2014 South Dakota State Treasurer election
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November 4, 2014
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 County results Sattgast: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Pierson: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2014 South Dakota State Treasurer election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the state treasurer of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican Rich Sattgast was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic challenger Denny Pierson in a landslide.[1]
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Rich Sattgast, incumbent state treasurer (2011–2019)[2]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Denny Pierson, retired insurance agent[3]
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Ken Santema, project manager[4]
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Rich Sattgast (incumbent) | 155,758 | 61.18% | ||
| Democratic | Denny Pierson | 85,202 | 33.47% | ||
| Libertarian | Ken Santema | 13,615 | 5.35% | ||
| Total votes | 254,575 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
| County[5] | Rich Sattgast Republican |
Denny Pierson Democratic |
Ken Santema Libertarian |
Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aurora | 552 | 50.83% | 491 | 45.21% | 43 | 3.96% | 61 | 5.62% | 1,086 |
| Beadle | 3,588 | 67.49% | 1,542 | 29.01% | 186 | 3.50% | 2,046 | 38.49% | 5,316 |
| Bennett | 440 | 51.76% | 354 | 41.65% | 56 | 6.59% | 86 | 10.12% | 850 |
| Bon Homme | 1,286 | 58.83% | 792 | 36.23% | 108 | 4.94% | 494 | 22.60% | 2,186 |
| Brookings | 4,657 | 56.12% | 2,954 | 35.59% | 688 | 8.29% | 1,703 | 20.52% | 8,299 |
| Brown | 6,206 | 56.34% | 4,202 | 38.15% | 607 | 5.51% | 2,004 | 18.19% | 11,015 |
| Brule | 1,032 | 62.97% | 536 | 32.70% | 71 | 4.33% | 496 | 30.26% | 1,639 |
| Buffalo | 133 | 30.86% | 278 | 64.50% | 20 | 4.64% | -145 | -33.64% | 431 |
| Butte | 2,115 | 71.67% | 611 | 20.70% | 225 | 7.62% | 1,504 | 50.97% | 2,951 |
| Campbell | 476 | 81.93% | 91 | 15.66% | 14 | 2.41% | 385 | 66.27% | 581 |
| Charles Mix | 1,631 | 55.19% | 1,203 | 40.71% | 121 | 4.09% | 428 | 14.48% | 2,955 |
| Clark | 918 | 67.90% | 378 | 27.96% | 56 | 4.14% | 540 | 39.94% | 1,352 |
| Clay | 1,505 | 44.40% | 1,687 | 49.76% | 198 | 5.84% | -182 | -5.37% | 3,390 |
| Codington | 5,119 | 62.46% | 2,650 | 32.33% | 427 | 5.21% | 2,469 | 30.12% | 8,196 |
| Corson | 382 | 44.37% | 429 | 49.83% | 50 | 5.81% | -47 | -5.46% | 861 |
| Custer | 2,273 | 66.38% | 884 | 25.82% | 267 | 7.80% | 1,389 | 40.57% | 3,424 |
| Davison | 3,216 | 56.47% | 2,265 | 39.77% | 214 | 3.76% | 951 | 16.70% | 5,695 |
| Day | 1,083 | 50.35% | 951 | 44.21% | 117 | 5.44% | 132 | 6.14% | 2,151 |
| Deuel | 950 | 58.93% | 547 | 33.93% | 115 | 7.13% | 403 | 25.00% | 1,612 |
| Dewey | 473 | 34.60% | 820 | 59.99% | 74 | 5.41% | -347 | -25.38% | 1,367 |
| Douglas | 932 | 77.28% | 248 | 20.56% | 26 | 2.16% | 684 | 56.72% | 1,206 |
| Edmunds | 997 | 64.87% | 470 | 30.58% | 70 | 4.55% | 527 | 34.29% | 1,537 |
| Fall River | 1,718 | 64.95% | 718 | 27.15% | 209 | 7.90% | 1,000 | 37.81% | 2,645 |
| Faulk | 602 | 73.06% | 194 | 23.54% | 28 | 3.40% | 408 | 49.51% | 824 |
| Grant | 1,602 | 61.45% | 876 | 33.60% | 129 | 4.95% | 726 | 27.85% | 2,607 |
| Gregory | 1,086 | 64.34% | 526 | 31.16% | 76 | 4.50% | 560 | 33.18% | 1,688 |
| Haakon | 644 | 81.21% | 120 | 15.13% | 29 | 3.66% | 524 | 66.08% | 793 |
| Hamlin | 1,439 | 69.82% | 499 | 24.21% | 123 | 5.97% | 940 | 45.61% | 2,061 |
| Hand | 1,045 | 74.11% | 324 | 22.98% | 41 | 2.91% | 721 | 51.13% | 1,410 |
| Hanson | 792 | 63.92% | 398 | 32.12% | 49 | 3.95% | 394 | 31.80% | 1,239 |
| Harding | 446 | 79.93% | 73 | 13.08% | 39 | 6.99% | 373 | 66.85% | 558 |
| Hughes | 4,974 | 74.75% | 1,432 | 21.52% | 248 | 3.73% | 3,542 | 53.23% | 6,654 |
| Hutchinson | 1,797 | 72.78% | 602 | 24.38% | 70 | 2.84% | 1,195 | 48.40% | 2,469 |
| Hyde | 421 | 73.47% | 134 | 23.39% | 18 | 3.14% | 287 | 50.09% | 573 |
| Jackson | 521 | 61.51% | 279 | 32.94% | 47 | 5.55% | 242 | 28.57% | 847 |
| Jerauld | 472 | 61.22% | 273 | 35.41% | 26 | 3.37% | 199 | 25.81% | 771 |
| Jones | 359 | 80.49% | 69 | 15.47% | 18 | 4.04% | 290 | 65.02% | 446 |
| Kingsbury | 1,233 | 63.72% | 608 | 31.42% | 94 | 4.86% | 625 | 32.30% | 1,935 |
| Lake | 2,649 | 60.42% | 1,507 | 34.38% | 228 | 5.20% | 1,142 | 26.05% | 4,384 |
| Lawrence | 5,407 | 65.56% | 2,258 | 27.38% | 583 | 7.07% | 3,149 | 38.18% | 8,248 |
| Lincoln | 10,355 | 66.94% | 4,393 | 28.40% | 721 | 4.66% | 5,962 | 38.54% | 15,469 |
| Lyman | 743 | 63.61% | 367 | 31.42% | 58 | 4.97% | 376 | 32.19% | 1,168 |
| Marshall | 783 | 50.22% | 719 | 46.12% | 57 | 3.66% | 64 | 4.11% | 1,559 |
| McCook | 1,153 | 61.17% | 650 | 34.48% | 82 | 4.35% | 503 | 26.68% | 1,885 |
| McPherson | 736 | 78.13% | 165 | 17.52% | 41 | 4.35% | 571 | 60.62% | 942 |
| Meade | 5,295 | 69.56% | 1,785 | 23.45% | 532 | 6.99% | 3,510 | 46.11% | 7,612 |
| Mellette | 348 | 54.98% | 241 | 38.07% | 44 | 6.95% | 107 | 16.90% | 633 |
| Miner | 462 | 58.63% | 297 | 37.69% | 29 | 3.68% | 165 | 20.94% | 788 |
| Minnehaha | 28,217 | 57.12% | 18,668 | 37.79% | 2,515 | 5.09% | 9,549 | 19.33% | 49,400 |
| Moody | 1,180 | 54.13% | 887 | 40.69% | 113 | 5.18% | 293 | 13.44% | 2,180 |
| Pennington | 20,189 | 65.28% | 8,798 | 28.45% | 1,940 | 6.27% | 11,391 | 36.83% | 30,927 |
| Perkins | 839 | 70.03% | 272 | 22.70% | 87 | 7.26% | 567 | 47.33% | 1,198 |
| Potter | 818 | 76.59% | 215 | 20.13% | 35 | 3.28% | 603 | 56.46% | 1,068 |
| Roberts | 1,431 | 48.71% | 1,389 | 47.28% | 118 | 4.02% | 42 | 1.43% | 2,938 |
| Sanborn | 509 | 63.55% | 257 | 32.08% | 35 | 4.37% | 252 | 31.46% | 801 |
| Shannon | 219 | 8.48% | 2,216 | 85.76% | 149 | 5.77% | -1,997 | -77.28% | 2,584 |
| Spink | 1,414 | 61.19% | 804 | 34.79% | 93 | 4.02% | 610 | 26.40% | 2,311 |
| Stanley | 919 | 74.59% | 261 | 21.19% | 52 | 4.22% | 658 | 53.41% | 1,232 |
| Sully | 508 | 77.20% | 117 | 17.78% | 33 | 5.02% | 391 | 59.42% | 658 |
| Todd | 441 | 21.65% | 1,473 | 72.31% | 123 | 6.04% | -1,032 | -50.66% | 2,037 |
| Tripp | 1,508 | 72.40% | 491 | 23.57% | 84 | 4.03% | 1,017 | 48.82% | 2,083 |
| Turner | 2,001 | 66.19% | 881 | 29.14% | 141 | 4.66% | 1,120 | 37.05% | 3,023 |
| Union | 3,096 | 65.18% | 1,405 | 29.58% | 249 | 5.24% | 1,691 | 35.60% | 4,750 |
| Walworth | 1,267 | 71.83% | 422 | 23.92% | 75 | 4.25% | 845 | 47.90% | 1,764 |
| Yankton | 3,912 | 58.07% | 2,462 | 36.54% | 363 | 5.39% | 1,450 | 21.52% | 6,737 |
| Ziebach | 244 | 42.36% | 294 | 51.04% | 38 | 6.60% | -50 | -8.68% | 576 |
| Totals | 155,758 | 61.18% | 85,202 | 33.47% | 13,615 | 5.35% | 70,556 | 27.72% | 254,575 |
References
- ↑ https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/04/republicans-surging-statewide-races/18505051/
- ↑ https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/sattgast-has-money-advantage-over-pierson-in-treasurer-race
- ↑ https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/mitchell-native-pierson-going-after-state-treasurer-spot
- ↑ https://www.aberdeennews.com/story/news/local/2014/09/06/political-blogger-runs-for-state-office/45487671/
- 1 2 Gant, Jason (November 12, 2014). "State Canvass" (PDF). Secretary of State of South Dakota. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 1, 2025. Retrieved August 14, 2026.