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Election 1916 Results

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1916 South Dakota governor election

Peter Norbeck (Republican) beat Orville Rinehart (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1916, 56.6% to 39.3%, a margin of 17.3 points and 22,244 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1914, when Frank M. Byrne won.

Republicans led in 52 of the 63 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 11. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 8,331 votes and went to the Republican by 17.7 points. The closest was Mellette, where 19 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
Peter Norbeck won Republican 72,789 56.6%
Orville Rinehart Democratic 50,545 39.3%
All other candidates 5,186 4.0%
Total128,520

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 3,274 39.3% 4,748 57.0% 309 8,331 R+17.7
Brown 2,497 42.0% 2,923 49.1% 529 5,949 R+7.2
Lawrence 1,808 42.4% 2,338 54.9% 116 4,262 R+12.4
Beadle 1,864 51.7% 1,610 44.7% 129 3,603 D+7.0
Charles Mix 1,845 51.7% 1,683 47.1% 42 3,570 D+4.5
Spink 1,347 38.9% 1,993 57.5% 127 3,467 R+18.6
Brookings 953 31.1% 1,970 64.3% 143 3,066 R+33.2
Codington 1,283 42.1% 1,680 55.1% 85 3,048 R+13.0
Davison 1,220 40.6% 1,699 56.5% 87 3,006 R+15.9
Yankton 1,277 42.9% 1,634 54.9% 63 2,974 R+12.0
Day 783 26.6% 1,908 64.8% 254 2,945 R+38.2
Turner 887 32.2% 1,827 66.2% 44 2,758 R+34.1
Gregory 1,086 39.7% 1,581 57.8% 68 2,735 R+18.1
Lincoln 660 25.2% 1,873 71.5% 87 2,620 R+46.3
Roberts 886 34.0% 1,499 57.6% 218 2,603 R+23.5
Pennington 1,367 52.8% 1,106 42.7% 117 2,590 D+10.1
Bon Homme 1,122 43.9% 1,379 54.0% 54 2,555 R+10.1
Kingsbury 783 30.8% 1,603 63.1% 155 2,541 R+32.3
Lake 811 32.3% 1,591 63.3% 111 2,513 R+31.0
Tripp 1,084 44.4% 1,308 53.6% 50 2,442 R+9.2
Union 1,080 44.4% 1,316 54.0% 39 2,435 R+9.7
Clark 779 33.9% 1,432 62.3% 88 2,299 R+28.4
McCook 912 40.1% 1,298 57.1% 63 2,273 R+17.0
Clay 954 42.5% 1,255 56.0% 34 2,243 R+13.4
Meade 1,165 52.3% 913 41.0% 148 2,226 D+11.3
Hutchinson 517 23.4% 1,626 73.5% 68 2,211 R+50.2
Grant 637 32.3% 1,235 62.7% 99 1,971 R+30.3
Lyman 809 41.3% 1,046 53.4% 102 1,957 R+12.1
Moody 718 36.7% 1,135 58.1% 102 1,955 R+21.3
Miner 786 40.6% 1,110 57.4% 38 1,934 R+16.8
Perkins 712 36.9% 1,088 56.4% 129 1,929 R+19.5
Hand 794 43.5% 947 51.9% 84 1,825 R+8.4
Hamlin 478 26.7% 1,245 69.4% 70 1,793 R+42.8
Brule 891 50.0% 851 47.8% 39 1,781 D+2.2
Marshall 678 38.3% 1,011 57.1% 82 1,771 R+18.8
Sanborn 701 42.1% 883 53.0% 81 1,665 R+10.9
Edmunds 609 38.0% 911 56.8% 83 1,603 R+18.8
Aurora 704 44.1% 843 52.9% 48 1,595 R+8.7
Fall River 826 51.9% 719 45.2% 47 1,592 D+6.7
Butte 753 47.7% 666 42.2% 160 1,579 D+5.5
Deuel 442 28.7% 1,056 68.6% 41 1,539 R+39.9
Hanson 660 44.4% 804 54.1% 21 1,485 R+9.7
Faulk 557 38.4% 847 58.4% 46 1,450 R+20.0
Douglas 539 38.1% 874 61.8% 2 1,415 R+23.7
Walworth 516 37.6% 815 59.3% 43 1,374 R+21.8
McPherson 267 20.8% 995 77.5% 22 1,284 R+56.7
Harding 331 26.7% 784 63.2% 125 1,240 R+36.5
Jerauld 410 33.5% 753 61.5% 62 1,225 R+28.0
Hughes 471 39.8% 671 56.7% 41 1,183 R+16.9
Corson 502 43.5% 612 53.0% 41 1,155 R+9.5
Haakon 323 33.3% 538 55.5% 108 969 R+22.2
Potter 385 40.9% 540 57.4% 16 941 R+16.5
Custer 453 48.6% 430 46.1% 50 933 D+2.5
Mellette 401 47.9% 420 50.1% 17 838 R+2.3
Campbell 107 12.9% 695 83.9% 26 828 R+71.0
Dewey 324 41.3% 446 56.9% 14 784 R+15.6
Hyde 226 29.0% 512 65.6% 42 780 R+36.7
Stanley 366 51.5% 318 44.8% 26 710 D+6.8
Jackson 210 36.0% 366 62.8% 7 583 R+26.8
Sully 187 33.4% 360 64.3% 13 560 R+30.9
Ziebach 196 38.1% 300 58.3% 19 515 R+20.2
Buffalo 155 58.9% 104 39.5% 4 263 D+19.4
Bennett 177 70.5% 66 26.3% 8 251 D+44.2

Counties as they stood in 1916; 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