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Election 2022 Results

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2022 South Dakota governor election

Kristi Noem (Republican) beat Jamie Smith (Democrat) in South Dakota in 2022, 62.0% to 35.2%, a margin of 26.8 points and 93,887 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2018, when Kristi Noem also won.

Republicans led in 61 of the 66 counties and Democrats in 5. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 74,682 votes and went to the Republican by 7.8 points. The closest was Ziebach, where 41 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 217,035 62.0%
Jamie Smith Democratic 123,148 35.2%
All other candidates 9,983 2.9%
Total350,166

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 33,376 44.7% 39,234 52.5% 2,072 74,682 R+7.8
Pennington 16,215 35.7% 27,586 60.8% 1,587 45,388 R+25.1
Lincoln 10,727 38.1% 16,828 59.8% 606 28,161 R+21.7
Brown 5,167 37.0% 8,456 60.6% 341 13,964 R+23.6
Brookings 5,096 41.0% 6,974 56.1% 357 12,427 R+15.1
Lawrence 4,041 33.0% 7,749 63.3% 456 12,246 R+30.3
Meade 2,887 24.3% 8,482 71.5% 501 11,870 R+47.1
Codington 3,253 29.4% 7,520 67.9% 307 11,080 R+38.5
Yankton 3,350 37.6% 5,247 58.9% 313 8,910 R+21.3
Hughes 2,652 35.6% 4,571 61.4% 224 7,447 R+25.8
Davison 2,179 30.1% 4,887 67.5% 173 7,239 R+37.4
Union 1,848 27.4% 4,723 70.1% 169 6,740 R+42.7
Beadle 1,716 29.4% 3,901 66.8% 219 5,836 R+37.4
Custer 1,293 25.5% 3,633 71.6% 151 5,077 R+46.1
Lake 1,720 34.6% 3,131 63.0% 115 4,966 R+28.4
Clay 2,581 54.4% 2,054 43.3% 110 4,745 D+11.1
Butte 823 19.7% 3,211 76.7% 152 4,186 R+57.0
Turner 919 23.8% 2,834 73.3% 112 3,865 R+49.5
Fall River 859 23.4% 2,679 73.0% 130 3,668 R+49.6
Roberts 1,315 36.9% 2,164 60.7% 86 3,565 R+23.8
Grant 830 25.8% 2,328 72.4% 57 3,215 R+46.6
Hutchinson 604 19.0% 2,507 79.0% 63 3,174 R+60.0
Charles Mix 849 27.5% 2,187 70.8% 55 3,091 R+43.3
Hamlin 548 20.1% 2,118 77.6% 64 2,730 R+57.5
Spink 765 28.7% 1,832 68.6% 73 2,670 R+40.0
Moody 910 34.4% 1,668 63.0% 71 2,649 R+28.6
Bon Homme 650 25.4% 1,858 72.5% 54 2,562 R+47.2
Kingsbury 692 27.1% 1,792 70.2% 67 2,551 R+43.1
McCook 625 24.5% 1,851 72.7% 71 2,547 R+48.1
Day 876 34.7% 1,599 63.4% 46 2,521 R+28.7
Oglala Lakota 2,172 87.6% 221 8.9% 87 2,480 D+78.7
Tripp 364 16.0% 1,873 82.6% 31 2,268 R+66.5
Brule 589 27.9% 1,463 69.4% 57 2,109 R+41.4
Gregory 393 19.1% 1,618 78.8% 43 2,054 R+59.6
Walworth 430 20.9% 1,573 76.6% 50 2,053 R+55.7
Deuel 458 23.0% 1,479 74.3% 54 1,991 R+51.3
Todd 1,444 75.0% 402 20.9% 80 1,926 D+54.1
Marshall 737 39.0% 1,123 59.4% 30 1,890 R+20.4
Edmunds 346 20.3% 1,321 77.7% 34 1,701 R+57.3
Hanson 336 20.6% 1,267 77.6% 29 1,632 R+57.0
Clark 341 21.3% 1,223 76.4% 36 1,600 R+55.1
Dewey 862 54.8% 662 42.1% 50 1,574 D+12.7
Hand 290 19.3% 1,177 78.4% 35 1,502 R+59.1
Douglas 188 12.7% 1,272 85.7% 24 1,484 R+73.0
Stanley 407 28.1% 999 69.0% 41 1,447 R+40.9
Perkins 177 12.9% 1,142 83.2% 53 1,372 R+70.3
Lyman 405 30.7% 879 66.7% 34 1,318 R+36.0
Aurora 284 23.4% 894 73.6% 36 1,214 R+50.2
McPherson 167 15.2% 911 82.8% 22 1,100 R+67.6
Potter 187 17.0% 892 81.2% 20 1,099 R+64.1
Bennett 368 35.9% 619 60.4% 38 1,025 R+24.5
Miner 248 24.6% 732 72.7% 27 1,007 R+48.1
Sanborn 226 22.5% 757 75.4% 21 1,004 R+52.9
Haakon 82 8.3% 892 90.4% 13 987 R+82.1
Faulk 167 17.5% 771 80.7% 17 955 R+63.2
Corson 379 40.8% 522 56.3% 27 928 R+15.4
Jackson 280 30.5% 623 67.8% 16 919 R+37.3
Jerauld 238 27.5% 604 69.7% 24 866 R+42.3
Sully 169 21.4% 597 75.8% 22 788 R+54.3
Ziebach 304 44.5% 345 50.5% 34 683 R+6.0
Harding 33 4.9% 632 93.4% 12 677 R+88.5
Campbell 93 13.9% 561 84.1% 13 667 R+70.2
Mellette 214 34.0% 386 61.3% 30 630 R+27.3
Hyde 106 18.4% 460 80.0% 9 575 R+61.6
Jones 64 13.6% 395 83.7% 13 472 R+70.1
Buffalo 234 58.9% 144 36.3% 19 397 D+22.7

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