The 2018 South Dakota Commissioner of School and Public Lands election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the commissioner of school and public lands of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican Ryan Brunner was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic challenger Woody Houser in a landslide.https://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_33056bca-e3e1-11e8-bc67-2f8279bc5cee.html
Republican primary Candidates
Nominee Ryan Brunner, incumbent commissioner of school and public lands (2015–2022)https://wnax.com/news/180081-ryan-brunner-running-for-another-term-as-south-dakota-commissioner-of-school-public-lands/
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Woody Houser, real estate agenthttps://wnax.com/news/180081-democratic-candidate-for-south-dakota-school-public-lands/
General election
Results
By county CountyRyan BrunnerRepublicanWoody HouserDemocraticMarginTotal#%#%#%Aurora73464.05%41235.95%32228.10%1,146Beadle3,54864.14%1,98435.86%1,56428.27%5,532Bennett56854.88%46745.12%1019.76%1,035Bon Homme1,60665.71%83834.29%76831.42%2,444Brookings6,57760.71%4,25739.29%2,32021.41%10,834Brown7,72158.78%5,41541.22%2,30617.55%13,136Brule1,28667.12%63032.88%65634.24%1,916Buffalo14829.25%35870.75%-210-41.50%506Butte2,95379.92%74220.08%2,21159.84%3,695Campbell59786.15%9613.85%50172.29%693Charles Mix2,01961.24%1,27838.76%74122.47%3,297Clark1,00567.40%48632.60%51934.81%1,491Clay1,90644.48%2,37955.52%-473-11.04%4,285Codington6,21366.13%3,18233.87%3,03132.26%9,395Corson47044.09%59655.91%-126-11.82%1,066Custer3,00971.56%1,19628.44%1,81343.12%4,205Davison4,30465.96%2,22134.04%2,08331.92%6,525Day1,34555.12%1,09544.88%25010.25%2,440Deuel1,16665.62%61134.38%55531.23%1,777Dewey57833.39%1,15366.61%-575-33.22%1,731Douglas1,18685.51%20114.49%98571.02%1,387Edmunds1,07870.23%45729.77%62140.46%1,535Fall River2,14370.40%90129.60%1,24240.80%3,044Faulk76077.24%22422.76%53654.47%984Grant1,94567.00%95833.00%98734.00%2,903Gregory1,33969.02%60130.98%73838.04%1,940Haakon80489.73%9210.27%71279.46%896Hamlin1,86575.41%60824.59%1,25750.83%2,473Hand1,09671.54%43628.46%66043.08%1,532Hanson99769.14%44530.86%55238.28%1,442Harding60690.58%639.42%54381.17%669Hughes5,30471.08%2,15828.92%3,14642.16%7,462Hutchinson2,25375.50%73124.50%1,52251.01%2,984Hyde45672.61%17227.39%28445.22%628Jackson58061.51%36338.49%21723.01%943Jerauld52262.74%31037.26%21225.48%832Jones41482.80%8617.20%32865.60%500Kingsbury1,50767.76%71732.24%79035.52%2,224Lake2,95362.75%1,75337.25%1,20025.50%4,706Lawrence6,78765.81%3,52634.19%3,26131.62%10,313Lincoln14,14864.35%7,83835.65%6,31028.70%21,986Lyman83665.11%44834.89%38830.22%1,284Marshall94053.26%82546.74%1156.52%1,765McCook1,50967.88%71432.12%79535.76%2,223McPherson81081.00%19019.00%62062.00%1,000Meade7,22374.67%2,45025.33%4,77349.34%9,673Mellette35153.51%30546.49%467.01%656Miner59462.99%34937.01%24525.98%943Minnehaha35,11555.57%28,07144.43%7,04411.15%63,186Moody1,48557.03%1,11942.97%36614.06%2,604Oglala Lakota2508.51%2,68891.49%-2,438-82.98%2,938Pennington24,81264.01%13,95035.99%10,86228.02%38,762Perkins1,02181.03%23918.97%78262.06%1,260Potter90782.38%19417.62%71364.76%1,101Roberts1,71250.34%1,68949.66%230.68%3,401Sanborn64971.95%25328.05%39643.90%902Spink1,57760.77%1,01839.23%55921.54%2,595Stanley1,01473.32%36926.68%64546.64%1,383Sully59578.19%16621.81%42956.37%761Todd46021.68%1,66278.32%-1,202-56.64%2,122Tripp1,71474.85%57625.15%1,13849.69%2,290Turner2,41468.31%1,12031.69%1,29436.62%3,534Union4,33067.76%2,06032.24%2,27035.52%6,390Walworth1,60976.18%50323.82%1,10652.37%2,112Yankton4,69558.38%3,34741.62%1,34816.76%8,042Ziebach31641.52%44558.48%-129-16.95%761Totals193,43462.35%116,78637.65%76,64824.71%310,220 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 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 Buffalo (largest city: Fort Thompson) Oglala Lakota (largest city: Pine Ridge) Todd (largest city: Mission)
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