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Election 1930 Results

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1930 US Senate election in South Dakota

William J. Bulow (Democrat) beat William H. McMaster (Republican) in South Dakota in 1930, 51.6% to 48.4%, a margin of 3.3 points and 6,722 votes.

South Dakota changed party: in 1924 it went Republican, for William H. McMaster.

Democrats led in 40 of the 69 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 29. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 15,974 votes and went to the Democrat by 6.4 points. The closest was Jackson, where 5 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
William J. Bulow won	Democratic	106,317	51.6%
William H. McMaster	Republican	99,595	48.4%
Total		205,912

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Minnehaha	8,501 53.2%	7,473 46.8%	15,974	D+6.4
Brown	4,973 55.3%	4,020 44.7%	8,993	D+10.6
Beadle	3,608 56.0%	2,830 44.0%	6,438	D+12.1
Pennington	2,685 45.7%	3,187 54.3%	5,872	R+8.5
Codington	2,967 52.5%	2,688 47.5%	5,655	D+4.9
Charles Mix	3,051 54.2%	2,574 45.8%	5,625	D+8.5
Day	3,201 61.5%	2,003 38.5%	5,204	D+23.0
Yankton	3,269 65.0%	1,760 35.0%	5,029	D+30.0
Davison	2,122 43.3%	2,783 56.7%	4,905	R+13.5
Spink	2,394 48.9%	2,497 51.1%	4,891	R+2.1
Lawrence	1,977 46.2%	2,301 53.8%	4,278	R+7.6
Bon Homme	2,243 53.3%	1,968 46.7%	4,211	D+6.5
Brookings	1,688 41.7%	2,359 58.3%	4,047	R+16.6
Roberts	1,936 48.5%	2,054 51.5%	3,990	R+3.0
Union	2,215 58.2%	1,590 41.8%	3,805	D+16.4
Gregory	1,717 46.5%	1,972 53.5%	3,689	R+6.9
Tripp	2,095 57.0%	1,581 43.0%	3,676	D+14.0
Kingsbury	1,853 50.7%	1,801 49.3%	3,654	D+1.4
Lake	1,959 54.2%	1,655 45.8%	3,614	D+8.4
Clay	1,992 56.8%	1,514 43.2%	3,506	D+13.6
Turner	1,801 53.0%	1,597 47.0%	3,398	D+6.0
Meade	1,736 51.3%	1,646 48.7%	3,382	D+2.7
Hutchinson	1,931 57.7%	1,416 42.3%	3,347	D+15.4
Lincoln	1,428 44.2%	1,804 55.8%	3,232	R+11.6
Edmunds	1,959 61.1%	1,247 38.9%	3,206	D+22.2
Fall River	1,418 45.5%	1,696 54.5%	3,114	R+8.9
Grant	1,581 51.9%	1,466 48.1%	3,047	D+3.8
Hand	1,806 61.3%	1,140 38.7%	2,946	D+22.6
Miner	1,362 47.2%	1,526 52.8%	2,888	R+5.7
Clark	1,293 45.3%	1,561 54.7%	2,854	R+9.4
McCook	1,579 56.4%	1,222 43.6%	2,801	D+12.7
Brule	1,258 48.0%	1,364 52.0%	2,622	R+4.0
Hamlin	860 33.5%	1,711 66.5%	2,571	R+33.1
Aurora	1,333 52.4%	1,213 47.6%	2,546	D+4.7
Hughes	1,410 57.7%	1,034 42.3%	2,444	D+15.4
Moody	1,166 48.0%	1,261 52.0%	2,427	R+3.9
Perkins	1,016 42.3%	1,385 57.7%	2,401	R+15.4
Walworth	1,300 55.1%	1,058 44.9%	2,358	D+10.3
Corson	1,306 55.6%	1,043 44.4%	2,349	D+11.2
Sanborn	864 36.8%	1,483 63.2%	2,347	R+26.4
Faulk	1,311 56.9%	992 43.1%	2,303	D+13.9
Douglas	1,249 54.7%	1,033 45.3%	2,282	D+9.5
Hanson	1,052 46.3%	1,219 53.7%	2,271	R+7.4
Lyman	865 38.2%	1,400 61.8%	2,265	R+23.6
Butte	1,370 63.3%	795 36.7%	2,165	D+26.6
McPherson	1,244 58.1%	897 41.9%	2,141	D+16.2
Deuel	899 42.6%	1,209 57.4%	2,108	R+14.7
Dewey	1,063 50.7%	1,033 49.3%	2,096	D+1.4
Potter	1,218 62.4%	735 37.6%	1,953	D+24.7
Jerauld	693 35.9%	1,239 64.1%	1,932	R+28.3
Mellette	908 47.3%	1,010 52.7%	1,918	R+5.3
Custer	843 45.1%	1,025 54.9%	1,868	R+9.7
Haakon	995 53.4%	870 46.6%	1,865	D+6.7
Marshall	961 54.6%	799 45.4%	1,760	D+9.2
Campbell	918 66.1%	471 33.9%	1,389	D+32.2
Jones	503 41.7%	702 58.3%	1,205	R+16.5
Ziebach	661 55.2%	537 44.8%	1,198	D+10.4
Hyde	571 48.9%	597 51.1%	1,168	R+2.2
Stanley	658 57.3%	491 42.7%	1,149	D+14.5
Bennett	464 41.9%	644 58.1%	1,108	R+16.2
Todd	390 36.3%	683 63.7%	1,073	R+27.3
Jackson	521 50.2%	516 49.8%	1,037	D+0.5
Harding	560 56.9%	424 43.1%	984	D+13.8
Sully	629 67.3%	306 32.7%	935	D+34.5
Shannon	210 24.4%	651 75.6%	861	R+51.2
Buffalo	390 48.6%	413 51.4%	803	R+2.9
Washabaugh (Ext)	234 52.3%	213 47.7%	447	D+4.7
Washington (Ext)	79 27.5%	208 72.5%	287	R+44.9
Armstrong (Ext)	5 100.0%	0 0.0%	5	D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1930; 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

Year	Winner	Margin
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

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