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Election 1940 Results

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1940 South Dakota governor election

Harlan J. Bushfield (Republican) beat Lewis W. Bicknell (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1940, 55.1% to 44.9%, a margin of 10.3 points and 31,258 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1938, when Harlan J. Bushfield also won.

Republicans led in 55 of the 68 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 13. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 28,388 votes and went to the Republican by 9.9 points. The closest was Ziebach, 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
Harlan J. Bushfield won Republican 167,686 55.1%
Lewis W. Bicknell Democratic 136,428 44.9%
Total304,114

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 12,784 45.0% 15,604 55.0% 28,388 R+9.9
Brown 8,257 57.0% 6,234 43.0% 14,491 D+14.0
Pennington 5,131 45.0% 6,264 55.0% 11,395 R+9.9
Beadle 5,378 56.2% 4,192 43.8% 9,570 D+12.4
Lawrence 2,702 31.1% 5,995 68.9% 8,697 R+37.9
Davison 4,614 58.9% 3,219 41.1% 7,833 D+17.8
Codington 3,832 49.0% 3,988 51.0% 7,820 R+2.0
Brookings 2,658 35.3% 4,865 64.7% 7,523 R+29.3
Roberts 3,587 50.3% 3,550 49.7% 7,137 D+0.5
Yankton 3,332 46.8% 3,789 53.2% 7,121 R+6.4
Day 4,126 63.1% 2,413 36.9% 6,539 D+26.2
Turner 1,999 31.9% 4,258 68.1% 6,257 R+36.1
Charles Mix 3,483 56.1% 2,725 43.9% 6,208 D+12.2
Hutchinson 1,825 29.9% 4,287 70.1% 6,112 R+40.3
Spink 3,177 52.6% 2,864 47.4% 6,041 D+5.2
Lake 2,045 34.2% 3,935 65.8% 5,980 R+31.6
Lincoln 2,023 34.0% 3,920 66.0% 5,943 R+31.9
Union 2,464 44.5% 3,071 55.5% 5,535 R+11.0
Bon Homme 2,545 47.4% 2,828 52.6% 5,373 R+5.3
Kingsbury 1,567 31.4% 3,428 68.6% 4,995 R+37.3
Grant 2,221 44.5% 2,766 55.5% 4,987 R+10.9
McCook 2,083 42.0% 2,882 58.0% 4,965 R+16.1
Clay 2,275 48.7% 2,395 51.3% 4,670 R+2.6
Tripp 2,285 50.5% 2,240 49.5% 4,525 D+1.0
Gregory 2,120 47.4% 2,351 52.6% 4,471 R+5.2
Moody 1,741 39.0% 2,728 61.0% 4,469 R+22.1
Meade 1,805 40.7% 2,630 59.3% 4,435 R+18.6
Clark 1,718 40.9% 2,479 59.1% 4,197 R+18.1
Marshall 1,921 49.1% 1,990 50.9% 3,911 R+1.8
Edmunds 1,657 44.0% 2,107 56.0% 3,764 R+12.0
Fall River 1,791 47.7% 1,960 52.3% 3,751 R+4.5
Hand 1,468 40.6% 2,149 59.4% 3,617 R+18.8
McPherson 917 25.4% 2,698 74.6% 3,615 R+49.3
Hamlin 1,354 38.4% 2,169 61.6% 3,523 R+23.1
Butte 1,170 33.5% 2,324 66.5% 3,494 R+33.0
Walworth 1,694 48.7% 1,781 51.3% 3,475 R+2.5
Deuel 1,154 33.9% 2,255 66.1% 3,409 R+32.3
Miner 1,587 46.6% 1,820 53.4% 3,407 R+6.8
Hughes 1,297 39.2% 2,008 60.8% 3,305 R+21.5
Perkins 1,311 41.8% 1,824 58.2% 3,135 R+16.4
Brule 1,902 60.7% 1,230 39.3% 3,132 D+21.5
Sanborn 1,460 48.1% 1,575 51.9% 3,035 R+3.8
Corson 1,396 46.6% 1,598 53.4% 2,994 R+6.7
Douglas 1,225 41.1% 1,754 58.9% 2,979 R+17.8
Custer 1,304 44.7% 1,610 55.3% 2,914 R+10.5
Aurora 1,499 53.8% 1,289 46.2% 2,788 D+7.5
Faulk 1,171 44.5% 1,460 55.5% 2,631 R+11.0
Hanson 1,348 51.9% 1,251 48.1% 2,599 D+3.7
Dewey 1,130 45.7% 1,344 54.3% 2,474 R+8.6
Lyman 1,065 43.2% 1,398 56.8% 2,463 R+13.5
Jerauld 1,117 45.7% 1,325 54.3% 2,442 R+8.5
Todd 1,223 51.4% 1,155 48.6% 2,378 D+2.9
Potter 1,033 45.2% 1,252 54.8% 2,285 R+9.6
Campbell 411 19.4% 1,709 80.6% 2,120 R+61.2
Mellette 904 48.1% 977 51.9% 1,881 R+3.9
Shannon 783 42.6% 1,056 57.4% 1,839 R+14.8
Haakon 649 36.1% 1,151 63.9% 1,800 R+27.9
Bennett 785 46.4% 908 53.6% 1,693 R+7.3
Hyde 677 40.5% 994 59.5% 1,671 R+19.0
Harding 541 38.4% 868 61.6% 1,409 R+23.2
Ziebach 691 50.2% 686 49.8% 1,377 D+0.4
Jones 531 40.0% 796 60.0% 1,327 R+20.0
Sully 436 33.6% 861 66.4% 1,297 R+32.8
Stanley 536 42.9% 714 57.1% 1,250 R+14.2
Jackson 465 44.6% 578 55.4% 1,043 R+10.8
Buffalo 421 47.9% 458 52.1% 879 R+4.2
Washabaugh (Ext) 348 49.4% 357 50.6% 705 R+1.3
Washington (Ext) 279 44.6% 347 55.4% 626 R+10.9

Counties as they stood in 1940; 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