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1906 South Dakota governor election

Coe I. Crawford (Republican) beat John A. Stransky (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1906, 65.3% to 26.7%, a margin of 38.6 points and 28,786 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1904, when Samuel H. Elrod won.

Republicans led in 52 of the 53 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 5,105 votes and went to the Republican by 45.1 points. The closest was Buffalo, where 30 votes separated the two parties.

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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
Coe I. Crawford won Republican 48,709 65.3%
John A. Stransky Democratic 19,923 26.7%
All other candidates 5,940 8.0%
Total74,572

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 1,271 24.9% 3,575 70.0% 259 5,105 R+45.1
Lawrence 1,051 22.9% 2,388 52.1% 1,148 4,587 R+29.1
Brown 712 27.3% 1,690 64.8% 205 2,607 R+37.5
Yankton 806 35.7% 1,374 60.8% 79 2,259 R+25.1
Bon Homme 894 42.1% 1,156 54.5% 73 2,123 R+12.3
Charles Mix 726 36.0% 1,213 60.2% 75 2,014 R+24.2
Gregory 755 39.2% 1,123 58.4% 46 1,924 R+19.1
Day 269 14.3% 1,301 68.9% 317 1,887 R+54.7
Roberts 566 31.2% 1,026 56.6% 220 1,812 R+25.4
Lyman 523 29.1% 1,189 66.2% 84 1,796 R+37.1
Brookings 88 4.9% 1,212 67.7% 491 1,791 R+62.8
Codington 426 24.4% 1,256 71.8% 67 1,749 R+47.5
Clay 436 25.0% 1,250 71.6% 59 1,745 R+46.6
Davison 448 25.9% 1,160 66.9% 125 1,733 R+41.1
Turner 354 20.6% 1,296 75.3% 72 1,722 R+54.7
Pennington 505 31.2% 1,060 65.6% 52 1,617 R+34.3
McCook 631 39.3% 908 56.6% 65 1,604 R+17.3
Lake 194 12.1% 1,297 81.0% 111 1,602 R+68.9
Kingsbury 383 24.3% 1,000 63.3% 196 1,579 R+39.1
Union 493 32.5% 983 64.7% 43 1,519 R+32.3
Stanley 494 34.5% 885 61.8% 54 1,433 R+27.3
Spink 232 16.6% 995 71.0% 174 1,401 R+54.5
Moody 298 21.6% 982 71.1% 101 1,381 R+49.5
Beadle 265 19.3% 1,028 74.7% 83 1,376 R+55.5
Lincoln 119 8.8% 1,148 85.2% 81 1,348 R+76.3
Butte 486 36.4% 751 56.3% 98 1,335 R+19.9
Miner 487 36.7% 790 59.6% 49 1,326 R+22.9
Deuel 264 20.5% 978 75.9% 47 1,289 R+55.4
Brule 643 51.6% 571 45.8% 33 1,247 D+5.8
Hamlin 284 23.4% 867 71.3% 65 1,216 R+47.9
Hanson 560 46.7% 595 49.7% 43 1,198 R+2.9
Hand 299 25.7% 725 62.4% 138 1,162 R+36.7
Grant 257 22.4% 791 69.0% 99 1,147 R+46.6
Sanborn 182 15.9% 830 72.6% 132 1,144 R+56.6
Douglas 458 40.2% 675 59.3% 6 1,139 R+19.1
Aurora 459 41.5% 615 55.7% 31 1,105 R+14.1
Meade 404 37.8% 579 54.2% 86 1,069 R+16.4
Edmunds 306 30.1% 626 61.5% 86 1,018 R+31.4
Marshall 125 12.4% 655 64.9% 230 1,010 R+52.5
Fall River 256 30.7% 518 62.1% 60 834 R+31.4
Hutchinson 134 16.5% 636 78.1% 44 814 R+61.7
Walworth 177 21.8% 594 73.2% 41 812 R+51.4
Jerauld 203 25.8% 523 66.5% 61 787 R+40.7
Potter 218 30.3% 486 67.5% 16 720 R+37.2
Clark 81 11.5% 518 73.5% 106 705 R+62.0
Custer 274 39.0% 409 58.3% 19 702 R+19.2
Faulk 62 10.1% 473 77.4% 76 611 R+67.3
Hughes 62 11.0% 490 86.7% 13 565 R+75.8
Hyde 88 17.3% 396 77.8% 25 509 R+60.5
McPherson 61 13.1% 397 85.2% 8 466 R+72.1
Sully 43 11.2% 326 84.7% 16 385 R+73.5
Campbell 42 11.4% 301 81.8% 25 368 R+70.4
Buffalo 69 39.4% 99 56.6% 7 175 R+17.1

Counties as they stood in 1906; 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