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Election 1938 Results

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1938 South Dakota governor election

Harlan J. Bushfield (Republican) beat Oscar Fosheim (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1938, 54.0% to 46.0%, a margin of 7.9 points and 21,877 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1936, when Leslie Jensen won.

Republicans led in 44 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 23. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 21,350 votes and went to the Republican by 10.7 points. The closest was Buffalo, 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
Harlan J. Bushfield won Republican 149,362 54.0%
Oscar Fosheim Democratic 127,485 46.0%
Total276,847

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 9,538 44.7% 11,812 55.3% 21,350 R+10.7
Brown 6,729 54.3% 5,656 45.7% 12,385 D+8.7
Pennington 3,518 36.0% 6,262 64.0% 9,780 R+28.1
Lawrence 773 9.2% 7,639 90.8% 8,412 R+81.6
Beadle 4,629 56.4% 3,584 43.6% 8,213 D+12.7
Codington 3,379 47.5% 3,729 52.5% 7,108 R+4.9
Day 4,010 56.7% 3,064 43.3% 7,074 D+13.4
Yankton 3,099 46.4% 3,587 53.6% 6,686 R+7.3
Charles Mix 3,800 58.5% 2,694 41.5% 6,494 D+17.0
Brookings 2,459 38.1% 3,996 61.9% 6,455 R+23.8
Roberts 3,374 53.6% 2,925 46.4% 6,299 D+7.1
Deuel 3,342 55.2% 2,716 44.8% 6,058 D+10.3
Turner 2,478 42.7% 3,328 57.3% 5,806 R+14.6
Lake 2,383 43.1% 3,150 56.9% 5,533 R+13.9
Spink 2,983 54.3% 2,512 45.7% 5,495 D+8.6
Bon Homme 2,488 46.7% 2,839 53.3% 5,327 R+6.6
Lincoln 2,320 43.6% 3,004 56.4% 5,324 R+12.8
Hutchinson 2,033 38.3% 3,271 61.7% 5,304 R+23.3
McCook 2,283 47.9% 2,484 52.1% 4,767 R+4.2
Kingsbury 1,772 38.4% 2,842 61.6% 4,614 R+23.2
Union 2,279 50.8% 2,205 49.2% 4,484 D+1.7
Haakon 2,187 50.3% 2,159 49.7% 4,346 D+0.6
Meade 1,645 37.9% 2,690 62.1% 4,335 R+24.1
Tripp 2,182 51.6% 2,050 48.4% 4,232 D+3.1
Clay 2,227 52.8% 1,989 47.2% 4,216 D+5.6
Gregory 1,860 44.6% 2,311 55.4% 4,171 R+10.8
Clark 1,693 42.1% 2,332 57.9% 4,025 R+15.9
Fall River 1,922 50.6% 1,874 49.4% 3,796 D+1.3
Moody 1,698 45.2% 2,062 54.8% 3,760 R+9.7
Marshall 1,968 53.5% 1,708 46.5% 3,676 D+7.1
McPherson 1,198 34.2% 2,304 65.8% 3,502 R+31.6
Hand 1,426 41.5% 2,011 58.5% 3,437 R+17.0
Hanson 1,630 47.5% 1,801 52.5% 3,431 R+5.0
Miner 2,017 59.7% 1,362 40.3% 3,379 D+19.4
Walworth 1,779 53.1% 1,569 46.9% 3,348 D+6.3
Faulk 1,278 38.8% 2,014 61.2% 3,292 R+22.4
Hughes 1,383 42.7% 1,854 57.3% 3,237 R+14.6
Dewey 1,267 40.1% 1,891 59.9% 3,158 R+19.8
Brule 1,844 59.5% 1,254 40.5% 3,098 D+19.0
Sanborn 1,498 48.9% 1,567 51.1% 3,065 R+2.3
Butte 1,071 35.2% 1,972 64.8% 3,043 R+29.6
Perkins 1,491 49.2% 1,538 50.8% 3,029 R+1.6
Custer 1,360 45.5% 1,632 54.5% 2,992 R+9.1
Edmunds 1,366 46.5% 1,569 53.5% 2,935 R+6.9
Davison 1,024 37.4% 1,714 62.6% 2,738 R+25.2
Aurora 1,470 55.5% 1,181 44.5% 2,651 D+10.9
Harding 1,395 52.9% 1,242 47.1% 2,637 D+5.8
Grant 1,330 51.0% 1,279 49.0% 2,609 D+2.0
Jerauld 1,249 51.2% 1,190 48.8% 2,439 D+2.4
Lyman 1,108 46.0% 1,302 54.0% 2,410 R+8.0
Douglas 1,134 47.9% 1,232 52.1% 2,366 R+4.1
Potter 1,101 48.8% 1,153 51.2% 2,254 R+2.3
Campbell 534 26.4% 1,486 73.6% 2,020 R+47.1
Todd 1,049 53.4% 914 46.6% 1,963 D+6.9
Mellette 928 49.4% 949 50.6% 1,877 R+1.1
Hamlin 748 40.0% 1,124 60.0% 1,872 R+20.1
Hyde 828 49.5% 844 50.5% 1,672 R+1.0
Bennett 786 47.9% 856 52.1% 1,642 R+4.3
Shannon 713 50.2% 708 49.8% 1,421 D+0.4
Ziebach 700 51.4% 662 48.6% 1,362 D+2.8
Jones 574 42.6% 772 57.4% 1,346 R+14.7
Sully 566 43.1% 746 56.9% 1,312 R+13.7
Stanley 606 47.8% 662 52.2% 1,268 R+4.4
Jackson 430 39.7% 654 60.3% 1,084 R+20.7
Buffalo 426 49.9% 428 50.1% 854 R+0.2
Washabaugh (Ext) 290 45.8% 343 54.2% 633 R+8.4
Washington (Ext) 237 47.0% 267 53.0% 504 R+6.0

Counties as they stood in 1938; 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