South Dakota 1978 Governor Election

Name: South Dakota 1978 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Roger McKellips vs. William J. Janklow

William J. Janklow won the South Dakota 1978 governor election with 146,860 votes (57.0%), a margin of R+13.9.

Statewide Results

43.0%

57.0%

110,996

Roger McKellips (43.0%)

146,860

William J. Janklow (57.0%)

Total Votes: 257,856|Margin: R+13.9

County Results

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County Results (65 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
TODD	D+49.8	D+8.8	D+20.0	2,428	D+30.6%
UNION	D+45.4	R+19.0	R+4.5	4,653	D+26.8%
BUFFALO	D+27.8	R+27.4	R+3.4	601	D+13.4%
CLAY	D+27.2	R+11.6	R+6.0	4,509	D+5.5%
LINCOLN	D+13.7	R+23.7	R+20.5	5,442	D+11.0%
GREGORY	D+7.8	R+41.9	R+38.8	3,147	R+1.2%
DEWEY	D+5.9	R+25.2	R+9.8	1,833	D+4.5%
ZIEBACH	R+0.1	R+34.5	R+8.8	919	R+17.3%
DAVISON	R+2.9	R+19.2	R+19.1	6,298	R+10.0%
MINER	R+3.6	R+15.6	R+2.2	1,898	R+23.5%
LAKE	R+3.8	R+15.1	R+12.2	4,788	R+28.4%
HANSON	R+4.8	R+24.2	R+17.8	1,573	R+13.4%
AURORA	R+6.3	R+25.5	R+10.0	1,923	R+7.7%
BON HOMME	R+6.9	R+37.8	R+27.4	3,337	R+13.6%
BRULE	R+7.6	R+26.8	R+24.1	2,440	R+23.0%
DAY	R+7.7	R+17.3	R+5.3	3,892	R+34.1%
MELLETTE	R+8.3	R+35.8	R+33.8	981	D+5.1%
MINNEHAHA	R+8.8	R+12.1	R+12.9	36,196	R+17.6%
YANKTON	R+9.3	R+30.4	R+27.4	6,870	R+24.7%
BROOKINGS	R+11.8	R+16.3	R+23.9	8,101	R+32.3%
SPINK	R+12.0	R+27.8	R+21.9	3,960	R+28.9%
MCCOOK	R+12.7	R+22.3	R+13.5	3,169	R+24.4%
CORSON	R+13.5	R+38.3	R+9.3	1,635	R+4.5%
TURNER	R+14.0	R+39.2	R+34.8	4,093	R+3.6%
BROWN	R+14.0	R+25.0	R+21.1	13,930	R+26.0%
TRIPP	R+14.3	R+45.6	R+45.0	3,467	R+12.7%
CHARLES MIX	R+14.3	R+18.9	R+17.1	4,010	R+38.0%
SANBORN	R+14.5	R+28.5	R+27.7	1,803	R+17.1%
LYMAN	R+15.6	R+41.0	R+40.0	1,697	R+10.4%
PENNINGTON	R+15.6	R+42.1	R+45.2	19,018	R+29.3%
CUSTER	R+15.8	R+45.7	R+43.3	2,291	R+19.0%
FAULK	R+16.7	R+40.1	R+31.9	1,760	R+27.2%
BEADLE	R+16.9	R+23.8	R+25.0	7,908	R+24.3%
DEUEL	R+18.3	R+27.9	R+23.9	2,291	R+33.3%
EDMUNDS	R+19.4	R+34.2	R+21.2	2,632	R+28.4%
ROBERTS	R+19.6	R+21.5	R+14.5	4,074	R+44.6%
BENNETT	R+20.3	R+43.0	R+30.6	1,142	R+17.3%
LAWRENCE	R+22.5	R+36.3	R+39.5	6,211	R+16.0%
MARSHALL	R+22.5	R+19.7	R+15.8	2,631	R+43.2%
HUGHES	R+22.7	R+41.2	R+41.1	6,043	R+8.3%
JERAULD	R+23.3	R+24.5	R+30.1	1,587	R+19.7%
MOODY	R+23.3	R+12.7	R+1.5	3,146	R+46.1%
GRANT	R+23.8	R+23.7	R+26.0	3,789	R+42.2%
STANLEY	R+24.3	R+42.6	R+45.5	1,101	R+16.1%
KINGSBURY	R+24.9	R+32.7	R+25.8	3,184	R+36.0%
JACKSON	R+24.9	R+42.5	R+42.2	1,423	R+11.6%
BUTTE	R+25.4	R+51.5	R+56.7	3,088	R+6.4%
HAND	R+28.0	R+41.2	R+41.0	2,668	R+27.5%
PERKINS	R+28.3	R+50.3	R+40.3	2,436	R+23.9%
MEADE	R+28.5	R+48.1	R+47.4	5,097	R+22.8%
HAMLIN	R+28.5	R+32.7	R+29.7	2,647	R+39.4%
CODINGTON	R+29.4	R+25.5	R+26.7	7,295	R+49.8%
HARDING	R+32.5	R+53.6	R+58.9	904	R+0.7%
JONES	R+33.1	R+54.4	R+53.7	813	R+30.7%
HUTCHINSON	R+33.6	R+51.0	R+46.2	4,188	R+23.4%
POTTER	R+34.8	R+55.2	R+52.5	1,876	R+30.1%
CLARK	R+34.9	R+40.8	R+29.0	2,643	R+36.3%
HYDE	R+36.1	R+48.4	R+38.9	1,151	R+32.9%
FALL RIVER	R+36.2	R+45.5	R+41.3	3,012	R+24.7%
SULLY	R+39.2	R+55.0	R+51.5	924	R+21.1%
DOUGLAS	R+42.5	R+54.7	R+52.2	2,033	R+24.6%
WALWORTH	R+47.2	R+53.6	R+50.6	3,013	R+35.3%
HAAKON	R+50.0	R+61.9	R+66.0	1,168	R+36.3%
MCPHERSON	R+54.0	R+73.6	R+62.4	1,956	R+7.9%
CAMPBELL	R+57.7	R+72.7	R+65.4	1,120	R+21.2%

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County Results (65 counties)

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