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2014 South Dakota Secretary of State election South Dakota presidential no 2010 South Dakota Secretary of State election 2010 2018 South Dakota Secretary of State election 2018 November 4, 2014 File:Shantel Krebs at SD Hall of Fame induction.jpg Shantel Krebs South Dakota Republican Party 155,647 60.23% File:3x4.svg Angelia Schultz Democratic Party (United States) 84,181 32.58% 2014 South Dakota secretary of state election results map by county.svg 260px County resultsKrebs: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90%Schultz: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% Secretary of State Jason Gant South Dakota Republican Party Shantel Krebs South Dakota Republican Party
The 2014 South Dakota Secretary of State election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the next secretary of state of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican Jason Gant retired after serving one term in office.https://www.ksl.com/article/32207634/senate-race-minimum-wage-on-south-dakota-ballot Republican state Senator Shantel Krebs defeated Democrat Angelia Schultz in a landslide to succeed Gant.https://www.aberdeennews.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/06/aberdeen-resident-angelia-schultz-may-be-rising-star-in-democratic-party/44967509/
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Shantel Krebs, state senator (2011–2015)https://www.argusleader.com/story/davidmontgomery/2014/06/21/shantel-krebs-secretary-of-state/11217919/
Eliminated at convention
Pat Miller, deputy secretary of state
Declined
Jason Gant, incumbent secretary of state (2011–2015)
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Angelia Schultz, writer and college professorhttps://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2014/06/25/democrat-try-oppose-krebs-secretary-state/11343791/
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Nominee
Emmett Reistrofferhttps://www.aberdeennews.com/story/news/local/2014/08/28/secretary-of-state-candidate-assembling-campaign-team/44970309/
Constitution primary
Candidates
Nominee
Lori Stacey
General election
Polling
Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error ShantelKrebs (R) AngeliaSchultz (D) LoriStacey (C) EmmettReistroffer (L) UndecidedSurveyUSASurveyUSA October 21–26, 2014 611 ± 4% 46% 29% 4% 3% 17%SurveyUSASurveyUSA October 1–5, 2014 616 ± 4% 43% 29% 6% 5% 18%SurveyUSA September 3–7, 2014 510 ± 4.4% 41% 31% 7% 4% 17%
Results
2014 South Dakota Secretary of State election
Shantel Krebs Republican Party (United States) 155,647 60.23%
Angelia Schultz Democratic Party (United States) 84,181 32.58%
Lori Stacey Constitution Party (United States) 10,258 3.97%
Emmett Reistroffer Libertarian Party (United States) 8,328 3.22%
258,414 100.00%
Republican Party (United States)
By county
Countyhttps://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/election-resources/election-history/2014/2014GeneralStateCanvass.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20251001122102/https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/election-resources/election-history/2014/2014GeneralStateCanvass.pdf October 1, 2025 live State Canvass Gant Jason Jason Gant November 12, 2014 Secretary of State of South Dakota August 14, 2026Shantel KrebsRepublicanAngelia SchultzDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Aurora58555.56%39737.70%716.74%18817.85%1,053Beadle3,13059.80%1,76833.78%3366.42%1,36226.02%5,234Bennett44952.21%32537.79%8610.00%12414.42%860Bon Homme1,23856.40%78735.85%1707.74%45120.55%2,195Brookings4,78056.16%3,11536.60%6167.24%1,66519.56%8,511Brown6,02753.54%4,54240.34%6896.12%1,48513.19%11,258Brule96058.29%56834.49%1197.23%39223.80%1,647Buffalo11927.11%29667.43%245.47%-177-40.32%439Butte2,10069.44%59119.54%33311.01%1,50949.90%3,024Campbell44978.50%8314.51%406.99%36663.99%572Charles Mix1,57053.00%1,22741.42%1655.57%34311.58%2,962Clark85362.63%42431.13%856.24%42931.50%1,362Clay1,48343.07%1,69149.11%2697.81%-208-6.04%3,443Codington4,93859.60%2,79933.78%5486.61%2,13925.82%8,285Corson37642.92%40846.58%9210.50%-32-3.65%876Custer2,27565.00%85424.40%37110.60%1,42140.60%3,500Davison3,40461.37%1,77231.95%3716.69%1,63229.42%5,547Day99145.69%1,01946.98%1597.33%-28-1.29%2,169Deuel86152.95%61437.76%1519.29%24715.19%1,626Dewey42030.52%86362.72%936.76%-443-32.19%1,376Douglas94878.48%20416.89%564.64%74461.59%1,208Edmunds97162.73%49732.11%805.17%47430.62%1,548Fall River1,79265.96%64523.74%28010.31%1,14742.22%2,717Faulk55667.56%22527.34%425.10%33140.22%823Grant1,40854.28%1,01239.01%1746.71%39615.27%2,594Gregory1,03162.11%50130.18%1287.71%53031.93%1,660Haakon66481.67%10713.16%425.17%55768.51%813Hamlin1,36366.46%56127.35%1276.19%80239.10%2,051Hand91966.93%38828.26%664.81%53138.67%1,373Hanson80364.86%35528.68%806.46%44836.19%1,238Harding45478.68%7012.13%539.19%38466.55%577Hughes4,80372.00%1,55223.26%3164.74%3,25148.73%6,671Hutchinson1,81771.88%57622.78%1355.34%1,24149.09%2,528Hyde40070.05%15126.44%203.50%24943.61%571Jackson52560.90%27131.44%667.66%25429.47%862Jerauld42756.71%28537.85%415.44%14218.86%753Jones33275.97%7316.70%327.32%25959.27%437Kingsbury1,22562.31%62531.79%1165.90%60030.52%1,966Lake2,71460.62%1,42431.81%3397.57%1,29028.81%4,477Lawrence5,22062.88%2,34628.26%7358.85%2,87434.62%8,301Lincoln10,82568.00%4,14326.03%9505.97%6,68241.98%15,918Lyman65657.44%38633.80%1008.76%27023.64%1,142Marshall74146.78%76148.04%825.18%-20-1.26%1,584McCook1,15460.96%58330.80%1568.24%57130.16%1,893McPherson72575.60%18118.87%535.53%54456.73%959Meade5,26067.87%1,75322.62%7379.51%3,50745.25%7,750Mellette29245.91%27543.24%6910.85%172.67%636Miner42654.97%29538.06%546.97%13116.90%775Minnehaha30,21959.42%17,12133.66%3,5196.92%13,09825.75%50,859Moody1,18553.38%88840.00%1476.62%29713.38%2,220Pennington20,38064.75%8,54127.13%2,5558.12%11,83937.61%31,476Perkins86469.51%24319.55%13610.94%62149.96%1,243Potter76971.74%24222.57%615.69%52749.16%1,072Roberts1,28543.43%1,51451.17%1605.41%-229-7.74%2,959Sanborn47260.59%25132.22%567.19%22128.37%779Shannon2168.17%2,20383.32%2258.51%-1,987-75.15%2,644Spink1,27654.74%92139.51%1345.75%35515.23%2,331Stanley86870.45%29123.62%735.93%57746.83%1,232Sully45469.53%15223.28%477.20%30246.25%653Todd39819.21%1,49272.01%1828.78%-1,094-52.80%2,072Tripp1,38367.33%54026.29%1316.38%84341.04%2,054Turner1,94964.09%84927.92%2437.99%1,10036.17%3,041Union3,09164.26%1,40229.15%3176.59%1,68935.11%4,810Walworth1,21769.03%44225.07%1045.90%77543.96%1,763Yankton3,91657.25%2,40035.09%5247.66%1,51622.16%6,840Ziebach24641.55%30150.84%457.60%-55-9.29%592Totals155,64760.23%84,18132.58%18,5867.19%71,46627.66%258,414
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Brule (largest city: Chamberlain)
Miner (largest city: Howard)
Moody (largest city: Flandreau)
Turner (largest city: Parker)
References
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