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Election 1908 Results

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1908 South Dakota governor election

Robert S. Vessey (Republican) beat Andrew E. Lee (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1908, 55.3% to 39.4%, a margin of 15.9 points and 18,113 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1906, when Coe I. Crawford won.

Republicans led in 51 of the 53 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 6,395 votes and went to the Republican by 14.0 points. The closest was Buffalo, where 1 vote 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
Robert S. Vessey won Republican 62,989 55.3%
Andrew E. Lee Democratic 44,876 39.4%
All other candidates 6,034 5.3%
Total113,899

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 2,613 40.9% 3,510 54.9% 272 6,395 R+14.0
Lawrence 1,689 32.1% 2,543 48.3% 1,028 5,260 R+16.2
Brown 1,852 40.2% 2,450 53.2% 302 4,604 R+13.0
Stanley 1,656 40.5% 2,275 55.6% 161 4,092 R+15.1
Charles Mix 1,527 46.5% 1,725 52.6% 30 3,282 R+6.0
Spink 1,177 37.7% 1,802 57.7% 143 3,122 R+20.0
Beadle 1,225 40.3% 1,700 55.9% 118 3,043 R+15.6
Pennington 1,249 42.7% 1,586 54.2% 93 2,928 R+11.5
Yankton 1,224 42.5% 1,557 54.1% 99 2,880 R+11.6
Lyman 1,317 47.3% 1,345 48.3% 124 2,786 R+1.0
Gregory 1,252 45.1% 1,425 51.4% 96 2,773 R+6.2
Butte 972 35.7% 1,596 58.6% 157 2,725 R+22.9
Day 1,116 41.3% 1,293 47.9% 293 2,702 R+6.6
Lincoln 781 28.9% 1,810 67.0% 110 2,701 R+38.1
Turner 896 33.2% 1,715 63.5% 90 2,701 R+30.3
Brookings 692 25.9% 1,481 55.4% 500 2,673 R+29.5
Roberts 941 37.0% 1,402 55.1% 200 2,543 R+18.1
Codington 892 35.4% 1,553 61.7% 74 2,519 R+26.2
Kingsbury 876 34.8% 1,472 58.4% 171 2,519 R+23.7
Davison 1,160 46.5% 1,258 50.4% 77 2,495 R+3.9
Union 1,111 45.2% 1,301 52.9% 47 2,459 R+7.7
Bon Homme 1,095 45.7% 1,251 52.2% 50 2,396 R+6.5
Hutchinson 852 38.9% 1,297 59.2% 43 2,192 R+20.3
Clay 968 44.7% 1,159 53.5% 39 2,166 R+8.8
Lake 757 35.1% 1,309 60.8% 88 2,154 R+25.6
McCook 974 46.2% 1,061 50.4% 72 2,107 R+4.1
Moody 702 34.9% 1,212 60.2% 98 2,012 R+25.3
Clark 616 32.2% 1,181 61.7% 117 1,914 R+29.5
Grant 648 35.0% 1,098 59.4% 104 1,850 R+24.3
Meade 839 45.7% 903 49.2% 94 1,836 R+3.5
Hand 693 41.9% 815 49.3% 144 1,652 R+7.4
Miner 783 47.4% 830 50.2% 39 1,652 R+2.8
Hamlin 521 32.5% 1,019 63.6% 62 1,602 R+31.1
Deuel 510 32.5% 950 60.5% 110 1,570 R+28.0
Brule 817 52.5% 713 45.8% 26 1,556 D+6.7
Sanborn 599 39.6% 826 54.7% 86 1,511 R+15.0
Douglas 725 48.4% 760 50.8% 12 1,497 R+2.3
Marshall 517 35.1% 830 56.3% 128 1,475 R+21.2
Edmunds 693 48.2% 696 48.4% 49 1,438 R+0.2
Aurora 723 50.5% 679 47.4% 30 1,432 D+3.1
Hanson 645 48.1% 657 49.0% 40 1,342 R+0.9
Faulk 452 34.0% 805 60.5% 74 1,331 R+26.5
Fall River 509 40.2% 711 56.1% 47 1,267 R+15.9
Walworth 420 34.2% 764 62.3% 43 1,227 R+28.0
Hughes 375 31.4% 779 65.2% 41 1,195 R+33.8
Jerauld 415 37.9% 634 58.0% 45 1,094 R+20.0
Potter 448 43.2% 566 54.6% 23 1,037 R+11.4
Custer 432 44.6% 476 49.2% 60 968 R+4.5
McPherson 228 23.8% 714 74.6% 15 957 R+50.8
Campbell 197 23.5% 611 72.9% 30 838 R+49.4
Hyde 269 38.0% 414 58.5% 25 708 R+20.5
Sully 148 27.4% 381 70.6% 11 540 R+43.1
Buffalo 88 48.6% 89 49.2% 4 181 R+0.6

Counties as they stood in 1908; 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