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Election 1948 Results

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1948 South Dakota governor election

George T. Mickelson (Republican) beat Harold J. Volz (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1948, 61.1% to 38.9%, a margin of 22.2 points and 54,394 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1946, when George T. Mickelson also won.

Republicans led in 59 of the 68 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 9. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 25,350 votes and went to the Republican by 22.0 points. The closest was Washabaugh (Ext), where 3 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 149,883 61.1%
Harold J. Volz Democratic 95,489 38.9%
Total245,372

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 9,885 39.0% 15,465 61.0% 25,350 R+22.0
Brown 5,402 42.1% 7,422 57.9% 12,824 R+15.8
Pennington 3,875 34.7% 7,291 65.3% 11,166 R+30.6
Beadle 3,610 45.4% 4,344 54.6% 7,954 R+9.2
Codington 2,908 41.4% 4,118 58.6% 7,026 R+17.2
Davison 3,609 52.2% 3,301 47.8% 6,910 D+4.5
Brookings 2,169 31.5% 4,723 68.5% 6,892 R+37.1
Lawrence 1,984 32.6% 4,096 67.4% 6,080 R+34.7
Roberts 2,834 49.7% 2,866 50.3% 5,700 R+0.6
Yankton 2,516 44.6% 3,120 55.4% 5,636 R+10.7
Day 2,421 43.7% 3,119 56.3% 5,540 R+12.6
Spink 2,030 40.8% 2,946 59.2% 4,976 R+18.4
Charles Mix 2,865 57.7% 2,098 42.3% 4,963 D+15.5
Lake 1,537 31.6% 3,324 68.4% 4,861 R+36.8
Lincoln 1,595 33.7% 3,142 66.3% 4,737 R+32.7
Turner 1,231 27.7% 3,218 72.3% 4,449 R+44.7
Bon Homme 1,777 41.4% 2,513 58.6% 4,290 R+17.2
Union 1,663 39.1% 2,589 60.9% 4,252 R+21.8
Clay 1,686 39.8% 2,554 60.2% 4,240 R+20.5
Hutchinson 1,104 26.3% 3,095 73.7% 4,199 R+47.4
Grant 1,520 38.8% 2,398 61.2% 3,918 R+22.4
Meade 1,380 36.1% 2,443 63.9% 3,823 R+27.8
Tripp 2,171 57.2% 1,627 42.8% 3,798 D+14.3
Kingsbury 1,218 32.3% 2,556 67.7% 3,774 R+35.5
Fall River 1,226 35.5% 2,225 64.5% 3,451 R+28.9
Gregory 1,640 47.6% 1,804 52.4% 3,444 R+4.8
McCook 1,191 35.5% 2,161 64.5% 3,352 R+28.9
Clark 1,140 36.0% 2,028 64.0% 3,168 R+28.0
Walworth 927 29.5% 2,212 70.5% 3,139 R+40.9
Marshall 1,155 36.8% 1,982 63.2% 3,137 R+26.4
Moody 1,167 37.3% 1,960 62.7% 3,127 R+25.4
Hamlin 998 34.8% 1,870 65.2% 2,868 R+30.4
Hughes 848 30.0% 1,983 70.0% 2,831 R+40.1
Edmunds 1,093 39.3% 1,686 60.7% 2,779 R+21.3
Butte 792 28.5% 1,983 71.5% 2,775 R+42.9
Hand 1,114 40.9% 1,607 59.1% 2,721 R+18.1
Brule 1,546 57.8% 1,129 42.2% 2,675 D+15.6
Deuel 976 36.7% 1,686 63.3% 2,662 R+26.7
McPherson 407 15.6% 2,209 84.4% 2,616 R+68.9
Miner 1,042 40.4% 1,537 59.6% 2,579 R+19.2
Perkins 764 29.9% 1,794 70.1% 2,558 R+40.3
Aurora 1,124 48.0% 1,218 52.0% 2,342 R+4.0
Corson 768 34.2% 1,477 65.8% 2,245 R+31.6
Custer 719 34.4% 1,371 65.6% 2,090 R+31.2
Faulk 807 39.2% 1,251 60.8% 2,058 R+21.6
Potter 544 26.7% 1,493 73.3% 2,037 R+46.6
Sanborn 916 45.5% 1,096 54.5% 2,012 R+8.9
Douglas 635 31.7% 1,371 68.3% 2,006 R+36.7
Jerauld 699 35.8% 1,256 64.2% 1,955 R+28.5
Campbell 210 10.9% 1,717 89.1% 1,927 R+78.2
Lyman 791 41.8% 1,103 58.2% 1,894 R+16.5
Hanson 892 49.0% 930 51.0% 1,822 R+2.1
Dewey 551 35.8% 989 64.2% 1,540 R+28.4
Shannon 773 53.0% 686 47.0% 1,459 D+6.0
Hyde 433 31.8% 930 68.2% 1,363 R+36.5
Todd 753 55.4% 607 44.6% 1,360 D+10.7
Haakon 350 27.1% 942 72.9% 1,292 R+45.8
Bennett 587 50.5% 575 49.5% 1,162 D+1.0
Harding 293 29.4% 705 70.6% 998 R+41.3
Mellette 470 48.3% 503 51.7% 973 R+3.4
Sully 291 30.2% 674 69.8% 965 R+39.7
Ziebach 418 44.0% 531 56.0% 949 R+11.9
Jones 356 37.6% 591 62.4% 947 R+24.8
Stanley 303 33.7% 596 66.3% 899 R+32.6
Jackson 276 36.1% 489 63.9% 765 R+27.8
Buffalo 298 46.1% 348 53.9% 646 R+7.7
Washabaugh (Ext) 211 50.4% 208 49.6% 419 D+0.7
Armstrong (Ext) 5 71.4% 2 28.6% 7 D+42.9

Counties as they stood in 1948; 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