South Dakota — 1998 governor election
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Akashic1998 · GovernorSouth Dakota · GovernorBill JanklowR+31.2
Candidates
South Dakota 1998 governor — certified statewide results.
- Bill Janklow✓Republican166,62164.0%
- Bernie HunhoffDemocratic85,47332.9%
- Other candidatesOther8,0933.1%
Statewide returns compiled from the Wikipedia gubernatorial-election article for this cycle, which aggregates the official state canvass returns it cites. No county map before the precinct era. Non-major vote restored from this cycle's certified county returns (per_governor_county), which carry the full per-county other; the statewide compilation had stored Democratic + Republican only.
presidential baselinePresident 1996R+3.5Governor 1998R+31.2vs. baselineR+27.7
South Dakota's 1998 governor race ran 27.7 points more Republican than its 1996 presidential margin.
Same ballot, 1998SD
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1998 gubernatorial returns · certified statewide totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.