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Election 1950 Results

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1950 South Dakota governor election

Sigurd Anderson (Republican) beat Joe Robbie (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1950, 60.9% to 39.1%, a margin of 21.8 points and 55,192 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1948, when George T. Mickelson won.

Republicans led in 61 of the 68 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 26,328 votes and went to the Republican by 30.4 points. The closest was Armstrong (Ext), 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
Sigurd Anderson won Republican 154,254 60.9%
Joe Robbie Democratic 99,062 39.1%
Total253,316

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 9,158 34.8% 17,170 65.2% 26,328 R+30.4
Brown 6,081 47.1% 6,843 52.9% 12,924 R+5.9
Pennington 4,851 40.3% 7,186 59.7% 12,037 R+19.4
Beadle 4,165 48.5% 4,423 51.5% 8,588 R+3.0
Codington 3,233 43.2% 4,253 56.8% 7,486 R+13.6
Davison 3,442 47.8% 3,764 52.2% 7,206 R+4.5
Brookings 1,982 29.9% 4,655 70.1% 6,637 R+40.3
Lawrence 1,886 30.7% 4,265 69.3% 6,151 R+38.7
Yankton 2,274 39.6% 3,474 60.4% 5,748 R+20.9
Day 2,238 39.6% 3,412 60.4% 5,650 R+20.8
Spink 2,370 44.2% 2,998 55.8% 5,368 R+11.7
Roberts 2,455 47.8% 2,681 52.2% 5,136 R+4.4
Charles Mix 2,776 55.9% 2,192 44.1% 4,968 D+11.8
Turner 1,251 25.4% 3,670 74.6% 4,921 R+49.2
Lincoln 1,248 25.6% 3,629 74.4% 4,877 R+48.8
Lake 1,620 33.7% 3,193 66.3% 4,813 R+32.7
Bon Homme 1,823 42.4% 2,479 57.6% 4,302 R+15.2
Union 1,693 40.1% 2,525 59.9% 4,218 R+19.7
Kingsbury 1,089 26.0% 3,093 74.0% 4,182 R+47.9
Clay 1,380 34.0% 2,679 66.0% 4,059 R+32.0
Hutchinson 1,033 26.2% 2,917 73.8% 3,950 R+47.7
Grant 1,575 40.1% 2,353 59.9% 3,928 R+19.8
Meade 1,571 40.2% 2,339 59.8% 3,910 R+19.6
McCook 1,292 35.7% 2,324 64.3% 3,616 R+28.5
Tripp 1,679 46.8% 1,910 53.2% 3,589 R+6.4
Gregory 1,681 47.7% 1,843 52.3% 3,524 R+4.6
Clark 1,101 32.9% 2,248 67.1% 3,349 R+34.2
Hamlin 1,164 34.9% 2,174 65.1% 3,338 R+30.3
Walworth 1,394 42.1% 1,919 57.9% 3,313 R+15.8
Hughes 1,052 32.8% 2,156 67.2% 3,208 R+34.4
Fall River 1,074 33.6% 2,123 66.4% 3,197 R+32.8
Edmunds 1,450 45.4% 1,744 54.6% 3,194 R+9.2
Marshall 1,274 40.8% 1,845 59.2% 3,119 R+18.3
Moody 1,140 36.6% 1,978 63.4% 3,118 R+26.9
Hand 1,368 45.1% 1,664 54.9% 3,032 R+9.8
McPherson 556 19.2% 2,343 80.8% 2,899 R+61.6
Perkins 1,083 37.7% 1,791 62.3% 2,874 R+24.6
Butte 889 31.4% 1,940 68.6% 2,829 R+37.2
Deuel 842 31.9% 1,796 68.1% 2,638 R+36.2
Sanborn 1,141 43.9% 1,461 56.1% 2,602 R+12.3
Miner 1,022 39.7% 1,553 60.3% 2,575 R+20.6
Brule 1,509 59.6% 1,025 40.4% 2,534 D+19.1
Corson 1,004 42.5% 1,361 57.5% 2,365 R+15.1
Douglas 701 30.9% 1,568 69.1% 2,269 R+38.2
Faulk 919 40.7% 1,338 59.3% 2,257 R+18.6
Custer 819 36.4% 1,428 63.6% 2,247 R+27.1
Aurora 1,053 49.3% 1,085 50.7% 2,138 R+1.5
Lyman 862 41.6% 1,212 58.4% 2,074 R+16.9
Hanson 942 45.6% 1,126 54.4% 2,068 R+8.9
Potter 754 36.6% 1,307 63.4% 2,061 R+26.8
Jerauld 832 40.5% 1,221 59.5% 2,053 R+18.9
Dewey 840 44.6% 1,044 55.4% 1,884 R+10.8
Haakon 512 33.8% 1,002 66.2% 1,514 R+32.4
Campbell 236 16.2% 1,224 83.8% 1,460 R+67.7
Shannon 874 61.9% 538 38.1% 1,412 D+23.8
Bennett 706 54.3% 594 45.7% 1,300 D+8.6
Hyde 464 37.6% 770 62.4% 1,234 R+24.8
Todd 538 44.2% 678 55.8% 1,216 R+11.5
Mellette 459 42.9% 610 57.1% 1,069 R+14.1
Ziebach 425 40.1% 634 59.9% 1,059 R+19.7
Sully 330 31.5% 716 68.5% 1,046 R+36.9
Jones 365 36.4% 637 63.6% 1,002 R+27.1
Stanley 354 37.6% 588 62.4% 942 R+24.8
Harding 299 34.4% 570 65.6% 869 R+31.2
Jackson 327 41.1% 469 58.9% 796 R+17.8
Buffalo 342 52.5% 309 47.5% 651 D+5.1
Washabaugh (Ext) 194 50.0% 194 50.0% 388 level
Armstrong (Ext) 6 85.7% 1 14.3% 7 D+71.4

Counties as they stood in 1950; 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