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Election 1994 Results

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1994 South Dakota governor election

William J. Janklow (Republican) beat Jim Beddow (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1994, 55.4% to 40.5%, a margin of 14.8 points and 46,242 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1990, when George S. Mickelson won.

Republicans led in 59 of the 66 counties and Democrats in 7. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 58,261 votes and went to the Republican by 17.8 points. The closest was Stanley, where 49 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
William J. Janklow won Republican 172,515 55.4%
Jim Beddow Democratic 126,273 40.5%
All other candidates 12,825 4.1%
Total311,613

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 22,993 39.5% 33,377 57.3% 1,891 58,261 R+17.8
Pennington 13,568 40.9% 17,849 53.8% 1,748 33,165 R+12.9
Brown 6,701 41.2% 9,117 56.0% 458 16,276 R+14.8
Codington 4,022 38.0% 6,202 58.6% 367 10,591 R+20.6
Brookings 4,986 47.7% 5,098 48.8% 370 10,454 R+1.1
Lawrence 3,755 40.9% 4,849 52.8% 573 9,177 R+11.9
Yankton 4,310 50.5% 3,816 44.7% 409 8,535 D+5.8
Beadle 3,306 39.6% 4,676 56.0% 362 8,344 R+16.4
Meade 3,246 39.2% 4,546 54.9% 484 8,276 R+15.7
Hughes 3,174 38.9% 4,670 57.2% 323 8,167 R+18.3
Davison 2,956 37.8% 4,556 58.3% 306 7,818 R+20.5
Lincoln 3,181 41.4% 4,220 54.9% 283 7,684 R+13.5
Clay 3,038 58.9% 1,823 35.3% 300 5,161 D+23.5
Lake 1,965 38.3% 3,001 58.5% 168 5,134 R+20.2
Union 2,224 45.6% 2,368 48.5% 289 4,881 R+3.0
Turner 1,666 41.2% 2,254 55.8% 121 4,041 R+14.6
Hutchinson 1,463 36.8% 2,293 57.6% 223 3,979 R+20.9
Grant 1,448 36.4% 2,425 61.0% 101 3,974 R+24.6
Roberts 1,546 39.0% 2,334 58.9% 86 3,966 R+19.9
Spink 1,572 40.9% 2,122 55.2% 149 3,843 R+14.3
Charles Mix 1,465 38.7% 2,168 57.2% 154 3,787 R+18.6
Day 1,476 41.3% 2,022 56.5% 79 3,577 R+15.3
Butte 1,187 34.7% 2,022 59.2% 208 3,417 R+24.4
Bon Homme 1,744 52.0% 1,362 40.6% 248 3,354 D+11.4
Fall River 1,446 43.1% 1,680 50.1% 228 3,354 R+7.0
Custer 1,367 42.6% 1,613 50.3% 229 3,209 R+7.7
Tripp 1,241 39.5% 1,734 55.2% 165 3,140 R+15.7
Kingsbury 1,214 39.7% 1,729 56.6% 112 3,055 R+16.9
Moody 927 32.6% 1,829 64.3% 88 2,844 R+31.7
Walworth 834 29.9% 1,864 66.8% 91 2,789 R+36.9
McCook 1,205 43.4% 1,478 53.3% 91 2,774 R+9.8
Hamlin 967 35.3% 1,700 62.1% 69 2,736 R+26.8
Gregory 976 38.4% 1,374 54.0% 193 2,543 R+15.7
Brule 986 39.5% 1,406 56.3% 104 2,496 R+16.8
Hand 870 35.2% 1,496 60.5% 108 2,474 R+25.3
Edmunds 842 35.2% 1,480 61.9% 69 2,391 R+26.7
Deuel 943 40.9% 1,293 56.1% 70 2,306 R+15.2
Clark 846 37.7% 1,332 59.4% 66 2,244 R+21.7
Marshall 882 41.9% 1,187 56.4% 34 2,103 R+14.5
Douglas 494 25.5% 1,346 69.6% 95 1,935 R+44.0
Dewey 949 50.2% 898 47.5% 44 1,891 D+2.7
Perkins 604 33.4% 1,099 60.9% 103 1,806 R+27.4
Aurora 699 39.2% 979 54.9% 104 1,782 R+15.7
Potter 425 24.3% 1,264 72.4% 57 1,746 R+48.1
McPherson 501 30.5% 1,114 67.8% 29 1,644 R+37.3
Lyman 607 39.4% 862 55.9% 73 1,542 R+16.5
Miner 611 39.7% 857 55.6% 72 1,540 R+16.0
Hanson 390 25.6% 1,068 70.2% 63 1,521 R+44.6
Sanborn 656 43.5% 802 53.2% 50 1,508 R+9.7
Todd 790 55.5% 567 39.8% 66 1,423 D+15.7
Jerauld 638 45.0% 733 51.7% 46 1,417 R+6.7
Faulk 495 35.2% 860 61.2% 51 1,406 R+26.0
Stanley 635 46.4% 684 50.0% 50 1,369 R+3.6
Haakon 438 34.4% 755 59.4% 79 1,272 R+24.9
Corson 407 32.9% 802 64.9% 27 1,236 R+32.0
Oglala Lakota 985 80.5% 192 15.7% 46 1,223 D+64.8
Bennett 498 40.9% 688 56.5% 31 1,217 R+15.6
Jackson 462 41.4% 600 53.8% 53 1,115 R+12.4
Campbell 303 28.4% 735 68.9% 28 1,066 R+40.5
Sully 303 30.1% 641 63.8% 61 1,005 R+33.6
Hyde 373 39.8% 525 56.0% 39 937 R+16.2
Mellette 381 42.9% 454 51.1% 53 888 R+8.2
Harding 198 23.7% 614 73.4% 24 836 R+49.8
Ziebach 324 42.5% 431 56.5% 8 763 R+14.0
Jones 302 40.8% 397 53.6% 42 741 R+12.8
Buffalo 267 57.5% 183 39.4% 14 464 D+18.1

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