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.https://wnax.com/news/180081-south-dakota-state-auditor-steve-barnett-running-for-secretary-of-state/ Republican South Dakota State Treasurer Rich Sattgast defeated Democrat Tom Cool to succeed Barnett.https://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_33056bca-e3e1-11e8-bc67-2f8279bc5cee.html
Republican primary Candidates
Nominee Rich Sattgast, state treasurer of South Dakota (2011–2019)https://wnax.com/news/180081-sd-treasurer-rich-sattgast-running-for-state-auditor/
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Tom Cool, former journalisthttps://wnax.com/news/180081-tom-cool-running-for-south-dakota-state-auditor/
General election
Results
By county CountyRich SattgastRepublicanTom CoolDemocraticMarginTotal#%#%#%Aurora77565.96%40034.04%37531.91%1,175Beadle4,05770.34%1,71129.66%2,34640.67%5,768Bennett58155.49%46644.51%11510.98%1,047Bon Homme1,65866.21%84633.79%81232.43%2,504Brookings6,38458.97%4,44241.03%1,94217.94%10,826Brown8,18661.17%5,19638.83%2,99022.34%13,382Brule1,38069.59%60330.41%77739.18%1,983Buffalo16031.62%34668.38%-186-36.76%506Butte2,82477.84%80422.16%2,02055.68%3,628Campbell60887.11%9012.89%51874.21%698Charles Mix1,92957.44%1,42942.56%50014.89%3,358Clark1,09571.34%44028.66%65542.67%1,535Clay1,91944.62%2,38255.38%-463-10.76%4,301Codington6,63168.31%3,07631.69%3,55536.62%9,707Corson45842.76%61357.24%-155-14.47%1,071Custer3,04272.12%1,17627.88%1,86644.24%4,218Davison4,62168.81%2,09531.19%2,52637.61%6,716Day1,46358.83%1,02441.17%43917.65%2,487Deuel1,23067.21%60032.79%63034.43%1,830Dewey59734.19%1,14965.81%-552-31.62%1,746Douglas1,20785.36%20714.64%1,00070.72%1,414Edmunds1,12472.10%43527.90%68944.19%1,559Fall River2,18571.50%87128.50%1,31443.00%3,056Faulk78377.45%22822.55%55554.90%1,011Grant2,03669.25%90430.75%1,13238.50%2,940Gregory1,40670.83%57929.17%82741.66%1,985Haakon79288.00%10812.00%68476.00%900Hamlin1,94576.94%58323.06%1,36253.88%2,528Hand1,20176.50%36923.50%83252.99%1,570Hanson1,03970.73%43029.27%60941.46%1,469Harding58589.86%6610.14%51979.72%651Hughes5,71274.08%1,99925.92%3,71348.15%7,711Hutchinson2,31476.75%70123.25%1,61353.50%3,015Hyde49076.68%14923.32%34153.36%639Jackson56861.01%36338.99%20522.02%931Jerauld58768.98%26431.02%32337.96%851Jones42883.76%8316.24%34567.51%511Kingsbury1,57269.04%70530.96%86738.08%2,277Lake3,18566.08%1,63533.92%1,55032.16%4,820Lawrence6,99067.43%3,37732.57%3,61334.85%10,367Lincoln15,14967.27%7,37032.73%7,77934.54%22,519Lyman87366.85%43333.15%44033.69%1,306Marshall99055.00%81045.00%18010.00%1,800McCook1,60770.42%67529.58%93240.84%2,282McPherson83182.52%17617.48%65565.04%1,007Meade7,05473.97%2,48226.03%4,57247.94%9,536Mellette36554.97%29945.03%669.94%664Miner64066.12%32833.88%31232.23%968Minnehaha37,58757.70%27,55242.30%10,03515.41%65,139Moody1,55259.21%1,06940.79%48318.43%2,621Oglala Lakota2478.44%2,67891.56%-2,431-83.11%2,925Pennington25,45464.95%13,73835.05%11,71629.89%39,192Perkins1,01781.82%22618.18%79163.64%1,243Potter94583.63%18516.37%76067.26%1,130Roberts1,79152.37%1,62947.63%1624.74%3,420Sanborn71175.32%23324.68%47850.64%944Spink1,73665.66%90834.34%82831.32%2,644Stanley1,09476.45%33723.55%75752.90%1,431Sully64682.29%13917.71%50764.59%785Todd45921.66%1,66078.34%-1,201-56.68%2,119Tripp1,80677.31%53022.69%1,27654.62%2,336Turner2,55872.44%97327.56%1,58544.89%3,531Union4,31467.73%2,05532.27%2,25935.47%6,369Walworth1,62576.26%50623.74%1,11952.51%2,131Yankton4,92660.27%3,24739.73%1,67920.54%8,173Ziebach33142.60%44657.40%-115-14.80%777Totals202,05564.01%113,62835.99%88,42728.01%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)
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