2014 South Dakota State Auditor election

The 2014 South Dakota State Auditor election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the state auditor of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican State Auditor Steve Barnett was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Libertarian challenger Kurt Evans in a landslide.https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/04/republicans-surging-statewide-races/18505051/

Republican primary Candidates

Nominee Steve Barnett, incumbent state auditor (2011–2019)

Libertarian primary Candidates Nominee Kurt Evans, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2002https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2014/08/10/haber-challenges-jackley-attorney-general/13853971/

General election

Results

By county CountySteve BarnettRepublicanKurt EvansLibertarianMarginTotal#%#%#%Aurora84682.38%18117.62%66564.75%1,027Beadle4,08381.50%92718.50%3,15662.99%5,010Bennett55168.96%24831.04%30337.92%799Bon Homme1,68080.38%41019.62%1,27060.77%2,090Brookings6,11679.04%1,62220.96%4,49458.08%7,738Brown8,67280.51%2,10019.49%6,57261.01%10,772Brule1,32882.64%27917.36%1,04965.28%1,607Buffalo18750.40%18449.60%30.81%371Butte2,36181.72%52818.28%1,83363.45%2,889Campbell53491.44%508.56%48482.88%584Charles Mix2,21278.13%61921.87%1,59356.27%2,831Clark1,08682.21%23517.79%85164.42%1,321Clay2,16271.85%84728.15%1,31543.70%3,009Codington6,38680.76%1,52119.24%4,86561.53%7,907Corson49664.25%27635.75%22028.50%772Custer2,60380.94%61319.06%1,99061.88%3,216Davison4,55084.07%86215.93%3,68868.14%5,412Day1,49174.48%51125.52%98048.95%2,002Deuel1,28081.53%29018.47%99063.06%1,570Dewey67155.87%53044.13%14111.74%1,201Douglas1,07690.57%1129.43%96481.14%1,188Edmunds1,30786.50%20413.50%1,10373.00%1,511Fall River1,97677.43%57622.57%1,40054.86%2,552Faulk67185.59%11314.41%55871.17%784Grant2,02280.69%48419.31%1,53861.37%2,506Gregory1,40185.32%24114.68%1,16070.65%1,642Haakon72490.16%799.84%64580.32%803Hamlin1,67683.84%32316.16%1,35367.68%1,999Hand1,15987.14%17112.86%98874.29%1,330Hanson1,01986.21%16313.79%85672.42%1,182Harding49788.28%6611.72%43176.55%563Hughes5,55286.21%88813.79%4,66472.42%6,440Hutchinson2,20389.44%26010.56%1,94378.89%2,463Hyde47285.66%7914.34%39371.32%551Jackson60274.69%20425.31%39849.38%806Jerauld61481.11%14318.89%47162.22%757Jones39789.21%4810.79%34978.43%445Kingsbury1,52082.97%31217.03%1,20865.94%1,832Lake3,35881.15%78018.85%2,57862.30%4,138Lawrence6,05378.95%1,61421.05%4,43957.90%7,667Lincoln12,41684.81%2,22415.19%10,19269.62%14,640Lyman88479.07%23420.93%65058.14%1,118Marshall1,11077.84%31622.16%79455.68%1,426McCook1,50684.13%28415.87%1,22268.27%1,790McPherson83588.64%10711.36%72877.28%942Meade6,01981.81%1,33818.19%4,68163.63%7,357Mellette43272.24%16627.76%26644.48%598Miner59482.04%13017.96%46464.09%724Minnehaha36,08079.73%9,17520.27%26,90559.45%45,255Moody1,55675.53%50424.47%1,05251.07%2,060Pennington22,96379.31%5,99120.69%16,97258.62%28,954Perkins97884.09%18515.91%79368.19%1,163Potter94488.97%11711.03%82777.95%1,061Roberts1,93071.01%78828.99%1,14242.02%2,718Sanborn61780.55%14919.45%46861.10%766Shannon49124.08%1,54875.92%-1,057-51.84%2,039Spink1,79580.71%42919.29%1,36661.42%2,224Stanley99683.77%19316.23%80367.54%1,189Sully55987.76%7812.24%48175.51%637Todd71842.06%98957.94%-271-15.88%1,707Tripp1,74885.85%28814.15%1,46071.71%2,036Turner2,44083.68%47616.32%1,96467.35%2,916Union3,65481.27%84218.73%2,81262.54%4,496Walworth1,50686.55%23413.45%1,27273.10%1,740Yankton5,05377.92%1,43222.08%3,62155.84%6,485Ziebach33763.58%19336.42%14427.17%530Totals191,75579.95%48,10320.05%143,65259.89%239,858

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