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Election 1942 Results

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1942 South Dakota governor election

Merrell Q. Sharpe (Republican) beat Lewis W. Bicknell (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1942, 61.5% to 38.5%, a margin of 23.0 points and 41,080 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1940, when Harlan J. Bushfield won.

Republicans led in 62 of the 68 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 13,448 votes and went to the Republican by 35.6 points. The closest was Washabaugh (Ext), where 11 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
Merrell Q. Sharpe won Republican 109,786 61.5%
Lewis W. Bicknell Democratic 68,706 38.5%
Total178,492

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 4,331 32.2% 9,117 67.8% 13,448 R+35.6
Brown 4,641 54.8% 3,823 45.2% 8,464 D+9.7
Pennington 2,104 34.2% 4,051 65.8% 6,155 R+31.6
Beadle 2,867 49.7% 2,898 50.3% 5,765 R+0.5
Davison 2,508 50.3% 2,474 49.7% 4,982 D+0.7
Codington 2,217 45.4% 2,661 54.6% 4,878 R+9.1
Day 2,771 61.1% 1,764 38.9% 4,535 D+22.2
Brookings 1,247 29.0% 3,060 71.0% 4,307 R+42.1
Roberts 2,100 48.8% 2,199 51.2% 4,299 R+2.3
Charles Mix 2,322 54.2% 1,962 45.8% 4,284 D+8.4
Lawrence 731 17.4% 3,474 82.6% 4,205 R+65.2
Yankton 1,423 35.4% 2,596 64.6% 4,019 R+29.2
Bon Homme 1,674 41.8% 2,333 58.2% 4,007 R+16.4
Spink 1,746 46.6% 2,001 53.4% 3,747 R+6.8
Turner 940 27.2% 2,510 72.8% 3,450 R+45.5
Gregory 1,345 43.0% 1,781 57.0% 3,126 R+13.9
Grant 1,256 40.2% 1,868 59.8% 3,124 R+19.6
Lake 863 27.8% 2,240 72.2% 3,103 R+44.4
Lincoln 659 21.5% 2,403 78.5% 3,062 R+57.0
Tripp 1,241 41.7% 1,735 58.3% 2,976 R+16.6
Clay 1,165 40.0% 1,746 60.0% 2,911 R+20.0
McCook 996 34.3% 1,904 65.7% 2,900 R+31.3
Union 1,090 37.7% 1,805 62.3% 2,895 R+24.7
Edmunds 1,135 39.8% 1,714 60.2% 2,849 R+20.3
Hand 1,108 41.0% 1,592 59.0% 2,700 R+17.9
Kingsbury 705 26.6% 1,950 73.4% 2,655 R+46.9
Hutchinson 479 18.2% 2,146 81.8% 2,625 R+63.5
Meade 918 35.0% 1,707 65.0% 2,625 R+30.1
Moody 822 33.3% 1,644 66.7% 2,466 R+33.3
Hamlin 799 32.5% 1,660 67.5% 2,459 R+35.0
Marshall 1,141 48.0% 1,236 52.0% 2,377 R+4.0
Clark 786 33.6% 1,553 66.4% 2,339 R+32.8
Hughes 742 33.2% 1,493 66.8% 2,235 R+33.6
Walworth 963 44.0% 1,225 56.0% 2,188 R+12.0
Fall River 747 34.5% 1,418 65.5% 2,165 R+31.0
Brule 1,069 50.5% 1,047 49.5% 2,116 D+1.0
McPherson 408 19.6% 1,673 80.4% 2,081 R+60.8
Perkins 800 39.0% 1,251 61.0% 2,051 R+22.0
Deuel 514 25.7% 1,484 74.3% 1,998 R+48.5
Faulk 838 44.3% 1,054 55.7% 1,892 R+11.4
Aurora 821 45.0% 1,004 55.0% 1,825 R+10.0
Butte 398 22.5% 1,373 77.5% 1,771 R+55.1
Lyman 387 22.1% 1,367 77.9% 1,754 R+55.9
Miner 644 36.8% 1,104 63.2% 1,748 R+26.3
Sanborn 694 40.0% 1,041 60.0% 1,735 R+20.0
Douglas 542 31.6% 1,171 68.4% 1,713 R+36.7
Hanson 747 44.5% 931 55.5% 1,678 R+11.0
Corson 714 42.8% 956 57.2% 1,670 R+14.5
Custer 515 31.4% 1,125 68.6% 1,640 R+37.2
Dewey 673 42.9% 896 57.1% 1,569 R+14.2
Jerauld 599 38.3% 966 61.7% 1,565 R+23.5
Haakon 445 33.2% 895 66.8% 1,340 R+33.6
Potter 485 38.5% 776 61.5% 1,261 R+23.1
Hyde 423 33.8% 828 66.2% 1,251 R+32.4
Mellette 573 47.0% 646 53.0% 1,219 R+6.0
Todd 523 44.8% 644 55.2% 1,167 R+10.4
Campbell 189 17.6% 885 82.4% 1,074 R+64.8
Bennett 475 44.5% 592 55.5% 1,067 R+11.0
Ziebach 516 49.1% 534 50.9% 1,050 R+1.7
Jones 294 30.4% 673 69.6% 967 R+39.2
Sully 308 32.4% 643 67.6% 951 R+35.2
Harding 278 33.5% 553 66.5% 831 R+33.1
Stanley 270 33.1% 546 66.9% 816 R+33.8
Jackson 265 38.2% 428 61.8% 693 R+23.5
Shannon 197 32.3% 413 67.7% 610 R+35.4
Buffalo 279 47.8% 305 52.2% 584 R+4.5
Washabaugh (Ext) 157 48.3% 168 51.7% 325 R+3.4
Washington (Ext) 84 54.2% 71 45.8% 155 D+8.4

Counties as they stood in 1942; 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