# 2014 Minnesota Secretary of State election

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The 2014 Minnesota Secretary of State election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Minnesota Secretary of State.
Incumbent Democratic–Farmer–Labor Secretary of State Mark Ritchie did not run for re-election to a third term in office. Primary elections were held on August 12, 2014. The Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) nominated State Representative Steve Simon, the Republican Party nominated State Representative Dan Severson and the Independence Party nominated business process analyst Bob Helland.
Simon narrowly defeated Severson in the general election.

## Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

The Democratic–Farmer–Labor endorsement was made on May 31, 2014. State Representative Steve Simon was endorsed by acclamation over fellow State Representative Debra Hilstrom, who conceded before the results of the first ballot were announced and withdrew from the race.

### Candidates
#### Declared

* Dick Franson, perennial candidate
* Gregg Iverson
* Steve Simon, state representative (party endorsed)

#### Withdrew

* Rachel Bohman, former Hennepin County elections manager
* Debra Hilstrom, state representative
* Jeremy Kalin, former state representative

#### Declined

* Roger Reinert, state senator
* Mark Ritchie, incumbent secretary of state
* Ryan Winkler, state representative

### Results

Democratic primary election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Steve Simon | 65,634 | 42.67 |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Dick Franson | 44,700 | 29.06 |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Gregg Iverson | 43,478 | 28.27 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 153,812 | 100 |

## Republican primary

The Republican endorsement was made on May 30, 2014. Former state representative Dan Severson, the Republican nominee for secretary of state in 2010, was endorsed after one ballot when former state senator John Howe withdrew his name from consideration.

### Candidates
#### Declared

* Dan Severson, former state representative, nominee for secretary of state in 2010 and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012

#### Withdrew

* John Howe, former state senator
* Dennis Nguyen, investment executive

#### Declined

* Ted Daley, former state senator
* Pat Garofalo, state representative
* Kent Kaiser, professor at Northwestern College
* Mary Kiffmeyer, state senator and former secretary of State
* Joyce Peppin, state representative

### Results

Republican primary election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Dan Severson | 152,754 | 100 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 152,754 | 100 |

## Independence primary

The Independence Party endorsement was made on May 17, 2014. Bob Helland won the endorsement.

### Candidates

* Bob Helland, business process analyst (party endorsed)
* David Singleton

### Results

Independence primary election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independence | Bob Helland | 3,059 | 51.52 |
| | Independence | David Singleton | 2,879 | 48.48 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,938 | 100 |

## General election
### Candidates

* Steve Simon (DFL), state representative
* Dan Severson (Republican), former state representative, nominee for secretary of state in 2010 and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012
* Bob Helland (Independence), business process analyst
* Bob Odden (Libertarian)

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Steve Simon (DFL) | Dan Severson (R) | Bob Helland (IP) |
| Gravis Marketing | July 2–3, 2014 | 879 | ± 3% | 46% | 41% | 14% |

### Results

Minnesota Secretary of State election, 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Steve Simon | 901,450 | 47.04% | −2.06% |
| | Republican | Dan Severson | 879,022 | 45.87% | +0.23% |
| | Independence | Bob Helland | 94,065 | 4.91% | −0.28% |
| | Libertarian | Bob Odden | 40,729 | 2.13% | N/A |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,134 | 0.06% | -0.01% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,916,400 | 100.0% | |
| | Democratic (DFL) hold | Democratic (DFL) hold | Democratic (DFL) hold | Democratic (DFL) hold | Democratic (DFL) hold |

### Results by congressional district

Despite losing the state, Severson won 5 of 8 congressional districts, including two that elected Democrats.
| District | Simon | Severson | Representative |
| 1st | 42% | 50% | Tim Walz |
| 2nd | 43% | 50% | John Kline |
| 3rd | 43% | 51% | Erik Paulsen |
| 4th | 56% | 37% | Betty McCollum |
| 5th | 69% | 24% | Keith Ellison |
| 6th | 36% | 57% | Tom Emmer |
| 7th | 40% | 52% | Collin Peterson |
| 8th | 48% | 45% | Rick Nolan |