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2014 South Dakota Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2014 South Dakota Gubernatorial Election?

Dennis Daugaard won the 2014 South Dakota Gubernatorial Election. Dennis Daugaard received 195,477 popular votes (70.47%). The main challenger was Susan Wismer (25.43%).

See the full head-to-head between Daugaard and Wismer

Daugaard +45.0 pts · won by 124,928 votes
Dennis DaugaardRepublicanWINNER70.47%
195,477 votes
Susan WismerDemocratic25.43%
70,549 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 4.1% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.