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Election 1962 Results

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1962 South Dakota governor election

Archie M. Gubbrud (Republican) beat Ralph Herseth (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1962, 56.1% to 43.9%, a margin of 12.2 points and 31,244 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1960, when Archie M. Gubbrud also won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 13. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 30,837 votes and went to the Republican by 17.3 points. The closest was Marshall, 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
Archie M. Gubbrud won Republican 143,682 56.1%
Ralph Herseth Democratic 112,438 43.9%
Total256,120

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 12,745 41.3% 18,092 58.7% 30,837 R+17.3
Pennington 6,589 41.7% 9,203 58.3% 15,792 R+16.6
Brown 7,190 54.6% 5,982 45.4% 13,172 D+9.2
Beadle 4,033 46.8% 4,589 53.2% 8,622 R+6.4
Codington 3,502 46.0% 4,112 54.0% 7,614 R+8.0
Davison 3,465 50.6% 3,384 49.4% 6,849 D+1.2
Brookings 2,482 36.5% 4,322 63.5% 6,804 R+27.0
Lawrence 2,068 34.0% 4,012 66.0% 6,080 R+32.0
Yankton 2,411 41.7% 3,368 58.3% 5,779 R+16.6
Roberts 2,653 52.3% 2,420 47.7% 5,073 D+4.6
Lincoln 1,701 34.0% 3,306 66.0% 5,007 R+32.1
Hughes 2,082 42.4% 2,832 57.6% 4,914 R+15.3
Lake 2,041 42.9% 2,712 57.1% 4,753 R+14.1
Day 2,496 53.0% 2,214 47.0% 4,710 D+6.0
Spink 2,306 50.2% 2,288 49.8% 4,594 D+0.4
Turner 1,452 32.9% 2,955 67.1% 4,407 R+34.1
Hutchinson 1,308 30.5% 2,979 69.5% 4,287 R+39.0
Bon Homme 1,996 47.7% 2,188 52.3% 4,184 R+4.6
Charles Mix 2,520 60.4% 1,651 39.6% 4,171 D+20.8
Meade 1,713 42.1% 2,359 57.9% 4,072 R+15.9
Grant 1,717 43.8% 2,204 56.2% 3,921 R+12.4
Kingsbury 1,475 38.9% 2,312 61.1% 3,787 R+22.1
Tripp 1,623 42.9% 2,160 57.1% 3,783 R+14.2
Union 1,651 43.7% 2,129 56.3% 3,780 R+12.6
McCook 1,695 46.7% 1,937 53.3% 3,632 R+6.7
Clay 1,573 43.3% 2,058 56.7% 3,631 R+13.4
Walworth 1,392 41.3% 1,980 58.7% 3,372 R+17.4
Moody 1,602 48.3% 1,712 51.7% 3,314 R+3.3
Butte 1,150 35.3% 2,111 64.7% 3,261 R+29.5
Gregory 1,505 47.2% 1,684 52.8% 3,189 R+5.6
Fall River 1,252 39.6% 1,912 60.4% 3,164 R+20.9
Clark 1,222 40.6% 1,790 59.4% 3,012 R+18.9
Edmunds 1,464 49.1% 1,515 50.9% 2,979 R+1.7
Hamlin 1,168 40.0% 1,755 60.0% 2,923 R+20.1
Hand 1,296 44.8% 1,598 55.2% 2,894 R+10.4
Marshall 1,396 49.9% 1,400 50.1% 2,796 R+0.1
Deuel 1,005 38.5% 1,605 61.5% 2,610 R+23.0
Brule 1,507 58.6% 1,066 41.4% 2,573 D+17.1
Perkins 1,079 42.8% 1,443 57.2% 2,522 R+14.4
McPherson 624 25.7% 1,801 74.3% 2,425 R+48.5
Miner 1,199 50.5% 1,173 49.5% 2,372 D+1.1
Aurora 1,294 55.0% 1,058 45.0% 2,352 D+10.0
Sanborn 1,051 48.1% 1,136 51.9% 2,187 R+3.9
Faulk 1,015 47.3% 1,129 52.7% 2,144 R+5.3
Douglas 750 35.2% 1,379 64.8% 2,129 R+29.5
Potter 879 42.5% 1,187 57.5% 2,066 R+14.9
Corson 889 44.8% 1,097 55.2% 1,986 R+10.5
Hanson 990 50.4% 973 49.6% 1,963 D+0.9
Custer 788 40.7% 1,147 59.3% 1,935 R+18.6
Dewey 935 48.4% 998 51.6% 1,933 R+3.3
Lyman 812 42.9% 1,081 57.1% 1,893 R+14.2
Jerauld 789 43.0% 1,047 57.0% 1,836 R+14.1
Campbell 357 22.0% 1,264 78.0% 1,621 R+56.0
Haakon 557 37.9% 914 62.1% 1,471 R+24.3
Hyde 648 47.4% 719 52.6% 1,367 R+5.2
Todd 650 48.8% 681 51.2% 1,331 R+2.3
Bennett 547 45.5% 656 54.5% 1,203 R+9.1
Sully 455 39.1% 710 60.9% 1,165 R+21.9
Stanley 617 53.7% 533 46.3% 1,150 D+7.3
Shannon 706 61.9% 435 38.1% 1,141 D+23.8
Mellette 448 43.2% 588 56.8% 1,036 R+13.5
Jones 414 43.4% 541 56.6% 955 R+13.3
Harding 310 33.7% 610 66.3% 920 R+32.6
Ziebach 417 47.3% 465 52.7% 882 R+5.4
Jackson 311 36.0% 553 64.0% 864 R+28.0
Buffalo 321 56.0% 252 44.0% 573 D+12.0
Washabaugh (Ext) 140 39.3% 216 60.7% 356 R+21.3

Counties as they stood in 1962; 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