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Election 1968 Results

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1968 South Dakota governor election

Frank Farrar (Republican) beat Robert Chamberlin (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1968, 57.7% to 42.3%, a margin of 15.3 points and 42,386 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1966, when Nils Boe won.

Republicans led in 61 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 36,860 votes and went to the Republican by 12.6 points. The closest was Jones, 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
Frank Farrar won Republican 159,646 57.7%
Robert Chamberlin Democratic 117,260 42.3%
Total276,906

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 16,110 43.7% 20,750 56.3% 36,860 R+12.6
Pennington 7,854 45.0% 9,616 55.0% 17,470 R+10.1
Brown 6,394 43.9% 8,168 56.1% 14,562 R+12.2
Beadle 4,384 46.3% 5,082 53.7% 9,466 R+7.4
Codington 3,547 42.5% 4,801 57.5% 8,348 R+15.0
Brookings 3,171 39.8% 4,797 60.2% 7,968 R+20.4
Davison 3,399 44.6% 4,216 55.4% 7,615 R+10.7
Yankton 2,963 42.4% 4,030 57.6% 6,993 R+15.3
Lawrence 2,640 37.9% 4,323 62.1% 6,963 R+24.2
Lincoln 1,984 36.7% 3,426 63.3% 5,410 R+26.7
Lake 2,438 45.8% 2,884 54.2% 5,322 R+8.4
Hughes 1,874 36.3% 3,286 63.7% 5,160 R+27.4
Roberts 2,694 52.4% 2,447 47.6% 5,141 D+4.8
Hutchinson 1,542 30.4% 3,524 69.6% 5,066 R+39.1
Spink 2,370 48.6% 2,503 51.4% 4,873 R+2.7
Turner 1,500 31.6% 3,251 68.4% 4,751 R+36.9
Day 2,174 46.6% 2,488 53.4% 4,662 R+6.7
Charles Mix 2,393 52.0% 2,209 48.0% 4,602 D+4.0
Clay 1,835 42.0% 2,529 58.0% 4,364 R+15.9
Bon Homme 1,831 42.3% 2,497 57.7% 4,328 R+15.4
Union 1,987 46.4% 2,297 53.6% 4,284 R+7.2
Grant 1,823 42.8% 2,437 57.2% 4,260 R+14.4
Meade 1,662 39.5% 2,541 60.5% 4,203 R+20.9
Kingsbury 1,475 38.1% 2,398 61.9% 3,873 R+23.8
Tripp 1,611 41.7% 2,248 58.3% 3,859 R+16.5
McCook 1,619 43.7% 2,083 56.3% 3,702 R+12.5
Walworth 1,335 37.0% 2,275 63.0% 3,610 R+26.0
Moody 1,574 46.6% 1,802 53.4% 3,376 R+6.8
Gregory 1,423 43.1% 1,875 56.9% 3,298 R+13.7
Butte 1,226 37.5% 2,042 62.5% 3,268 R+25.0
Marshall 1,106 35.7% 1,994 64.3% 3,100 R+28.6
Clark 1,239 40.9% 1,792 59.1% 3,031 R+18.2
Fall River 1,089 36.1% 1,927 63.9% 3,016 R+27.8
Hand 1,180 39.5% 1,806 60.5% 2,986 R+21.0
Edmunds 1,256 42.9% 1,670 57.1% 2,926 R+14.1
Hamlin 1,120 39.2% 1,737 60.8% 2,857 R+21.6
Brule 1,409 50.2% 1,400 49.8% 2,809 D+0.3
Deuel 1,053 40.6% 1,540 59.4% 2,593 R+18.8
McPherson 466 18.1% 2,113 81.9% 2,579 R+63.9
Perkins 910 37.4% 1,521 62.6% 2,431 R+25.1
Miner 1,145 48.3% 1,227 51.7% 2,372 R+3.5
Potter 798 35.4% 1,455 64.6% 2,253 R+29.2
Douglas 698 31.0% 1,554 69.0% 2,252 R+38.0
Aurora 1,086 49.1% 1,125 50.9% 2,211 R+1.8
Sanborn 938 45.9% 1,106 54.1% 2,044 R+8.2
Custer 824 40.7% 1,201 59.3% 2,025 R+18.6
Faulk 800 39.9% 1,207 60.1% 2,007 R+20.3
Corson 890 45.0% 1,088 55.0% 1,978 R+10.0
Lyman 665 36.3% 1,169 63.7% 1,834 R+27.5
Dewey 816 45.3% 984 54.7% 1,800 R+9.3
Jerauld 795 44.3% 1,000 55.7% 1,795 R+11.4
Hanson 830 46.5% 955 53.5% 1,785 R+7.0
Shannon 1,120 66.6% 562 33.4% 1,682 D+33.2
Todd 990 59.1% 685 40.9% 1,675 D+18.2
Campbell 311 20.5% 1,206 79.5% 1,517 R+59.0
Hyde 506 38.5% 807 61.5% 1,313 R+22.9
Haakon 490 38.1% 795 61.9% 1,285 R+23.7
Bennett 516 42.8% 690 57.2% 1,206 R+14.4
Stanley 507 43.7% 652 56.3% 1,159 R+12.5
Sully 392 35.3% 719 64.7% 1,111 R+29.4
Mellette 463 42.8% 620 57.2% 1,083 R+14.5
Jones 499 49.9% 500 50.1% 999 R+0.1
Harding 279 31.9% 595 68.1% 874 R+36.2
Ziebach 397 46.8% 452 53.2% 849 R+6.5
Jackson 335 40.3% 496 59.7% 831 R+19.4
Buffalo 302 54.9% 248 45.1% 550 D+9.8
Washabaugh (Ext) 208 48.3% 223 51.7% 431 R+3.5

Counties as they stood in 1968; 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