2018 South Dakota gubernatorial election

For related races, see 2018 United States gubernatorial elections.

2018 South Dakota gubernatorial election

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Nominee  | Kristi Noem | Billie Sutton |
Party  | Republican | Democratic
Running mate  | Larry Rhoden | Michelle Lavallee
Popular vote  | 172,912 | 161,454
Percentage  | 50.97% | 47.60%

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County results

Precinct results

Noem: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Sutton: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Tie: 40–50%

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| Governor before election

Dennis Daugaard
Republican

| Elected Governor

Kristi Noem
Republican

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The 2018 South Dakota gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next governor of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican governor Dennis Daugaard was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term.

Republican candidate Kristi Noem won against Democratic candidate Billie Sutton in the closest gubernatorial election in South Dakota since 1986.[1] Noem also became the first female governor of the state.[2] Her victory extended the longest active hold on a governorship by one party; the GOP has won every gubernatorial election in South Dakota starting in 1978. Conversely, Noem's vote percentage of 51% was the worst performance for any Republican gubernatorial candidate in the state since 1974, while Sutton's 47.6% was the best for any Democratic candidate since 1986.

## Republican primary

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### Candidates

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#### Declared

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* Kristi Noem, U.S. Representative, former State Representative[3][4]
* Marty Jackley, Attorney General of South Dakota[5][6]

#### Failed to qualify for primary ballot

[edit]

* Lora Hubbel, former State Representative, Republican candidate for Governor in 2014[7]

#### Declined

[edit]

* Matt Michels, Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota[8]
* Mark Mickelson, Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives[9][10][11]

### Debates

[edit]

Jackley and Noem participated in three debates.

#### First debate

[edit]

In the first debate both candidates tried to define the other. Jackley stated: "It’s Washington experience versus South Dakota experience." "Marty’s background has been being a government lawyer," Noem said.[12]

#### Second debate

[edit]

In the second debate, Noem discussed Jackley's scandals. "In EB5, the state oversight program, nobody went to jail. On Gear-Up, still, nobody's been punished. When we talk about what's been going on in Brookings with the Global Aquaponics scam—a con artist, Tobias Ritesman, held a fundraiser for Marty Jackley. Marty attended his phony groundbreaking for his phony project," Noem says. "People lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Still, nobody's been investigated and nobody’s been prosecuted. That needs to change in our state."

Jackley was on the defensive during the second debate. "Congresswoman, he didn’t hold a fundraiser for me. I was at an event that he was at, and I did go to a ground breaking because that's what important in South Dakota," Jackley says. "When we have businesses expanding I think it’s important that we attend those. You talk about Gear-Up, there hasn’t been a sentencing because these defendants are presumed innocent. But I as attorney general, unlike Washington, have done something about it. I actually formed a grand jury. Indictments have been issued. They're schedule to begin jury trials in July—or, excuse me—June, June 26th and I plan on trying those personally, because that’s what a leader does." [13]

#### Final debate

[edit]

In the final debate, Jackley and Noem took tough questions about workforce development, anti-discrimination laws, drugs, uniting Democrats and Republicans in the state to make critical decisions and much more. While they spent a lot of time talking about their plans for the state, they also spent a lot of time attacking each other's records. A major topic of contention was Boards and commissions. The state currently has 134 of them. Noem said she wants to streamline different processes for licensure, eliminating "red tape" but Jackley disagreed. "Every time that a proposal comes forward to create a new 'blue ribbon' task force, a board or a commission, what typically comes with that is another layer of bureaucracy," Noem said. Jackley defended the government bureaucracy. "We need a governor that understands that various different boards, isn't out there criticizing different boards and saying that type of service isn't important," Jackley said. Jackley spoke about putting together a task force to work on government transparency and open records laws. "I'm committed when I become governor to put forth a taskforce ...because we need to take a look at the open records law," he said. And they both ended the debate with another jab at one another. "It really comes to down to Washington experience versus South Dakota experience," Jackley said. "The congresswoman has been spending considerable time and effort talking about Marty Jackley, but I'm talking about you, South Dakota." "Days ago he stood up and talked about protecting victims while behind the scenes he was actively working to silence one to further his political career," Noem said. "You deserve a governor who will be honest with you, who will tell you the truth and who is willing to be accountable." [14]

### Polling

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Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size  | Margin
of error  | Kristi
Noem  | Marty
Jackley  | Lora
Hubbel[15] | Terry
LaFleur[15] | Undecided

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Mason-Dixon Archived 2018-05-30 at the Wayback Machine | May 21–23, 2018  | 625  | ± 4.5%  | 45% | 44%  | –  | –  | 11%
Leverage Public Strategies | May 4–7, 2018  | 350  | ± 5.2%  | 38%  | 39% | –  | –  | 24%
Clout Research (R) | April 21–23, 2018  | 815  | ± 3.4%  | 49% | 37%  | –  | –  | 14%
Rockbridge Strategy (R) | April 4, 2018  | 500  | ± 2.9%  | 44% | 33%  | –  | –  | 23%
Moore Information | February 8, 2018  | 300  | ± 6.0%  | 40% | 35%  | 5%  | 2%  | 18%
New Age Consultants (R-LaFleur) Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine | November 3, 2017  | 509  | ± 4.4%  | 22%  | 24% | –  | 3%  | 51%

### Results

[edit]

Results by county

Noem

* 50–60%

* 60–70%

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Jackley

* 50–60%

Republican primary results  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Kristi Noem | 57,437  | 56.0%
| Republican | Marty Jackley | 45,069  | 44.0%
Total votes  | 102,506  | 100.0%

## Democratic primary

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### Candidates

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#### Declared

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* Billie Sutton, Minority Leader of the South Dakota Senate[16]

#### Declined

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* Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, former U.S. Representative[17][18]
* Mike Huether, Mayor of Sioux Falls[19][20][21]

## Libertarian Party

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### Candidates

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#### Declared

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* Kurt Evans, former science teacher, Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senator in 2002[22]
* C.J. Abernathey[22]

### Results

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Libertarian convention delegate vote results[23] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Libertarian | Kurt Evans  | 10  | 66.7%
| Libertarian | C.J. Abernathey  | 5  | 33.3%
Total votes  | 15  | 100.0%

## Constitution Party

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Following an internal controversy within the Constitution Party of South Dakota over who was the legal party chair, Dan Lederman—individually and in his capacity as chair of the South Dakota Republican Party—sued Republican secretary of state Shantel Krebs to prevent her from certifying any Constitution Party nominees for the general-election ballot. For somewhat complex reasons, state circuit judge Patricia DeVaney ruled in favor of the Republican Party on August 17.[24][25]

G. Matt Johnson and Lora Hubbel—Constitution Party nominees for the state's at-large U.S. House seat and governor respectively—then sued Krebs in federal court on August 29 seeking ballot access for themselves and four other Constitution Party nominees. For various procedural reasons, federal district judge Roberto Lange ruled against the Constitution Party on October 1.[26][27][28]

### Candidates

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#### Declared

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* Lora Hubbel, former State Representative, Republican candidate for Governor in 2014[24]
* Terry LaFleur[24]

#### Withdrawn

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* Rick Gortmaker[29][24]

## Independents

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### Candidates

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#### Declined

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* Mike Huether, Mayor of Sioux Falls[21][30][31]
* Lora Hubbel, former State Representative, Republican candidate for Governor in 2014[7][24]

## General election

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### Candidates

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* Kristi Noem (Republican), U.S. Representative
* Running mate: Larry Rhoden, State Representative[32]
* Billie Sutton (Democratic), Minority Leader of the South Dakota Senate
* Running mate: Michelle Lavallee, Businesswoman[33]
* Kurt Evans (Libertarian), 2002 nominee for U.S. Senator
* Running mate: Richard Shelatz, Vice-Chairman of the Libertarian Party of South Dakota[34]

### Predictions

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Source  | Ranking  | As of

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The Cook Political Report[35] | Tossup  | October 26, 2018
The Washington Post[36] | Tossup  | November 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight[37] | Lean R  | November 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report[38] | Tilt R  | November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[39] | Lean R  | November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[40] | Tossup  | November 4, 2018
Daily Kos[41] | Lean R  | November 5, 2018
Fox News[42][a] | Lean R  | November 5, 2018
Politico[43] | Tossup  | November 5, 2018
Governing[44] | Tossup  | November 5, 2018

Notes

1. ^ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

### Endorsements

[edit]

Kristi Noem (R)

Federal officials

* Donald Trump, 45th President of The United States[45]
* Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States[46]
* John Thune, U.S. Senator[47]
* Mike Rounds, U.S. Senator[47]

State officials

* Dennis Daugaard, Governor[47]
* Marty Jackley, Attorney General[47]

Individuals

* Ivanka Trump, daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump[48]

Organizations

* South Dakota Right to Life[49]
* NRA Political Victory Fund[50][51]

Billie Sutton (D)

Federal officials

* Larry Pressler, former U.S. Senator (Republican)[52][53]

State officials

* Dave Volk, former State Treasurer (Republican)[54]
* Dave Knudson, former Majority Leader of the South Dakota Senate (Republican)[54]
* Stan Adelstein, former State Senator (Republican)[54]
* Kay Jorgensen, former State Representative (Republican)[54]
* Joyce Hodges, former State Representative (Republican)[54]
* Mark DeVries, former State Representative (Republican)[54]
* Dick Werner, former State Representative (Republican)[54]

County and local officials

* Jim Schmidt, Lincoln County Commissioner (Republican)[54]
* Carol Twedt, former Minnehaha County Commissioner (Republican)[54]
* Rick Knobe, former Mayor of Sioux Falls (Republican)[54]

Labor unions

* South Dakota Education Association[55]

Organizations

* Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association[56]

Newspapers

* Sioux Falls Argus Leader[57]
* Rapid City Journal[58]

### Polling

[edit]

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

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Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size  | Margin
of error  | Kristi
Noem (R)  | Billie
Sutton (D)  | Kurt
Evans (L)  | Other  | Undecided

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Change Research | November 2–4, 2018  | 851  | –  | 45%  | 51% | 2%  | –  | –
Emerson College | November 1–4, 2018  | 514  | ± 4.5%  | 48% | 47%  | –  | 1%  | 5%
Mason-Dixon | October 29–31, 2018  | 500  | ± 4.5%  | 47% | 44%  | 1%  | –  | 8%
Mason-Dixon | October 18–22, 2018  | 500  | ± 4.5%  | 45% | 45% | 1%  | –  | 9%
ALG Research (D-Sutton) | September 20–24, 2018  | 500  | ± 4.4%  | 42%  | 45% | 3%  | –  | 10%
ALG Research (D-Sutton) | July 19–25, 2018  | 500  | ± 4.4%  | 46% | 42%  | –  | –  | 13%
ALG Research (D-Sutton) | October 4–9, 2017[59] | 500  | ± 4.4%  | 53% | 40%  | –  | –  | –

### Results

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South Dakota gubernatorial election, 2018[60] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Republican | Kristi Noem | 172,912  | 50.97%  | −19.50%
| Democratic | Billie Sutton | 161,454  | 47.60%  | +22.17%
| Libertarian | Kurt Evans  | 4,848  | 1.43%  | N/A
Total votes  | 339,214  | 100.00%  | N/A
| Republican hold

#### By county

[edit]

County  | Kristi Noem

Larry Rhoden

Republican

| Billie Sutton

Michelle Lavallee

Democratic

| Kurt Evans

Richard Shelatz

Libertarian

| Total

votes

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Aurora | 50.31% | 644 | 47.42%  | 607 | 2.27%  | 29 | 1,280
Beadle | 52.09% | 3,182 | 46.37%  | 2,832 | 1.54%  | 94 | 6,108
Bennett | 50.18% | 553 | 47.46%  | 523 | 2.36%  | 26 | 1,102
Bon Homme | 47.43%  | 1,303 | 51.26% | 1,408 | 1.31%  | 36 | 2,747
Brookings | 44.35%  | 5,225 | 54.09% | 6,372 | 1.55%  | 183 | 11,780
Brown | 47.48%  | 6,821 | 51.08% | 7,338 | 1.44%  | 206 | 14,365
Brule | 51.78% | 1,103 | 46.53%  | 991 | 1.69%  | 36 | 2,130
Buffalo | 25.18%  | 138 | 73.54% | 403 | 1.28%  | 7 | 548
Butte | 65.78% | 2,505 | 32.41%  | 1,234 | 1.81%  | 69 | 3,808
Campbell | 75.14% | 550 | 23.63%  | 173 | 1.23%  | 9 | 732
Charles Mix | 46.76%  | 1,661 | 52.17% | 1,853 | 1.07%  | 38 | 3,552
Clark | 52.82% | 879 | 46.15%  | 768 | 1.02%  | 17 | 1,664
Clay | 33.42%  | 1,552 | 65.44% | 3,039 | 1.14%  | 53 | 4,644
Codington | 54.85% | 5,865 | 43.93%  | 4,697 | 1.22%  | 131 | 10,693
Corson | 38.38%  | 426 | 60.09% | 667 | 1.53%  | 17 | 1,110
Custer | 63.26% | 2,789 | 35.09%  | 1,547 | 1.65%  | 73 | 4,409
Davison | 51.95% | 3,779 | 46.71%  | 3,398 | 1.33%  | 97 | 7,274
Day | 43.46%  | 1,207 | 55.13% | 1,531 | 1.40%  | 39 | 2,777
Deuel | 52.94% | 1,053 | 44.90%  | 893 | 2.16%  | 43 | 1,989
Dewey | 21.35%  | 393 | 77.68% | 1,430 | 0.97%  | 18 | 1,841
Douglas | 74.87% | 1,120 | 24.26%  | 363 | 0.87%  | 13 | 1,496
Edmunds | 59.60% | 1,018 | 39.29%  | 671 | 1.11%  | 19 | 1,708
Fall River | 64.51% | 2,059 | 33.36%  | 1,065 | 2.13%  | 68 | 3,192
Faulk | 62.70% | 674 | 36.09%  | 388 | 1.21%  | 13 | 1,075
Grant | 55.28% | 1,780 | 43.11%  | 1,388 | 1.61%  | 52 | 3,220
Gregory | 51.42% | 1,107 | 47.79%  | 1,029 | 0.79%  | 17 | 2,153
Haakon | 77.67% | 734 | 20.74%  | 196 | 1.59%  | 15 | 945
Hamlin | 64.95% | 1,764 | 33.98%  | 923 | 1.07%  | 29 | 2,716
Hand | 57.16% | 950 | 41.10%  | 683 | 1.74%  | 29 | 1,662
Hanson | 58.69% | 945 | 40.19%  | 647 | 1.12%  | 18 | 1,610
Harding | 73.62% | 505 | 25.36%  | 174 | 1.31%  | 9 | 686
Hughes | 46.82%  | 3,749 | 51.75% | 4,144 | 1.42%  | 114 | 8,007
Hutchinson | 63.28% | 2,082 | 35.87%  | 1,180 | 0.85%  | 28 | 3,290
Hyde | 61.67% | 407 | 37.57%  | 248 | 0.76%  | 5 | 660
Jackson | 51.97% | 513 | 46.00%  | 454 | 2.03%  | 20 | 987
Jerauld | 51.79% | 478 | 46.91%  | 433 | 1.30%  | 12 | 923
Jones | 66.12% | 361 | 31.68%  | 173 | 2.20%  | 12 | 546
Kingsbury | 53.08% | 1,303 | 45.25%  | 1,111 | 1.67%  | 41 | 2,455
Lake | 47.69%  | 2,483 | 51.26% | 2,669 | 1.05%  | 55 | 5,207
Lawrence | 54.91% | 5,984 | 42.90%  | 4,675 | 2.19%  | 239 | 10,898
Lincoln | 53.27% | 12,894 | 45.89%  | 11,109 | 0.84%  | 203 | 24,206
Lyman | 49.36% | 691 | 48.71%  | 682 | 1.93%  | 27 | 1,400
Marshall | 43.15%  | 853 | 55.28% | 1,093 | 1.57%  | 31 | 1,977
McCook | 55.07% | 1,375 | 43.37%  | 1,083 | 1.56%  | 39 | 2,497
McPherson | 69.16% | 729 | 29.32%  | 309 | 1.52%  | 16 | 1,054
Meade | 62.70% | 6,413 | 34.80%  | 3,559 | 2.50%  | 256 | 10,228
Mellette | 42.05%  | 299 | 55.56% | 395 | 2.39%  | 17 | 711
Miner | 47.33%  | 523 | 51.58% | 570 | 1.09%  | 12 | 1,105
Minnehaha | 45.78%  | 32,355 | 52.98% | 37,450 | 1.24%  | 876 | 70,681
Moody | 46.97%  | 1,340 | 51.49% | 1,469 | 1.54%  | 44 | 2,853
Oglala Lakota | 7.05%  | 214 | 91.50% | 2,778 | 1.45%  | 44 | 3,036
Pennington | 55.06% | 22,944 | 43.17%  | 17,988 | 1.77%  | 738 | 41,670
Perkins | 70.91% | 953 | 27.38%  | 368 | 1.71%  | 23 | 1,344
Potter | 67.91% | 821 | 30.85%  | 373 | 1.24%  | 15 | 1,209
Roberts | 43.87%  | 1,643 | 55.06% | 2,062 | 1.07%  | 40 | 3,745
Sanborn | 57.68% | 593 | 40.76%  | 419  | 1.56%  | 16  | 1,028
Spink | 49.02%  | 1,376 | 49.66% | 1,394 | 1.32%  | 37 | 2,807
Stanley | 51.24% | 762 | 47.35%  | 704 | 1.41%  | 21 | 1,487
Sully | 61.58% | 500 | 36.45%  | 296 | 1.97%  | 16 | 812
Todd | 17.40%  | 390 | 81.70% | 1,831 | 0.90%  | 20 | 2,241
Tripp | 57.45% | 1,430 | 41.10%  | 1,023 | 1.45%  | 36 | 2,489
Turner | 58.75% | 2,272 | 40.24%  | 1,556 | 1.01%  | 39 | 3,867
Union | 60.85% | 4,068 | 38.06%  | 2,544 | 1.09%  | 73 | 6,685
Walworth | 64.98% | 1,468 | 33.29%  | 752 | 1.73%  | 39 | 2,259
Yankton | 45.73%  | 4,121 | 52.78% | 4,757 | 1.49%  | 134 | 9,012
Ziebach | 29.32%  | 241 | 69.59% | 572 | 1.09%  | 9 | 822
Total | 50.97% | 172,912  | 47.60% | 161,454  | 1.43% | 4,848  | 339,214

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Bon Homme (largest city: Springfield)
* Brookings (largest city: Brookings)
* Brown (largest city: Aberdeen)
* Charles Mix (largest city: Lake Andes)
* Corson (largest city: McLaughlin)
* Day (largest city: Webster)
* Dewey (largest city: North Eagle Butte)
* Hughes (largest city: Pierre)
* Lake (largest city: Madison)
* Mellette (largest city: White River)
* Miner (largest city: Howard)
* Minnehaha (largest city: Sioux Falls)
* Moody (largest city: Flandreau)
* Roberts (largest city: Sisseton)
* Spink (largest city: Redfield)
* Yankton (largest city: Yankton)
* Ziebach (largest city: Dupree)

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