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. Republican South Dakota State Auditor Steve Barnett defeated Democrat Alexandra Frederick in a landslide to succeed Krebs.https://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_33056bca-e3e1-11e8-bc67-2f8279bc5cee.html
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Steve Barnett, state auditor of South Dakota (2011–2019)https://wnax.com/news/180081-south-dakota-state-auditor-steve-barnett-running-for-secretary-of-state/
Declined Shantel Krebs, incumbent secretary of state (2015–2019) (ran for U.S. House of Representatives)
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Alexandra Frederick, artisthttps://wnax.com/news/180081-democrat-alex-frederick-running-for-south-dakota-secretary-of-state/
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of Governing June 5, 2018
Results
By county CountySteve BarnettRepublicanAlexandra FrederickDemocraticMarginTotal#%#%#%Aurora83067.98%39132.02%43935.95%1,221Beadle3,42561.10%2,18138.90%1,24422.19%5,606Bennett60857.69%44642.31%16215.37%1,054Bon Homme1,78169.08%79730.92%98438.17%2,578Brookings6,74460.14%4,46939.86%2,27520.29%11,213Brown9,50368.02%4,46831.98%5,03536.04%13,971Brule1,43971.27%58028.73%85942.55%2,019Buffalo16531.79%35468.21%-189-36.42%519Butte2,90878.87%77921.13%2,12957.74%3,687Campbell63388.66%8111.34%55277.31%714Charles Mix2,21864.18%1,23835.82%98028.36%3,456Clark1,12771.01%46028.99%66742.03%1,587Clay2,01745.90%2,37754.10%-360-8.19%4,394Codington6,97569.29%3,09130.71%3,88438.59%10,066Corson47443.65%61256.35%-138-12.71%1,086Custer3,10272.36%1,18527.64%1,91744.72%4,287Davison4,86970.59%2,02929.41%2,84041.17%6,898Day1,58660.79%1,02339.21%56321.58%2,609Deuel1,30069.00%58431.00%71638.00%1,884Dewey64236.23%1,13063.77%-488-27.54%1,772Douglas1,26688.04%17211.96%1,09476.08%1,438Edmunds1,25877.18%37222.82%88654.36%1,630Fall River2,24172.34%85727.66%1,38444.67%3,098Faulk83780.64%20119.36%63661.27%1,038Grant2,13470.34%90029.66%1,23440.67%3,034Gregory1,51875.04%50524.96%1,01350.07%2,023Haakon83289.85%9410.15%73879.70%926Hamlin2,00977.57%58122.43%1,42855.14%2,590Hand1,22876.99%36723.01%86153.98%1,595Hanson1,11973.72%39923.28%72047.43%1,518Harding61291.62%568.38%55683.23%668Hughes5,86074.91%1,96325.09%3,89749.81%7,823Hutchinson2,49079.55%64020.45%1,85059.11%3,130Hyde49676.66%15123.34%34553.32%647Jackson60363.14%35236.86%25126.28%955Jerauld59969.01%26930.99%33038.02%868Jones43983.62%8616.38%35367.24%525Kingsbury1,61869.38%71430.62%90438.77%2,332Lake3,33167.48%1,60532.52%1,72634.97%4,936Lawrence6,99266.31%3,55233.69%3,44032.63%10,544Lincoln15,68368.04%7,36831.96%8,31536.07%23,051Lyman91567.68%43732.32%47835.36%1,352Marshall1,06957.38%79442.62%27514.76%1,863McCook1,69371.77%66628.23%1,02743.54%2,359McPherson87684.88%15615.12%72069.77%1,032Meade7,27674.17%2,53425.83%4,74248.34%9,810Mellette38355.91%30244.09%8111.82%685Miner66466.27%33833.73%32632.53%1,002Minnehaha39,63459.19%27,32940.81%12,30518.38%66,963Moody1,63360.48%1,06739.52%56620.96%2,700Oglala Lakota2769.30%2,69290.70%-2,416-81.40%2,968Pennington25,95464.68%14,17535.32%11,77929.35%40,129Perkins1,05782.97%21717.03%84065.93%1,274Potter99285.52%16814.48%82471.03%1,160Roberts1,87953.18%1,65446.82%2256.37%3,533Sanborn73876.00%23324.00%50552.01%971Spink1,84468.09%86431.91%98036.19%2,708Stanley1,12677.39%32922.61%79754.78%1,455Sully65682.31%14117.69%51564.62%797Todd48822.30%1,70077.70%-1,212-55.39%2,188Tripp1,86077.79%53122.21%1,32955.58%2,391Turner2,73074.27%94625.73%1,78448.53%3,676Union4,44468.54%2,04031.46%2,40437.08%6,484Walworth1,75280.11%43519.89%1,31760.22%2,187Yankton5,27662.69%3,14037.31%2,13625.38%8,416Ziebach33843.44%44056.56%-102-13.11%778Totals211,06465.17%112,80734.83%98,25730.34%323,871
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Day (largest city: Webster) Marshall (largest city: Britton) Roberts (largest city: Sisseton)
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