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Election 1928 Results

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1928 South Dakota governor election

William J. Bulow (Democrat) beat Buell F. Jones (Republican) in South Dakota in 1928, 52.5% to 46.9%, a margin of 5.5 points and 14,373 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1926, when William J. Bulow also won.

Democrats led in 48 of the 69 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 21. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 20,665 votes and went to the Democrat by 7.5 points. The closest was Armstrong (Ext), where 5 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
William J. Bulow won Democratic 136,016 52.5%
Buell F. Jones Republican 121,643 46.9%
All other candidates 1,509 0.6%
Total259,168

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 11,080 53.6% 9,523 46.1% 62 20,665 D+7.5
Brown 7,294 58.4% 4,958 39.7% 248 12,500 D+18.7
Beadle 4,439 53.0% 3,902 46.6% 28 8,369 D+6.4
Codington 3,846 54.3% 3,222 45.5% 19 7,087 D+8.8
Pennington 2,771 40.0% 4,140 59.8% 13 6,924 R+19.8
Davison 3,700 56.6% 2,803 42.9% 36 6,539 D+13.7
Brookings 2,590 40.3% 3,801 59.1% 39 6,430 R+18.8
Spink 3,733 59.0% 2,584 40.8% 9 6,326 D+18.2
Charles Mix 3,505 58.4% 2,481 41.3% 17 6,003 D+17.1
Lawrence 2,476 41.5% 3,473 58.2% 23 5,972 R+16.7
Yankton 3,631 62.8% 2,141 37.0% 12 5,784 D+25.8
Day 3,464 60.4% 2,231 38.9% 37 5,732 D+21.5
Roberts 2,679 47.8% 2,850 50.8% 76 5,605 R+3.1
Kingsbury 1,954 40.5% 2,856 59.2% 11 4,821 R+18.7
Lincoln 2,185 45.5% 2,606 54.2% 15 4,806 R+8.8
Lake 2,304 48.4% 2,437 51.2% 15 4,756 R+2.8
Turner 2,156 46.0% 2,508 53.6% 19 4,683 R+7.5
Union 2,842 62.9% 1,672 37.0% 4 4,518 D+25.9
Tripp 2,511 57.3% 1,866 42.5% 9 4,386 D+14.7
Bon Homme 2,482 57.8% 1,804 42.0% 6 4,292 D+15.8
Meade 1,849 43.3% 2,406 56.3% 20 4,275 R+13.0
Gregory 2,343 54.9% 1,912 44.8% 9 4,264 D+10.1
Grant 2,025 48.2% 2,143 51.0% 30 4,198 R+2.8
Clay 2,201 53.8% 1,875 45.9% 12 4,088 D+8.0
McCook 2,277 55.9% 1,790 44.0% 4 4,071 D+12.0
Hutchinson 2,536 62.4% 1,513 37.2% 15 4,064 D+25.2
Clark 1,850 46.7% 2,068 52.2% 40 3,958 R+5.5
Hand 2,129 55.6% 1,682 43.9% 21 3,832 D+11.7
Moody 1,863 54.3% 1,545 45.0% 23 3,431 D+9.3
Fall River 1,652 48.3% 1,757 51.4% 12 3,421 R+3.1
Edmunds 1,919 58.1% 1,370 41.5% 15 3,304 D+16.6
Marshall 1,514 46.1% 1,684 51.3% 87 3,285 R+5.2
Miner 1,657 50.6% 1,600 48.9% 15 3,272 D+1.7
Perkins 1,810 55.5% 1,420 43.6% 30 3,260 D+12.0
Hughes 1,848 59.4% 1,252 40.3% 9 3,109 D+19.2
Corson 1,406 45.5% 1,659 53.6% 28 3,093 R+8.2
Hamlin 1,375 45.0% 1,592 52.1% 87 3,054 R+7.1
Faulk 1,672 54.9% 1,370 45.0% 1 3,043 D+9.9
Brule 1,876 61.7% 1,141 37.5% 25 3,042 D+24.2
Walworth 1,512 50.2% 1,485 49.4% 12 3,009 D+0.9
Aurora 1,786 59.4% 1,211 40.3% 8 3,005 D+19.1
Sanborn 1,522 52.0% 1,385 47.3% 20 2,927 D+4.7
Deuel 1,220 42.4% 1,617 56.3% 37 2,874 R+13.8
Douglas 1,498 53.2% 1,313 46.7% 3 2,814 D+6.6
Butte 1,233 44.0% 1,516 54.1% 52 2,801 R+10.1
Lyman 1,431 52.7% 1,272 46.8% 14 2,717 D+5.9
McPherson 1,623 62.4% 958 36.9% 18 2,599 D+25.6
Hanson 1,345 54.1% 1,135 45.6% 7 2,487 D+8.4
Jerauld 1,241 51.6% 1,139 47.4% 25 2,405 D+4.2
Potter 1,439 60.6% 928 39.1% 6 2,373 D+21.5
Dewey 1,209 53.4% 1,054 46.6% 1 2,264 D+6.8
Custer 859 40.3% 1,263 59.2% 12 2,134 R+18.9
Haakon 1,005 52.4% 896 46.7% 18 1,919 D+5.7
Campbell 664 34.9% 1,232 64.8% 4 1,900 R+29.9
Mellette 1,183 62.6% 703 37.2% 4 1,890 D+25.4
Todd 820 51.8% 756 47.8% 7 1,583 D+4.0
Hyde 839 53.1% 723 45.8% 17 1,579 D+7.3
Harding 543 39.4% 808 58.6% 27 1,378 R+19.2
Sully 758 55.0% 615 44.7% 4 1,377 D+10.4
Ziebach 742 55.1% 604 44.8% 1 1,347 D+10.2
Jones 697 52.4% 625 47.0% 7 1,329 D+5.4
Stanley 702 58.7% 490 41.0% 4 1,196 D+17.7
Bennett 549 49.1% 557 49.9% 11 1,117 R+0.7
Jackson 626 57.0% 470 42.8% 2 1,098 D+14.2
Shannon 532 52.7% 476 47.1% 2 1,010 D+5.5
Buffalo 434 55.1% 353 44.8% 1 788 D+10.3
Washabaugh (Ext) 324 58.9% 222 40.4% 4 550 D+18.5
Washington (Ext) 230 53.6% 199 46.4% 429 D+7.2
Armstrong (Ext) 6 85.7% 1 14.3% 7 D+71.4

Counties as they stood in 1928; 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