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South Dakota — 2018 governor election
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Akashicstate2018 gubernatorial electionSouth Dakota · GovernorRhodenR+3.4
How it voted
Share of the 2018 vote
| Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden ✓Republican | 51.0% | 172,706 |
|---|---|---|
| Billie Sutton And Michelle LavalleeDemocrat | 47.6% | 161,171 |
| Kurt Evans And Richard ShelatzLibertarian | 1.4% | 4,838 |
2018gubernatorial margin
D+60R+60
66 counties, each filled by 2018 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (66 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora, SD | Republican | R+2.9 |
| Beadle, SD | Republican | R+5.7 |
| Bennett, SD | Republican | R+2.7 |
| Bon Homme, SD | Democratic | D+3.8 |
| Brookings, SD | Democratic | D+9.7 |
| Brown, SD | Democratic | D+3.6 |
| Brule, SD | Republican | R+5.3 |
| Buffalo, SD | Democratic | D+48.4 |
| Butte, SD | Republican | R+33.4 |
| Campbell, SD | Republican | R+51.5 |
| Charles Mix, SD | Democratic | D+5.4 |
| Clark, SD | Republican | R+6.7 |
| Clay, SD | Democratic | D+32.0 |
| Codington, SD | Republican | R+10.9 |
| Corson, SD | Democratic | D+21.7 |
| Custer, SD | Republican | R+28.2 |
| Davison, SD | Republican | R+5.2 |
| Day, SD | Democratic | D+11.7 |
| Deuel, SD | Republican | R+8.0 |
| Dewey, SD | Democratic | D+56.3 |
| Douglas, SD | Republican | R+50.6 |
| Edmunds, SD | Republican | R+20.3 |
| Fall River, SD | Republican | R+31.1 |
| Faulk, SD | Republican | R+26.6 |
| Grant, SD | Republican | R+12.2 |
| Gregory, SD | Republican | R+3.6 |
| Haakon, SD | Republican | R+56.9 |
| Hamlin, SD | Republican | R+31.0 |
| Hand, SD | Republican | R+16.1 |
| Hanson, SD | Republican | R+18.5 |
| Harding, SD | Republican | R+48.3 |
| Hughes, SD | Democratic | D+4.9 |
| Hutchinson, SD | Republican | R+27.4 |
| Hyde, SD | Republican | R+24.1 |
| Jackson, SD | Republican | R+6.0 |
| Jerauld, SD | Republican | R+4.9 |
| Jones, SD | Republican | R+34.4 |
| Kingsbury, SD | Republican | R+7.8 |
| Lake, SD | Democratic | D+3.6 |
| Lawrence, SD | Republican | R+12.0 |
| Lincoln, SD | Republican | R+7.4 |
| Lyman, SD | Republican | R+0.6 |
| Marshall, SD | Democratic | D+12.1 |
| McCook, SD | Republican | R+11.7 |
| McPherson, SD | Republican | R+39.8 |
| Meade, SD | Republican | R+27.9 |
| Mellette, SD | Democratic | D+13.5 |
| Miner, SD | Democratic | D+4.3 |
| Minnehaha, SD | Democratic | D+7.1 |
| Moody, SD | Democratic | D+4.5 |
| Oglala Lakota, SD | Democratic | D+84.5 |
| Pennington, SD | Republican | R+11.9 |
| Perkins, SD | Republican | R+43.5 |
| Potter, SD | Republican | R+37.1 |
| Roberts, SD | Democratic | D+11.2 |
| Sanborn, SD | Republican | R+16.9 |
| Spink, SD | Democratic | D+0.6 |
| Stanley, SD | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Sully, SD | Republican | R+25.1 |
| Todd, SD | Democratic | D+64.3 |
| Tripp, SD | Republican | R+16.4 |
| Turner, SD | Republican | R+18.5 |
| Union, SD | Republican | R+22.8 |
| Walworth, SD | Republican | R+31.7 |
| Yankton, SD | Democratic | D+7.1 |
| Ziebach, SD | Democratic | D+40.3 |
presidential baselinePresident 2016R+29.8Governor 2018R+3.4vs. baselineD+26.4
South Dakota's 2018 governor race ran 26.4 points more Democratic than its 2016 presidential margin.
By county — 66 counties
| County | Won | Led by | Margin | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnehaha | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +7.1 | 70,182 |
| Pennington | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +11.9 | 41,670 |
| Lincoln | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +7.4 | 24,206 |
| Brown | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +3.6 | 14,365 |
| Brookings | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +9.7 | 11,780 |
| Lawrence | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +12.0 | 10,898 |
| Codington | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +10.9 | 10,693 |
| Meade | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +27.9 | 10,228 |
| Yankton | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +7.1 | 9,012 |
| Hughes | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +4.9 | 8,007 |
| Davison | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +5.2 | 7,274 |
| Union | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +22.8 | 6,685 |
| Beadle | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +5.7 | 6,108 |
| Lake | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +3.6 | 5,207 |
| Clay | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +32.0 | 4,644 |
| Custer | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +28.2 | 4,409 |
| Turner | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +18.5 | 3,867 |
| Butte | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +33.4 | 3,808 |
| Roberts | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +11.2 | 3,745 |
| Charles Mix | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +5.4 | 3,552 |
| Hutchinson | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +27.4 | 3,290 |
| Grant | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +12.2 | 3,220 |
| Fall River | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +31.1 | 3,192 |
| Oglala Lakota | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +84.5 | 3,036 |
| Moody | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +4.5 | 2,853 |
| Spink | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +0.6 | 2,807 |
| Day | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +11.7 | 2,777 |
| Bon Homme | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +3.8 | 2,747 |
| Hamlin | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +31.0 | 2,716 |
| McCook | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +11.7 | 2,497 |
| Tripp | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +16.4 | 2,489 |
| Kingsbury | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +7.8 | 2,455 |
| Walworth | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +31.7 | 2,259 |
| Todd | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +64.3 | 2,241 |
| Gregory | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +3.6 | 2,153 |
| Brule | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +5.3 | 2,130 |
| Deuel | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +8.0 | 1,989 |
| Marshall | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +12.1 | 1,977 |
| Dewey | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +56.3 | 1,841 |
| Edmunds | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +20.3 | 1,708 |
| Clark | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +6.7 | 1,664 |
| Hand | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +16.1 | 1,662 |
| Hanson | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +18.5 | 1,610 |
| Douglas | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +50.6 | 1,496 |
| Stanley | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +3.9 | 1,487 |
| Lyman | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +0.6 | 1,400 |
| Perkins | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +43.5 | 1,344 |
| Aurora | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +2.9 | 1,280 |
| Potter | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +37.1 | 1,209 |
| Corson | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +21.7 | 1,110 |
| Miner | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +4.3 | 1,105 |
| Bennett | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +2.7 | 1,102 |
| Faulk | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +26.6 | 1,075 |
| McPherson | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +39.9 | 1,054 |
| Sanborn | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +16.9 | 1,028 |
| Jackson | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +6.0 | 987 |
| Haakon | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +56.9 | 945 |
| Jerauld | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +4.9 | 923 |
| Ziebach | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +40.3 | 822 |
| Sully | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +25.1 | 812 |
| Campbell | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +51.5 | 732 |
| Mellette | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +13.5 | 711 |
| Harding | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +48.3 | 686 |
| Hyde | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +24.1 | 660 |
| Buffalo | D | Billie Sutton And Michelle Lavallee | +48.4 | 548 |
| Jones | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | +34.4 | 546 |
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Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2018 gubernatorial returns · precinct returns aggregated to county. Real returns — nothing estimated.