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Election 1970 Results

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1970 South Dakota governor election

Richard F. Kneip (Democrat) beat Frank Farrar (Republican) in South Dakota in 1970, 54.8% to 45.2%, a margin of 9.7 points and 23,269 votes.

South Dakota changed party: in 1968 it went Republican, for Frank Farrar.

Democrats led in 52 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 15. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 31,887 votes and went to the Democrat by 9.5 points. The closest was Bennett, where 3 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
Richard F. Kneip won Democratic 131,616 54.8%
Frank Farrar Republican 108,347 45.2%
Total239,963

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 17,465 54.8% 14,422 45.2% 31,887 D+9.5
Pennington 10,157 65.3% 5,409 34.7% 15,566 D+30.5
Brown 6,863 53.7% 5,915 46.3% 12,778 D+7.4
Beadle 4,655 54.3% 3,916 45.7% 8,571 D+8.6
Brookings 4,012 53.2% 3,536 46.8% 7,548 D+6.3
Codington 4,080 54.7% 3,376 45.3% 7,456 D+9.4
Davison 3,962 58.2% 2,843 41.8% 6,805 D+16.4
Yankton 3,552 57.6% 2,616 42.4% 6,168 D+15.2
Lawrence 2,856 49.8% 2,882 50.2% 5,738 R+0.5
Lake 2,715 55.6% 2,172 44.4% 4,887 D+11.1
Hughes 2,077 42.8% 2,776 57.2% 4,853 R+14.4
Lincoln 2,422 54.4% 2,034 45.6% 4,456 D+8.7
Roberts 2,642 60.3% 1,736 39.7% 4,378 D+20.7
Spink 2,413 56.9% 1,827 43.1% 4,240 D+13.8
Hutchinson 2,192 51.8% 2,043 48.2% 4,235 D+3.5
Turner 2,127 52.1% 1,956 47.9% 4,083 D+4.2
Day 2,507 61.9% 1,543 38.1% 4,050 D+23.8
Bon Homme 2,328 60.5% 1,521 39.5% 3,849 D+21.0
Charles Mix 2,431 64.2% 1,355 35.8% 3,786 D+28.4
Clay 2,087 57.2% 1,560 42.8% 3,647 D+14.5
Grant 1,946 54.7% 1,610 45.3% 3,556 D+9.4
Meade 2,074 58.6% 1,467 41.4% 3,541 D+17.1
Union 2,061 58.9% 1,436 41.1% 3,497 D+17.9
Kingsbury 1,791 51.4% 1,694 48.6% 3,485 D+2.8
McCook 2,204 63.5% 1,265 36.5% 3,469 D+27.1
Tripp 1,650 50.4% 1,622 49.6% 3,272 D+0.9
Walworth 1,373 44.0% 1,748 56.0% 3,121 R+12.0
Moody 1,788 59.8% 1,204 40.2% 2,992 D+19.5
Hand 1,474 51.4% 1,391 48.6% 2,865 D+2.9
Clark 1,447 52.7% 1,300 47.3% 2,747 D+5.4
Marshall 1,347 50.3% 1,333 49.7% 2,680 D+0.5
Fall River 1,203 45.3% 1,455 54.7% 2,658 R+9.5
Edmunds 1,445 54.4% 1,209 45.6% 2,654 D+8.9
Hamlin 1,414 53.3% 1,237 46.7% 2,651 D+6.7
Butte 1,145 44.2% 1,448 55.8% 2,593 R+11.7
Gregory 1,420 57.9% 1,031 42.1% 2,451 D+15.9
Brule 1,531 63.0% 900 37.0% 2,431 D+26.0
Deuel 1,359 57.1% 1,023 42.9% 2,382 D+14.1
McPherson 641 30.2% 1,484 69.8% 2,125 R+39.7
Miner 1,333 63.2% 775 36.8% 2,108 D+26.5
Perkins 952 45.2% 1,153 54.8% 2,105 R+9.5
Aurora 1,210 62.1% 738 37.9% 1,948 D+24.2
Douglas 1,019 53.3% 892 46.7% 1,911 D+6.6
Potter 865 46.5% 995 53.5% 1,860 R+7.0
Custer 1,049 57.8% 766 42.2% 1,815 D+15.6
Sanborn 1,028 57.5% 760 42.5% 1,788 D+15.0
Faulk 876 50.9% 845 49.1% 1,721 D+1.8
Hanson 1,049 63.0% 616 37.0% 1,665 D+26.0
Corson 741 46.2% 863 53.8% 1,604 R+7.6
Lyman 808 50.8% 783 49.2% 1,591 D+1.6
Jerauld 803 50.8% 778 49.2% 1,581 D+1.6
Dewey 685 48.8% 720 51.2% 1,405 R+2.5
Todd 585 49.1% 606 50.9% 1,191 R+1.8
Campbell 301 25.4% 886 74.6% 1,187 R+49.3
Hyde 632 54.2% 533 45.8% 1,165 D+8.5
Haakon 539 50.5% 528 49.5% 1,067 D+1.0
Stanley 568 54.0% 484 46.0% 1,052 D+8.0
Sully 450 43.4% 587 56.6% 1,037 R+13.2
Mellette 407 47.5% 450 52.5% 857 R+5.0
Shannon 523 64.1% 293 35.9% 816 D+28.2
Jones 495 62.0% 304 38.0% 799 D+23.9
Harding 345 47.9% 376 52.1% 721 R+4.3
Jackson 378 52.7% 339 47.3% 717 D+5.4
Ziebach 387 55.6% 309 44.4% 696 D+11.2
Bennett 333 50.2% 330 49.8% 663 D+0.5
Buffalo 244 53.5% 212 46.5% 456 D+7.0
Washabaugh (Ext) 155 54.2% 131 45.8% 286 D+8.4

Counties as they stood in 1970; 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