2018 South Dakota State Auditor election
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November 6, 2018
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 County results Sattgast: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Cool: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 90–100% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 South Dakota State Auditor election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the next state auditor of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican State Auditor Steve Barnett was term-limited and ran for secretary of state.[1] Republican South Dakota State Treasurer Rich Sattgast defeated Democrat Tom Cool to succeed Barnett.[2]
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Rich Sattgast, state treasurer of South Dakota (2011–2019)[3]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Tom Cool, former journalist[4]
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Rich Sattgast | 202,055 | 64.01% | ||
| Democratic | Tom Cool | 113,628 | 35.99% | ||
| Total votes | 315,683 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
| County[5] | Rich Sattgast Republican |
Tom Cool Democratic |
Margin | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aurora | 775 | 65.96% | 400 | 34.04% | 375 | 31.91% | 1,175 |
| Beadle | 4,057 | 70.34% | 1,711 | 29.66% | 2,346 | 40.67% | 5,768 |
| Bennett | 581 | 55.49% | 466 | 44.51% | 115 | 10.98% | 1,047 |
| Bon Homme | 1,658 | 66.21% | 846 | 33.79% | 812 | 32.43% | 2,504 |
| Brookings | 6,384 | 58.97% | 4,442 | 41.03% | 1,942 | 17.94% | 10,826 |
| Brown | 8,186 | 61.17% | 5,196 | 38.83% | 2,990 | 22.34% | 13,382 |
| Brule | 1,380 | 69.59% | 603 | 30.41% | 777 | 39.18% | 1,983 |
| Buffalo | 160 | 31.62% | 346 | 68.38% | -186 | -36.76% | 506 |
| Butte | 2,824 | 77.84% | 804 | 22.16% | 2,020 | 55.68% | 3,628 |
| Campbell | 608 | 87.11% | 90 | 12.89% | 518 | 74.21% | 698 |
| Charles Mix | 1,929 | 57.44% | 1,429 | 42.56% | 500 | 14.89% | 3,358 |
| Clark | 1,095 | 71.34% | 440 | 28.66% | 655 | 42.67% | 1,535 |
| Clay | 1,919 | 44.62% | 2,382 | 55.38% | -463 | -10.76% | 4,301 |
| Codington | 6,631 | 68.31% | 3,076 | 31.69% | 3,555 | 36.62% | 9,707 |
| Corson | 458 | 42.76% | 613 | 57.24% | -155 | -14.47% | 1,071 |
| Custer | 3,042 | 72.12% | 1,176 | 27.88% | 1,866 | 44.24% | 4,218 |
| Davison | 4,621 | 68.81% | 2,095 | 31.19% | 2,526 | 37.61% | 6,716 |
| Day | 1,463 | 58.83% | 1,024 | 41.17% | 439 | 17.65% | 2,487 |
| Deuel | 1,230 | 67.21% | 600 | 32.79% | 630 | 34.43% | 1,830 |
| Dewey | 597 | 34.19% | 1,149 | 65.81% | -552 | -31.62% | 1,746 |
| Douglas | 1,207 | 85.36% | 207 | 14.64% | 1,000 | 70.72% | 1,414 |
| Edmunds | 1,124 | 72.10% | 435 | 27.90% | 689 | 44.19% | 1,559 |
| Fall River | 2,185 | 71.50% | 871 | 28.50% | 1,314 | 43.00% | 3,056 |
| Faulk | 783 | 77.45% | 228 | 22.55% | 555 | 54.90% | 1,011 |
| Grant | 2,036 | 69.25% | 904 | 30.75% | 1,132 | 38.50% | 2,940 |
| Gregory | 1,406 | 70.83% | 579 | 29.17% | 827 | 41.66% | 1,985 |
| Haakon | 792 | 88.00% | 108 | 12.00% | 684 | 76.00% | 900 |
| Hamlin | 1,945 | 76.94% | 583 | 23.06% | 1,362 | 53.88% | 2,528 |
| Hand | 1,201 | 76.50% | 369 | 23.50% | 832 | 52.99% | 1,570 |
| Hanson | 1,039 | 70.73% | 430 | 29.27% | 609 | 41.46% | 1,469 |
| Harding | 585 | 89.86% | 66 | 10.14% | 519 | 79.72% | 651 |
| Hughes | 5,712 | 74.08% | 1,999 | 25.92% | 3,713 | 48.15% | 7,711 |
| Hutchinson | 2,314 | 76.75% | 701 | 23.25% | 1,613 | 53.50% | 3,015 |
| Hyde | 490 | 76.68% | 149 | 23.32% | 341 | 53.36% | 639 |
| Jackson | 568 | 61.01% | 363 | 38.99% | 205 | 22.02% | 931 |
| Jerauld | 587 | 68.98% | 264 | 31.02% | 323 | 37.96% | 851 |
| Jones | 428 | 83.76% | 83 | 16.24% | 345 | 67.51% | 511 |
| Kingsbury | 1,572 | 69.04% | 705 | 30.96% | 867 | 38.08% | 2,277 |
| Lake | 3,185 | 66.08% | 1,635 | 33.92% | 1,550 | 32.16% | 4,820 |
| Lawrence | 6,990 | 67.43% | 3,377 | 32.57% | 3,613 | 34.85% | 10,367 |
| Lincoln | 15,149 | 67.27% | 7,370 | 32.73% | 7,779 | 34.54% | 22,519 |
| Lyman | 873 | 66.85% | 433 | 33.15% | 440 | 33.69% | 1,306 |
| Marshall | 990 | 55.00% | 810 | 45.00% | 180 | 10.00% | 1,800 |
| McCook | 1,607 | 70.42% | 675 | 29.58% | 932 | 40.84% | 2,282 |
| McPherson | 831 | 82.52% | 176 | 17.48% | 655 | 65.04% | 1,007 |
| Meade | 7,054 | 73.97% | 2,482 | 26.03% | 4,572 | 47.94% | 9,536 |
| Mellette | 365 | 54.97% | 299 | 45.03% | 66 | 9.94% | 664 |
| Miner | 640 | 66.12% | 328 | 33.88% | 312 | 32.23% | 968 |
| Minnehaha | 37,587 | 57.70% | 27,552 | 42.30% | 10,035 | 15.41% | 65,139 |
| Moody | 1,552 | 59.21% | 1,069 | 40.79% | 483 | 18.43% | 2,621 |
| Oglala Lakota | 247 | 8.44% | 2,678 | 91.56% | -2,431 | -83.11% | 2,925 |
| Pennington | 25,454 | 64.95% | 13,738 | 35.05% | 11,716 | 29.89% | 39,192 |
| Perkins | 1,017 | 81.82% | 226 | 18.18% | 791 | 63.64% | 1,243 |
| Potter | 945 | 83.63% | 185 | 16.37% | 760 | 67.26% | 1,130 |
| Roberts | 1,791 | 52.37% | 1,629 | 47.63% | 162 | 4.74% | 3,420 |
| Sanborn | 711 | 75.32% | 233 | 24.68% | 478 | 50.64% | 944 |
| Spink | 1,736 | 65.66% | 908 | 34.34% | 828 | 31.32% | 2,644 |
| Stanley | 1,094 | 76.45% | 337 | 23.55% | 757 | 52.90% | 1,431 |
| Sully | 646 | 82.29% | 139 | 17.71% | 507 | 64.59% | 785 |
| Todd | 459 | 21.66% | 1,660 | 78.34% | -1,201 | -56.68% | 2,119 |
| Tripp | 1,806 | 77.31% | 530 | 22.69% | 1,276 | 54.62% | 2,336 |
| Turner | 2,558 | 72.44% | 973 | 27.56% | 1,585 | 44.89% | 3,531 |
| Union | 4,314 | 67.73% | 2,055 | 32.27% | 2,259 | 35.47% | 6,369 |
| Walworth | 1,625 | 76.26% | 506 | 23.74% | 1,119 | 52.51% | 2,131 |
| Yankton | 4,926 | 60.27% | 3,247 | 39.73% | 1,679 | 20.54% | 8,173 |
| Ziebach | 331 | 42.60% | 446 | 57.40% | -115 | -14.80% | 777 |
| Totals | 202,055 | 64.01% | 113,628 | 35.99% | 88,427 | 28.01% | 315,683 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Buffalo (largest city: Fort Thompson)
- Corson (largest city: McLaughlin)
- Dewey (largest city: North Eagle Butte)
- Ziebach (largest city: Dupree)
- Clay (largest city: Vermillion)
Counties that flipped from Libertarian to Democratic
- Oglala Lakota (largest city: Pine Ridge)
- Todd (largest city: Mission)
References
- ↑ https://wnax.com/news/180081-south-dakota-state-auditor-steve-barnett-running-for-secretary-of-state/
- ↑ https://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_33056bca-e3e1-11e8-bc67-2f8279bc5cee.html
- ↑ https://wnax.com/news/180081-sd-treasurer-rich-sattgast-running-for-state-auditor/
- ↑ https://wnax.com/news/180081-tom-cool-running-for-south-dakota-state-auditor/
- 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.