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Election 1958 Results

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1958 South Dakota governor election

Ralph Herseth (Democrat) beat Phil Saunders (Republican) in South Dakota in 1958, 51.4% to 48.6%, a margin of 2.8 points and 7,241 votes.

South Dakota changed party: in 1956 it went Republican, for Joe Foss.

Democrats led in 40 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 26. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 30,235 votes and went to the Democrat by 0.1 points. The closest was Hyde, 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
Ralph Herseth won Democratic 132,761 51.4%
Phil Saunders Republican 125,520 48.6%
Total258,281

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 15,138 50.1% 15,097 49.9% 30,235 D+0.1
Brown 8,193 60.2% 5,418 39.8% 13,611 D+20.4
Pennington 6,509 49.2% 6,712 50.8% 13,221 R+1.5
Beadle 4,485 52.9% 3,994 47.1% 8,479 D+5.8
Codington 4,095 51.8% 3,805 48.2% 7,900 D+3.7
Brookings 3,506 47.4% 3,889 52.6% 7,395 R+5.2
Davison 4,074 59.5% 2,769 40.5% 6,843 D+19.1
Yankton 3,022 50.6% 2,955 49.4% 5,977 D+1.1
Lawrence 2,232 39.1% 3,481 60.9% 5,713 R+21.9
Roberts 3,063 57.8% 2,237 42.2% 5,300 D+15.6
Day 2,984 57.9% 2,166 42.1% 5,150 D+15.9
Lincoln 2,316 45.4% 2,781 54.6% 5,097 R+9.1
Lake 2,334 48.0% 2,531 52.0% 4,865 R+4.0
Turner 2,132 44.2% 2,688 55.8% 4,820 R+11.5
Spink 2,736 57.0% 2,063 43.0% 4,799 D+14.0
Hutchinson 1,750 37.7% 2,897 62.3% 4,647 R+24.7
Hughes 2,032 44.2% 2,569 55.8% 4,601 R+11.7
Charles Mix 2,995 65.7% 1,566 34.3% 4,561 D+31.3
Grant 2,191 51.5% 2,060 48.5% 4,251 D+3.1
Bon Homme 2,206 52.0% 2,038 48.0% 4,244 D+4.0
Union 2,296 56.2% 1,789 43.8% 4,085 D+12.4
Kingsbury 1,816 45.6% 2,166 54.4% 3,982 R+8.8
Clay 1,943 50.4% 1,915 49.6% 3,858 D+0.7
Meade 1,828 47.4% 2,029 52.6% 3,857 R+5.2
McCook 2,038 55.0% 1,667 45.0% 3,705 D+10.0
Tripp 1,819 52.8% 1,628 47.2% 3,447 D+5.5
Clark 1,665 49.2% 1,718 50.8% 3,383 R+1.6
Moody 1,892 57.3% 1,410 42.7% 3,302 D+14.6
Gregory 1,737 53.2% 1,526 46.8% 3,263 D+6.5
Walworth 1,555 48.0% 1,685 52.0% 3,240 R+4.0
Edmunds 1,691 54.7% 1,401 45.3% 3,092 D+9.4
Hamlin 1,480 48.3% 1,585 51.7% 3,065 R+3.4
Fall River 1,477 48.3% 1,584 51.7% 3,061 R+3.5
Hand 1,562 51.1% 1,495 48.9% 3,057 D+2.2
Marshall 1,724 57.1% 1,294 42.9% 3,018 D+14.2
Butte 1,290 43.6% 1,668 56.4% 2,958 R+12.8
Deuel 1,367 49.7% 1,381 50.3% 2,748 R+0.5
McPherson 826 30.5% 1,883 69.5% 2,709 R+39.0
Perkins 1,185 45.2% 1,434 54.8% 2,619 R+9.5
Brule 1,710 65.4% 904 34.6% 2,614 D+30.8
Miner 1,509 60.7% 977 39.3% 2,486 D+21.4
Sanborn 1,309 56.9% 993 43.1% 2,302 D+13.7
Aurora 1,412 62.4% 850 37.6% 2,262 D+24.8
Faulk 1,216 56.1% 951 43.9% 2,167 D+12.2
Douglas 957 44.2% 1,209 55.8% 2,166 R+11.6
Corson 1,082 51.4% 1,022 48.6% 2,104 D+2.9
Hanson 1,213 59.2% 836 40.8% 2,049 D+18.4
Potter 952 46.7% 1,086 53.3% 2,038 R+6.6
Custer 995 48.8% 1,042 51.2% 2,037 R+2.3
Jerauld 957 49.9% 961 50.1% 1,918 R+0.2
Lyman 950 50.0% 950 50.0% 1,900 level
Dewey 975 52.0% 899 48.0% 1,874 D+4.1
Haakon 722 49.9% 725 50.1% 1,447 R+0.2
Todd 719 52.4% 652 47.6% 1,371 D+4.9
Hyde 664 50.1% 662 49.9% 1,326 D+0.2
Campbell 335 25.5% 978 74.5% 1,313 R+49.0
Shannon 786 63.4% 453 36.6% 1,239 D+26.9
Sully 608 49.2% 629 50.8% 1,237 R+1.7
Stanley 726 60.1% 482 39.9% 1,208 D+20.2
Bennett 623 56.9% 471 43.1% 1,094 D+13.9
Ziebach 581 54.1% 492 45.9% 1,073 D+8.3
Mellette 549 53.6% 476 46.4% 1,025 D+7.1
Jones 556 54.3% 468 45.7% 1,024 D+8.6
Harding 382 41.9% 530 58.1% 912 R+16.2
Jackson 544 60.6% 353 39.4% 897 D+21.3
Buffalo 314 52.2% 287 47.8% 601 D+4.5
Washabaugh (Ext) 231 52.6% 208 47.4% 439 D+5.2

Counties as they stood in 1958; 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