2022 SD Governor Race2

2022 SD Governor Race

Summary

The 2022 South Dakota gubernatorial election will take place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican Governor Kristi Noem is running for a second term.

Governor Kristi Noem was elected in 2018 with 51% of the vote, and is running for re-election to a second term. The Democratic nominee is state representative Jamie Smith.

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Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report[16]Solid RMarch 4, 2022
Inside Elections[17]Solid RMarch 4, 2022
Sabato’s Crystal Ball[18]Safe RJanuary 26, 2022
Politico[19]Solid RApril 1, 2022
RCP[20]Safe RJanuary 10, 2022
Fox News[21]Solid RMay 12, 2022
538[22]Solid RJune 30, 2022

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Kristi Noem

Kristi Noem

Current Position: Governor since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Candidate: 2022 Governor
Former Position(s): US Representative from 2011 – 2019; State Delegate from 2007 – 2011

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Jamie Smith

Jamie Smith

Current Position: State Delegate for District 15
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2022 Governor

Jamie Smith is an American politician who serves as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives. Smith represents District 15, which covers downtown neighborhoods, including areas around Terrace Park and the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He has served as House Minority Leader since the 2019 legislative session.

Smith is the Democratic nominee in the 2022 election for governor of South Dakota.

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Wikipedia

The 2022 South Dakota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, electing the governor of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican governor Kristi Noem defeated Democratic nominee Jamie Smith to win a second term.[1]

Despite speculation about this race potentially being competitive, Noem improved on her 2018 performance by 11 percentage points and flipped 17 counties that had been won by Billie Sutton. She also received over 44,000 more raw votes than she did in the previous election, setting a record for the most votes received by a candidate for governor in South Dakota.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Former state house speaker Steven Haugaard challenged Noem in the primary but lost.

Declined

Endorsements

Kristi Noem

U.S. Executive Branch officials

U.S. representatives

State officials

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Steven
Haugaard
Kristi
Noem
Undecided
South Dakota State University[10]May 2–15, 2022– (LV)± 3.0%17%61%22%

Results

Results by county
  Noem
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Republican primary results[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanKristi Noem (incumbent) 91,661 76.4
RepublicanSteven Haugaard28,31523.6
Total votes119,976 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Declined

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

  • Tracey Quint, coordinator[21]
    • Running mate: Ashley Strand[22]

Independents

Candidates

Withdrew

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report[23]Solid RMarch 4, 2022
Inside Elections[24]Solid RMarch 4, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[25]Safe RJanuary 26, 2022
Politico[26]Likely ROctober 3, 2022
RCP[27]Likely RSeptember 25, 2022
Fox News[28]Solid RMay 12, 2022
538[29]Solid ROctober 5, 2022
Elections Daily[30]Safe RNovember 7, 2022

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Kristi
Noem (R)
Jamie
Smith (D)
OtherUndecided
Emerson College[31]October 19–21, 20221,500 (LV)± 2.4%56%37%3%[b]4%
57%39%4%[c]
South Dakota State University[32]September 28 – October 10, 2022565 (RV)± 4.0%45%41%14%

Endorsements

Results

2022 South Dakota gubernatorial election[37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican
217,035 61.98% +11.01%
Democratic123,14835.17%−12.43%
Libertarian
  • Tracey Quint
  • Ashley Strand
9,9832.85%+1.42%
Total votes350,166 100.00% N/A
Turnout350,16659.40%
Registered electors597,073
Republican hold

By county

By county
CountyKristi Noem

Republican

Jamie Smith

Democratic

Tracey Quint

Libertarian

Total

votes

%#%#%#
Aurora73.64%89423.39%2842.97%361,214
Beadle66.84%3,90129.40%1,7163.75%2195,836
Bennett60.39%61935.90%3683.71%381,025
Bon Homme72.52%1,85825.37%6502.11%542,562
Brookings56.12%6,97441.01%5,0962.87%35712,427
Brown60.56%8,45637.00%5,1672.44%34113,964
Brule69.37%1,46327.93%5892.70%572,109
Buffalo36.27%14458.94%2344.79%19397
Butte76.71%3,21119.66%8233.63%1524,186
Campbell84.11%56113.94%931.95%13667
Charles Mix70.75%2,18727.47%8491.78%553,091
Clark76.44%1,22321.31%3412.25%361,600
Clay43.29%2,05454.39%2,5812.32%1104,745
Codington67.87%7,52029.36%3,2532.77%30711,080
Corson56.25%52240.84%3792.91%27928
Custer71.56%3,63325.47%1,2932.97%1515,077
Davison67.51%4,88730.10%2,1792.39%1737,239
Day63.43%1,59934.75%8761.82%462,521
Deuel74.28%1,47923.00%4582.71%541,991
Dewey42.06%66254.76%8623.18%501,574
Douglas85.71%1,27212.67%1881.62%241,484
Edmunds77.66%1,32120.34%3462.00%341,701
Fall River73.04%2,67923.42%8593.54%1303,668
Faulk80.73%77117.49%1671.78%17955
Grant72.41%2,32825.82%8301.77%573,215
Gregory78.77%1,61819.13%3932.09%432,054
Haakon90.37%8928.31%821.32%13987
Hamlin77.58%2,11820.07%5482.34%642,730
Hand78.36%1,17719.31%2902.33%351,502
Hanson77.63%1,26720.59%3361.78%291,632
Harding93.35%6324.87%331.77%12677
Hughes61.38%4,57135.61%2,6523.01%2247,447
Hutchinson78.99%2,50719.03%6041.98%633,174
Hyde80.00%46018.43%1061.57%9575
Jackson67.79%62330.47%2801.74%16919
Jerauld69.75%60427.48%2382.77%24866
Jones83.69%39513.56%642.75%13472
Kingsbury70.25%1,79227.13%6922.63%672,551
Lake63.05%3,13134.64%1,7202.31%1154,966
Lawrence63.27%7,74933.00%4,0413.72%45612,247
Lincoln59.76%16,82838.09%10,7272.15%60628,161
Lyman66.69%87930.73%4052.58341,318
Marshall59.42%1,12338.99%7371.59%301,890
McCook72.67%1,85124.54%6252.79%712,547
McPherson82.82%91115.18%1672.00%221,100
Meade71.46%8,48224.32%2,8874.22%50111,870
Mellette61.27%38633.97%2144.76%30630
Miner72.69%73224.63%2482.68%271,007
Minnehaha52.53%39,23444.69%33,3762.77%2,07274,682
Moody62.97%1,66834.35%9102.68%712,649
Oglala Lakota8.91%22187.58%2,1723.51%872,480
Pennington60.78%27,58635.73%16,2153.49%1,58745,388
Perkins83.24%1,14212.90%1773.86%531,372
Potter81.16%89217.02%1871.82%201,099
Roberts60.70%2,16436.89%1,3152.41%863,565
Sanborn75.40%75722.51%2262.09%211,004
Spink68.61%1,83228.65%7652.73%732,670
Stanley69.04%99928.13%4072.83%411,447
Sully75.76%59721.45%1692.79%22788
Todd20.87%40274.97%1,4444.15%801,926
Tripp82.58%1,87316.05%3641.37%312,268
Turner73.32%2,83423.78%9192.90%1123,865
Union70.07%4,72327.42%1,8482.51%1696,740
Walworth76.62%1,57320.94%4302.44%502,053
Yankton58.89%5,24737.60%3,3503.51%3138,910
Ziebach50.51%34544.51%3044.98%34683
Total61.98%217,03535.17%123,1482.85%9,983350,166

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Quint (L) with 3%
  3. ^ Quint (L) with 4%

References

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  2. ^ Todd, Annie (November 12, 2021). "South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announces re-election campaign for 2022 election". Argus Leader. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  3. ^ Ellis, Jonathan (May 24, 2022) [May 23, 2022]. "Gov. Kristi Noem's reelection campaign says it has raised $15 million". Argus Leader. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  4. ^ King, Ryan (November 17, 2021). "Gov. Kristi Noem gets primary challenge from the Right in former state speaker". Washington Examiner. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Former state Rep. Lora Hubbel running for governor again".
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  10. ^ South Dakota State University
  11. ^ "2022 Primary Election Official State Canvass Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of South Dakota. June 14, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
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  32. ^ South Dakota State University
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