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1994 General Election Returns for Statewide Offices

United State Representative	State Auditor
Governor/Lt. Governor	State Treasurer
Secretary of State	Commissioner of School and Public Lands
Attorney General	Public Utilities Commissioner
Retention of Supreme Court Justice	Download Results in Excel Format

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE
		Tim Johnson - D	Jan Berkhout - R	Ronald Wieczorek - I
AURORA		944	520	99
BEADLE		5504	2485	301
BENNETT		636	461	18
BON HOMME		2344	858	163
BROOKINGS		6787	3289	403
BROWN		11644	4257	327
BRULE		1611	715	185
BUFFALO		278	121	17
BUTTE		1582	1719	117
CAMPBELL		448	476	8
CHARLES MIX		2446	1222	168
CLARK		1138	775	48
CLAY		3795	1211	130
CODINGTON		5950	4175	310
CORSON		566	454	79
CUSTER		1420	1637	147
DAVISON		4968	2282	533
DAY		2159	995	95
DEUEL		1327	794	76
DEWEY		1107	495	78
DOUGLAS		932	870	133
EDMUNDS		1399	750	40
FALL RIVER		1503	1494	126
FAULK		767	415	30
GRANT		2139	1488	95
GREGORY		1269	1105	142
HAAKON		484	643	57
HAMLIN		1315	1135	59
HAND		1503	870	87
HANSON		842	457	128
HARDING		312	485	27
HUGHES		4671	3140	264
HUTCHINSON		2344	1364	189
HYDE		509	367	44
JACKSON		522	483	46
JERAULD		958	389	63
JONES		293	335	40
KINGSBURY		1988	967	91
LAKE		3298	1608	199
LAWRENCE		4418	4266	386
LINCOLN		4755	2628	224
LYMAN		863	586	80
MARSHALL		1360	591	28
MCCOOK		1732	900	129
MCPHERSON		683	812	20
MEADE		3837	4084	321
MELLETTE		529	335	34
MINER		1002	424	80
MINNEHAHA		37882	18265	1742
MOODY		1914	753	123
PENNINGTON		15142	16707	1138
PERKINS		844	899	57
POTTER		800	748	51
ROBERTS		2450	1308	92
SANBORN		884	436	105
SHANNON		973	159	42
SPINK		2546	1159	120
STANLEY		793	518	58
SULLY		477	396	48
TODD		974	397	55
TRIPP		1533	1460	110
TURNER		2497	1363	140
UNION		3107	1606	136
WALWORTH		1348	1033	62
YANKTON		5590	2661	276
ZIEBACH		401	254	13

TOTALS	305922	183036	112054	10832
PERCENTAGE		59.83%	36.63%	3.54%

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GOVERNOR/LT. GOVERNOR
		Nathan A. Barton/Brian Liss - L	Jim Beddow/Jim Abbott - D	William J. Janklow/Carole Hillard - R
AURORA		104	699	979
BEADLE		362	3306	4676
BENNETT		31	498	688
BON HOMME		248	1744	1362
BROOKINGS		370	4986	5098
BROWN		458	6701	9117
BRULE		104	986	1406
BUFFALO		14	267	183
BUTTE		208	1187	2022
CAMPBELL		28	303	735
CHARLES MIX		154	1465	2168
CLARK		66	846	1332
CLAY		300	3038	1823
CODINGTON		367	4022	6202
CORSON		27	407	802
CUSTER		229	1367	1613
DAVISON		306	2956	4556
DAY		79	1476	2022
DEUEL		70	943	1293
DEWEY		44	949	898
DOUGLAS		95	494	1346
EDMUNDS		69	842	1480
FALL RIVER		228	1446	1680
FAULK		51	495	860
GRANT		101	1448	2425
GREGORY		193	976	1374
HAAKON		79	438	755
HAMLIN		69	967	1700
HAND		108	870	1496
HANSON		63	390	1068
HARDING		24	198	614
HUGHES		323	3174	4670
HUTCHINSON		223	1463	2293
HYDE		39	373	525
JACKSON		53	462	600
JERAULD		46	638	733
JONES		42	302	397
KINGSBURY		112	1214	1729
LAKE		168	1965	3001
LAWRENCE		573	3755	4849
LINCOLN		283	3181	4220
LYMAN		73	607	862
MARSHALL		34	882	1187
MCCOOK		91	1205	1478
MCPHERSON		29	501	1114
MEADE		484	3246	4546
MELLETTE		53	381	454
MINER		72	611	857
MINNEHAHA		1891	22993	33377
MOODY		88	927	1829
PENNINGTON		1748	13568	17849
PERKINS		103	604	1099
POTTER		57	425	1264
ROBERTS		86	1546	2334
SANBORN		50	656	802
SHANNON		46	985	192
SPINK		149	1572	2122
STANLEY		50	635	684
SULLY		61	303	641
TODD		66	790	567
TRIPP		165	1241	1734
TURNER		121	1666	2254
UNION		289	2224	2368
WALWORTH		91	834	1864
YANKTON		409	4310	3816
ZIEBACH		8	324	431

TOTALS	311613	12825	126273	172515
PERCENTAGE		4.12%	40.52%	55.36%

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SECRETARY OF STATE
		Linda Lea Viken-D	Joyce Hazeltine-R
AURORA		581	1096
BEADLE		3614	4584
BENNETT		585	591
BON HOMME		1326	1961
BROOKINGS		3624	6561
BROWN		6324	9691
BRULE		1023	1443
BUFFALO		224	228
BUTTE		1219	2178
CAMPBELL		176	865
CHARLES MIX		1559	2212
CLARK		668	1485
CLAY		2369	2586
CODINGTON		3949	6453
CORSON		416	777
CUSTER		1161	2012
DAVISON		2843	4834
DAY		1258	2189
DEUEL		762	1467
DEWEY		752	1134
DOUGLAS		481	1384
EDMUNDS		800	1526
FALL RIVER		1555	1766
FAULK		385	959
GRANT		1303	2583
GREGORY		1032	1449
HAAKON		311	951
HAMLIN		723	1942
HAND		813	1609
HANSON		414	1074
HARDING		219	616
HUGHES		2376	5792
HUTCHINSON		1070	2715
HYDE		312	611
JACKSON		434	657
JERAULD		508	872
JONES		203	528
KINGSBURY		1070	1959
LAKE		1757	3276
LAWRENCE		3671	5452
LINCOLN		2803	4648
LYMAN		478	1027
MARSHALL		809	1221
MCCOOK		1121	1590
MCPHERSON		336	1271
MEADE		3489	4575
MELLETTE		314	577
MINER		578	908
MINNEHAHA		23412	33144
MOODY		1162	1575
PENNINGTON		14563	18317
PERKINS		649	1142
POTTER		450	1269
ROBERTS		1449	2333
SANBORN		566	915
SHANNON		978	214
SPINK		1420	2353
STANLEY		412	961
SULLY		262	741
TODD		859	548
TRIPP		1096	2019
TURNER		1374	2550
UNION		1960	2795
WALWORTH		692	2024
YANKTON		3230	5053
ZIEBACH		303	442

TOTALS	304915	118635	186280
PERCENTAGE		38.91%	61.09%

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ATTORNEY GENERAL
		Bert Olson-L	Randy Turner-D	Mark Barnett-R
AURORA		20	688	974
BEADLE		252	3244	4812
BENNETT		7	343	818
BON HOMME		105	1367	1883
BROOKINGS		480	3554	6283
BROWN		306	7669	8314
BRULE		75	938	1495
BUFFALO		4	234	222
BUTTE		150	825	2417
CAMPBELL		12	258	761
CHARLES MIX		124	1395	2299
CLARK		25	833	1329
CLAY		180	2010	2893
CODINGTON		309	3950	6299
CORSON		31	420	725
CUSTER		205	924	2059
DAVISON		187	2711	4839
DAY		29	1583	1887
DEUEL		151	760	1357
DEWEY		32	696	1128
DOUGLAS		67	466	1374
EDMUNDS		22	1000	1330
FALL RIVER		159	1012	2118
FAULK		18	545	810
GRANT		70	1355	2476
GREGORY		87	900	1534
HAAKON		38	335	894
HAMLIN		58	884	1736
HAND		61	873	1545
HANSON		30	427	1052
HARDING		9	164	658
HUGHES		204	2603	5386
HUTCHINSON		101	1089	2699
HYDE		16	344	564
JACKSON		33	317	743
JERAULD		25	529	852
JONES		18	256	457
KINGSBURY		122	1066	1868
LAKE		176	1867	3032
LAWRENCE		519	2804	5821
LINCOLN		168	2524	4910
LYMAN		49	517	958
MARSHALL		16	1019	1023
MCCOOK		59	997	1712
MCPHERSON		12	455	1158
MEADE		379	2328	5466
MELLETTE		44	287	576
MINER		47	628	843
MINNEHAHA		1572	18369	37662
MOODY		99	1021	1703
PENNINGTON		1361	9827	21559
PERKINS		64	480	1258
POTTER		16	544	1163
ROBERTS		54	1619	2135
SANBORN		42	630	819
SHANNON		26	636	535
SPINK		78	1589	2152
STANLEY		45	486	846
SULLY		14	299	687
TODD		65	758	598
TRIPP		105	1031	1979
TURNER		87	1320	2591
UNION		164	2006	2641
WALWORTH		37	818	1872
YANKTON		284	3030	5083
ZIEBACH		6	253	475

TOTALS	308266	9410	106709	192147
PERCENTAGE		3.05%	34.62%	62.33%

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STATE AUDITOR
		Jeff Moser-D	Vernon L. Larson-R
AURORA		745	877
BEADLE		5418	2819
BENNETT		400	756
BON HOMME		1546	1737
BROOKINGS		4039	6081
BROWN		7210	8606
BRULE		1151	1312
BUFFALO		259	195
BUTTE		986	2338
CAMPBELL		218	809
CHARLES MIX		1756	1982
CLARK		928	1193
CLAY		2468	2483
CODINGTON		4901	5380
CORSON		511	667
CUSTER		1014	2091
DAVISON		3513	4031
DAY		1705	1676
DEUEL		1004	1192
DEWEY		825	1017
DOUGLAS		528	1309
EDMUNDS		1018	1269
FALL RIVER		1138	2083
FAULK		550	769
GRANT		1635	2215
GREGORY		1029	1467
HAAKON		288	955
HAMLIN		1040	1588
HAND		1331	1164
HANSON		610	859
HARDING		179	636
HUGHES		2200	5980
HUTCHINSON		1258	2483
HYDE		396	514
JACKSON		286	796
JERAULD		817	577
JONES		120	617
KINGSBURY		1319	1710
LAKE		2187	2769
LAWRENCE		3379	5576
LINCOLN		3058	4329
LYMAN		366	1167
MARSHALL		1011	948
MCCOOK		1255	1449
MCPHERSON		387	1204
MEADE		2836	5130
MELLETTE		274	617
MINER		762	736
MINNEHAHA		25313	30285
MOODY		1298	1460
PENNINGTON		11441	20543
PERKINS		608	1144
POTTER		484	1208
ROBERTS		1829	1885
SANBORN		751	720
SHANNON		725	450
SPINK		1869	1875
STANLEY		423	954
SULLY		285	700
TODD		831	576
TRIPP		1103	1988
TURNER		1495	2408
UNION		2186	2563
WALWORTH		821	1852
YANKTON		3676	4491
ZIEBACH		294	432

TOTALS	300978	127286	173692
PERCENTAGE		42.29%	57.71%

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STATE TREASURER
		Dick Butler-D	G. Homer Harding-R
AURORA		945	689
BEADLE		4709	3428
BENNETT		562	586
BON HOMME		1841	1456
BROOKINGS		5249	4873
BROWN		8862	6937
BRULE		1396	1047
BUFFALO		262	188
BUTTE		1549	1803
CAMPBELL		286	734
CHARLES MIX		2098	1640
CLARK		1062	1087
CLAY		2895	2053
CODINGTON		5327	5056
CORSON		675	504
CUSTER		1394	1734
DAVISON		4185	3456
DAY		1741	1678
DEUEL		1100	1105
DEWEY		1215	653
DOUGLAS		731	1093
EDMUNDS		1166	1134
FALL RIVER		1549	1681
FAULK		658	682
GRANT		1663	2190
GREGORY		1318	1176
HAAKON		612	642
HAMLIN		1173	1466
HAND		1196	1255
HANSON		714	674
HARDING		321	501
HUGHES		4617	3567
HUTCHINSON		1655	2137
HYDE		496	425
JACKSON		513	573
JERAULD		724	663
JONES		353	380
KINGSBURY		1554	1462
LAKE		2710	2240
LAWRENCE		4522	4517
LINCOLN		3871	3570
LYMAN		719	794
MARSHALL		1034	962
MCCOOK		1491	1214
MCPHERSON		494	1097
MEADE		4438	3641
MELLETTE		454	440
MINER		855	630
MINNEHAHA		33001	23254
MOODY		1615	1141
PENNINGTON		15306	16912
PERKINS		959	828
POTTER		729	995
ROBERTS		1840	1869
SANBORN		840	627
SHANNON		850	333
SPINK		1964	1786
STANLEY		892	557
SULLY		573	428
TODD		913	489
TRIPP		1510	1578
TURNER		1981	1945
UNION		2448	2306
WALWORTH		1068	1634
YANKTON		4203	3969
ZIEBACH		546	215

TOTALS	302571	160192	142379
PERCENTAGE		52.94%	47.06%

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COMMISSIONER OF SCHOOL AND PUBLIC LANDS
		Curt Johnson-D	Bill Riechers-R
AURORA		981	637
BEADLE		5928	2311
BENNETT		586	551
BON HOMME		2018	1250
BROOKINGS		4287	5798
BROWN		9472	6140
BRULE		1591	816
BUFFALO		297	150
BUTTE		1356	1967
CAMPBELL		355	645
CHARLES MIX		2585	1158
CLARK		1088	1023
CLAY		2977	1884
CODINGTON		5427	4799
CORSON		674	496
CUSTER		1320	1750
DAVISON		4354	3199
DAY		2058	1301
DEUEL		920	1267
DEWEY		1181	648
DOUGLAS		797	1025
EDMUNDS		1359	924
FALL RIVER		1578	1615
FAULK		633	693
GRANT		2081	1771
GREGORY		1280	1162
HAAKON		508	712
HAMLIN		995	1620
HAND		1437	992
HANSON		824	603
HARDING		354	461
HUGHES		4653	3451
HUTCHINSON		1746	2064
HYDE		502	409
JACKSON		475	592
JERAULD		898	485
JONES		357	353
KINGSBURY		1384	1590
LAKE		2547	2370
LAWRENCE		4218	4733
LINCOLN		3707	3620
LYMAN		735	746
MARSHALL		1227	769
MCCOOK		1489	1175
MCPHERSON		576	999
MEADE		3738	4222
MELLETTE		504	380
MINER		890	571
MINNEHAHA		29699	25149
MOODY		1484	1262
PENNINGTON		14794	17044
PERKINS		786	969
POTTER		789	870
ROBERTS		2149	1537
SANBORN		915	544
SHANNON		956	220
SPINK		2385	1329
STANLEY		786	566
SULLY		523	449
TODD		978	415
TRIPP		1496	1538
TURNER		1850	2015
UNION		2561	2159
WALWORTH		1258	1397
YANKTON		4413	3610
ZIEBACH		459	271

TOTALS	298469	159228	139241
PERCENTAGE		53.35%	46.65%

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PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONER
		James Christin-L	Carroll "Red" Allen-D	Laska Schoenfelder-R
AURORA		17	959	707
BEADLE		1249	3291	3666
BENNETT		12	529	579
BON HOMME		114	2292	997
BROOKINGS		540	4474	5168
BROWN		755	6683	8369
BRULE		114	1227	1132
BUFFALO		10	260	174
BUTTE		232	1264	1852
CAMPBELL		19	257	737
CHARLES MIX		147	2251	1421
CLARK		48	948	1133
CLAY		204	2872	1950
CODINGTON		595	4360	5446
CORSON		60	467	620
CUSTER		277	1180	1673
DAVISON		312	3301	4189
DAY		76	1811	1481
DEUEL		71	1084	1022
DEWEY		79	857	894
DOUGLAS		86	823	983
EDMUNDS		72	978	1245
FALL RIVER		234	1357	1618
FAULK		26	590	704
GRANT		103	1707	2006
GREGORY		118	1206	1189
HAAKON		47	392	786
HAMLIN		34	1093	1504
HAND		163	962	1327
HANSON		40	585	867
HARDING		10	251	548
HUGHES		346	2286	5533
HUTCHINSON		155	1667	2093
HYDE		20	396	505
JACKSON		44	454	582
JERAULD		92	640	672
JONES		18	241	458
KINGSBURY		179	1204	1641
LAKE		305	2312	2374
LAWRENCE		683	3637	4725
LINCOLN		286	3546	3637
LYMAN		63	608	848
MARSHALL		30	1048	925
MCCOOK		88	1400	1229
MCPHERSON		22	413	1114
MEADE		587	3016	4433
MELLETTE		45	380	464
MINER		77	785	635
MINNEHAHA		2938	24431	28539
MOODY		167	1429	1156
PENNINGTON		1994	12177	17959
PERKINS		94	545	1128
POTTER		33	591	1038
ROBERTS		86	1767	1856
SANBORN		97	609	778
SHANNON		51	879	237
SPINK		232	1732	1768
STANLEY		62	467	839
SULLY		34	349	602
TODD		79	896	422
TRIPP		108	1369	1607
TURNER		139	1910	1893
UNION		204	2619	1983
WALWORTH		50	897	1706
YANKTON		352	4841	3280
ZIEBACH		7	313	407

TOTALS	302849	15631	132165	155053
PERCENTAGE		5.16%	43.64%	51.20%

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RETENTION OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
ROBERT A. AMUNDSON		Yes	No
AURORA		1148	443
BEADLE		5225	1461
BENNETT		779	361
BON HOMME		1919	833
BROOKINGS		7253	1994
BROWN		10848	3252
BRULE		1501	668
BUFFALO		274	173
BUTTE		2191	831
CAMPBELL		702	280
CHARLES MIX		2074	894
CLARK		1516	513
CLAY		3558	1005
CODINGTON		6903	2846
CORSON		781	388
CUSTER		1838	826
DAVISON		5292	1744
DAY		2657	691
DEUEL		1602	583
DEWEY		1155	710
DOUGLAS		1060	567
EDMUNDS		1668	568
FALL RIVER		2251	942
FAULK		960	321
GRANT		2996	815
GREGORY		1454	727
HAAKON		922	277
HAMLIN		1943	598
HAND		1410	590
HANSON		1144	308
HARDING		598	193
HUGHES		5775	1823
HUTCHINSON		1967	807
HYDE		568	310
JACKSON		727	331
JERAULD		856	251
JONES		490	208
KINGSBURY		1803	599
LAKE		3247	1213
LAWRENCE		6279	2371
LINCOLN		5117	1699
LYMAN		849	441
MARSHALL		1532	433
MCCOOK		1698	627
MCPHERSON		1111	422
MEADE		4845	2113
MELLETTE		525	269
MINER		927	348
MINNEHAHA		41439	10620
MOODY		1745	544
PENNINGTON		21350	6768
PERKINS		898	412
POTTER		1104	562
ROBERTS		2571	981
SANBORN		879	410
SHANNON		676	535
SPINK		2586	727
STANLEY		865	401
SULLY		702	264
TODD		820	453
TRIPP		1862	775
TURNER		2242	660
UNION		3087	1153
WALWORTH		1946	719
YANKTON		5269	2178
ZIEBACH		439	312

TOTALS	273559	204418	69141
PERCENTAGE		74.73%	25.27%

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