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Election 1944 Results

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1944 US Senate election in South Dakota

Chandler Gurney (Republican) beat George M. Bradshaw (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1944, 63.9% to 36.1%, a margin of 27.7 points and 63,049 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1938, when Chandler Gurney also won.

Republicans led in 66 of the 68 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 23,787 votes and went to the Republican by 27.3 points. The closest was Armstrong (Ext), where 2 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
Chandler Gurney won Republican 145,248 63.9%
George M. Bradshaw Democratic 82,199 36.1%
Total227,447

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 8,651 36.4% 15,136 63.6% 23,787 R+27.3
Brown 4,940 42.4% 6,709 57.6% 11,649 R+15.2
Pennington 3,078 35.4% 5,626 64.6% 8,704 R+29.3
Beadle 3,247 43.9% 4,148 56.1% 7,395 R+12.2
Codington 2,520 41.0% 3,619 59.0% 6,139 R+17.9
Davison 2,758 45.2% 3,348 54.8% 6,106 R+9.7
Brookings 1,688 27.7% 4,404 72.3% 6,092 R+44.6
Roberts 2,461 44.3% 3,093 55.7% 5,554 R+11.4
Yankton 1,907 34.6% 3,603 65.4% 5,510 R+30.8
Lawrence 1,514 28.5% 3,794 71.5% 5,308 R+43.0
Lincoln 1,555 31.3% 3,413 68.7% 4,968 R+37.4
Day 1,986 40.6% 2,907 59.4% 4,893 R+18.8
Charles Mix 2,404 49.5% 2,454 50.5% 4,858 R+1.0
Turner 1,352 28.8% 3,339 71.2% 4,691 R+42.4
Spink 1,670 36.5% 2,904 63.5% 4,574 R+27.0
Hutchinson 1,388 31.2% 3,063 68.8% 4,451 R+37.6
Bon Homme 1,755 39.6% 2,674 60.4% 4,429 R+20.7
Union 1,691 38.3% 2,721 61.7% 4,412 R+23.3
Lake 1,291 29.3% 3,109 70.7% 4,400 R+41.3
Clay 1,405 36.6% 2,439 63.4% 3,844 R+26.9
Gregory 1,460 39.9% 2,196 60.1% 3,656 R+20.1
Kingsbury 945 26.0% 2,695 74.0% 3,640 R+48.1
McCook 1,255 34.9% 2,344 65.1% 3,599 R+30.3
Grant 1,197 34.1% 2,318 65.9% 3,515 R+31.9
Tripp 1,314 38.0% 2,140 62.0% 3,454 R+23.9
Moody 1,184 34.6% 2,238 65.4% 3,422 R+30.8
Meade 1,095 35.3% 2,003 64.7% 3,098 R+29.3
Clark 970 31.6% 2,102 68.4% 3,072 R+36.8
Fall River 984 32.6% 2,038 67.4% 3,022 R+34.9
Deuel 944 32.0% 2,007 68.0% 2,951 R+36.0
Marshall 1,067 37.8% 1,757 62.2% 2,824 R+24.4
Hamlin 854 31.0% 1,904 69.0% 2,758 R+38.1
Edmunds 973 35.5% 1,764 64.5% 2,737 R+28.9
Butte 741 27.2% 1,984 72.8% 2,725 R+45.6
Hand 949 34.9% 1,769 65.1% 2,718 R+30.2
Walworth 1,168 43.4% 1,523 56.6% 2,691 R+13.2
McPherson 459 17.4% 2,180 82.6% 2,639 R+65.2
Hughes 750 28.9% 1,843 71.1% 2,593 R+42.2
Miner 885 34.5% 1,682 65.5% 2,567 R+31.0
Brule 1,177 50.1% 1,170 49.9% 2,347 D+0.3
Perkins 721 32.3% 1,509 67.7% 2,230 R+35.3
Aurora 969 44.1% 1,228 55.9% 2,197 R+11.8
Douglas 703 32.3% 1,471 67.7% 2,174 R+35.3
Sanborn 749 35.9% 1,339 64.1% 2,088 R+28.3
Faulk 757 38.0% 1,233 62.0% 1,990 R+23.9
Jerauld 677 34.6% 1,278 65.4% 1,955 R+30.7
Custer 572 29.4% 1,376 70.6% 1,948 R+41.3
Hanson 780 41.0% 1,121 59.0% 1,901 R+17.9
Corson 687 40.7% 1,001 59.3% 1,688 R+18.6
Potter 539 32.5% 1,119 67.5% 1,658 R+35.0
Lyman 433 30.0% 1,009 70.0% 1,442 R+39.9
Dewey 459 33.4% 916 66.6% 1,375 R+33.2
Todd 560 42.2% 766 57.8% 1,326 R+15.5
Hyde 355 27.7% 928 72.3% 1,283 R+44.7
Campbell 210 17.6% 985 82.4% 1,195 R+64.9
Shannon 451 43.4% 589 56.6% 1,040 R+13.3
Bennett 431 42.8% 576 57.2% 1,007 R+14.4
Haakon 321 32.6% 665 67.4% 986 R+34.9
Harding 313 32.1% 662 67.9% 975 R+35.8
Mellette 365 38.8% 576 61.2% 941 R+22.4
Sully 252 27.9% 650 72.1% 902 R+44.1
Jones 229 32.8% 470 67.2% 699 R+34.5
Ziebach 303 44.9% 372 55.1% 675 R+10.2
Stanley 206 34.4% 393 65.6% 599 R+31.2
Buffalo 218 38.7% 346 61.3% 564 R+22.7
Jackson 183 34.4% 349 65.6% 532 R+31.2
Washabaugh (Ext) 121 43.1% 160 56.9% 281 R+13.9
Armstrong (Ext) 3 75.0% 1 25.0% 4 D+50.0

Counties as they stood in 1944; 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