2018 South Dakota Secretary of State election

2018 South Dakota Secretary of State election
November 6, 2018
 
Nominee Steve Barnett Alexandra Frederick
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 211,064 112,807
Percentage 65.17% 34.83%
County results
Barnett:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Frederick:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
Secretary of State before election

Shantel Krebs
Republican

 Elected Secretary of State

Steve Barnett
Republican

The 2018 South Dakota Secretary of State election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the next secretary of state of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican Shantel Krebs retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.[1] Republican South Dakota State Auditor Steve Barnett defeated Democrat Alexandra Frederick in a landslide to succeed Krebs.[2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Declined

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Alexandra Frederick, artist[4]

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Governing[5] Safe R June 5, 2018

Results

2018 South Dakota Secretary of State election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Steve Barnett 211,064 65.17% +4.94%
Democratic Alexandra Frederick 112,807 34.83% +2.25%
Total votes 323,871 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

By county

County[6] Steve Barnett
Republican		 Alexandra Frederick
Democratic		 Margin Total
# % # % # %
Aurora 830 67.98% 391 32.02% 439 35.95% 1,221
Beadle 3,425 61.10% 2,181 38.90% 1,244 22.19% 5,606
Bennett 608 57.69% 446 42.31% 162 15.37% 1,054
Bon Homme 1,781 69.08% 797 30.92% 984 38.17% 2,578
Brookings 6,744 60.14% 4,469 39.86% 2,275 20.29% 11,213
Brown 9,503 68.02% 4,468 31.98% 5,035 36.04% 13,971
Brule 1,439 71.27% 580 28.73% 859 42.55% 2,019
Buffalo 165 31.79% 354 68.21% -189 -36.42% 519
Butte 2,908 78.87% 779 21.13% 2,129 57.74% 3,687
Campbell 633 88.66% 81 11.34% 552 77.31% 714
Charles Mix 2,218 64.18% 1,238 35.82% 980 28.36% 3,456
Clark 1,127 71.01% 460 28.99% 667 42.03% 1,587
Clay 2,017 45.90% 2,377 54.10% -360 -8.19% 4,394
Codington 6,975 69.29% 3,091 30.71% 3,884 38.59% 10,066
Corson 474 43.65% 612 56.35% -138 -12.71% 1,086
Custer 3,102 72.36% 1,185 27.64% 1,917 44.72% 4,287
Davison 4,869 70.59% 2,029 29.41% 2,840 41.17% 6,898
Day 1,586 60.79% 1,023 39.21% 563 21.58% 2,609
Deuel 1,300 69.00% 584 31.00% 716 38.00% 1,884
Dewey 642 36.23% 1,130 63.77% -488 -27.54% 1,772
Douglas 1,266 88.04% 172 11.96% 1,094 76.08% 1,438
Edmunds 1,258 77.18% 372 22.82% 886 54.36% 1,630
Fall River 2,241 72.34% 857 27.66% 1,384 44.67% 3,098
Faulk 837 80.64% 201 19.36% 636 61.27% 1,038
Grant 2,134 70.34% 900 29.66% 1,234 40.67% 3,034
Gregory 1,518 75.04% 505 24.96% 1,013 50.07% 2,023
Haakon 832 89.85% 94 10.15% 738 79.70% 926
Hamlin 2,009 77.57% 581 22.43% 1,428 55.14% 2,590
Hand 1,228 76.99% 367 23.01% 861 53.98% 1,595
Hanson 1,119 73.72% 399 23.28% 720 47.43% 1,518
Harding 612 91.62% 56 8.38% 556 83.23% 668
Hughes 5,860 74.91% 1,963 25.09% 3,897 49.81% 7,823
Hutchinson 2,490 79.55% 640 20.45% 1,850 59.11% 3,130
Hyde 496 76.66% 151 23.34% 345 53.32% 647
Jackson 603 63.14% 352 36.86% 251 26.28% 955
Jerauld 599 69.01% 269 30.99% 330 38.02% 868
Jones 439 83.62% 86 16.38% 353 67.24% 525
Kingsbury 1,618 69.38% 714 30.62% 904 38.77% 2,332
Lake 3,331 67.48% 1,605 32.52% 1,726 34.97% 4,936
Lawrence 6,992 66.31% 3,552 33.69% 3,440 32.63% 10,544
Lincoln 15,683 68.04% 7,368 31.96% 8,315 36.07% 23,051
Lyman 915 67.68% 437 32.32% 478 35.36% 1,352
Marshall 1,069 57.38% 794 42.62% 275 14.76% 1,863
McCook 1,693 71.77% 666 28.23% 1,027 43.54% 2,359
McPherson 876 84.88% 156 15.12% 720 69.77% 1,032
Meade 7,276 74.17% 2,534 25.83% 4,742 48.34% 9,810
Mellette 383 55.91% 302 44.09% 81 11.82% 685
Miner 664 66.27% 338 33.73% 326 32.53% 1,002
Minnehaha 39,634 59.19% 27,329 40.81% 12,305 18.38% 66,963
Moody 1,633 60.48% 1,067 39.52% 566 20.96% 2,700
Oglala Lakota 276 9.30% 2,692 90.70% -2,416 -81.40% 2,968
Pennington 25,954 64.68% 14,175 35.32% 11,779 29.35% 40,129
Perkins 1,057 82.97% 217 17.03% 840 65.93% 1,274
Potter 992 85.52% 168 14.48% 824 71.03% 1,160
Roberts 1,879 53.18% 1,654 46.82% 225 6.37% 3,533
Sanborn 738 76.00% 233 24.00% 505 52.01% 971
Spink 1,844 68.09% 864 31.91% 980 36.19% 2,708
Stanley 1,126 77.39% 329 22.61% 797 54.78% 1,455
Sully 656 82.31% 141 17.69% 515 64.62% 797
Todd 488 22.30% 1,700 77.70% -1,212 -55.39% 2,188
Tripp 1,860 77.79% 531 22.21% 1,329 55.58% 2,391
Turner 2,730 74.27% 946 25.73% 1,784 48.53% 3,676
Union 4,444 68.54% 2,040 31.46% 2,404 37.08% 6,484
Walworth 1,752 80.11% 435 19.89% 1,317 60.22% 2,187
Yankton 5,276 62.69% 3,140 37.31% 2,136 25.38% 8,416
Ziebach 338 43.44% 440 56.56% -102 -13.11% 778
Totals211,06465.17%112,80734.83%98,25730.34%323,871

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

  1. 1 2 Ferguson, Dana (March 13, 2017). "Krebs announces bid for U.S. House seat". Argus Leader. Retrieved April 14, 2026.
  2. ↑ https://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_33056bca-e3e1-11e8-bc67-2f8279bc5cee.html
  3. ↑ https://wnax.com/news/180081-south-dakota-state-auditor-steve-barnett-running-for-secretary-of-state/
  4. ↑ https://wnax.com/news/180081-democrat-alex-frederick-running-for-south-dakota-secretary-of-state/
  5. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (June 5, 2018). "Secretary of State Races Are More Competitive and Important Than Ever". Governing. Retrieved April 14, 2026.
  6. 1 2 Krebs, Shantel (November 13, 2018). "2018 General Election Official Results State Canvass" (PDF). Secretary of State of South Dakota. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 31, 2026. Retrieved August 14, 2026.
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