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Election 1926 Results

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1926 South Dakota governor election

William J. Bulow (Democrat) beat Carl Gunderson (Republican) in South Dakota in 1926, 47.4% to 40.3%, a margin of 7.1 points and 13,035 votes.

South Dakota changed party: in 1924 it went Republican, for Carl Gunderson.

Democrats led in 41 of the 68 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 25 and other candidates in 2. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 13,535 votes and went to the Democrat by 34.2 points. The closest was Washington (Ext), where 7 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
William J. Bulow won Democratic 87,136 47.4%
Carl Gunderson Republican 74,101 40.3%
Tom Ayres Farmer-Labor 11,958 6.5%
All other candidates 10,577 5.8%
Total183,772

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 8,828 65.2% 4,199 31.0% 508 13,535 D+34.2
Brookings 3,018 39.0% 3,962 51.2% 756 7,736 R+12.2
Beadle 2,333 43.1% 2,209 40.8% 866 5,408 D+2.3
Pennington 2,744 53.3% 2,026 39.3% 381 5,151 D+13.9
Codington 2,949 60.6% 1,445 29.7% 471 4,865 D+30.9
Charles Mix 2,806 57.8% 1,650 34.0% 398 4,854 D+23.8
Davison 3,230 67.7% 1,282 26.9% 257 4,769 D+40.8
Lawrence 2,044 43.9% 2,166 46.6% 441 4,651 R+2.6
Spink 2,170 47.7% 1,878 41.3% 499 4,547 D+6.4
Yankton 2,526 56.6% 1,689 37.8% 251 4,466 D+18.7
Roberts 413 9.5% 2,211 51.1% 1,703 4,327 R+41.6
Bon Homme 2,243 59.4% 1,240 32.8% 293 3,776 D+26.6
Brown 1,777 47.6% 1,489 39.8% 471 3,737 D+7.7
Gregory 2,086 57.5% 1,356 37.4% 185 3,627 D+20.1
Union 2,320 64.8% 1,197 33.4% 62 3,579 D+31.4
Tripp 1,874 54.3% 1,401 40.6% 177 3,452 D+13.7
Meade 1,170 35.6% 1,458 44.4% 657 3,285 R+8.8
Clay 1,946 59.5% 1,183 36.2% 143 3,272 D+23.3
Lake 1,507 47.6% 1,244 39.3% 418 3,169 D+8.3
Hand 1,328 42.1% 1,442 45.7% 383 3,153 R+3.6
Turner 1,660 53.3% 1,205 38.7% 252 3,117 D+14.6
Day 1,195 39.8% 1,243 41.4% 564 3,002 R+1.6
Lincoln 1,480 49.9% 1,387 46.8% 99 2,966 D+3.1
Kingsbury 1,427 49.2% 1,200 41.4% 272 2,899 D+7.8
McPherson 1,709 59.2% 1,026 35.5% 152 2,887 D+23.7
Clark 1,210 42.2% 993 34.6% 667 2,870 D+7.6
Fall River 1,326 46.8% 1,318 46.5% 191 2,835 D+0.3
Grant 909 36.1% 1,173 46.6% 437 2,519 R+10.5
Hutchinson 1,110 44.4% 947 37.9% 444 2,501 D+6.5
Miner 1,658 67.3% 669 27.2% 135 2,462 D+40.2
Douglas 1,065 44.1% 1,146 47.5% 203 2,414 R+3.4
Lyman 1,527 63.4% 603 25.1% 277 2,407 D+38.4
Deuel 513 21.9% 1,244 53.0% 589 2,346 R+31.2
Brule 1,516 65.0% 503 21.6% 315 2,334 D+43.4
Aurora 1,366 58.9% 789 34.0% 164 2,319 D+24.9
Moody 1,329 58.0% 795 34.7% 167 2,291 D+23.3
Hughes 446 19.8% 624 27.7% 1,182 2,252 Others
McCook 563 25.2% 1,038 46.4% 635 2,236 R+21.2
Sanborn 1,204 55.2% 614 28.2% 363 2,181 D+27.1
Hamlin 894 41.9% 723 33.9% 517 2,134 D+8.0
Edmunds 935 44.1% 918 43.3% 265 2,118 D+0.8
Hanson 1,272 62.2% 636 31.1% 136 2,044 D+31.1
Walworth 472 23.1% 1,264 62.0% 304 2,040 R+38.8
Corson 256 13.0% 1,093 55.3% 627 1,976 R+42.4
Faulk 785 40.2% 872 44.6% 296 1,953 R+4.5
Butte 610 31.8% 967 50.3% 344 1,921 R+18.6
Marshall 301 16.7% 1,114 61.6% 392 1,807 R+45.0
Jerauld 927 53.2% 512 29.4% 303 1,742 D+23.8
Perkins 361 20.9% 1,105 63.9% 264 1,730 R+43.0
Dewey 535 31.3% 987 57.8% 187 1,709 R+26.4
Potter 435 26.1% 862 51.7% 369 1,666 R+25.6
Haakon 704 42.7% 742 45.0% 204 1,650 R+2.3
Mellette 982 61.5% 565 35.4% 51 1,598 D+26.1
Custer 606 39.4% 784 50.9% 150 1,540 R+11.6
Campbell 118 9.5% 1,005 80.8% 121 1,244 R+71.3
Jones 555 46.3% 518 43.2% 125 1,198 D+3.1
Hyde 587 51.5% 371 32.5% 182 1,140 D+18.9
Ziebach 348 31.1% 593 53.0% 177 1,118 R+21.9
Stanley 454 42.0% 333 30.8% 295 1,082 D+11.2
Harding 163 15.1% 758 70.1% 160 1,081 R+55.0
Todd 518 54.3% 388 40.7% 48 954 D+13.6
Sully 174 19.0% 306 33.3% 438 918 Others
Jackson 478 52.4% 393 43.0% 42 913 D+9.3
Buffalo 314 42.8% 356 48.5% 64 734 R+5.7
Bennett 323 48.0% 272 40.4% 78 673 D+7.6
Shannon 239 48.1% 256 51.5% 2 497 R+3.4
Washington (Ext) 118 49.6% 111 46.6% 9 238 D+2.9
Washabaugh (Ext) 87 55.4% 53 33.8% 17 157 D+21.7

Counties as they stood in 1926; 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