The 2022 South Dakota Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next secretary of state of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican Steve Barnett ran for re-election, but was defeated at the state convention by Monae Johnson.
Republican primary Candidates
Nominee Monae Johnson, secretary of state office worker
Eliminated at convention Steve Barnett, incumbent secretary of state (2019–2022)
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Thomas Cool, candidate for the South Dakota Senate in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020
Libertarian convention Candidates Nominee Kurt Evans, teacher
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball December 1, 2021Elections DailyNovember 7, 2022
Results
By county CountyMonae JohnsonRepublicanThomas CoolDemocraticMarginTotal#%#%#%Aurora78569.10%35130.90%43438.20%1,136Beadle3,80767.99%1,79232.01%2,01535.99%5,599Bennett59361.71%36838.29%22523.41%961Bon Homme1,71770.63%71429.37%1,00341.26%2,431Brookings6,87458.58%4,86141.42%2,01317.15%11,735Brown8,00760.70%5,18439.30%2,82321.40%13,191Brule1,33067.07%65332.93%67734.14%1,983Buffalo13435.45%24464.55%-110-29.10%378Butte3,22579.65%82420.35%2,40159.30%4,049Campbell54285.09%9514.91%44770.17%637Charles Mix1,91964.35%1,06335.65%85628.71%2,982Clark1,09174.12%38125.88%71048.23%1,472Clay2,02945.64%2,41754.36%-388-8.73%4,446Codington7,16269.41%3,15730.59%4,00538.81%10,319Corson51357.13%38542.87%12814.25%898Custer3,66074.65%1,24325.35%2,41749.30%4,903Davison4,68067.73%2,23032.27%2,45035.46%6,910Day1,45661.31%91938.69%53722.61%2,375Deuel1,35971.56%54028.44%81943.13%1,899Dewey62841.53%88458.47%-256-16.93%1,512Douglas1,18985.17%20714.83%98270.34%1,396Edmunds1,21576.22%37923.78%83652.45%1,594Fall River2,64674.66%89825.34%1,74849.32%3,544Faulk71278.67%19321.33%51957.35%905Grant2,17771.85%85328.15%1,32443.70%3,030Gregory1,49776.42%46223.58%1,03552.83%1,959Haakon85690.11%949.89%76280.21%950Hamlin2,02178.58%55121.42%1,47057.15%2,572Hand1,13478.64%30821.36%82657.28%1,442Hanson1,17276.01%37023.99%80252.01%1,542Harding60592.93%467.07%55985.87%651Hughes4,56364.03%2,56335.97%2,00028.07%7,126Hutchinson2,34278.04%65921.96%1,68356.08%3,001Hyde41275.05%13724.95%27550.09%549Jackson61868.90%27931.10%33937.79%897Jerauld53967.04%26532.96%27434.08%804Jones39185.56%6614.44%32571.12%457Kingsbury1,67369.91%72030.09%95339.82%2,393Lake3,00764.17%1,67935.83%1,32828.34%4,686Lawrence7,81267.10%3,83132.90%3,98134.19%11,643Lincoln16,64262.66%9,91637.34%6,72625.33%26,558Lyman83167.29%40432.71%42734.57%1,235Marshall1,03657.97%75142.03%28515.95%1,787McCook1,73572.17%66927.83%1,06644.34%2,404McPherson89583.96%17116.04%72467.92%1,066Meade8,60775.91%2,73224.09%5,87551.81%11,339Mellette37461.82%23138.18%14323.64%605Miner62968.00%29632.00%33336.00%925Minnehaha38,91255.24%31,53444.76%7,37810.47%70,446Moody1,55361.31%98038.69%57322.62%2,533Oglala Lakota29112.11%2,11287.89%-1,821-75.78%2,403Pennington28,22864.94%15,24235.06%12,98629.87%43,470Perkins1,11084.99%19615.01%91469.98%1,306Potter85180.89%20119.11%65061.79%1,052Roberts1,97058.27%1,41141.73%55916.53%3,381Sanborn69273.07%25526.93%43746.15%947Spink1,72367.65%82432.35%89935.30%2,547Stanley99371.54%39528.46%59843.08%1,388Sully58477.56%16922.44%41555.11%753Todd43523.10%1,44876.90%-1,013-53.80%1,883Tripp1,80081.19%41718.81%1,38362.38%2,217Turner2,73173.87%96626.13%1,76547.74%3,697Union4,65371.54%1,85128.46%2,80243.08%6,504Walworth1,52077.71%43622.29%1,08455.42%1,956Yankton5,14261.77%3,18238.23%1,96023.55%8,324Ziebach31949.84%32150.16%-2-0.31%640Totals212,34863.90%119,97536.10%92,37327.80%332,323
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Corson (largest city: McLaughlin)
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