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Election 1926 Results

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1926 US Senate election in South Dakota

Peter Norbeck (Republican) beat C.J. Gunderson (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1926, 59.6% to 33.3%, a margin of 26.2 points and 46,525 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1920, when Peter Norbeck also won.

Republicans led in 66 of the 68 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 12,846 votes and went to the Republican by 10.6 points. The closest was Edmunds, where 27 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Peter Norbeck won Republican 105,619 59.6%
C.J. Gunderson Democratic 59,094 33.3%
Howard Platt Farmer-Labor 12,584 7.1%
Total177,297

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 5,530 43.0% 6,897 53.7% 419 12,846 R+10.6
Brookings 2,878 37.3% 4,393 56.9% 454 7,725 R+19.6
Pennington 725 14.2% 4,232 83.1% 136 5,093 R+68.9
Beadle 2,164 43.4% 2,519 50.6% 299 4,982 R+7.1
Charles Mix 2,318 48.1% 2,281 47.3% 224 4,823 D+0.8
Codington 1,869 39.9% 2,534 54.0% 286 4,689 R+14.2
Davison 1,582 34.3% 2,882 62.5% 150 4,614 R+28.2
Spink 1,057 23.4% 3,310 73.2% 155 4,522 R+49.8
Lawrence 1,249 28.2% 3,053 68.9% 127 4,429 R+40.7
Roberts 374 8.7% 2,288 53.5% 1,613 4,275 R+44.8
Yankton 1,765 41.3% 2,333 54.6% 172 4,270 R+13.3
Bon Homme 1,856 49.2% 1,727 45.8% 186 3,769 D+3.4
Gregory 1,604 44.5% 1,875 52.0% 126 3,605 R+7.5
Brown 922 25.8% 2,406 67.4% 242 3,570 R+41.6
Tripp 1,419 41.8% 1,827 53.8% 152 3,398 R+12.0
Union 1,338 39.6% 1,974 58.4% 71 3,383 R+18.8
Clay 1,528 47.3% 1,592 49.3% 112 3,232 R+2.0
Hand 1,163 37.5% 1,848 59.6% 88 3,099 R+22.1
Meade 1,034 33.5% 1,854 60.1% 196 3,084 R+26.6
Lake 1,050 34.3% 1,749 57.1% 265 3,064 R+22.8
Turner 921 32.2% 1,738 60.7% 205 2,864 R+28.5
Lincoln 692 24.4% 2,040 72.0% 103 2,835 R+47.5
Day 717 25.4% 1,615 57.1% 496 2,828 R+31.8
Kingsbury 840 29.9% 1,831 65.2% 137 2,808 R+35.3
Fall River 493 17.6% 2,251 80.3% 60 2,804 R+62.7
McPherson 1,080 39.4% 1,550 56.5% 111 2,741 R+17.1
Clark 682 25.6% 1,662 62.4% 320 2,664 R+36.8
Grant 591 24.0% 1,479 60.2% 388 2,458 R+36.1
Hutchinson 587 24.3% 1,570 64.9% 261 2,418 R+40.7
Douglas 773 32.2% 1,543 64.3% 85 2,401 R+32.1
Miner 1,084 45.6% 1,194 50.2% 101 2,379 R+4.6
Brule 874 37.2% 1,276 54.3% 200 2,350 R+17.1
Lyman 810 34.5% 1,360 57.9% 179 2,349 R+23.4
Deuel 302 13.3% 1,678 74.1% 284 2,264 R+60.8
Aurora 870 38.6% 1,268 56.3% 113 2,251 R+17.7
McCook 221 9.8% 1,096 48.8% 927 2,244 R+39.0
Moody 969 45.1% 1,052 49.0% 126 2,147 R+3.9
Edmunds 960 46.2% 987 47.5% 133 2,080 R+1.3
Sanborn 522 25.1% 1,380 66.5% 174 2,076 R+41.3
Hughes 744 36.7% 1,170 57.7% 114 2,028 R+21.0
Walworth 669 33.1% 1,192 58.9% 163 2,024 R+25.8
Hamlin 437 22.1% 1,136 57.5% 403 1,976 R+35.4
Hanson 788 40.0% 1,072 54.4% 109 1,969 R+14.4
Butte 530 27.7% 1,228 64.3% 153 1,911 R+36.5
Faulk 610 32.2% 1,199 63.2% 87 1,896 R+31.1
Corson 317 17.4% 1,000 55.0% 500 1,817 R+37.6
Marshall 421 23.7% 1,221 68.6% 138 1,780 R+44.9
Perkins 456 26.8% 1,093 64.3% 152 1,701 R+37.4
Dewey 628 37.0% 991 58.3% 80 1,699 R+21.4
Jerauld 462 27.2% 1,039 61.2% 197 1,698 R+34.0
Haakon 544 33.9% 979 61.0% 81 1,604 R+27.1
Potter 385 24.3% 1,103 69.7% 95 1,583 R+45.4
Mellette 733 46.8% 791 50.5% 42 1,566 R+3.7
Custer 377 24.8% 1,073 70.6% 69 1,519 R+45.8
Campbell 204 16.6% 974 79.4% 49 1,227 R+62.8
Jones 325 28.6% 750 66.0% 61 1,136 R+37.4
Hyde 365 32.6% 670 59.9% 84 1,119 R+27.3
Ziebach 516 46.4% 544 49.0% 51 1,111 R+2.5
Harding 161 15.0% 820 76.5% 91 1,072 R+61.5
Stanley 360 35.5% 619 61.1% 34 1,013 R+25.6
Jackson 357 39.1% 533 58.4% 23 913 R+19.3
Sully 210 26.8% 524 66.8% 51 785 R+40.0
Todd 274 35.8% 471 61.6% 20 765 R+25.8
Buffalo 247 32.9% 483 64.4% 20 750 R+31.5
Bennett 259 37.9% 390 57.1% 34 683 R+19.2
Shannon 216 42.7% 289 57.1% 1 506 R+14.4
Washington (Ext) 81 32.7% 159 64.1% 8 248 R+31.5
Washabaugh (Ext) 39 26.2% 99 66.4% 11 149 R+40.3

Counties as they stood in 1926; 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 Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 John R Thune (R) R+43.5
2020 Mike Rounds (R) R+31.5
2016 John R. Thune (R) R+43.7
2014 Mike Rounds (R) R+20.9
2010 John Thune (R) R+100.0
2008 Tim Johnson (D) D+25.0
2004 John Thune (R) R+1.2
2002 Tim Johnson (D) D+0.2
1998 Tom Daschle (D) D+25.7
1996 Tim Johnson (D) D+2.6
1992 Thomas A. Daschle (D) D+32.4
1990 Larry Pressler (R) R+7.3
1986 Thomas A. Daschle (D) D+3.2
1984 Larry Pressler (R) R+49.0
1980 James Abdnor (R) R+18.8
1978 Larry Pressler (R) R+33.7
1974 George McGovern (D) D+6.1
1972 James Abourezk (D) D+14.1
1968 George McGovern (D) D+13.6
1966 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+32.6
1962 George McGovern (D) D+0.2
1960 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+4.9
1956 Francis Case (R) R+1.6
1954 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+14.6
1950 Francis Case (R) R+27.8
1948 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+18.7
1944 Chandler Gurney (R) R+27.7
1942 Harlan J. Bushfield (R) R+17.5
1938 Chandler Gurney (R) R+4.9
1936 William J. Bulow (D) D+2.1
1932 Peter Norbeck (R) R+9.3
1930 William J. Bulow (D) D+3.3
1926 Peter Norbeck (R) R+26.2
1924 William H. McMaster (R) R+13.3
1920 Peter Norbeck (R) R+30.1
1918 Thomas Sterling (R) R+16.1
1914 Edwin S. Johnson (D) D+3.5