2014 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

2014 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota's at-large district
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Nominee Kristi Noem Corinna Robinson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 183,834 92,485
Percentage 66.53% 33.47%
Noem:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Robinson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Tie:      50%
U.S. Representative before election

Kristi Noem
Republican

 Elected U.S. Representative

Kristi Noem
Republican

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.

Republican nomination

Candidates

Declared

Democratic nomination

Candidates

Declared

  • Corinna Robinson, retired Army officer and Iraq War veteran

Declined

  • Steve Jarding, educator, lecturer and political consultant

Independents and third parties

Candidates

Failed to make the ballot

  • Charles "Chuck" Haan (Constitution), Independent candidate for the State House in 2000

Withdrew

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report Safe R November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Safe R October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball Safe R October 30, 2014
RCP Safe R November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections 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 October 24–27, 2014 429 ± 4.7% 61% 34% — 5%
SurveyUSA October 21–26, 2014 611 ± 4% 55% 39% — 6%
Mason Dixon October 20–23, 2014 800 ± 3.5% 56% 35% — 9%
CBS/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 2014 527 ± 8% 51% 35% 1% 15%
SurveyUSA October 1–5, 2014 616 ± 4% 55% 37% — 7%
Nielson Brothers Polling September 21–25, 2014 574 ± 4.05% 55% 37% — 9%
SurveyUSA September 3–7, 2014 510 ± 4.4% 53% 40% — 6%
Nielson Brothers Polling July 23–28, 2014 574 ± 4.06% 54% 36% — 10%

Results

2014 South Dakota's at-large congressional district election
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 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
Totals183,83466.53%92,48533.47%91,34933.06%276,319

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ↑ Montgomery, David (June 11, 2013). "Breaking: Rep. Kristi Noem won't run for Senate, will run for reelection". Political Smokeout. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ Ellis, Jonathan (October 17, 2013). "Democrat emerges to face Noem for House". Argus Leader. Retrieved October 17, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ Heidelberger, Cory (January 26, 2014). "Jarding Not Running, Not Jumping to Support Robinson and Lowe". Madville Times. Archived from the original on July 24, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Watertown man sues to be placed on ballot vs. Noem". Argus Leader. July 24, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Charles Haan lost Friday. He'll try again today". Argus Leader. September 8, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  6. ↑ "LORI STACEY RUNNING FOR CONGRESS. WILL WE BE RUNNING FROM HER?". Dakota War College. December 3, 2013. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  7. ↑ "WHERE DID THOSE CONSTITUTION PARTY CANDIDATES GO? LORI STACEY DISAPPEARS, CURTIS STRONG UNHAPPY". Dakota War College. April 1, 2014. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ "2014 House Race Ratings for November 3, 2014". House: Race Ratings. Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ "2014 House Ratings (October 24, 2014)". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  10. ↑ "2014 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Daily Kos Elections House race ratings: Initial ratings for 2014". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  12. ↑ Monmouth University
  13. ↑ SurveyUSA
  14. ↑ Mason Dixon
  15. ↑ CBS/NYT/YouGov
  16. ↑ SurveyUSA
  17. ↑ Nielson Brothers Polling
  18. ↑ SurveyUSA
  19. ↑ Nielson Brothers Polling
  20. 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.