1994 Sioux Falls mayoral election

1994 Sioux Falls mayoral election
November 22, 1994
December 6, 1994
 
Candidate Gary W. Hanson Jack G. Rentschler
First round 7,991
29.20% 		8,630
31.53%
Runoff 14,205
55.85% 		11,230
44.15%
 
Candidate Rick Knobe Loila Hunking
First round 4,209
15.38% 		3,931
14.36%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Mayor before election

Jack White
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

Gary W. Hanson
Nonpartisan

The 1994 Sioux Falls mayoral election took place on December 6, 1994, following a primary on November 22, 1994. The election was the first to take place after voters adopted a mayor–council government on September 13, 1994, which scheduled a new mayoral election two months later. Incumbent Mayor Jack White declined to seek another term.

Seven candidates ran to succeed White, including former State Representative Jack G. Rentschler, City Commissioner Gary W. Hanson, former Mayor Rick Knobe, and former City Commissioner Loila Hunking. Rentschler placed first in the primary with 32 percent of the vote, and Hanson placed second with 29 percent. In the general election, Hanson defeated Rentschler by a wide margin, winning with 56 percent of the vote.

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