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Election 1964 Results

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1964 South Dakota governor election

Nils A. Boe (Republican) beat John F. Lindley (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1964, 51.7% to 48.3%, a margin of 3.3 points and 9,732 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1962, when Archie M. Gubbrud won.

Democrats led in 34 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 33. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 37,069 votes and went to the Republican by 12.9 points. The closest was Lyman, where 1 vote 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
Nils A. Boe won Republican 150,151 51.7%
John F. Lindley Democratic 140,419 48.3%
Total290,570

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 16,136 43.5% 20,933 56.5% 37,069 R+12.9
Pennington 8,172 44.2% 10,301 55.8% 18,473 R+11.5
Brown 7,839 54.6% 6,527 45.4% 14,366 D+9.1
Beadle 5,136 52.0% 4,738 48.0% 9,874 D+4.0
Codington 4,429 50.4% 4,362 49.6% 8,791 D+0.8
Brookings 3,251 41.9% 4,511 58.1% 7,762 R+16.2
Davison 4,269 56.7% 3,255 43.3% 7,524 D+13.5
Lawrence 2,929 39.6% 4,470 60.4% 7,399 R+20.8
Yankton 3,431 49.4% 3,512 50.6% 6,943 R+1.2
Lincoln 2,389 43.0% 3,168 57.0% 5,557 R+14.0
Roberts 3,172 58.4% 2,257 41.6% 5,429 D+16.9
Lake 2,547 47.5% 2,811 52.5% 5,358 R+4.9
Hughes 2,266 42.5% 3,071 57.5% 5,337 R+15.1
Day 2,926 57.5% 2,165 42.5% 5,091 D+14.9
Charles Mix 3,214 63.5% 1,850 36.5% 5,064 D+26.9
Spink 2,722 54.1% 2,309 45.9% 5,031 D+8.2
Hutchinson 1,909 38.3% 3,081 61.7% 4,990 R+23.5
Turner 1,958 39.5% 2,999 60.5% 4,957 R+21.0
Meade 1,974 43.6% 2,556 56.4% 4,530 R+12.8
Grant 2,233 50.6% 2,183 49.4% 4,416 D+1.1
Union 2,436 55.3% 1,971 44.7% 4,407 D+10.6
Clay 2,093 47.8% 2,282 52.2% 4,375 R+4.3
Tripp 2,103 50.4% 2,072 49.6% 4,175 D+0.7
Bon Homme 2,238 54.2% 1,892 45.8% 4,130 D+8.4
Kingsbury 1,806 44.9% 2,215 55.1% 4,021 R+10.2
McCook 2,091 53.0% 1,855 47.0% 3,946 D+6.0
Fall River 1,510 39.4% 2,326 60.6% 3,836 R+21.3
Walworth 1,573 41.4% 2,227 58.6% 3,800 R+17.2
Moody 1,938 52.0% 1,789 48.0% 3,727 D+4.0
Butte 1,426 38.7% 2,260 61.3% 3,686 R+22.6
Gregory 1,919 53.2% 1,688 46.8% 3,607 D+6.4
Clark 1,677 49.4% 1,716 50.6% 3,393 R+1.1
Brule 2,089 65.7% 1,089 34.3% 3,178 D+31.5
Marshall 1,741 54.8% 1,434 45.2% 3,175 D+9.7
Hand 1,471 47.0% 1,661 53.0% 3,132 R+6.1
Edmunds 1,598 51.1% 1,529 48.9% 3,127 D+2.2
Hamlin 1,379 45.2% 1,673 54.8% 3,052 R+9.6
Deuel 1,333 47.1% 1,495 52.9% 2,828 R+5.7
Perkins 1,073 40.9% 1,548 59.1% 2,621 R+18.1
Miner 1,505 57.8% 1,098 42.2% 2,603 D+15.6
McPherson 597 23.1% 1,985 76.9% 2,582 R+53.8
Aurora 1,465 60.8% 946 39.2% 2,411 D+21.5
Shannon 1,742 75.1% 578 24.9% 2,320 D+50.2
Custer 955 41.3% 1,356 58.7% 2,311 R+17.4
Corson 1,183 51.3% 1,122 48.7% 2,305 D+2.6
Douglas 1,050 45.6% 1,255 54.4% 2,305 R+8.9
Sanborn 1,260 55.1% 1,026 44.9% 2,286 D+10.2
Potter 1,082 48.4% 1,152 51.6% 2,234 R+3.1
Dewey 1,098 50.1% 1,094 49.9% 2,192 D+0.2
Faulk 1,136 52.3% 1,038 47.7% 2,174 D+4.5
Lyman 1,015 50.0% 1,014 50.0% 2,029 level
Hanson 1,135 56.0% 892 44.0% 2,027 D+12.0
Todd 1,158 60.3% 762 39.7% 1,920 D+20.6
Jerauld 932 48.7% 981 51.3% 1,913 R+2.6
Campbell 318 20.3% 1,250 79.7% 1,568 R+59.4
Haakon 588 40.6% 861 59.4% 1,449 R+18.8
Hyde 688 47.8% 751 52.2% 1,439 R+4.4
Bennett 722 52.6% 651 47.4% 1,373 D+5.2
Stanley 729 55.6% 583 44.4% 1,312 D+11.1
Sully 513 41.0% 738 59.0% 1,251 R+18.0
Mellette 616 52.3% 561 47.7% 1,177 D+4.7
Ziebach 494 49.2% 510 50.8% 1,004 R+1.6
Harding 357 36.5% 621 63.5% 978 R+27.0
Jones 522 53.6% 451 46.4% 973 D+7.3
Jackson 366 40.0% 548 60.0% 914 R+19.9
Buffalo 490 60.6% 318 39.4% 808 D+21.3
Washabaugh (Ext) 307 57.4% 228 42.6% 535 D+14.8

Counties as they stood in 1964; 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