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Election 1918 Results

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1918 South Dakota governor election

Peter Norbeck (Republican) beat Mark P. Bates (independent) in South Dakota in 1918, 53.2% to 26.1%, a margin of 27.1 points and 26,057 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1916, when Peter Norbeck also won.

Republicans led in 57 of the 64 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 6 and Democrats in 1. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 5,813 votes and went to the Republican by 43.5 points. The closest was Hanson, where 1 vote 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
Peter Norbeck won Republican 51,175 53.2%
Mark P. Bates Nonpartisan League 25,118 26.1%
James E. Bird Democratic 17,858 18.6%
All other candidates 2,009 2.1%
Total96,160

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 1,152 19.8% 3,680 63.3% 981 5,813 R+43.5
Brown 720 16.7% 2,140 49.6% 1,455 4,315 R+32.9
Day 272 8.2% 2,201 66.6% 830 3,303 R+58.4
Spink 381 15.1% 1,438 57.2% 696 2,515 R+42.0
Charles Mix 855 34.4% 1,044 42.0% 589 2,488 R+7.6
Codington 624 25.7% 1,142 47.1% 659 2,425 R+21.4
Beadle 524 21.7% 1,211 50.1% 684 2,419 R+28.4
Roberts 193 8.2% 1,087 46.3% 1,070 2,350 R+38.0
Lawrence 621 27.2% 1,554 68.1% 108 2,283 R+40.9
Turner 265 11.7% 1,009 44.6% 988 2,262 R+32.9
Brookings 315 14.0% 1,505 67.1% 424 2,244 R+53.0
Davison 311 14.3% 1,017 46.7% 848 2,176 R+32.4
Yankton 507 25.0% 1,148 56.5% 377 2,032 R+31.5
Gregory 632 31.6% 876 43.8% 494 2,002 R+12.2
Tripp 641 32.2% 956 48.0% 396 1,993 R+15.8
Bon Homme 425 21.4% 903 45.4% 659 1,987 R+24.1
Lincoln 189 9.6% 1,207 61.6% 565 1,961 R+51.9
Clark 256 13.1% 1,069 54.9% 622 1,947 R+41.8
Lake 248 13.1% 1,127 59.4% 521 1,896 R+46.4
Pennington 452 25.0% 1,117 61.7% 242 1,811 R+36.7
Hutchinson 53 3.0% 320 17.9% 1,418 1,791 Others
Grant 161 9.5% 847 49.9% 691 1,699 R+40.4
Kingsbury 248 14.8% 1,097 65.5% 329 1,674 R+50.7
Meade 426 25.9% 820 49.9% 396 1,642 R+24.0
McCook 271 16.9% 780 48.6% 554 1,605 R+31.7
Sanborn 143 9.4% 605 39.6% 780 1,528 Others
Union 361 23.6% 896 58.7% 270 1,527 R+35.0
Marshall 140 9.5% 838 57.0% 492 1,470 R+47.5
Clay 248 17.2% 909 63.0% 287 1,444 R+45.8
Butte 309 21.6% 705 49.4% 414 1,428 R+27.7
Moody 234 16.8% 784 56.3% 374 1,392 R+39.5
Hand 289 21.3% 609 45.0% 456 1,354 R+23.6
Brule 406 30.6% 721 54.4% 198 1,325 R+23.8
Hamlin 194 14.7% 800 60.7% 325 1,319 R+45.9
Miner 271 21.1% 664 51.8% 347 1,282 R+30.7
Aurora 199 15.7% 525 41.4% 544 1,268 Others
Perkins 231 18.5% 654 52.3% 365 1,250 R+33.8
Deuel 151 12.2% 776 62.8% 309 1,236 R+50.6
Lyman 246 21.8% 676 60.0% 205 1,127 R+38.2
Hanson 197 17.8% 455 41.1% 454 1,106 R+23.3
Douglas 229 21.0% 522 47.8% 341 1,092 R+26.8
Jerauld 164 15.1% 575 52.9% 348 1,087 R+37.8
Fall River 378 34.9% 630 58.2% 75 1,083 R+23.3
Faulk 188 17.6% 644 60.2% 237 1,069 R+42.7
Walworth 215 20.6% 493 47.2% 337 1,045 R+26.6
Edmunds 116 11.5% 415 41.2% 477 1,008 Others
Hughes 198 20.4% 639 65.8% 134 971 R+45.4
Haakon 164 17.5% 573 61.2% 199 936 R+43.7
McPherson 65 8.3% 137 17.5% 582 784 Others
Custer 201 25.8% 480 61.6% 98 779 R+35.8
Harding 92 12.0% 440 57.3% 236 768 R+45.3
Potter 165 21.6% 429 56.2% 170 764 R+34.6
Corson 120 16.3% 331 44.9% 287 738 R+28.6
Dewey 151 21.8% 355 51.2% 188 694 R+29.4
Stanley 171 27.3% 400 63.8% 56 627 R+36.5
Campbell 32 5.4% 199 33.6% 362 593 Others
Hyde 64 11.8% 377 69.4% 102 543 R+57.6
Mellette 217 41.7% 281 54.0% 22 520 R+12.3
Jones 107 20.8% 280 54.4% 128 515 R+33.6
Sully 63 12.7% 251 50.7% 181 495 R+38.0
Ziebach 111 22.6% 284 57.8% 96 491 R+35.2
Jackson 104 25.1% 289 69.8% 21 414 R+44.7
Buffalo 78 28.5% 171 62.4% 25 274 R+33.9
Bennett 104 57.5% 68 37.6% 9 181 D+19.9

Counties as they stood in 1918; 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