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      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. As a result, this was the first open seat election since 1978. Former South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds won the open seat, giving South Dakota an all-GOP congressional delegation for the first time since 1963 and giving Republicans control of both of South Dakota's Senate seats for the first time since 1987.
      Businessman Rick Weiland ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Also running were two independent candidates: former Republican U.S. Senator Larry Pressler, who held this seat from 1979 to 1997, and former Republican state senator Gordon Howie.


      Democratic primary




      = Candidates

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      Declared


      Rick Weiland, businessman, former staffer for Tom Daschle, nominee for South Dakota's at-large congressional district (SD-AL) in 1996 and candidate for SD-AL in 2002


      Withdrew


      Kevin Artz, businessman
      Henry Jo Sinkie, rancher and resort owner


      Declined


      Jason Frerichs, Minority Leader of the South Dakota Senate (running for re-election)
      Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, former U.S. Representative
      Brendan Johnson, United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota and son of incumbent senator Tim Johnson
      Tim Johnson, incumbent U.S. Senator
      Pat O'Brien, author, television anchor and radio host
      Ron J. Volesky, attorney and former state senator


      = Endorsements

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      = Polling

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      = Results

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      Weiland faced no opposition in the Democratic primary.


      Republican primary




      = Candidates

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      Declared


      Annette Bosworth, physician
      Stace Nelson, state representative
      Jason Ravnsborg, attorney
      Larry Rhoden, Majority Whip of the South Dakota Senate
      Mike Rounds, former Governor of South Dakota


      Declined


      Steve T. Kirby, former Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota and candidate for governor in 2002
      William Napoli, former state senator
      Kristi Noem, U.S. Representative
      Mark Venner, former state representative


      = Endorsements

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      = Polling

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      = Results

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      Independents and third parties




      = Candidates

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      Declared


      Gordon Howie (Independent), former Republican state senator and Republican candidate for Governor in 2010
      Larry Pressler (Independent), former Republican U.S. Senator


      Disqualified


      Clayton Walker (Independent), small business consultant and Democratic candidate for state representative in 2010


      Withdrew


      Kurt Evans (Libertarian), teacher and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2002


      General election




      = Campaign

      =
      Rounds was widely seen as the front runner throughout the campaign. However, he faced ongoing criticism on the election trail 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. 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. Benda committed suicide in October 2013, days before a possible indictment over embezzlement and grand theft charges.
      Columnist Jonathan Ellis of the Argus Leader called Rounds' fundraising "anemic" compared to the amount of outside money coming into the state on Weiland's side, and criticized the entire Rounds campaign as "more suited for sheriff of Mayberry County than U.S. Senate."


      = Debates

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      Complete video of debate, October 29, 2014


      = Predictions

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      = Polling

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      * Internal polling for the Mike Rounds campaign
      ^ Internal polling for the Rick Weiland campaign


      = Results

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      Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican




      = Maps

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      See also



      2014 South Dakota gubernatorial election
      2014 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota
      2014 United States Senate elections
      2014 United States elections


      References




      External links


      U.S. Senate elections in South_Dakota, 2014 at Ballotpedia
      Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets
      Official campaign websites (Archived)

      Mike Rounds for U.S. Senate
      Rick Weiland for U.S. Senate
      Larry Pressler for U.S. Senate
      Gordon Howie for U.S. Senate

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