The 2022 South Dakota Commissioner of School and Public Lands election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the commissioner of school and public lands of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican Jarrod Johnson, who was appointed to the position following the resignation of Ryan Brunner, did not seek election to a full term in office.https://news.sd.gov/news?id=news_kb_article_view&sys_id=603861881b10a9506e4aa97ae54bcb2e Republican state Senator Brock Greenfield defeated Democrat Timothy Azure to succeed Johnson.https://www.sfsimplified.com/what-we-know-so-far-about-election-results/
Republican primary Candidates
Nominee Brock Greenfield, state senator (2015–2023)https://dakotawarcollege.com/release-state-sen-brock-greenfield-to-run-for-commissioner-of-school-public-lands/
Withdrew Jordan Youngberg, former state senator (2017–2020)https://dakotawarcollege.com/jordan-youngberg-steps-out-of-race-for-school-and-lands-brock-greenfield-only-candidate-in-the-hunt/
Declined Jarrod Johnson, incumbent commissioner of school and public lands (2022–2023)
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Timothy Azurehttps://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/south-dakota/everything-you-need-to-know-about-voting-in-mitchell-on-election-day
General election
Results
By county CountyBrock GreenfieldRepublicanTimothy AzureDemocraticMarginTotal#%#%#%Aurora81574.29%28225.71%53348.59%1,097Beadle3,96671.34%1,59328.66%2,37342.69%5,559Bennett57260.72%37039.28%20221.44%942Bon Homme1,75374.56%59825.44%1,15549.13%2,351Brookings6,96561.67%4,32938.33%2,63623.34%11,294Brown8,35163.97%4,70336.03%3,64827.95%13,054Brule1,36871.29%55128.71%81742.57%1,919Buffalo13335.56%24164.44%-108-28.88%374Butte3,21681.07%75118.93%2,46562.14%3,967Campbell54987.14%8112.86%46874.29%630Charles Mix1,99369.91%85830.09%1,13539.81%2,851Clark1,12373.74%40026.26%72347.47%1,523Clay2,08548.22%2,23951.78%-154-3.56%4,324Codington7,51673.28%2,74026.72%4,77646.57%10,256Corson50055.80%39644.20%10411.61%896Custer3,63475.47%1,18124.53%2,45350.94%4,815Davison4,77671.94%1,86328.06%2,91343.88%6,639Day1,52365.39%80634.61%71730.79%2,329Deuel1,46777.50%42622.50%1,04154.99%1,893Dewey61441.32%87258.68%-258-17.36%1,486Douglas1,20489.05%14810.95%1,05678.11%1,352Edmunds1,25780.58%30319.42%95461.15%1,560Fall River2,65676.61%81123.39%1,84553.22%3,467Faulk74683.45%14816.55%59866.89%894Grant2,21375.22%72924.78%1,48450.44%2,942Gregory1,54681.11%36018.89%1,18662.22%1,906Haakon85091.10%838.90%76782.21%933Hamlin2,07679.85%52420.15%1,55259.69%2,600Hand1,12480.86%26619.14%85861.73%1,390Hanson1,18879.84%30020.16%88859.68%1,488Harding61694.92%335.08%58389.83%649Hughes4,86469.61%2,12330.39%2,74139.23%6,987Hutchinson2,38981.84%53018.16%1,85963.69%2,919Hyde42879.41%11120.59%31758.81%539Jackson62169.78%26930.22%35239.55%890Jerauld54466.59%27333.41%27133.17%817Jones39187.87%5412.13%33775.73%445Kingsbury1,77774.26%61625.74%1,16148.52%2,393Lake3,07168.15%1,43531.85%1,63636.31%4,506Lawrence7,83268.65%3,57631.35%4,25637.31%11,408Lincoln17,07266.55%8,58133.45%8,49133.10%25,653Lyman85170.80%35129.20%50041.60%1,202Marshall1,06861.52%66838.48%40023.04%1,736McCook1,75075.82%55824.18%1,19251.65%2,308McPherson91786.67%14113.33%77673.35%1,058Meade8,49576.82%2,56323.18%5,93253.64%11,058Mellette37563.88%21236.12%16327.77%587Miner66374.24%23025.76%43348.49%893Minnehaha39,60758.55%28,04041.45%11,56717.10%67,647Moody1,57764.26%87735.74%70028.52%2,454Oglala Lakota24010.22%2,10989.78%-1,869-79.57%2,349Pennington27,99566.12%14,34733.88%13,64832.23%42,342Perkins1,10586.60%17113.40%93473.20%1,276Potter88185.53%14914.47%73271.07%1,030Roberts1,93358.66%1,36241.34%57117.33%3,295Sanborn71878.47%19721.53%52156.94%915Spink1,89173.98%66526.02%1,22647.97%2,556Stanley1,03375.84%32924.16%70451.69%1,362Sully59880.92%14119.08%45761.84%739Todd42022.59%1,43977.41%-1,019-54.81%1,859Tripp1,78883.63%35016.37%1,43867.26%2,138Turner2,77177.47%80622.53%1,96554.93%3,577Union4,66972.88%1,73727.12%2,93245.77%6,406Walworth1,54080.08%38319.92%1,15760.17%1,923Yankton5,16964.72%2,81835.28%2,35129.44%7,987Ziebach30448.56%32251.44%-18-2.88%626Totals215,74266.74%107,51833.26%108,22433.48%323,260
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Corson (largest city: McLaughlin)
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