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Election 1894 Results

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1894 South Dakota governor election

Charles H. Sheldon (Republican) beat Isaac Howe (independent) in South Dakota in 1894, 52.6% to 34.6%, a margin of 18.0 points and 13,813 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1892, when Charles H. Sheldon also won.

Republicans led in 44 of the 52 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 8. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 4,676 votes and went to the Republican by 41.4 points. The closest was Lake, where 0 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Charles H. Sheldon won Republican 40,381 52.6%
Isaac Howe Independent 26,568 34.6%
James A. Ward Democratic 8,756 11.4%
All other candidates 1,011 1.3%
Total76,716

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 646 13.8% 2,580 55.2% 1,450 4,676 R+41.4
Lawrence 496 12.4% 1,881 46.9% 1,635 4,012 R+34.5
Brown 264 7.2% 1,730 47.5% 1,648 3,642 R+40.3
Yankton 322 12.8% 1,320 52.5% 872 2,514 R+39.7
Lincoln 189 7.7% 1,424 57.8% 850 2,463 R+50.1
Spink 109 4.5% 1,211 50.3% 1,086 2,406 R+45.8
Union 215 9.1% 1,135 48.0% 1,015 2,365 R+38.9
Day 95 4.0% 1,061 45.0% 1,201 2,357 Others
Brookings 129 5.6% 1,070 46.8% 1,085 2,284 Others
Turner 386 17.2% 1,486 66.2% 372 2,244 R+49.0
Clay 112 5.5% 1,012 49.5% 922 2,046 R+44.0
Bon Homme 162 8.2% 1,054 53.5% 753 1,969 R+45.3
Beadle 189 9.8% 1,118 57.9% 625 1,932 R+48.1
Kingsbury 117 6.1% 818 42.9% 970 1,905 Others
Hutchinson 329 18.5% 1,366 77.0% 79 1,774 R+58.5
Roberts 75 4.3% 1,065 61.2% 599 1,739 R+56.9
Codington 424 24.4% 1,104 63.6% 208 1,736 R+39.2
Grant 63 3.7% 973 56.6% 682 1,718 R+53.0
McCook 467 28.0% 671 40.2% 531 1,669 R+12.2
Lake 109 6.6% 766 46.7% 766 1,641 R+40.0
Clark 98 6.0% 802 49.3% 727 1,627 R+43.3
Pennington 202 13.0% 732 47.1% 621 1,555 R+34.1
Moody 62 4.1% 764 50.6% 683 1,509 R+46.5
Davison 86 6.0% 637 44.2% 718 1,441 Others
Brule 483 35.9% 614 45.7% 248 1,345 R+9.7
Hand 59 4.6% 639 49.5% 592 1,290 R+45.0
Miner 299 24.3% 541 44.0% 389 1,229 R+19.7
Deuel 137 11.2% 575 47.2% 507 1,219 R+35.9
Hamlin 73 6.0% 688 56.8% 451 1,212 R+50.7
Meade 206 17.5% 425 36.2% 543 1,174 Others
Hanson 339 29.4% 413 35.8% 401 1,153 R+6.4
McPherson 78 6.9% 772 68.0% 286 1,136 R+61.1
Douglas 73 6.7% 624 56.9% 400 1,097 R+50.2
Sanborn 44 4.1% 509 46.9% 533 1,086 Others
Fall River 227 21.3% 636 59.7% 202 1,065 R+38.4
Custer 222 21.2% 528 50.5% 296 1,046 R+29.3
Edmunds 209 20.8% 501 49.9% 295 1,005 R+29.1
Aurora 157 16.2% 442 45.6% 371 970 R+29.4
Campbell 17 1.8% 541 56.6% 397 955 R+54.9
Charles Mix 100 10.6% 503 53.3% 341 944 R+42.7
Marshall 60 6.4% 404 43.3% 468 932 Others
Faulk 121 13.6% 608 68.3% 161 890 R+54.7
Hughes 104 14.5% 529 73.8% 84 717 R+59.3
Jerauld 21 2.9% 297 41.5% 398 716 Others
Potter 107 15.7% 359 52.7% 215 681 R+37.0
Walworth 27 4.4% 322 53.0% 258 607 R+48.6
Butte 45 8.0% 275 48.6% 246 566 R+40.6
Sully 28 5.6% 286 56.9% 189 503 R+51.3
Hyde 44 12.7% 237 68.3% 66 347 R+55.6
Lyman 45 18.8% 139 57.9% 56 240 R+39.2
Stanley 79 38.5% 115 56.1% 11 205 R+17.6
Buffalo 6 3.3% 100 54.6% 77 183 R+51.4

Counties as they stood in 1894; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Dakota governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kristi Noem (R) R+26.8
2018 Kristi Noem (R) R+3.4
2014 Dennis Daugaard (R) R+45.0
2010 Dennis Daugaard (R) R+23.0
2006 Mike Rounds (R) R+25.6
2002 Mike Rounds (R) R+14.8
1998 William J. Janklow (R) R+31.2
1994 William J. Janklow (R) R+14.8
1990 George S. Mickelson (R) R+17.8
1986 George S. Mickelson (R) R+3.6
1982 William J. Janklow (R) R+41.7
1978 William J. Janklow (R) R+13.3
1974 Richard F. Kneip (D) D+7.2
1972 Richard F. Kneip (D) D+20.1
1970 Richard F. Kneip (D) D+9.7
1968 Frank Farrar (R) R+15.3
1966 Nils Boe (R) R+15.4
1964 Nils A. Boe (R) R+3.3
1962 Archie M. Gubbrud (R) R+12.2
1960 Archie M. Gubbrud (R) R+1.5
1958 Ralph Herseth (D) D+2.8
1956 Joe Foss (R) R+8.8
1954 Joe Foss (R) R+13.3
1952 Sigurd Anderson (R) R+40.3
1950 Sigurd Anderson (R) R+21.8
1948 George T. Mickelson (R) R+22.2
1946 George T. Mickelson (R) R+34.3
1944 Merrell Q. Sharpe (R) R+31.0
1942 Merrell Q. Sharpe (R) R+23.0
1940 Harlan J. Bushfield (R) R+10.3
1938 Harlan J. Bushfield (R) R+7.9
1936 Leslie Jensen (R) R+3.2
1934 Tom Berry (D) D+17.9
1932 Tom Berry (D) D+13.2
1930 Warren E. Green (R) R+6.7
1928 William J. Bulow (D) D+5.5
1926 William J. Bulow (D) D+7.1
1924 Carl Gunderson (R) R+31.0
1922 William H. McMaster (R) R+16.3
1920 William H. McMaster (R) R+39.0
1918 Peter Norbeck (R) R+34.6
1916 Peter Norbeck (R) R+17.3
1914 Frank M. Byrne (R) R+14.9
1912 Frank M. Byrne (R) R+2.8
1910 Robert S. Vessey (R) R+22.5
1908 Robert S. Vessey (R) R+15.9
1906 Coe I. Crawford (R) R+38.6
1904 Samuel H. Elrod (R) R+43.6
1902 Charles N. Herreid (R) R+36.0
1900 Charles N. Herreid (R) R+14.4
1898 Andrew E. Lee (other)
1896 Andrew E. Lee (other)
1894 Charles H. Sheldon (R) R+41.2
1892 Charles H. Sheldon (R) R+26.9
1890 Arthur C. Mellette (R) R+20.6
1889 Arthur C. Mellette (R) R+38.7