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Election 1954 Results

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1954 US Senate election in South Dakota

Karl E. Mundt (Republican) beat Kenneth Holum (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1954, 57.3% to 42.7%, a margin of 14.6 points and 34,397 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1948, when Karl E. Mundt also won.

Republicans led in 53 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 14. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 24,984 votes and went to the Republican by 22.2 points. The closest was Ziebach, where 4 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
Karl E. Mundt won Republican 135,071 57.3%
Kenneth Holum Democratic 100,674 42.7%
Total235,745

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 9,725 38.9% 15,259 61.1% 24,984 R+22.2
Brown 6,663 54.2% 5,626 45.8% 12,289 D+8.4
Pennington 4,112 35.6% 7,423 64.4% 11,535 R+28.7
Beadle 3,877 46.9% 4,382 53.1% 8,259 R+6.1
Codington 3,132 47.3% 3,489 52.7% 6,621 R+5.4
Davison 3,303 53.4% 2,877 46.6% 6,180 D+6.9
Brookings 2,222 36.7% 3,833 63.3% 6,055 R+26.6
Lawrence 1,536 28.0% 3,941 72.0% 5,477 R+43.9
Yankton 1,960 37.8% 3,231 62.2% 5,191 R+24.5
Day 2,892 56.1% 2,266 43.9% 5,158 D+12.1
Roberts 2,662 52.5% 2,407 47.5% 5,069 D+5.0
Spink 2,498 51.9% 2,319 48.1% 4,817 D+3.7
Charles Mix 2,591 54.7% 2,149 45.3% 4,740 D+9.3
Lake 1,892 40.7% 2,755 59.3% 4,647 R+18.6
Lincoln 1,329 32.1% 2,815 67.9% 4,144 R+35.9
Bon Homme 1,643 40.8% 2,381 59.2% 4,024 R+18.3
Turner 1,047 26.2% 2,948 73.8% 3,995 R+47.6
Meade 1,534 38.4% 2,460 61.6% 3,994 R+23.2
Grant 1,668 42.6% 2,243 57.4% 3,911 R+14.7
Union 1,543 40.0% 2,314 60.0% 3,857 R+20.0
Hutchinson 1,010 26.9% 2,740 73.1% 3,750 R+46.1
Tripp 1,532 43.2% 2,016 56.8% 3,548 R+13.6
Kingsbury 1,244 35.1% 2,302 64.9% 3,546 R+29.8
Hughes 1,231 36.0% 2,184 64.0% 3,415 R+27.9
McCook 1,470 43.2% 1,929 56.8% 3,399 R+13.5
Clark 1,473 45.3% 1,780 54.7% 3,253 R+9.4
Gregory 1,409 43.5% 1,827 56.5% 3,236 R+12.9
Clay 1,381 42.8% 1,845 57.2% 3,226 R+14.4
Hand 1,434 46.3% 1,664 53.7% 3,098 R+7.4
Fall River 962 31.8% 2,065 68.2% 3,027 R+36.4
Walworth 1,270 42.2% 1,741 57.8% 3,011 R+15.6
Edmunds 1,526 51.2% 1,452 48.8% 2,978 D+2.5
Marshall 1,590 53.8% 1,366 46.2% 2,956 D+7.6
Hamlin 1,296 43.9% 1,656 56.1% 2,952 R+12.2
Moody 1,180 42.2% 1,614 57.8% 2,794 R+15.5
Brule 1,628 59.7% 1,097 40.3% 2,725 D+19.5
Perkins 1,330 50.1% 1,325 49.9% 2,655 D+0.2
Butte 705 26.8% 1,930 73.2% 2,635 R+46.5
Miner 1,297 50.7% 1,261 49.3% 2,558 D+1.4
Deuel 950 40.3% 1,409 59.7% 2,359 R+19.5
Sanborn 1,127 48.2% 1,212 51.8% 2,339 R+3.6
Corson 1,016 46.5% 1,167 53.5% 2,183 R+6.9
Aurora 1,233 57.2% 924 42.8% 2,157 D+14.3
Custer 757 35.8% 1,356 64.2% 2,113 R+28.3
Potter 723 35.4% 1,321 64.6% 2,044 R+29.3
McPherson 576 28.4% 1,452 71.6% 2,028 R+43.2
Faulk 913 47.3% 1,017 52.7% 1,930 R+5.4
Hanson 982 51.3% 932 48.7% 1,914 D+2.6
Douglas 566 30.6% 1,283 69.4% 1,849 R+38.8
Dewey 884 48.7% 931 51.3% 1,815 R+2.6
Jerauld 786 43.4% 1,025 56.6% 1,811 R+13.2
Lyman 713 41.0% 1,026 59.0% 1,739 R+18.0
Haakon 530 36.0% 944 64.0% 1,474 R+28.1
Shannon 678 49.0% 707 51.0% 1,385 R+2.1
Todd 631 46.9% 713 53.1% 1,344 R+6.1
Hyde 550 43.1% 725 56.9% 1,275 R+13.7
Bennett 520 42.0% 717 58.0% 1,237 R+15.9
Campbell 273 22.2% 954 77.8% 1,227 R+55.5
Mellette 466 41.8% 649 58.2% 1,115 R+16.4
Sully 429 39.3% 662 60.7% 1,091 R+21.4
Ziebach 506 50.2% 502 49.8% 1,008 D+0.4
Harding 415 44.1% 525 55.9% 940 R+11.7
Jones 400 43.2% 526 56.8% 926 R+13.6
Stanley 353 40.8% 512 59.2% 865 R+18.4
Jackson 369 47.3% 411 52.7% 780 R+5.4
Buffalo 312 49.4% 319 50.6% 631 R+1.1
Washabaugh (Ext) 219 47.9% 238 52.1% 457 R+4.2

Counties as they stood in 1954; 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