2014 United States Senate election in South Dakota

2014 United States Senate election in South Dakota

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Nominee Mike Rounds Rick Weiland Larry Pressler
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Popular vote 140,741 82,456 47,741
Percentage 50.37% 29.51% 17.09%

Rounds:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Weiland:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Pressler:      30–40%
Tie:      30–40%      40–50%

U.S. senator before election

Tim Johnson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Mike Rounds
Republican

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. With Mike Rounds' election, Republicans held both of South Dakota's Senate seats for the first time since 1987 and gave South Dakota an all-GOP congressional delegation for the first time since 1963.

Businessman Rick Weiland ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination, while the Republicans picked former Governor of South Dakota Mike Rounds. Also running were two independent candidates: former Republican U.S. Senator Larry Pressler, who served three terms in the Senate from 1979 to 1997, and former Republican state senator Gordon Howie.