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Election 1944 Results

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1944 South Dakota governor election

Merrell Q. Sharpe (Republican) beat Lynn Fellows (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1944, 65.5% to 34.5%, a margin of 31.0 points and 70,370 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1942, when Merrell Q. Sharpe also won.

Republicans led in 67 of the 68 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 23,648 votes and went to the Republican by 29.0 points. The closest was Armstrong (Ext), 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
Merrell Q. Sharpe won Republican 148,646 65.5%
Lynn Fellows Democratic 78,276 34.5%
Total226,922

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 8,399 35.5% 15,249 64.5% 23,648 R+29.0
Brown 5,229 45.0% 6,390 55.0% 11,619 R+10.0
Pennington 3,072 34.8% 5,762 65.2% 8,834 R+30.5
Beadle 3,184 43.7% 4,109 56.3% 7,293 R+12.7
Davison 2,795 45.7% 3,316 54.3% 6,111 R+8.5
Brookings 1,531 25.4% 4,504 74.6% 6,035 R+49.3
Codington 2,414 40.1% 3,613 59.9% 6,027 R+19.9
Roberts 2,428 44.1% 3,081 55.9% 5,509 R+11.9
Yankton 1,778 32.7% 3,656 67.3% 5,434 R+34.6
Lawrence 1,469 27.3% 3,918 72.7% 5,387 R+45.5
Lincoln 1,298 26.2% 3,664 73.8% 4,962 R+47.7
Day 2,015 41.4% 2,848 58.6% 4,863 R+17.1
Charles Mix 2,358 49.1% 2,446 50.9% 4,804 R+1.8
Turner 1,115 23.4% 3,655 76.6% 4,770 R+53.2
Spink 1,720 38.3% 2,776 61.7% 4,496 R+23.5
Hutchinson 635 14.1% 3,855 85.9% 4,490 R+71.7
Bon Homme 1,663 37.7% 2,743 62.3% 4,406 R+24.5
Lake 1,175 26.7% 3,222 73.3% 4,397 R+46.6
Union 1,580 36.4% 2,764 63.6% 4,344 R+27.3
Clay 1,336 34.9% 2,497 65.1% 3,833 R+30.3
Gregory 1,416 38.7% 2,247 61.3% 3,663 R+22.7
Kingsbury 891 24.5% 2,744 75.5% 3,635 R+51.0
McCook 1,013 28.3% 2,569 71.7% 3,582 R+43.4
Grant 1,129 32.2% 2,373 67.8% 3,502 R+35.5
Tripp 1,262 36.8% 2,165 63.2% 3,427 R+26.3
Moody 1,128 33.1% 2,275 66.9% 3,403 R+33.7
Meade 1,020 32.9% 2,083 67.1% 3,103 R+34.3
Clark 910 29.6% 2,160 70.4% 3,070 R+40.7
Fall River 1,003 32.7% 2,063 67.3% 3,066 R+34.6
Deuel 850 29.0% 2,079 71.0% 2,929 R+42.0
Butte 735 26.7% 2,016 73.3% 2,751 R+46.6
Hand 906 33.0% 1,840 67.0% 2,746 R+34.0
Edmunds 908 33.1% 1,832 66.9% 2,740 R+33.7
Hamlin 814 29.7% 1,923 70.3% 2,737 R+40.5
Marshall 1,000 36.7% 1,725 63.3% 2,725 R+26.6
Walworth 1,035 38.7% 1,642 61.3% 2,677 R+22.7
McPherson 334 12.6% 2,314 87.4% 2,648 R+74.8
Hughes 729 28.0% 1,876 72.0% 2,605 R+44.0
Miner 808 31.5% 1,755 68.5% 2,563 R+36.9
Brule 1,093 46.7% 1,249 53.3% 2,342 R+6.7
Perkins 685 30.7% 1,547 69.3% 2,232 R+38.6
Aurora 961 43.3% 1,259 56.7% 2,220 R+13.4
Douglas 567 26.1% 1,602 73.9% 2,169 R+47.7
Sanborn 759 36.4% 1,328 63.6% 2,087 R+27.3
Faulk 787 39.3% 1,216 60.7% 2,003 R+21.4
Custer 577 29.6% 1,373 70.4% 1,950 R+40.8
Jerauld 649 33.5% 1,287 66.5% 1,936 R+33.0
Hanson 775 40.7% 1,128 59.3% 1,903 R+18.5
Corson 650 38.9% 1,019 61.1% 1,669 R+22.1
Potter 521 31.4% 1,139 68.6% 1,660 R+37.2
Lyman 380 25.5% 1,109 74.5% 1,489 R+49.0
Dewey 436 31.9% 931 68.1% 1,367 R+36.2
Todd 549 41.5% 773 58.5% 1,322 R+16.9
Hyde 367 28.6% 914 71.4% 1,281 R+42.7
Campbell 137 11.0% 1,106 89.0% 1,243 R+78.0
Shannon 461 44.4% 577 55.6% 1,038 R+11.2
Haakon 282 28.6% 703 71.4% 985 R+42.7
Bennett 422 42.9% 561 57.1% 983 R+14.1
Harding 302 30.8% 678 69.2% 980 R+38.4
Mellette 373 39.7% 566 60.3% 939 R+20.6
Sully 243 26.9% 659 73.1% 902 R+46.1
Jones 206 28.7% 513 71.3% 719 R+42.7
Ziebach 302 45.3% 364 54.7% 666 R+9.3
Stanley 194 31.3% 425 68.7% 619 R+37.3
Buffalo 215 38.3% 346 61.7% 561 R+23.4
Jackson 184 34.1% 355 65.9% 539 R+31.7
Washabaugh (Ext) 111 39.6% 169 60.4% 280 R+20.7
Armstrong (Ext) 3 75.0% 1 25.0% 4 D+50.0

Counties as they stood in 1944; 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