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Election 1934 Results

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1934 South Dakota governor election

Tom Berry (Democrat) beat William C. Allen (Republican) in South Dakota in 1934, 58.6% to 40.7%, a margin of 17.9 points and 52,751 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1932, when Tom Berry also won.

Democrats led in 63 of the 68 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 5. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 22,646 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.0 points. The closest was Hyde, where 94 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
Tom Berry won Democratic 172,228 58.6%
William C. Allen Republican 119,477 40.7%
All other candidates 2,190 0.7%
Total293,895

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 12,675 56.0% 9,735 43.0% 236 22,646 D+13.0
Brown 7,572 57.0% 5,539 41.7% 169 13,280 D+15.3
Pennington 5,219 57.1% 3,901 42.7% 24 9,144 D+14.4
Beadle 5,856 64.5% 3,185 35.1% 41 9,082 D+29.4
Codington 4,531 59.0% 3,136 40.9% 7 7,674 D+18.2
Lawrence 5,603 74.5% 1,895 25.2% 20 7,518 D+49.3
Davison 4,945 68.9% 2,135 29.8% 96 7,176 D+39.2
Brookings 3,839 54.4% 3,200 45.3% 19 7,058 D+9.1
Yankton 3,916 56.4% 2,996 43.2% 27 6,939 D+13.3
Charles Mix 4,753 70.1% 2,014 29.7% 12 6,779 D+40.4
Day 3,688 56.5% 2,732 41.9% 108 6,528 D+14.6
Roberts 3,552 54.5% 2,514 38.6% 449 6,515 D+15.9
Spink 3,504 56.2% 2,690 43.2% 40 6,234 D+13.1
Turner 3,097 51.9% 2,854 47.8% 16 5,967 D+4.1
Lake 2,830 50.5% 2,728 48.7% 45 5,603 D+1.8
Hutchinson 2,585 48.1% 2,758 51.3% 34 5,377 R+3.2
Lincoln 2,433 45.3% 2,883 53.7% 50 5,366 R+8.4
Bon Homme 3,123 59.4% 2,128 40.5% 4 5,255 D+18.9
Kingsbury 2,649 51.5% 2,475 48.1% 22 5,146 D+3.4
Meade 2,568 53.3% 2,224 46.2% 26 4,818 D+7.1
Union 3,050 63.5% 1,724 35.9% 31 4,805 D+27.6
Tripp 3,281 71.0% 1,335 28.9% 7 4,623 D+42.1
Grant 2,510 54.4% 2,014 43.6% 93 4,617 D+10.7
Gregory 3,195 69.3% 1,411 30.6% 6 4,612 D+38.7
McCook 2,825 62.7% 1,668 37.0% 14 4,507 D+25.7
Clay 2,619 58.4% 1,834 40.9% 29 4,482 D+17.5
Clark 2,385 53.6% 2,050 46.1% 12 4,447 D+7.5
Edmunds 2,228 54.0% 1,895 45.9% 2 4,125 D+8.1
Hand 2,490 63.5% 1,424 36.3% 5 3,919 D+27.2
Moody 2,359 60.3% 1,538 39.3% 15 3,912 D+21.0
Marshall 2,707 70.1% 1,052 27.3% 101 3,860 D+42.9
Fall River 2,136 56.4% 1,645 43.4% 7 3,788 D+13.0
Perkins 1,991 54.7% 1,553 42.7% 94 3,638 D+12.0
McPherson 1,605 44.7% 1,975 55.0% 9 3,589 R+10.3
Corson 2,215 61.9% 1,355 37.9% 9 3,579 D+24.0
Hamlin 1,997 56.0% 1,555 43.6% 14 3,566 D+12.4
Walworth 2,201 62.4% 1,304 37.0% 21 3,526 D+25.4
Deuel 2,013 57.3% 1,494 42.5% 6 3,513 D+14.8
Hughes 1,927 55.1% 1,568 44.8% 4 3,499 D+10.3
Miner 2,353 67.4% 1,109 31.8% 27 3,489 D+35.7
Sanborn 1,964 59.9% 1,297 39.6% 16 3,277 D+20.4
Brule 2,204 67.3% 1,054 32.2% 18 3,276 D+35.1
Butte 1,842 56.2% 1,385 42.3% 48 3,275 D+14.0
Douglas 1,874 60.1% 1,246 39.9% 3,120 D+20.1
Aurora 2,051 68.3% 945 31.5% 5 3,001 D+36.9
Faulk 1,711 58.5% 1,211 41.4% 2 2,924 D+17.1
Lyman 1,763 61.8% 1,083 37.9% 9 2,855 D+23.8
Hanson 1,748 63.6% 997 36.3% 4 2,749 D+27.3
Custer 1,447 52.8% 1,294 47.2% 2 2,743 D+5.6
Dewey 1,503 56.5% 1,150 43.2% 6 2,659 D+13.3
Jerauld 1,569 60.0% 1,042 39.8% 6 2,617 D+20.1
Potter 1,604 63.8% 907 36.1% 4 2,515 D+27.7
Haakon 1,058 47.1% 1,173 52.3% 13 2,244 R+5.1
Todd 1,624 72.9% 601 27.0% 4 2,229 D+45.9
Campbell 921 41.6% 1,287 58.2% 4 2,212 R+16.5
Mellette 1,241 57.6% 911 42.3% 1 2,153 D+15.3
Bennett 972 52.9% 859 46.7% 7 1,838 D+6.1
Hyde 912 52.7% 818 47.3% 1,730 D+5.4
Ziebach 932 58.5% 658 41.3% 3 1,593 D+17.2
Harding 829 52.7% 689 43.8% 54 1,572 D+8.9
Sully 934 59.8% 619 39.7% 8 1,561 D+20.2
Jones 910 59.5% 616 40.3% 4 1,530 D+19.2
Stanley 868 60.1% 572 39.6% 5 1,445 D+20.5
Jackson 687 53.6% 588 45.9% 6 1,281 D+7.7
Shannon 610 57.5% 446 42.1% 4 1,060 D+15.5
Buffalo 523 56.6% 401 43.4% 924 D+13.2
Washabaugh (Ext) 466 66.2% 237 33.7% 1 704 D+32.5
Washington (Ext) 436 71.8% 166 27.3% 5 607 D+44.5

Counties as they stood in 1934; 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