The 2010 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect the Governor of South Dakota to a four-year term. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Rounds was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits.

Republican candidate Dennis Daugaard was elected, defeating Democratic candidate Scott Heidepriem.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Primary results by county
Daugaard
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
  •   40–50%
  •   <40%
Munsterman
  •   <40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Howie
  •   30–40%
Knuppe
  •   <30%
Republican primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dennis Daugaard 42,266 50.4
Republican Scott Munsterman 14,733 17.6
Republican Dave Knudson 13,217 15.8
Republican Gordon Howie 10,430 12.4
Republican Ken Knuppe 3,186 3.8
Total votes 83,832 100

Democratic primary

Candidate

Results

Heidepriem faced no opposition in the Democratic primary.

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report[7] Likely R October 14, 2010
Rothenberg[8] Safe R October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics[9] Safe R November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball[10] Likely R October 28, 2010
CQ Politics[11] Likely R October 28, 2010

Polling

Poll source Dates administered Dennis Daugaard (R) Scott Heidepriem (D)
Nielson Brothers Polling[12] October 20–22, 2010 43% 40%
Rasmussen Reports[13] October 20, 2010 55% 36%
Rasmussen Reports[13] October 9, 2010 57% 37%
Rasmussen Reports[13] September 8, 2010 57% 28%
Rasmussen Reports[14] August 3, 2010 59% 27%
Rasmussen Reports[15] July 6, 2010 52% 35%
Rasmussen Reports[16] June 10, 2010 52% 36%
Rasmussen Reports[17] May 26, 2010 51% 36%
Rasmussen Reports[18] April 21, 2010 53% 33%
Rasmussen Reports[18] March 25, 2010 49% 32%
Rasmussen Reports[19] February 23, 2010 41% 32%
Public Policy Polling[20] December 10–13, 2009 42% 29%

Results

2010 South Dakota gubernatorial election[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dennis Daugaard 195,046 61.51% −0.18%
Democratic Scott Heidepriem 122,037 38.49% +2.36%
Total votes 317,083 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

By county

County[21] Dennis Daugaard
Republican		 Scott Heidepriem
Democratic		 Margin Total
# % # % # %
Aurora 788 57.10% 592 42.90% 196 14.20% 1,380
Beadle 3,931 57.11% 2,952 42.89% 979 14.22% 6,883
Bennett 619 59.86% 415 40.14% 204 19.73% 1,034
Bon Homme 1,553 55.27% 1,257 44.73% 296 10.53% 2,810
Brookings 6,555 59.45% 4,471 40.55% 2,084 18.90% 11,026
Brown 8,541 59.49% 5,816 40.51% 2,725 18.98% 14,357
Brule 1,301 61.14% 827 38.86% 474 22.27% 2,128
Buffalo 124 27.74% 323 72.26% -199 -44.52% 447
Butte 2,575 70.16% 1,095 29.84% 1,480 40.33% 3,670
Campbell 616 78.77% 166 21.23% 450 57.54% 782
Charles Mix 2,107 60.23% 1,391 39.77% 716 20.47% 3,498
Clark 979 58.24% 702 41.76% 277 16.48% 1,681
Clay 2,302 49.60% 2,339 50.40% -37 -0.80% 4,641
Codington 6,352 61.91% 3,908 38.09% 2,444 23.82% 10,260
Corson 425 49.94% 426 50.06% -1 -0.12% 851
Custer 2,598 65.94% 1,342 34.06% 1,256 31.88% 3,940
Davison 4,575 63.16% 2,668 36.84% 1,907 26.33% 7,243
Day 1,321 48.32% 1,413 51.68% -92 -3.37% 2,734
Deuel 1,184 58.12% 853 41.88% 331 16.25% 2,037
Dewey 655 42.62% 882 57.38% -227 -14.77% 1,537
Douglas 1,255 76.01% 396 23.99% 859 52.03% 1,651
Edmunds 1,131 63.50% 650 36.50% 481 27.01% 1,781
Fall River 2,025 66.03% 1,042 33.97% 983 32.05% 3,067
Faulk 693 63.75% 394 36.25% 299 27.51% 1,087
Grant 2,087 60.37% 1,370 39.63% 717 20.74% 3,457
Gregory 1,307 63.94% 737 36.06% 570 27.89% 2,044
Haakon 783 76.09% 246 23.91% 537 52.19% 1,029
Hamlin 1,692 64.24% 942 35.76% 750 28.47% 2,634
Hand 967 52.58% 872 47.42% 95 5.17% 1,839
Hanson 1,170 67.79% 556 32.21% 614 35.57% 1,726
Harding 465 69.30% 206 30.70% 259 38.60% 671
Hughes 5,626 72.94% 2,087 27.06% 3,539 45.88% 7,713
Hutchinson 2,091 65.94% 1,080 34.06% 1,011 31.88% 3,171
Hyde 483 67.36% 234 32.64% 249 34.73% 717
Jackson 614 64.70% 335 35.30% 279 29.40% 949
Jerauld 611 54.21% 516 45.79% 95 8.43% 1,127
Jones 427 73.75% 152 26.25% 275 47.50% 579
Kingsbury 1,426 57.92% 1,036 42.08% 390 15.84% 2,462
Lake 3,225 62.62% 1,925 37.38% 1,300 25.24% 5,150
Lawrence 6,397 63.19% 3,726 36.81% 2,671 26.39% 10,123
Lincoln 11,831 66.03% 6,087 33.97% 5,744 32.06% 17,918
Lyman 840 60.78% 542 39.22% 298 21.56% 1,382
Marshall 965 52.47% 874 47.53% 91 4.95% 1,839
McCook 1,517 60.58% 987 39.42% 530 21.17% 2,504
McPherson 901 75.40% 294 24.60% 607 50.79% 1,195
Meade 6,447 69.40% 2,843 30.60% 3,604 38.79% 9,290
Mellette 402 54.03% 342 45.97% 60 8.06% 744
Miner 595 53.27% 522 46.73% 73 6.54% 1,117
Minnehaha 38,314 59.09% 26,528 40.91% 11,786 18.18% 64,842
Moody 1,534 56.19% 1,196 43.81% 338 12.38% 2,730
Pennington 24,443 66.49% 12,319 33.51% 12,124 32.98% 36,762
Perkins 843 62.35% 509 37.65% 334 24.70% 1,352
Potter 936 71.45% 374 28.55% 562 42.90% 1,310
Roberts 1,852 48.63% 1,956 51.37% -104 -2.73% 3,808
Sanborn 673 58.17% 484 41.83% 189 16.34% 1,157
Shannon 423 17.76% 1,959 82.24% -1,536 -64.48% 2,382
Spink 1,644 56.28% 1,277 43.72% 367 12.56% 2,921
Stanley 950 66.85% 471 33.15% 479 33.71% 1,421
Sully 529 71.49% 211 28.51% 318 42.97% 740
Todd 630 32.24% 1,324 67.76% -694 -35.52% 1,954
Tripp 1,745 69.52% 765 30.48% 980 39.04% 2,510
Turner 2,290 60.34% 1,505 39.66% 785 20.69% 3,795
Union 3,874 64.83% 2,102 35.17% 1,772 29.65% 5,976
Walworth 1,595 71.69% 630 28.31% 965 43.37% 2,225
Yankton 5,406 62.67% 3,220 37.33% 2,186 25.34% 8,626
Ziebach 291 43.63% 376 56.37% -85 -12.74% 667
Totals195,04661.51%122,03738.49%73,00923.03%317,083

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

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  2. 1 2 "Sen. Dave Knudson will run for governor". KXNet.com. December 23, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. 1 2 Kevin Woster (January 7, 2010). "Howie outlines conservative agenda for governor's campaign". Rapid City Journal. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
  4. ↑ Drew Sandholm. "INTERVIEW: Ken Knuppe On Education"[permanent dead link], ABC News affiliate KSFY-TV. July 3, 2009.
  5. ↑ "South Dakota Primary Results". Politico. June 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  6. ↑ Emily Caldei Heidepriem Fills Party's South Dakota Gov Gap Archived August 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. July 28, 2009. Eye on 2010 Blog, CQPolitics.com
  7. ↑ "2010 Governors Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Governor Ratings". Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  9. ↑ "2010 Governor Races". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  10. ↑ "THE CRYSTAL BALL'S FINAL CALLS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Race Ratings Chart: Governor". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  12. ↑ Nielson Brothers Polling Archived October 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  13. 1 2 3 Rasmussen Reports
  14. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  15. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  16. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  17. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  18. 1 2 Rasmussen Reports
  19. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  20. ↑ Public Policy Polling
  21. 1 2 Gant, Jason (April 2011). "2010 General and Primary Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of South Dakota. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 11, 2026. Retrieved May 10, 2026.

Official campaign websites (Archived)

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_South_Dakota_gubernatorial_election