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Election 1946 Results

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1946 South Dakota governor election

George T. Mickelson (Republican) beat Richard Haeder (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1946, 67.2% to 32.8%, a margin of 34.3 points and 55,704 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1944, when Merrell Q. Sharpe won.

Republicans led in 65 of the 68 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 14,122 votes and went to the Republican by 42.5 points. The closest was Armstrong (Ext), where 4 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
George T. Mickelson won Republican 108,998 67.2%
Richard Haeder Democratic 53,294 32.8%
Total162,292

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 4,061 28.8% 10,061 71.2% 14,122 R+42.5
Brown 3,416 40.6% 4,989 59.4% 8,405 R+18.7
Pennington 1,369 23.5% 4,456 76.5% 5,825 R+53.0
Beadle 2,394 42.3% 3,261 57.7% 5,655 R+15.3
Davison 2,480 49.8% 2,504 50.2% 4,984 R+0.5
Codington 1,728 37.0% 2,942 63.0% 4,670 R+26.0
Union 1,489 35.4% 2,717 64.6% 4,206 R+29.2
Day 1,634 40.5% 2,399 59.5% 4,033 R+19.0
Lawrence 743 19.0% 3,175 81.0% 3,918 R+62.1
Roberts 1,657 42.9% 2,209 57.1% 3,866 R+14.3
Lake 1,027 28.4% 2,584 71.6% 3,611 R+43.1
Bon Homme 1,337 39.6% 2,037 60.4% 3,374 R+20.7
Charles Mix 1,772 52.7% 1,589 47.3% 3,361 D+5.4
Brookings 675 20.2% 2,668 79.8% 3,343 R+59.6
Spink 1,259 40.6% 1,843 59.4% 3,102 R+18.8
Lincoln 631 21.4% 2,312 78.6% 2,943 R+57.1
McCook 877 32.6% 1,813 67.4% 2,690 R+34.8
Meade 719 26.8% 1,966 73.2% 2,685 R+46.4
Turner 586 22.0% 2,082 78.0% 2,668 R+56.1
Tripp 1,121 42.0% 1,545 58.0% 2,666 R+15.9
Yankton 805 30.4% 1,839 69.6% 2,644 R+39.1
Gregory 1,065 40.6% 1,557 59.4% 2,622 R+18.8
Hutchinson 569 22.0% 2,023 78.0% 2,592 R+56.1
Edmunds 879 35.6% 1,593 64.4% 2,472 R+28.9
Marshall 899 37.4% 1,504 62.6% 2,403 R+25.2
Clay 629 27.5% 1,662 72.5% 2,291 R+45.1
Kingsbury 471 20.9% 1,785 79.1% 2,256 R+58.2
Walworth 424 19.2% 1,780 80.8% 2,204 R+61.5
Hughes 549 25.5% 1,603 74.5% 2,152 R+49.0
Fall River 498 23.3% 1,638 76.7% 2,136 R+53.4
Clark 603 28.3% 1,530 71.7% 2,133 R+43.5
Deuel 535 26.1% 1,513 73.9% 2,048 R+47.8
Perkins 423 21.1% 1,579 78.9% 2,002 R+57.7
Hand 796 40.0% 1,194 60.0% 1,990 R+20.0
Miner 827 42.5% 1,118 57.5% 1,945 R+15.0
Moody 524 27.7% 1,371 72.3% 1,895 R+44.7
Grant 464 24.5% 1,427 75.5% 1,891 R+50.9
Corson 564 30.0% 1,313 70.0% 1,877 R+39.9
Brule 1,029 56.1% 804 43.9% 1,833 D+12.3
Aurora 885 49.1% 919 50.9% 1,804 R+1.9
McPherson 251 14.1% 1,534 85.9% 1,785 R+71.9
Hamlin 414 24.8% 1,257 75.2% 1,671 R+50.4
Lyman 593 36.4% 1,035 63.6% 1,628 R+27.1
Jerauld 618 38.5% 987 61.5% 1,605 R+23.0
Butte 286 19.0% 1,220 81.0% 1,506 R+62.0
Custer 384 26.6% 1,060 73.4% 1,444 R+46.8
Faulk 462 33.1% 933 66.9% 1,395 R+33.8
Potter 285 21.9% 1,019 78.1% 1,304 R+56.3
Hanson 600 46.8% 682 53.2% 1,282 R+6.4
Sanborn 543 42.5% 735 57.5% 1,278 R+15.0
Douglas 412 32.3% 862 67.7% 1,274 R+35.3
Hyde 381 30.7% 859 69.3% 1,240 R+38.5
Haakon 338 28.1% 866 71.9% 1,204 R+43.9
Dewey 318 28.8% 788 71.2% 1,106 R+42.5
Campbell 73 7.0% 967 93.0% 1,040 R+86.0
Todd 383 39.4% 588 60.6% 971 R+21.1
Bennett 417 44.3% 524 55.7% 941 R+11.4
Mellette 359 38.9% 563 61.1% 922 R+22.1
Ziebach 306 38.9% 480 61.1% 786 R+22.1
Stanley 234 32.3% 490 67.7% 724 R+35.4
Sully 140 20.1% 557 79.9% 697 R+59.8
Jones 222 32.5% 462 67.5% 684 R+35.1
Shannon 204 30.5% 464 69.5% 668 R+38.9
Jackson 182 32.3% 381 67.7% 563 R+35.3
Harding 155 28.8% 384 71.2% 539 R+42.5
Buffalo 224 46.9% 254 53.1% 478 R+6.3
Washabaugh (Ext) 92 39.3% 142 60.7% 234 R+21.4
Armstrong (Ext) 5 83.3% 1 16.7% 6 D+66.7

Counties as they stood in 1946; 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