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Election 2018 Results

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2018 South Dakota governor election

Kristi Noem (Republican) beat Billie Sutton (Democrat) in South Dakota in 2018, 51.0% to 47.6%, a margin of 3.4 points and 11,458 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2014, when Dennis Daugaard won.

Republicans led in 44 of the 66 counties and Democrats in 22. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 70,182 votes and went to the Democrat by 7.1 points. The closest was Lyman, where 9 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
Kristi Noem won Republican 172,912 51.0%
Billie Sutton Democratic 161,454 47.6%
All other candidates 4,848 1.4%
Total339,214

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 37,167 53.0% 32,149 45.8% 866 70,182 D+7.1
Pennington 17,988 43.2% 22,944 55.1% 738 41,670 R+11.9
Lincoln 11,109 45.9% 12,894 53.3% 203 24,206 R+7.4
Brown 7,338 51.1% 6,821 47.5% 206 14,365 D+3.6
Brookings 6,372 54.1% 5,225 44.4% 183 11,780 D+9.7
Lawrence 4,675 42.9% 5,984 54.9% 239 10,898 R+12.0
Codington 4,697 43.9% 5,865 54.8% 131 10,693 R+10.9
Meade 3,559 34.8% 6,413 62.7% 256 10,228 R+27.9
Yankton 4,757 52.8% 4,121 45.7% 134 9,012 D+7.1
Hughes 4,144 51.8% 3,749 46.8% 114 8,007 D+4.9
Davison 3,398 46.7% 3,779 52.0% 97 7,274 R+5.2
Union 2,544 38.1% 4,068 60.9% 73 6,685 R+22.8
Beadle 2,832 46.4% 3,182 52.1% 94 6,108 R+5.7
Lake 2,669 51.3% 2,483 47.7% 55 5,207 D+3.6
Clay 3,039 65.4% 1,552 33.4% 53 4,644 D+32.0
Custer 1,547 35.1% 2,789 63.3% 73 4,409 R+28.2
Turner 1,556 40.2% 2,272 58.8% 39 3,867 R+18.5
Butte 1,234 32.4% 2,505 65.8% 69 3,808 R+33.4
Roberts 2,062 55.1% 1,643 43.9% 40 3,745 D+11.2
Charles Mix 1,853 52.2% 1,661 46.8% 38 3,552 D+5.4
Hutchinson 1,180 35.9% 2,082 63.3% 28 3,290 R+27.4
Grant 1,388 43.1% 1,780 55.3% 52 3,220 R+12.2
Fall River 1,065 33.4% 2,059 64.5% 68 3,192 R+31.1
Oglala Lakota 2,778 91.5% 214 7.0% 44 3,036 D+84.5
Moody 1,469 51.5% 1,340 47.0% 44 2,853 D+4.5
Spink 1,394 49.7% 1,376 49.0% 37 2,807 D+0.6
Day 1,531 55.1% 1,207 43.5% 39 2,777 D+11.7
Bon Homme 1,408 51.3% 1,303 47.4% 36 2,747 D+3.8
Hamlin 923 34.0% 1,764 64.9% 29 2,716 R+31.0
McCook 1,083 43.4% 1,375 55.1% 39 2,497 R+11.7
Tripp 1,023 41.1% 1,430 57.5% 36 2,489 R+16.4
Kingsbury 1,111 45.3% 1,303 53.1% 41 2,455 R+7.8
Walworth 752 33.3% 1,468 65.0% 39 2,259 R+31.7
Todd 1,831 81.7% 390 17.4% 20 2,241 D+64.3
Gregory 1,029 47.8% 1,107 51.4% 17 2,153 R+3.6
Brule 991 46.5% 1,103 51.8% 36 2,130 R+5.3
Deuel 893 44.9% 1,053 52.9% 43 1,989 R+8.0
Marshall 1,093 55.3% 853 43.1% 31 1,977 D+12.1
Dewey 1,430 77.7% 393 21.3% 18 1,841 D+56.3
Edmunds 671 39.3% 1,018 59.6% 19 1,708 R+20.3
Clark 768 46.2% 879 52.8% 17 1,664 R+6.7
Hand 683 41.1% 950 57.2% 29 1,662 R+16.1
Hanson 647 40.2% 945 58.7% 18 1,610 R+18.5
Douglas 363 24.3% 1,120 74.9% 13 1,496 R+50.6
Stanley 704 47.3% 762 51.2% 21 1,487 R+3.9
Lyman 682 48.7% 691 49.4% 27 1,400 R+0.6
Perkins 368 27.4% 953 70.9% 23 1,344 R+43.5
Aurora 607 47.4% 644 50.3% 29 1,280 R+2.9
Potter 373 30.9% 821 67.9% 15 1,209 R+37.1
Corson 667 60.1% 426 38.4% 17 1,110 D+21.7
Miner 570 51.6% 523 47.3% 12 1,105 D+4.3
Bennett 523 47.5% 553 50.2% 26 1,102 R+2.7
Faulk 388 36.1% 674 62.7% 13 1,075 R+26.6
McPherson 309 29.3% 729 69.2% 16 1,054 R+39.8
Sanborn 419 40.8% 593 57.7% 16 1,028 R+16.9
Jackson 454 46.0% 513 52.0% 20 987 R+6.0
Haakon 196 20.7% 734 77.7% 15 945 R+56.9
Jerauld 433 46.9% 478 51.8% 12 923 R+4.9
Ziebach 572 69.6% 241 29.3% 9 822 D+40.3
Sully 296 36.5% 500 61.6% 16 812 R+25.1
Campbell 173 23.6% 550 75.1% 9 732 R+51.5
Mellette 395 55.6% 299 42.1% 17 711 D+13.5
Harding 174 25.4% 505 73.6% 7 686 R+48.3
Hyde 248 37.6% 407 61.7% 5 660 R+24.1
Buffalo 403 73.5% 138 25.2% 7 548 D+48.4
Jones 173 31.7% 361 66.1% 12 546 R+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