South Dakota — 2022 governor election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2022 gubernatorial electionSouth Dakota · GovernorNoemR+26.8
How it voted
Share of the 2022 vote
| Kristi Noem ✓Republican | 62.0% | 217,035 |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie SmithDemocrat | 35.2% | 123,148 |
| Tracey QuintLibertarian | 2.9% | 9,983 |
2022gubernatorial margin
D+60R+60
66 counties, each filled by 2022 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (66 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora, SD | Republican | R+50.2 |
| Beadle, SD | Republican | R+37.4 |
| Bennett, SD | Republican | R+24.5 |
| Bon Homme, SD | Republican | R+47.2 |
| Brookings, SD | Republican | R+15.1 |
| Brown, SD | Republican | R+23.6 |
| Brule, SD | Republican | R+41.4 |
| Buffalo, SD | Democratic | D+22.7 |
| Butte, SD | Republican | R+57.0 |
| Campbell, SD | Republican | R+70.2 |
| Charles Mix, SD | Republican | R+43.3 |
| Clark, SD | Republican | R+55.1 |
| Clay, SD | Democratic | D+11.1 |
| Codington, SD | Republican | R+38.5 |
| Corson, SD | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Custer, SD | Republican | R+46.1 |
| Davison, SD | Republican | R+37.4 |
| Day, SD | Republican | R+28.7 |
| Deuel, SD | Republican | R+51.3 |
| Dewey, SD | Democratic | D+12.7 |
| Douglas, SD | Republican | R+73.0 |
| Edmunds, SD | Republican | R+57.3 |
| Fall River, SD | Republican | R+49.6 |
| Faulk, SD | Republican | R+63.2 |
| Grant, SD | Republican | R+46.6 |
| Gregory, SD | Republican | R+59.6 |
| Haakon, SD | Republican | R+82.1 |
| Hamlin, SD | Republican | R+57.5 |
| Hand, SD | Republican | R+59.1 |
| Hanson, SD | Republican | R+57.0 |
| Harding, SD | Republican | R+88.5 |
| Hughes, SD | Republican | R+25.8 |
| Hutchinson, SD | Republican | R+60.0 |
| Hyde, SD | Republican | R+61.6 |
| Jackson, SD | Republican | R+37.3 |
| Jerauld, SD | Republican | R+42.3 |
| Jones, SD | Republican | R+70.1 |
| Kingsbury, SD | Republican | R+43.1 |
| Lake, SD | Republican | R+28.4 |
| Lawrence, SD | Republican | R+30.3 |
| Lincoln, SD | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Lyman, SD | Republican | R+36.0 |
| Marshall, SD | Republican | R+20.4 |
| McCook, SD | Republican | R+48.1 |
| McPherson, SD | Republican | R+67.6 |
| Meade, SD | Republican | R+47.1 |
| Mellette, SD | Republican | R+27.3 |
| Miner, SD | Republican | R+48.1 |
| Minnehaha, SD | Republican | R+7.8 |
| Moody, SD | Republican | R+28.6 |
| Oglala Lakota, SD | Democratic | D+78.7 |
| Pennington, SD | Republican | R+25.1 |
| Perkins, SD | Republican | R+70.3 |
| Potter, SD | Republican | R+64.1 |
| Roberts, SD | Republican | R+23.8 |
| Sanborn, SD | Republican | R+52.9 |
| Spink, SD | Republican | R+40.0 |
| Stanley, SD | Republican | R+40.9 |
| Sully, SD | Republican | R+54.3 |
| Todd, SD | Democratic | D+54.1 |
| Tripp, SD | Republican | R+66.5 |
| Turner, SD | Republican | R+49.5 |
| Union, SD | Republican | R+42.7 |
| Walworth, SD | Republican | R+55.7 |
| Yankton, SD | Republican | R+21.3 |
| Ziebach, SD | Republican | R+6.0 |
presidential baselinePresident 2020R+26.2Governor 2022R+26.8vs. baselineR+0.6
South Dakota's 2022 governor race ran 0.6 points more Republican than its 2020 presidential margin.
South Dakota results by county
66 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | Kristi Noem+610 | 89473.6% | 28423.4% | 363.0% | 1,214 |
| Beadle | Kristi Noem+2,185 | 3,90166.8% | 1,71629.4% | 2193.8% | 5,836 |
| Bennett | Kristi Noem+251 | 61960.4% | 36835.9% | 383.7% | 1,025 |
| Bon Homme | Kristi Noem+1,208 | 1,85872.5% | 65025.4% | 542.1% | 2,562 |
| Brookings | Kristi Noem+1,878 | 6,97456.1% | 5,09641.0% | 3572.9% | 12,427 |
| Brown | Kristi Noem+3,289 | 8,45660.6% | 5,16737.0% | 3412.4% | 13,964 |
| Brule | Kristi Noem+874 | 1,46369.4% | 58927.9% | 572.7% | 2,109 |
| Buffalo | Jamie Smith+90 | 14436.3% | 23458.9% | 194.8% | 397 |
| Butte | Kristi Noem+2,388 | 3,21176.7% | 82319.7% | 1523.6% | 4,186 |
| Campbell | Kristi Noem+468 | 56184.1% | 9313.9% | 131.9% | 667 |
| Charles Mix | Kristi Noem+1,338 | 2,18770.8% | 84927.5% | 551.8% | 3,091 |
| Clark | Kristi Noem+882 | 1,22376.4% | 34121.3% | 362.3% | 1,600 |
| Clay | Jamie Smith+527 | 2,05443.3% | 2,58154.4% | 1102.3% | 4,745 |
| Codington | Kristi Noem+4,267 | 7,52067.9% | 3,25329.4% | 3072.8% | 11,080 |
| Corson | Kristi Noem+143 | 52256.3% | 37940.8% | 272.9% | 928 |
| Custer | Kristi Noem+2,340 | 3,63371.6% | 1,29325.5% | 1513.0% | 5,077 |
| Davison | Kristi Noem+2,708 | 4,88767.5% | 2,17930.1% | 1732.4% | 7,239 |
| Day | Kristi Noem+723 | 1,59963.4% | 87634.7% | 461.8% | 2,521 |
| Deuel | Kristi Noem+1,021 | 1,47974.3% | 45823.0% | 542.7% | 1,991 |
| Dewey | Jamie Smith+200 | 66242.1% | 86254.8% | 503.2% | 1,574 |
| Douglas | Kristi Noem+1,084 | 1,27285.7% | 18812.7% | 241.6% | 1,484 |
| Edmunds | Kristi Noem+975 | 1,32177.7% | 34620.3% | 342.0% | 1,701 |
| Fall River | Kristi Noem+1,820 | 2,67973.0% | 85923.4% | 1303.5% | 3,668 |
| Faulk | Kristi Noem+604 | 77180.7% | 16717.5% | 171.8% | 955 |
| Grant | Kristi Noem+1,498 | 2,32872.4% | 83025.8% | 571.8% | 3,215 |
| Gregory | Kristi Noem+1,225 | 1,61878.8% | 39319.1% | 432.1% | 2,054 |
| Haakon | Kristi Noem+810 | 89290.4% | 828.3% | 131.3% | 987 |
| Hamlin | Kristi Noem+1,570 | 2,11877.6% | 54820.1% | 642.3% | 2,730 |
| Hand | Kristi Noem+887 | 1,17778.4% | 29019.3% | 352.3% | 1,502 |
| Hanson | Kristi Noem+931 | 1,26777.6% | 33620.6% | 291.8% | 1,632 |
| Harding | Kristi Noem+599 | 63293.4% | 334.9% | 121.8% | 677 |
| Hughes | Kristi Noem+1,919 | 4,57161.4% | 2,65235.6% | 2243.0% | 7,447 |
| Hutchinson | Kristi Noem+1,903 | 2,50779.0% | 60419.0% | 632.0% | 3,174 |
| Hyde | Kristi Noem+354 | 46080.0% | 10618.4% | 91.6% | 575 |
| Jackson | Kristi Noem+343 | 62367.8% | 28030.5% | 161.7% | 919 |
| Jerauld | Kristi Noem+366 | 60469.7% | 23827.5% | 242.8% | 866 |
| Jones | Kristi Noem+331 | 39583.7% | 6413.6% | 132.8% | 472 |
| Kingsbury | Kristi Noem+1,100 | 1,79270.2% | 69227.1% | 672.6% | 2,551 |
| Lake | Kristi Noem+1,411 | 3,13163.0% | 1,72034.6% | 1152.3% | 4,966 |
| Lawrence | Kristi Noem+3,708 | 7,74963.3% | 4,04133.0% | 4563.7% | 12,246 |
| Lincoln | Kristi Noem+6,101 | 16,82859.8% | 10,72738.1% | 6062.2% | 28,161 |
| Lyman | Kristi Noem+474 | 87966.7% | 40530.7% | 342.6% | 1,318 |
| Marshall | Kristi Noem+386 | 1,12359.4% | 73739.0% | 301.6% | 1,890 |
| McCook | Kristi Noem+1,226 | 1,85172.7% | 62524.5% | 712.8% | 2,547 |
| McPherson | Kristi Noem+744 | 91182.8% | 16715.2% | 222.0% | 1,100 |
| Meade | Kristi Noem+5,595 | 8,48271.5% | 2,88724.3% | 5014.2% | 11,870 |
| Mellette | Kristi Noem+172 | 38661.3% | 21434.0% | 304.8% | 630 |
| Miner | Kristi Noem+484 | 73272.7% | 24824.6% | 272.7% | 1,007 |
| Minnehaha | Kristi Noem+5,858 | 39,23452.5% | 33,37644.7% | 2,0722.8% | 74,682 |
| Moody | Kristi Noem+758 | 1,66863.0% | 91034.4% | 712.7% | 2,649 |
| Oglala Lakota | Jamie Smith+1,951 | 2218.9% | 2,17287.6% | 873.5% | 2,480 |
| Pennington | Kristi Noem+11,371 | 27,58660.8% | 16,21535.7% | 1,5873.5% | 45,388 |
| Perkins | Kristi Noem+965 | 1,14283.2% | 17712.9% | 533.9% | 1,372 |
| Potter | Kristi Noem+705 | 89281.2% | 18717.0% | 201.8% | 1,099 |
| Roberts | Kristi Noem+849 | 2,16460.7% | 1,31536.9% | 862.4% | 3,565 |
| Sanborn | Kristi Noem+531 | 75775.4% | 22622.5% | 212.1% | 1,004 |
| Spink | Kristi Noem+1,067 | 1,83268.6% | 76528.7% | 732.7% | 2,670 |
| Stanley | Kristi Noem+592 | 99969.0% | 40728.1% | 412.8% | 1,447 |
| Sully | Kristi Noem+428 | 59775.8% | 16921.4% | 222.8% | 788 |
| Todd | Jamie Smith+1,042 | 40220.9% | 1,44475.0% | 804.2% | 1,926 |
| Tripp | Kristi Noem+1,509 | 1,87382.6% | 36416.0% | 311.4% | 2,268 |
| Turner | Kristi Noem+1,915 | 2,83473.3% | 91923.8% | 1122.9% | 3,865 |
| Union | Kristi Noem+2,875 | 4,72370.1% | 1,84827.4% | 1692.5% | 6,740 |
| Walworth | Kristi Noem+1,143 | 1,57376.6% | 43020.9% | 502.4% | 2,053 |
| Yankton | Kristi Noem+1,897 | 5,24758.9% | 3,35037.6% | 3133.5% | 8,910 |
| Ziebach | Kristi Noem+41 | 34550.5% | 30444.5% | 345.0% | 683 |
Same ballot, 2022SD
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2022 gubernatorial returns · precinct returns aggregated to county. Real returns — nothing estimated.