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Election 1998 Results

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1998 US Senate election in South Dakota

Tom Daschle (Democrat) beat Ron Schmidt (Republican) in South Dakota in 1998, 62.1% to 36.4%, a margin of 25.7 points and 67,453 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1992, when Thomas A. Daschle also won.

Democrats led in 61 of the 66 counties and Republicans in 5. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 46,429 votes and went to the Democrat by 27.3 points. The closest was Harding, where 17 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tom Daschle won Democratic 162,884 62.1%
Ron Schmidt Republican 95,431 36.4%
All other candidates 3,796 1.4%
Total262,111

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 29,345 63.2% 16,664 35.9% 420 46,429 D+27.3
Pennington 13,262 50.5% 12,462 47.5% 526 26,250 D+3.0
Brown 9,290 68.2% 4,202 30.8% 132 13,624 D+37.3
Brookings 6,070 67.3% 2,855 31.7% 95 9,020 D+35.6
Codington 5,999 67.0% 2,859 31.9% 98 8,956 D+35.1
Yankton 5,222 66.2% 2,549 32.3% 123 7,894 D+33.9
Beadle 5,125 70.2% 2,070 28.4% 103 7,298 D+41.9
Hughes 4,220 59.1% 2,851 39.9% 71 7,142 D+19.2
Lawrence 3,834 53.7% 3,155 44.2% 145 7,134 D+9.5
Lincoln 4,309 60.6% 2,742 38.6% 54 7,105 D+22.1
Meade 3,552 51.9% 3,121 45.6% 170 6,843 D+6.3
Davison 4,237 63.8% 2,342 35.3% 59 6,638 D+28.5
Lake 3,176 71.7% 1,216 27.5% 37 4,429 D+44.3
Union 2,676 63.7% 1,454 34.6% 68 4,198 D+29.1
Clay 2,758 71.7% 1,037 27.0% 52 3,847 D+44.7
Charles Mix 2,297 63.5% 1,271 35.1% 51 3,619 D+28.4
Turner 2,275 64.2% 1,237 34.9% 33 3,545 D+29.3
Roberts 2,430 69.6% 1,003 28.7% 56 3,489 D+40.9
Hutchinson 2,024 60.4% 1,305 38.9% 24 3,353 D+21.4
Grant 2,141 65.2% 1,108 33.8% 33 3,282 D+31.5
Spink 2,172 67.3% 1,020 31.6% 36 3,228 D+35.7
Bon Homme 2,204 70.9% 869 27.9% 37 3,110 D+42.9
Custer 1,409 47.4% 1,480 49.8% 83 2,972 R+2.4
Butte 1,525 51.5% 1,339 45.2% 98 2,962 D+6.3
Fall River 1,605 55.4% 1,210 41.7% 84 2,899 D+13.6
Day 2,042 72.3% 763 27.0% 20 2,825 D+45.3
Tripp 1,560 61.8% 939 37.2% 26 2,525 D+24.6
Kingsbury 1,745 69.8% 725 29.0% 30 2,500 D+40.8
Walworth 1,417 58.3% 965 39.7% 48 2,430 D+18.6
Hamlin 1,556 65.8% 769 32.5% 39 2,364 D+33.3
Moody 1,633 71.5% 627 27.5% 24 2,284 D+44.0
Gregory 1,392 61.4% 822 36.2% 54 2,268 D+25.1
McCook 1,406 62.9% 802 35.9% 29 2,237 D+27.0
Edmunds 1,341 61.7% 812 37.3% 22 2,175 D+24.3
Hand 1,353 64.6% 713 34.0% 29 2,095 D+30.5
Brule 1,289 61.9% 760 36.5% 34 2,083 D+25.4
Marshall 1,415 72.2% 529 27.0% 16 1,960 D+45.2
Clark 1,360 71.2% 533 27.9% 18 1,911 D+43.3
Deuel 1,244 68.2% 550 30.2% 29 1,823 D+38.1
Douglas 804 48.0% 851 50.8% 19 1,674 R+2.8
Perkins 805 50.3% 749 46.8% 46 1,600 D+3.5
Dewey 1,016 64.9% 485 31.0% 64 1,565 D+33.9
Oglala Lakota 1,228 78.8% 239 15.3% 92 1,559 D+63.4
Todd 1,103 74.7% 324 21.9% 50 1,477 D+52.7
Potter 808 55.6% 635 43.7% 11 1,454 D+11.9
Lyman 930 64.0% 493 34.0% 29 1,452 D+30.1
Aurora 884 61.4% 538 37.4% 17 1,439 D+24.0
McPherson 682 50.5% 656 48.6% 13 1,351 D+1.9
Stanley 802 60.3% 505 38.0% 22 1,329 D+22.3
Hanson 779 58.9% 534 40.4% 10 1,323 D+18.5
Miner 953 73.7% 330 25.5% 10 1,293 D+48.2
Jerauld 836 66.8% 390 31.2% 25 1,251 D+35.7
Faulk 741 59.5% 487 39.1% 18 1,246 D+20.4
Sanborn 871 71.0% 343 28.0% 12 1,226 D+43.1
Haakon 468 45.5% 542 52.7% 18 1,028 R+7.2
Campbell 525 53.2% 439 44.5% 22 986 D+8.7
Corson 497 50.9% 435 44.5% 45 977 D+6.3
Bennett 642 66.5% 295 30.6% 28 965 D+36.0
Jackson 492 51.8% 437 46.0% 20 949 D+5.8
Hyde 556 61.0% 345 37.8% 11 912 D+23.1
Sully 469 56.4% 347 41.8% 15 831 D+14.7
Mellette 527 65.5% 257 32.0% 20 804 D+33.6
Ziebach 464 62.4% 252 33.9% 28 744 D+28.5
Harding 332 47.5% 349 49.9% 18 699 R+2.4
Jones 305 47.4% 324 50.4% 14 643 R+3.0
Buffalo 455 77.4% 120 20.4% 13 588 D+57.0

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