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Election 1936 Results

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1936 South Dakota governor election

Leslie Jensen (Republican) beat Tom Berry (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1936, 51.6% to 48.4%, a margin of 3.2 points and 9,404 votes.

South Dakota changed party: in 1934 it went Democratic, for Tom Berry.

Republicans led in 42 of the 68 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 26. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 26,082 votes and went to the Republican by 6.8 points. The closest was Faulk, where 2 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
Leslie Jensen won Republican 151,659 51.6%
Tom Berry Democratic 142,255 48.4%
Total293,914

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 12,152 46.6% 13,930 53.4% 26,082 R+6.8
Brown 7,611 54.8% 6,282 45.2% 13,893 D+9.6
Pennington 4,658 45.0% 5,704 55.0% 10,362 R+10.1
Beadle 5,280 58.8% 3,704 41.2% 8,984 D+17.5
Lawrence 3,033 34.5% 5,748 65.5% 8,781 R+30.9
Davison 4,452 57.5% 3,290 42.5% 7,742 D+15.0
Codington 3,550 47.3% 3,960 52.7% 7,510 R+5.5
Yankton 3,722 51.0% 3,582 49.0% 7,304 D+1.9
Brookings 2,928 40.3% 4,343 59.7% 7,271 R+19.5
Charles Mix 4,194 60.9% 2,690 39.1% 6,884 D+21.8
Turner 2,828 43.7% 3,641 56.3% 6,469 R+12.6
Lake 2,240 37.8% 3,688 62.2% 5,928 R+24.4
Roberts 3,244 55.2% 2,636 44.8% 5,880 D+10.3
Lincoln 2,260 38.6% 3,591 61.4% 5,851 R+22.7
Spink 3,168 54.4% 2,657 45.6% 5,825 D+8.8
Hutchinson 2,470 43.0% 3,272 57.0% 5,742 R+14.0
Union 3,199 56.3% 2,488 43.7% 5,687 D+12.5
Day 2,862 50.5% 2,804 49.5% 5,666 D+1.0
Bon Homme 2,712 51.9% 2,510 48.1% 5,222 D+3.9
Kingsbury 1,793 35.6% 3,240 64.4% 5,033 R+28.8
Clay 2,701 53.8% 2,315 46.2% 5,016 D+7.7
McCook 2,426 50.0% 2,429 50.0% 4,855 R+0.1
Meade 1,916 42.0% 2,643 58.0% 4,559 R+15.9
Gregory 2,361 52.4% 2,149 47.6% 4,510 D+4.7
Moody 2,161 48.3% 2,313 51.7% 4,474 R+3.4
Tripp 2,417 54.5% 2,017 45.5% 4,434 D+9.0
Clark 1,816 44.5% 2,266 55.5% 4,082 R+11.0
Grant 1,871 46.5% 2,151 53.5% 4,022 R+7.0
Fall River 1,540 39.2% 2,387 60.8% 3,927 R+21.6
Edmunds 1,751 45.2% 2,121 54.8% 3,872 R+9.6
Walworth 1,891 52.1% 1,742 47.9% 3,633 D+4.1
Hamlin 1,521 42.9% 2,021 57.1% 3,542 R+14.1
Miner 1,807 51.3% 1,717 48.7% 3,524 D+2.6
McPherson 1,374 39.3% 2,120 60.7% 3,494 R+21.4
Perkins 1,638 48.2% 1,758 51.8% 3,396 R+3.5
Marshall 2,031 60.5% 1,328 39.5% 3,359 D+20.9
Hughes 1,574 47.5% 1,741 52.5% 3,315 R+5.0
Brule 1,955 59.3% 1,340 40.7% 3,295 D+18.7
Corson 1,625 49.9% 1,632 50.1% 3,257 R+0.2
Hand 1,681 51.9% 1,555 48.1% 3,236 D+3.9
Douglas 1,582 49.8% 1,594 50.2% 3,176 R+0.4
Sanborn 1,697 53.4% 1,478 46.6% 3,175 D+6.9
Deuel 1,307 41.7% 1,825 58.3% 3,132 R+16.5
Butte 1,331 42.6% 1,794 57.4% 3,125 R+14.8
Aurora 1,569 52.9% 1,398 47.1% 2,967 D+5.8
Custer 1,262 43.5% 1,637 56.5% 2,899 R+12.9
Hanson 1,457 54.5% 1,216 45.5% 2,673 D+9.0
Faulk 1,276 50.0% 1,274 50.0% 2,550 D+0.1
Jerauld 1,203 48.2% 1,291 51.8% 2,494 R+3.5
Lyman 1,072 44.0% 1,365 56.0% 2,437 R+12.0
Dewey 1,165 50.7% 1,135 49.3% 2,300 D+1.3
Potter 1,078 47.4% 1,195 52.6% 2,273 R+5.1
Campbell 591 29.7% 1,402 70.3% 1,993 R+40.7
Haakon 800 41.7% 1,120 58.3% 1,920 R+16.7
Todd 1,255 66.1% 645 33.9% 1,900 D+32.1
Mellette 752 49.1% 779 50.9% 1,531 R+1.8
Hyde 679 44.8% 838 55.2% 1,517 R+10.5
Harding 652 47.7% 715 52.3% 1,367 R+4.6
Sully 575 43.0% 761 57.0% 1,336 R+13.9
Bennett 654 49.4% 670 50.6% 1,324 R+1.2
Shannon 642 48.7% 675 51.3% 1,317 R+2.5
Ziebach 692 52.6% 623 47.4% 1,315 D+5.2
Jones 542 43.1% 716 56.9% 1,258 R+13.8
Stanley 624 52.7% 560 47.3% 1,184 D+5.4
Jackson 540 49.5% 552 50.5% 1,092 R+1.1
Buffalo 393 49.4% 403 50.6% 796 R+1.3
Washabaugh (Ext) 269 48.2% 289 51.8% 558 R+3.6
Washington (Ext) 183 47.3% 204 52.7% 387 R+5.4

Counties as they stood in 1936; 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