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Election 1998 Results

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1998 South Dakota governor election

William J. Janklow (Republican) beat Bernie Hunhoff (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1998, 64.0% to 32.9%, a margin of 31.2 points and 81,148 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1994, when William J. Janklow also won.

Republicans led in 59 of the 66 counties and Democrats in 7. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 46,212 votes and went to the Republican by 40.5 points. The closest was Stanley, where 46 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 166,621 64.0%
Bernie Hunhoff Democratic 85,473 32.9%
All other candidates 8,093 3.1%
Total260,187

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 13,323 28.8% 32,055 69.4% 834 46,212 R+40.5
Pennington 8,190 31.4% 16,651 63.8% 1,239 26,080 R+32.4
Brown 4,109 30.6% 9,050 67.3% 289 13,448 R+36.7
Brookings 3,402 38.0% 5,241 58.5% 313 8,956 R+20.5
Codington 2,389 27.3% 6,132 70.1% 226 8,747 R+42.8
Yankton 4,570 58.3% 3,107 39.7% 159 7,836 D+18.7
Beadle 2,094 28.7% 4,983 68.3% 214 7,291 R+39.6
Hughes 2,823 39.5% 4,074 57.0% 248 7,145 R+17.5
Lincoln 1,891 26.6% 5,122 72.0% 96 7,109 R+45.4
Lawrence 2,235 31.6% 4,370 61.9% 457 7,062 R+30.2
Meade 2,054 30.1% 4,426 64.9% 335 6,815 R+34.8
Davison 1,797 27.2% 4,612 69.8% 198 6,607 R+42.6
Lake 1,233 28.0% 3,092 70.2% 81 4,406 R+42.2
Union 1,408 33.5% 2,671 63.5% 127 4,206 R+30.0
Clay 2,189 57.1% 1,532 40.0% 111 3,832 D+17.1
Roberts 1,099 30.3% 2,426 66.8% 107 3,632 R+36.5
Charles Mix 1,284 36.1% 2,190 61.6% 84 3,558 R+25.5
Turner 1,078 30.7% 2,385 67.8% 53 3,516 R+37.2
Grant 917 27.9% 2,318 70.6% 49 3,284 R+42.7
Spink 1,260 39.1% 1,891 58.6% 75 3,226 R+19.6
Hutchinson 1,051 32.7% 2,104 65.4% 62 3,217 R+32.7
Bon Homme 1,686 56.4% 1,231 41.2% 74 2,991 D+15.2
Butte 782 26.7% 1,949 66.4% 203 2,934 R+39.8
Custer 1,186 41.1% 1,429 49.5% 269 2,884 R+8.4
Day 962 34.1% 1,803 64.0% 53 2,818 R+29.8
Fall River 1,035 37.3% 1,521 54.9% 216 2,772 R+17.5
Tripp 690 27.6% 1,757 70.4% 49 2,496 R+42.7
Kingsbury 727 29.7% 1,644 67.3% 73 2,444 R+37.5
Walworth 665 27.5% 1,680 69.4% 76 2,421 R+41.9
Hamlin 624 26.4% 1,685 71.2% 59 2,368 R+44.8
Gregory 667 29.8% 1,502 67.1% 69 2,238 R+37.3
Moody 644 28.8% 1,566 70.0% 26 2,236 R+41.2
McCook 650 29.4% 1,514 68.4% 50 2,214 R+39.0
Edmunds 512 23.5% 1,619 74.3% 47 2,178 R+50.8
Brule 699 33.6% 1,321 63.4% 62 2,082 R+29.9
Hand 631 31.0% 1,350 66.3% 54 2,035 R+35.3
Marshall 506 25.6% 1,437 72.8% 32 1,975 R+47.1
Clark 500 26.0% 1,380 71.7% 44 1,924 R+45.7
Deuel 641 33.4% 1,229 64.0% 51 1,921 R+30.6
Douglas 409 24.7% 1,190 71.9% 57 1,656 R+47.2
Dewey 810 51.2% 707 44.7% 65 1,582 D+6.5
Perkins 434 28.3% 1,019 66.5% 80 1,533 R+38.2
Potter 344 23.7% 1,077 74.2% 30 1,451 R+50.5
Todd 873 60.5% 510 35.4% 59 1,442 D+25.2
Aurora 560 38.9% 811 56.3% 69 1,440 R+17.4
Lyman 540 37.7% 849 59.3% 42 1,431 R+21.6
Oglala Lakota 1,137 80.2% 182 12.8% 99 1,418 D+67.3
McPherson 321 23.6% 1,006 74.1% 31 1,358 R+50.4
Hanson 235 17.7% 1,068 80.2% 28 1,331 R+62.6
Stanley 611 46.0% 657 49.5% 59 1,327 R+3.5
Miner 388 29.7% 888 67.9% 32 1,308 R+38.2
Faulk 361 28.5% 887 70.1% 18 1,266 R+41.5
Sanborn 362 29.1% 846 68.1% 35 1,243 R+38.9
Jerauld 362 29.9% 807 66.7% 41 1,210 R+36.8
Haakon 284 27.7% 692 67.6% 48 1,024 R+39.8
Corson 284 28.9% 641 65.2% 58 983 R+36.3
Campbell 223 22.9% 713 73.3% 37 973 R+50.4
Bennett 339 35.1% 567 58.8% 59 965 R+23.6
Jackson 403 41.8% 514 53.3% 47 964 R+11.5
Hyde 339 37.6% 527 58.4% 36 902 R+20.8
Sully 232 27.9% 554 66.6% 46 832 R+38.7
Mellette 335 43.8% 392 51.3% 37 764 R+7.5
Ziebach 297 39.6% 409 54.5% 44 750 R+14.9
Harding 152 21.6% 529 75.2% 22 703 R+53.6
Jones 259 40.5% 352 55.1% 28 639 R+14.6
Buffalo 376 65.3% 178 30.9% 22 576 D+34.4

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