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Election 1960 Results

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1960 US Senate election in South Dakota

Karl E. Mundt (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1960, 52.4% to 47.6%, a margin of 4.9 points and 14,920 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1954, when Karl E. Mundt also won.

Republicans led in 38 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 29. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 38,103 votes and went to the Republican by 8.4 points. The closest was Jerauld, 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 160,181 52.4%
George McGovern Democratic 145,261 47.6%
Total305,442

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 17,443 45.8% 20,660 54.2% 38,103 R+8.4
Pennington 7,968 43.1% 10,511 56.9% 18,479 R+13.8
Brown 8,545 53.9% 7,299 46.1% 15,844 D+7.9
Beadle 5,036 50.4% 4,957 49.6% 9,993 D+0.8
Codington 4,876 51.3% 4,635 48.7% 9,511 D+2.5
Brookings 3,660 42.2% 5,021 57.8% 8,681 R+15.7
Davison 4,819 59.5% 3,279 40.5% 8,098 D+19.0
Lawrence 2,653 34.9% 4,947 65.1% 7,600 R+30.2
Yankton 3,222 45.0% 3,939 55.0% 7,161 R+10.0
Lincoln 2,528 41.6% 3,553 58.4% 6,081 R+16.9
Roberts 3,377 56.4% 2,608 43.6% 5,985 D+12.8
Lake 2,477 43.4% 3,225 56.6% 5,702 R+13.1
Turner 2,050 36.7% 3,538 63.3% 5,588 R+26.6
Day 3,231 59.2% 2,230 40.8% 5,461 D+18.3
Hughes 2,321 43.3% 3,043 56.7% 5,364 R+13.5
Spink 2,883 53.7% 2,481 46.3% 5,364 D+7.5
Hutchinson 2,038 38.9% 3,206 61.1% 5,244 R+22.3
Charles Mix 3,177 61.1% 2,019 38.9% 5,196 D+22.3
Union 2,483 50.8% 2,401 49.2% 4,884 D+1.7
Bon Homme 2,424 50.7% 2,358 49.3% 4,782 D+1.4
Grant 2,364 49.7% 2,397 50.3% 4,761 R+0.7
Meade 2,031 43.3% 2,659 56.7% 4,690 R+13.4
Clay 2,272 49.0% 2,361 51.0% 4,633 R+1.9
Kingsbury 1,995 43.9% 2,549 56.1% 4,544 R+12.2
Tripp 1,980 47.3% 2,203 52.7% 4,183 R+5.3
McCook 2,100 50.7% 2,038 49.3% 4,138 D+1.5
Fall River 1,515 38.2% 2,454 61.8% 3,969 R+23.7
Moody 2,078 52.4% 1,889 47.6% 3,967 D+4.8
Walworth 1,720 44.4% 2,158 55.6% 3,878 R+11.3
Butte 1,370 35.7% 2,468 64.3% 3,838 R+28.6
Clark 1,750 47.2% 1,957 52.8% 3,707 R+5.6
Gregory 1,906 53.0% 1,690 47.0% 3,596 D+6.0
Hamlin 1,476 44.1% 1,869 55.9% 3,345 R+11.7
Edmunds 1,781 53.3% 1,558 46.7% 3,339 D+6.7
Marshall 1,818 54.5% 1,515 45.5% 3,333 D+9.1
Hand 1,596 48.5% 1,692 51.5% 3,288 R+2.9
Deuel 1,424 46.3% 1,652 53.7% 3,076 R+7.4
McPherson 859 28.8% 2,125 71.2% 2,984 R+42.4
Perkins 1,179 40.7% 1,720 59.3% 2,899 R+18.7
Brule 1,785 62.9% 1,051 37.1% 2,836 D+25.9
Miner 1,627 57.4% 1,207 42.6% 2,834 D+14.8
Douglas 987 38.6% 1,571 61.4% 2,558 R+22.8
Aurora 1,482 58.2% 1,065 41.8% 2,547 D+16.4
Sanborn 1,395 55.1% 1,139 44.9% 2,534 D+10.1
Custer 972 40.7% 1,415 59.3% 2,387 R+18.6
Corson 1,101 46.6% 1,262 53.4% 2,363 R+6.8
Potter 1,009 43.4% 1,316 56.6% 2,325 R+13.2
Faulk 1,156 50.6% 1,127 49.4% 2,283 D+1.3
Hanson 1,295 58.1% 934 41.9% 2,229 D+16.2
Dewey 1,103 50.7% 1,072 49.3% 2,175 D+1.4
Lyman 1,005 48.1% 1,083 51.9% 2,088 R+3.7
Jerauld 1,026 49.9% 1,030 50.1% 2,056 R+0.2
Todd 920 50.9% 889 49.1% 1,809 D+1.7
Shannon 1,082 62.7% 645 37.3% 1,727 D+25.3
Campbell 406 24.2% 1,275 75.8% 1,681 R+51.7
Haakon 621 39.7% 942 60.3% 1,563 R+20.5
Hyde 753 51.4% 712 48.6% 1,465 D+2.8
Stanley 794 56.0% 624 44.0% 1,418 D+12.0
Bennett 675 48.0% 731 52.0% 1,406 R+4.0
Sully 591 44.0% 753 56.0% 1,344 R+12.1
Mellette 582 45.3% 703 54.7% 1,285 R+9.4
Jones 532 49.5% 543 50.5% 1,075 R+1.0
Ziebach 542 50.5% 531 49.5% 1,073 D+1.0
Harding 370 35.0% 687 65.0% 1,057 R+30.0
Jackson 413 43.6% 534 56.4% 947 R+12.8
Buffalo 373 60.2% 247 39.8% 620 D+20.3
Washabaugh (Ext) 239 51.1% 229 48.9% 468 D+2.1

Counties as they stood in 1960; 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