2014 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota
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The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the U.S. representative from South Dakota's at-large congressional district, who would represent the state of South Dakota in the 114th United States Congress. The election coincided with the elections of a U.S. senator from South Dakota, the governor of South Dakota, and other federal and state offices. Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Kristi Noem won reelection.
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November 4, 2014
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  Noem: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Robinson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Tie: 50% | |||||||||||||||||
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Republican nomination
Candidates
Declared
- Kristi Noem, incumbent U.S. representative[1]
Democratic nomination
Independents and third parties
Candidates
Failed to make the ballot
- Charles "Chuck" Haan (Constitution), Independent candidate for the State House in 2000[4][5]
Withdrew
- Lori Stacey (Constitution), nominee for Secretary of State of South Dakota in 2010 (ran for secretary of state)[6][7]
General election
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[8] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
| Rothenberg[9] | Safe R | October 24, 2014 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[10] | Safe R | October 30, 2014 |
| RCP | Safe R | November 2, 2014 |
| Daily Kos Elections[11] | Safe R | November 4, 2014 |
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Kristi Noem (R) |
Corinna Robinson (D) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouth University[12] | October 24–27, 2014 | 429 | ± 4.7% | 61% | 34% | — | 5% |
| SurveyUSA[13] | October 21–26, 2014 | 611 | ± 4% | 55% | 39% | — | 6% |
| Mason Dixon[14] | October 20–23, 2014 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 56% | 35% | — | 9% |
| CBS/NYT/YouGov[15] | October 16–23, 2014 | 527 | ± 8% | 51% | 35% | 1% | 15% |
| SurveyUSA[16] | October 1–5, 2014 | 616 | ± 4% | 55% | 37% | — | 7% |
| Nielson Brothers Polling[17] | September 21–25, 2014 | 574 | ± 4.05% | 55% | 37% | — | 9% |
| SurveyUSA[18] | September 3–7, 2014 | 510 | ± 4.4% | 53% | 40% | — | 6% |
| Nielson Brothers Polling[19] | July 23–28, 2014 | 574 | ± 4.06% | 54% | 36% | — | 10% |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kristi Noem (incumbent) | 183,834 | 66.53% | +9.08% | |
| Democratic | Corinna Robinson | 92,485 | 33.47% | −9.08% | |
| Total votes | 276,319 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
| County[20] | Kristi Noem Republican |
Corinna Robinson Democratic |
Margin | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aurora | 794 | 69.65% | 346 | 30.35% | 448 | 39.30% | 1,140 |
| Beadle | 3,710 | 66.40% | 1,877 | 33.60% | 1,833 | 32.81% | 5,587 |
| Bennett | 585 | 62.37% | 353 | 37.63% | 232 | 24.73% | 938 |
| Bon Homme | 1,631 | 68.13% | 763 | 31.87% | 868 | 36.26% | 2,394 |
| Brookings | 5,559 | 60.41% | 3,643 | 39.59% | 1,916 | 20.82% | 9,202 |
| Brown | 7,128 | 59.73% | 4,805 | 40.27% | 2,323 | 19.47% | 11,933 |
| Brule | 1,265 | 71.88% | 495 | 28.13% | 770 | 43.75% | 1,760 |
| Buffalo | 172 | 37.97% | 281 | 62.03% | -109 | -24.06% | 453 |
| Butte | 2,521 | 78.86% | 676 | 21.14% | 1,845 | 57.71% | 3,197 |
| Campbell | 529 | 84.64% | 96 | 15.36% | 433 | 69.28% | 625 |
| Charles Mix | 2,130 | 66.85% | 1,056 | 33.15% | 1,074 | 33.71% | 3,186 |
| Clark | 1,043 | 69.35% | 461 | 30.65% | 582 | 38.70% | 1,504 |
| Clay | 1,851 | 49.68% | 1,875 | 50.32% | -24 | -0.64% | 3,726 |
| Codington | 6,105 | 67.21% | 2,979 | 32.79% | 3,126 | 34.41% | 9,084 |
| Corson | 520 | 56.71% | 397 | 43.29% | 123 | 13.41% | 917 |
| Custer | 2,713 | 72.99% | 1,004 | 27.01% | 1,709 | 45.98% | 3,717 |
| Davison | 4,214 | 69.90% | 1,815 | 30.10% | 2,399 | 39.79% | 6,029 |
| Day | 1,312 | 54.74% | 1,085 | 45.26% | 227 | 9.47% | 2,397 |
| Deuel | 1,184 | 66.74% | 590 | 33.26% | 594 | 33.48% | 1,774 |
| Dewey | 651 | 44.02% | 828 | 55.98% | -177 | -11.97% | 1,479 |
| Douglas | 1,119 | 85.49% | 190 | 14.51% | 929 | 70.97% | 1,309 |
| Edmunds | 1,250 | 73.36% | 454 | 26.64% | 796 | 46.71% | 1,704 |
| Fall River | 2,262 | 77.18% | 669 | 22.82% | 1,593 | 54.35% | 2,931 |
| Faulk | 669 | 76.11% | 210 | 23.89% | 459 | 52.22% | 879 |
| Grant | 1,981 | 68.62% | 906 | 31.38% | 1,075 | 37.24% | 2,887 |
| Gregory | 1,373 | 75.73% | 440 | 24.27% | 933 | 51.46% | 1,813 |
| Haakon | 764 | 88.94% | 95 | 11.06% | 669 | 77.88% | 859 |
| Hamlin | 1,639 | 73.43% | 593 | 26.57% | 1,046 | 46.86% | 2,232 |
| Hand | 1,120 | 75.07% | 372 | 24.93% | 748 | 50.13% | 1,492 |
| Hanson | 1,009 | 75.69% | 324 | 24.31% | 685 | 51.39% | 1,333 |
| Harding | 558 | 91.63% | 51 | 8.37% | 507 | 83.25% | 609 |
| Hughes | 4,889 | 71.23% | 1,975 | 28.77% | 2,914 | 42.45% | 6,864 |
| Hutchinson | 2,206 | 79.84% | 557 | 20.16% | 1,649 | 59.68% | 2,763 |
| Hyde | 457 | 75.66% | 147 | 24.34% | 310 | 51.32% | 604 |
| Jackson | 643 | 70.12% | 274 | 29.88% | 369 | 40.24% | 917 |
| Jerauld | 557 | 66.95% | 275 | 33.05% | 282 | 33.89% | 832 |
| Jones | 398 | 85.04% | 70 | 14.96% | 328 | 70.09% | 468 |
| Kingsbury | 1,372 | 65.40% | 726 | 34.60% | 646 | 30.79% | 2,098 |
| Lake | 3,175 | 65.75% | 1,654 | 34.25% | 1,521 | 31.50% | 4,829 |
| Lawrence | 6,168 | 69.50% | 2,707 | 30.50% | 3,461 | 39.00% | 8,875 |
| Lincoln | 11,837 | 70.51% | 4,951 | 29.49% | 6,886 | 41.02% | 16,788 |
| Lyman | 826 | 66.88% | 409 | 33.12% | 417 | 33.77% | 1,235 |
| Marshall | 1,022 | 59.38% | 699 | 40.62% | 323 | 18.77% | 1,721 |
| McCook | 1,452 | 71.07% | 591 | 28.93% | 861 | 42.14% | 2,043 |
| McPherson | 830 | 81.93% | 183 | 18.07% | 647 | 63.87% | 1,013 |
| Meade | 6,410 | 77.09% | 1,905 | 22.91% | 4,505 | 54.18% | 8,315 |
| Mellette | 426 | 63.39% | 246 | 36.61% | 180 | 26.79% | 672 |
| Miner | 586 | 67.36% | 284 | 32.64% | 302 | 34.71% | 870 |
| Minnehaha | 33,281 | 61.86% | 20,520 | 38.14% | 12,761 | 23.72% | 53,801 |
| Moody | 1,471 | 62.02% | 901 | 37.98% | 570 | 24.03% | 2,372 |
| Pennington | 23,350 | 69.75% | 10,125 | 30.25% | 13,225 | 39.51% | 33,475 |
| Perkins | 1,113 | 83.37% | 222 | 16.63% | 891 | 66.74% | 1,335 |
| Potter | 931 | 80.40% | 227 | 19.60% | 704 | 60.79% | 1,158 |
| Roberts | 1,819 | 56.54% | 1,398 | 43.46% | 421 | 13.09% | 3,217 |
| Sanborn | 626 | 72.37% | 239 | 27.63% | 387 | 44.74% | 865 |
| Shannon | 507 | 18.44% | 2,243 | 81.56% | -1,736 | -63.13% | 2,750 |
| Spink | 1,648 | 65.45% | 870 | 34.55% | 778 | 30.90% | 2,518 |
| Stanley | 950 | 74.86% | 319 | 25.14% | 631 | 49.72% | 1,269 |
| Sully | 545 | 79.91% | 137 | 20.09% | 408 | 59.82% | 682 |
| Todd | 632 | 29.25% | 1,529 | 70.75% | -897 | -41.51% | 2,161 |
| Tripp | 1,691 | 77.18% | 500 | 22.82% | 1,191 | 54.36% | 2,191 |
| Turner | 2,339 | 71.59% | 928 | 28.41% | 1,411 | 43.19% | 3,267 |
| Union | 3,693 | 72.47% | 1,403 | 27.53% | 2,290 | 44.94% | 5,096 |
| Walworth | 1,489 | 77.59% | 430 | 22.41% | 1,059 | 55.18% | 1,919 |
| Yankton | 4,778 | 62.67% | 2,846 | 37.33% | 1,932 | 25.34% | 7,624 |
| Ziebach | 346 | 54.92% | 284 | 45.08% | 62 | 9.84% | 630 |
| Totals | 183,834 | 66.53% | 92,485 | 33.47% | 91,349 | 33.06% | 276,319 |