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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.
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size [a] |
Margin of error |
Steven Haugaard |
Kristi Noem |
Undecided |
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South Dakota State University | May 2–15, 2022 | – (LV) | – | 17% | 61% | 22% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kristi Noem (incumbent) | 91,661 | 76.4 | |
Republican | Steven Haugaard | 28,315 | 23.6 | |
Total votes | 119,976 | 100.0 |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [22] | Solid R | March 4, 2022 |
Inside Elections [23] | Solid R | March 4, 2022 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [24] | Safe R | January 26, 2022 |
Politico [25] | Likely R | October 3, 2022 |
RCP [26] | Likely R | September 25, 2022 |
Fox News [27] | Solid R | May 12, 2022 |
538 [28] | Solid R | October 5, 2022 |
Elections Daily [29] | Safe R | November 7, 2022 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size [a] |
Margin of error |
Kristi Noem (R) |
Jamie Smith (D) |
Other | Undecided |
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Emerson College | October 19–21, 2022 | 1,500 (LV) | ± 2.4% | 56% | 37% | 3% [b] | 4% |
57% | 39% | 4% [c] | – | ||||
South Dakota State University | September 28 – October 10, 2022 | 565 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 45% | 41% | – | 14% |
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Republican |
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217,035 | 61.98% | +11.01% | |
Democratic | 123,148 | 35.17% | -12.43% | ||
Libertarian |
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9,983 | 2.85% | +1.42% | |
Total votes | 350,166 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Turnout | 350,166 | 59.40% | |||
Registered electors | 597,073 | ||||
Republican hold |
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