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1990 General Election Statewide Offices

US Senate	State Auditor
US Representatives	State Treasurer
Governor/Lt. Governor	Commissioner of School and Public Lands
Secretary of State	Public Utilities Commissioner
Attorney General	Supreme Court Justices
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UNITED STATES SENATE
		Ted Muenster-D	Larry Pressler-R	Dean L. Sinclair-I
AURORA		697	839	29
BEADLE		3511	3901	169
BENNETT		382	703	42
BON HOMME		1166	1771	50
BROOKINGS		3774	4497	264
BROWN		7934	5951	416
BRULE		1098	1236	66
BUFFALO		320	431	26
BUTTE		986	1790	70
CAMPBELL		427	621	26
CHARLES MIX		1548	1810	63
CLARK		1093	1013	55
CLAY		1775	1774	150
CODINGTON		4509	3604	244
CORSON		423	663	48
CUSTER		1034	1564	93
DAVISON		2904	3628	172
DAY		1747	1234	69
DEUEL		1020	1091	72
DEWEY		600	905	44
DOUGLAS		527	1256	22
EDMUNDS		1131	976	44
FALL RIVER		1132	1677	88
FAULK		773	703	38
GRANT		1681	1974	86
GREGORY		1079	1298	45
HAAKON		246	898	28
HAMLIN		1068	1073	58
HAND		1003	1335	53
HANSON		520	785	23
HARDING		247	548	16
HUGHES		3254	3379	166
HUTCHINSON		1380	2258	57
HYDE		406	424	33
JACKSON		333	717	28
JERAULD		489	694	21
JONES		267	496	48
KINGSBURY		1322	1429	82
LAKE		2048	2462	116
LAWRENCE		2963	4059	277
LINCOLN		2420	3022	104
LYMAN		529	664	40
MARSHALL		1155	980	32
MCCOOK		1028	1480	50
MCPHERSON		561	893	53
MEADE		2770	3848	170
MELLETTE		321	532	22
MINER		678	785	45
MINNEHAHA		20420	21710	981
MOODY		1146	1145	55
PENNINGTON		10351	13679	535
PERKINS		689	1022	56
POTTER		865	829	35
ROBERTS		1924	1742	80
SANBORN		614	890	45
SHANNON		579	433	69
SPINK		1802	1632	78
STANLEY		555	562	37
SULLY		448	509	32
TODD		649	646	60
TRIPP		1217	1859	67
TURNER		1409	2110	73
UNION		1566	1861	96
WALWORTH		1247	1274	87
YANKTON		2647	3747	149
ZIEBACH		320	361	19

TOTALS	258976	116727	135682	6567
PERCENTAGE		45.07%	52.39%	2.54%

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UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
		Tim Johnson-D	Don Frankenfeld-R
AURORA		1106	456
BEADLE		5374	2192
BENNETT		717	384
BON HOMME		2227	740
BROOKINGS		6097	2435
BROWN		10681	3613
BRULE		1648	727
BUFFALO		572	199
BUTTE		1562	1209
CAMPBELL		608	419
CHARLES MIX		2479	937
CLARK		1373	763
CLAY		2987	713
CODINGTON		5522	2818
CORSON		615	509
CUSTER		1615	1030
DAVISON		4589	2115
DAY		2178	856
DEUEL		1463	677
DEWEY		1036	494
DOUGLAS		1039	737
EDMUNDS		1445	635
FALL RIVER		1785	1086
FAULK		1041	454
GRANT		2407	1278
GREGORY		1608	798
HAAKON		679	477
HAMLIN		1345	836
HAND		1654	710
HANSON		929	380
HARDING		432	354
HUGHES		4296	2476
HUTCHINSON		2273	1387
HYDE		529	324
JACKSON		633	445
JERAULD		812	388
JONES		467	333
KINGSBURY		1968	867
LAKE		3328	1273
LAWRENCE		4376	2905
LINCOLN		3917	1605
LYMAN		798	432
MARSHALL		1542	577
MCCOOK		1757	785
MCPHERSON		722	741
MEADE		4253	2510
MELLETTE		536	323
MINER		1130	365
MINNEHAHA		30306	12665
MOODY		1748	594
PENNINGTON		14740	9836
PERKINS		1004	750
POTTER		980	707
ROBERTS		2662	1046
SANBORN		1078	462
SHANNON		720	304
SPINK		2402	1078
STANLEY		766	377
SULLY		612	365
TODD		1002	346
TRIPP		2004	1124
TURNER		2506	1067
UNION		2730	792
WALWORTH		1520	1054
YANKTON		4473	1872
ZIEBACH		411	278

TOTALS	257298	173814	83484
PERCENTAGE		67.55%	32.45%

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GOVERNOR/LT. GOVERNOR
		Bob L. Samuelson/ Shirley Halleen-D	George S. Mickelson/ Walter Dale Miller-R
AURORA		821	753
BEADLE		3159	4420
BENNETT		390	747
BON HOMME		1341	1604
BROOKINGS		3288	5171
BROWN		5382	8906
BRULE		1061	1136
BUFFALO		372	395
BUTTE		1009	1859
CAMPBELL		389	684
CHARLES MIX		1681	1727
CLARK		1167	990
CLAY		1645	2031
CODINGTON		4226	4081
CORSON		513	623
CUSTER		949	1708
DAVISON		2584	4088
DAY		1616	1441
DEUEL		1134	1101
DEWEY		754	809
DOUGLAS		619	1185
EDMUNDS		995	1172
FALL RIVER		1100	1771
FAULK		668	851
GRANT		1310	2444
GREGORY		965	1296
HAAKON		457	712
HAMLIN		1174	1038
HAND		1032	1375
HANSON		605	715
HARDING		265	541
HUGHES		2347	4038
HUTCHINSON		1328	2348
HYDE		427	440
JACKSON		387	703
JERAULD		566	640
JONES		288	519
KINGSBURY		1298	1534
LAKE		1948	2667
LAWRENCE		2464	4745
LINCOLN		2186	3357
LYMAN		494	666
MARSHALL		1000	1173
MCCOOK		1075	1294
MCPHERSON		473	1036
MEADE		3087	3684
MELLETTE		312	565
MINER		642	751
MINNEHAHA		17480	25164
MOODY		1192	1148
PENNINGTON		8052	16501
PERKINS		786	983
POTTER		705	1035
ROBERTS		1992	1754
SANBORN		675	856
SHANNON		430	630
SPINK		1519	2006
STANLEY		574	510
SULLY		436	560
TODD		628	713
TRIPP		1089	2019
TURNER		1376	2198
UNION		1553	1932
WALWORTH		1115	1510
YANKTON		2442	3917
ZIEBACH		488	228

TOTALS	256723	105525	151198
PERCENTAGE		41.10%	58.90%

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SECRETARY OF STATE
		Mark D. Anderson-D	Joyce Hazeltine-R
AURORA		728	807
BEADLE		3200	4228
BENNETT		364	713
BON HOMME		1237	1643
BROOKINGS		3161	5130
BROWN		6191	7811
BRULE		875	1152
BUFFALO		305	449
BUTTE		709	2086
CAMPBELL		267	764
CHARLES MIX		1631	1703
CLARK		762	1332
CLAY		1650	1934
CODINGTON		3900	4368
CORSON		384	727
CUSTER		645	1949
DAVISON		2722	3878
DAY		1291	1679
DEUEL		838	1276
DEWEY		568	951
DOUGLAS		569	1175
EDMUNDS		836	1256
FALL RIVER		868	1972
FAULK		472	977
GRANT		1339	2318
GREGORY		923	1124
HAAKON		225	915
HAMLIN		799	1348
HAND		743	1588
HANSON		526	762
HARDING		140	645
HUGHES		1714	4493
HUTCHINSON		1250	2303
HYDE		304	547
JACKSON		305	750
JERAULD		461	727
JONES		175	617
KINGSBURY		1074	1714
LAKE		1655	2862
LAWRENCE		2421	4736
LINCOLN		2285	3124
LYMAN		379	673
MARSHALL		934	1161
MCCOOK		973	1221
MCPHERSON		354	1117
MEADE		2396	4196
MELLETTE		210	646
MINER		622	660
MINNEHAHA		18166	23505
MOODY		1113	1188
PENNINGTON		8553	15047
PERKINS		558	1150
POTTER		465	1222
ROBERTS		1723	1884
SANBORN		634	870
SHANNON		484	529
SPINK		1261	2167
STANLEY		337	696
SULLY		276	698
TODD		737	593
TRIPP		1056	2009
TURNER		1320	2052
UNION		1788	1640
WALWORTH		854	1710
YANKTON		2360	3649
ZIEBACH		243	441

TOTALS	249565	98308	151257
PERCENTAGE		39.39%	60.61%

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ATTORNEY GENERAL
		Michael J. Butler-D	Mark Barnett-R
AURORA		757	772
BEADLE		3481	3996
BENNETT		374	699
BON HOMME		1239	1647
BROOKINGS		3409	4941
BROWN		5994	8060
BRULE		976	1323
BUFFALO		325	431
BUTTE		806	1964
CAMPBELL		243	785
CHARLES MIX		1340	2008
CLARK		819	1272
CLAY		1782	1802
CODINGTON		3807	4486
CORSON		379	714
CUSTER		843	1662
DAVISON		2717	3867
DAY		1423	1565
DEUEL		922	1187
DEWEY		589	911
DOUGLAS		464	1288
EDMUNDS		792	1303
FALL RIVER		953	1853
FAULK		489	966
GRANT		1356	2309
GREGORY		962	1382
HAAKON		343	786
HAMLIN		898	1252
HAND		814	1532
HANSON		546	735
HARDING		193	585
HUGHES		2371	4406
HUTCHINSON		1176	2396
HYDE		306	542
JACKSON		321	737
JERAULD		496	684
JONES		187	599
KINGSBURY		1146	1643
LAKE		1935	2582
LAWRENCE		2502	4679
LINCOLN		2362	3057
LYMAN		427	764
MARSHALL		928	1169
MCCOOK		1045	1427
MCPHERSON		338	1137
MEADE		2469	4121
MELLETTE		258	605
MINER		721	733
MINNEHAHA		19090	23106
MOODY		1113	1199
PENNINGTON		8578	15227
PERKINS		591	1106
POTTER		475	1217
ROBERTS		1730	1861
SANBORN		629	870
SHANNON		566	447
SPINK		1315	2124
STANLEY		458	684
SULLY		326	651
TODD		740	593
TRIPP		987	2082
TURNER		1280	2189
UNION		1864	1570
WALWORTH		778	1778
YANKTON		2426	3620
ZIEBACH		262	421

TOTALS	252340	102231	150109
PERCENTAGE		40.51%	59.49%

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STATE AUDITOR
		Neil Putnam-D	Vernon L. Larson-R
AURORA		732	784
BEADLE		3397	3962
BENNETT		345	726
BON HOMME		1450	1421
BROOKINGS		3191	5132
BROWN		7725	6217
BRULE		997	1268
BUFFALO		313	423
BUTTE		779	1948
CAMPBELL		571	492
CHARLES MIX		1597	1717
CLARK		893	1169
CLAY		1637	1894
CODINGTON		4108	4042
CORSON		448	645
CUSTER		831	1685
DAVISON		2914	3589
DAY		1635	1306
DEUEL		959	1108
DEWEY		626	881
DOUGLAS		535	1197
EDMUNDS		1043	1026
FALL RIVER		996	1777
FAULK		580	855
GRANT		1631	1992
GREGORY		945	1365
HAAKON		250	866
HAMLIN		894	1220
HAND		875	1431
HANSON		579	683
HARDING		193	570
HUGHES		1622	5102
HUTCHINSON		1389	2137
HYDE		342	491
JACKSON		301	741
JERAULD		475	700
JONES		164	624
KINGSBURY		1126	1648
LAKE		1705	2745
LAWRENCE		2566	4502
LINCOLN		2204	3129
LYMAN		359	858
MARSHALL		1187	881
MCCOOK		1053	1358
MCPHERSON		445	1012
MEADE		2556	3908
MELLETTE		232	612
MINER		718	701
MINNEHAHA		17805	22962
MOODY		1033	1257
PENNINGTON		8728	14481
PERKINS		599	1071
POTTER		518	1174
ROBERTS		2027	1538
SANBORN		664	815
SHANNON		518	489
SPINK		1565	1830
STANLEY		372	753
SULLY		288	691
TODD		729	600
TRIPP		1044	1987
TURNER		1204	2199
UNION		1717	1668
WALWORTH		986	1553
YANKTON		2365	3504
ZIEBACH		248	427

TOTALS	248062	104523	143539
PERCENTAGE		42.14%	57.86%

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STATE TREASURER
		Gene Wiegand-D	G. Homer Harding-R
AURORA		787	722
BEADLE		3601	3719
BENNETT		419	646
BON HOMME		1530	1338
BROOKINGS		3497	4739
BROWN		9076	4877
BRULE		1172	1108
BUFFALO		346	389
BUTTE		885	1857
CAMPBELL		356	659
CHARLES MIX		1742	1527
CLARK		924	1134
CLAY		1832	1682
CODINGTON		4129	4023
CORSON		482	607
CUSTER		919	1567
DAVISON		3057	3492
DAY		1684	1265
DEUEL		965	1103
DEWEY		673	828
DOUGLAS		543	1187
EDMUNDS		1169	898
FALL RIVER		1033	1723
FAULK		671	747
GRANT		1619	2022
GREGORY		1082	1231
HAAKON		344	782
HAMLIN		919	1192
HAND		926	1396
HANSON		591	672
HARDING		212	557
HUGHES		3559	3219
HUTCHINSON		1258	2241
HYDE		413	419
JACKSON		358	680
JERAULD		529	637
JONES		251	534
KINGSBURY		1216	1504
LAKE		1847	2590
LAWRENCE		2874	4216
LINCOLN		2241	3109
LYMAN		532	670
MARSHALL		1202	852
MCCOOK		1145	1284
MCPHERSON		510	940
MEADE		2748	3755
MELLETTE		285	560
MINER		740	684
MINNEHAHA		18538	22310
MOODY		1155	1128
PENNINGTON		10040	13152
PERKINS		659	1023
POTTER		722	984
ROBERTS		2066	1477
SANBORN		669	809
SHANNON		586	409
SPINK		1749	1630
STANLEY		639	506
SULLY		542	445
TODD		802	520
TRIPP		1172	1867
TURNER		1312	2133
UNION		1879	1498
WALWORTH		1054	1462
YANKTON		2653	3181
ZIEBACH		286	391

TOTALS	247924	115416	132508
PERCENTAGE		46.55%	53.45%

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COMMISSIONER OF SCHOOL AND PUBLIC LANDS
		Curtis Johnson-D	Timothy Amdahl-R
AURORA		960	562
BEADLE		4944	2504
BENNETT		482	591
BON HOMME		1679	1199
BROOKINGS		4770	3599
BROWN		8038	5814
BRULE		1325	802
BUFFALO		444	297
BUTTE		967	1768
CAMPBELL		332	575
CHARLES MIX		2209	1114
CLARK		1132	947
CLAY		2196	1357
CODINGTON		4752	3514
CORSON		477	621
CUSTER		1110	1394
DAVISON		3659	2877
DAY		1749	1197
DEUEL		1123	958
DEWEY		708	802
DOUGLAS		761	963
EDMUNDS		1104	977
FALL RIVER		1210	1558
FAULK		764	663
GRANT		1754	1897
GREGORY		1188	996
HAAKON		372	750
HAMLIN		1138	988
HAND		1218	1106
HANSON		702	571
HARDING		194	585
HUGHES		3884	2504
HUTCHINSON		1704	1811
HYDE		441	396
JACKSON		355	687
JERAULD		663	518
JONES		288	486
KINGSBURY		1573	1179
LAKE		2475	2005
LAWRENCE		3345	3774
LINCOLN		2918	2474
LYMAN		583	538
MARSHALL		1212	864
MCCOOK		1321	1011
MCPHERSON		523	917
MEADE		3047	3477
MELLETTE		334	506
MINER		837	543
MINNEHAHA		24394	17206
MOODY		1580	742
PENNINGTON		10763	12664
PERKINS		698	1015
POTTER		706	960
ROBERTS		2099	1475
SANBORN		876	642
SHANNON		635	363
SPINK		2001	1396
STANLEY		617	475
SULLY		437	537
TODD		864	460
TRIPP		1369	1659
TURNER		1772	1678
UNION		2127	1280
WALWORTH		1050	1472
YANKTON		3101	2860
ZIEBACH		342	341

TOTALS	248856	134395	114461
PERCENTAGE		54.01%	45.99%

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PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONER
		Ken Stofferahn-D	Mary Wiese-R
AURORA		895	636
BEADLE		4196	3273
BENNETT		583	513
BON HOMME		1688	1240
BROOKINGS		4240	4241
BROWN		8505	5557
BRULE		1216	993
BUFFALO		418	334
BUTTE		1305	1498
CAMPBELL		497	524
CHARLES MIX		2028	1340
CLARK		1083	1032
CLAY		1917	1677
CODINGTON		4499	3829
CORSON		556	548
CUSTER		1240	1341
DAVISON		3625	3020
DAY		1790	1202
DEUEL		1125	994
DEWEY		840	668
DOUGLAS		841	914
EDMUNDS		1155	950
FALL RIVER		1447	1391
FAULK		809	662
GRANT		1723	1923
GREGORY		1267	959
HAAKON		565	577
HAMLIN		1058	1094
HAND		1214	1129
HANSON		678	620
HARDING		375	411
HUGHES		3528	2914
HUTCHINSON		1761	1837
HYDE		408	447
JACKSON		539	515
JERAULD		635	548
JONES		407	376
KINGSBURY		1490	1294
LAKE		2206	2378
LAWRENCE		3587	3606
LINCOLN		2730	2750
LYMAN		607	546
MARSHALL		1274	827
MCCOOK		1315	1093
MCPHERSON		550	925
MEADE		3420	3227
MELLETTE		481	379
MINER		842	560
MINNEHAHA		20547	22046
MOODY		1189	1134
PENNINGTON		12199	11578
PERKINS		867	847
POTTER		826	884
ROBERTS		2130	1506
SANBORN		821	696
SHANNON		626	388
SPINK		1982	1472
STANLEY		665	437
SULLY		564	416
TODD		881	449
TRIPP		1666	1416
TURNER		1686	1838
UNION		1840	1585
WALWORTH		1228	1328
YANKTON		3005	2998
ZIEBACH		394	290

TOTALS	252894	132274	120620
PERCENTAGE		52.30%	47.70%

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RETENTION OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES:
	George W. Wuest		Richard W. Sabers		Robert W. Miller
	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
AURORA	1066	325	971	347	1044	320
BEADLE	4783	1399	4689	1339	4850	1220
BENNETT	602	362	579	381	656	328
BON HOMME	1625	691	1555	690	1657	625
BROOKINGS	5442	1503	5404	1505	5593	1374
BROWN	8832	2524	8555	2531	8937	2267
BRULE	1498	563	1386	546	1425	605
BUFFALO	391	261	379	254	435	229
BUTTE	1799	711	1809	696	1881	657
CAMPBELL	599	266	567	282	592	265
CHARLES MIX	2366	635	2103	715	2210	627
CLARK	1251	493	1216	503	1278	469
CLAY	2145	659	2155	626	2205	621
CODINGTON	4928	2051	4877	2029	5071	1936
CORSON	600	385	609	374	625	366
CUSTER	1700	581	1601	577	1745	554
DAVISON	5164	971	4660	994	4751	950
DAY	1826	646	1760	670	1871	612
DEUEL	1205	572	1179	543	1250	526
DEWEY	851	479	768	546	834	499
DOUGLAS	1200	363	1081	427	1176	366
EDMUNDS	1287	435	1252	457	1317	421
FALL RIVER	1863	713	1856	711	1914	684
FAULK	841	339	810	339	883	298
GRANT	2358	862	2329	874	2424	813
GREGORY	1320	622	1214	649	1312	597
HAAKON	752	235	745	239	836	249
HAMLIN	1218	517	1192	538	1267	484
HAND	1439	542	1418	558	1508	495
HANSON	930	263	887	234	912	212
HARDING	498	182	493	181	514	171
HUGHES	4675	1310	4557	1329	5018	1148
HUTCHINSON	2121	611	1961	646	2048	579
HYDE	480	260	479	255	494	242
JACKSON	625	315	615	312	697	270
JERAULD	733	217	685	238	740	213
JONES	484	196	485	192	526	170
KINGSBURY	1589	544	1576	533	1634	498
LAKE	2981	944	2826	930	2995	915
LAWRENCE	4642	1601	4564	1629	4746	1536
LINCOLN	3465	1064	3450	1078	3521	1007
LYMAN	639	338	606	333	649	323
MARSHALL	1240	398	1193	409	1260	372
MCCOOK	1411	483	1500	439	1418	437
MCPHERSON	847	316	806	316	870	289
MEADE	3552	1661	3608	1582	3682	1544
MELLETTE	501	240	481	253	536	219
MINER	875	273	816	289	867	268
MINNEHAHA	26263	8029	26850	7524	26892	7262
MOODY	1383	526	1389	493	1457	438
PENNINGTON	15029	4826	14727	4703	15073	4455
PERKINS	970	458	978	448	1027	414
POTTER	980	462	938	483	1023	444
ROBERTS	2072	1035	2074	990	2084	1007
SANBORN	980	320	895	336	948	310
SHANNON	576	470	567	466	617	436
SPINK	2369	607	2330	635	2453	559
STANLEY	702	285	679	287	735	268
SULLY	596	265	584	269	650	243
TODD	737	448	703	459	755	411
TRIPP	1791	773	1757	728	1978	581
TURNER	2006	717	1982	682	2088	615
UNION	1947	756	1918	756	1975	724
WALWORTH	1551	663	1502	677	1576	637
YANKTON	3283	1194	3236	1168	3316	1204
ZIEBACH	362	246	356	245	394	222

TOTALS	156836	54001	153772	53467	159715	50100
PERCENTAGE	74.39%	25.61%	74.20%	25.80%	76.12%	23.88%

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