton | 4,080 | 59.08% | 2,522 | 36.52% | 304 | 4.40% | 1,558 | 22.56% | 6,906 |
| Ziebach | 249 | 42.93% | 304 | 52.41% | 27 | 4.66% | -55 | -9.48% | 580 |
| Totals | 167,726 | 65.73% | 74,824 | 29.32% | 12,642 | 4.95% | 92,902 | 36.40% | 255,192 |