2022 South Dakota Secretary of State election
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November 8, 2022
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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.[1]
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Monae Johnson, secretary of state office worker
Eliminated at convention
[edit]- Steve Barnett, incumbent secretary of state
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Thomas Cool, candidate for the South Dakota Senate in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020
Libertarian convention
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Kurt Evans, teacher[2]
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[3] | Safe R | December 1, 2021 |
| Elections Daily[4] | Safe R | November 7, 2022 |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Monae Johnson | 212,348 | 63.90% | ||
| Democratic | Thomas Cool | 119,975 | 36.10% | ||
| Total votes | 332,323 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
[edit]| County[5] | Monae Johnson Republican |
Thomas Cool Democratic |
Margin | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aurora | 785 | 69.10% | 351 | 30.90% | 434 | 38.20% | 1,136 |
| Beadle | 3,807 | 67.99% | 1,792 | 32.01% | 2,015 | 35.99% | 5,599 |
| Bennett | 593 | 61.71% | 368 | 38.29% | 225 | 23.41% | 961 |
| Bon Homme | 1,717 | 70.63% | 714 | 29.37% | 1,003 | 41.26% | 2,431 |
| Brookings | 6,874 | 58.58% | 4,861 | 41.42% | 2,013 | 17.15% | 11,735 |
| Brown | 8,007 | 60.70% | 5,184 | 39.30% | 2,823 | 21.40% | 13,191 |
| Brule | 1,330 | 67.07% | 653 | 32.93% | 677 | 34.14% | 1,983 |
| Buffalo | 134 | 35.45% | 244 | 64.55% | -110 | -29.10% | 378 |
| Butte | 3,225 | 79.65% | 824 | 20.35% | 2,401 | 59.30% | 4,049 |
| Campbell | 542 | 85.09% | 95 | 14.91% | 447 | 70.17% | 637 |
| Charles Mix | 1,919 | 64.35% | 1,063 | 35.65% | 856 | 28.71% | 2,982 |
| Clark | 1,091 | 74.12% | 381 | 25.88% | 710 | 48.23% | 1,472 |
| Clay | 2,029 | 45.64% | 2,417 | 54.36% | -388 | -8.73% | 4,446 |
| Codington | 7,162 | 69.41% | 3,157 | 30.59% | 4,005 | 38.81% | 10,319 |
| Corson | 513 | 57.13% | 385 | 42.87% | 128 | 14.25% | 898 |
| Custer | 3,660 | 74.65% | 1,243 | 25.35% | 2,417 | 49.30% | 4,903 |
| Davison | 4,680 | 67.73% | 2,230 | 32.27% | 2,450 | 35.46% | 6,910 |
| Day | 1,456 | 61.31% | 919 | 38.69% | 537 | 22.61% | 2,375 |
| Deuel | 1,359 | 71.56% | 540 | 28.44% | 819 | 43.13% | 1,899 |
| Dewey | 628 | 41.53% | 884 | 58.47% | -256 | -16.93% | 1,512 |
| Douglas | 1,189 | 85.17% | 207 | 14.83% | 982 | 70.34% | 1,396 |
| Edmunds | 1,215 | 76.22% | 379 | 23.78% | 836 | 52.45% | 1,594 |
| Fall River | 2,646 | 74.66% | 898 | 25.34% | 1,748 | 49.32% | 3,544 |
| Faulk | 712 | 78.67% | 193 | 21.33% | 519 | 57.35% | 905 |
| Grant | 2,177 | 71.85% | 853 | 28.15% | 1,324 | 43.70% | 3,030 |
| Gregory | 1,497 | 76.42% | 462 | 23.58% | 1,035 | 52.83% | 1,959 |
| Haakon | 856 | 90.11% | 94 | 9.89% | 762 | 80.21% | 950 |
| Hamlin | 2,021 | 78.58% | 551 | 21.42% | 1,470 | 57.15% | 2,572 |
| Hand | 1,134 | 78.64% | 308 | 21.36% | 826 | 57.28% | 1,442 |
| Hanson | 1,172 | 76.01% | 370 | 23.99% | 802 | 52.01% | 1,542 |
| Harding | 605 | 92.93% | 46 | 7.07% | 559 | 85.87% | 651 |
| Hughes | 4,563 | 64.03% | 2,563 | 35.97% | 2,000 | 28.07% | 7,126 |
| Hutchinson | 2,342 | 78.04% | 659 | 21.96% | 1,683 | 56.08% | 3,001 |
| Hyde | 412 | 75.05% | 137 | 24.95% | 275 | 50.09% | 549 |
| Jackson | 618 | 68.90% | 279 | 31.10% | 339 | 37.79% | 897 |
| Jerauld | 539 | 67.04% | 265 | 32.96% | 274 | 34.08% | 804 |
| Jones | 391 | 85.56% | 66 | 14.44% | 325 | 71.12% | 457 |
| Kingsbury | 1,673 | 69.91% | 720 | 30.09% | 953 | 39.82% | 2,393 |
| Lake | 3,007 | 64.17% | 1,679 | 35.83% | 1,328 | 28.34% | 4,686 |
| Lawrence | 7,812 | 67.10% | 3,831 | 32.90% | 3,981 | 34.19% | 11,643 |
| Lincoln | 16,642 | 62.66% | 9,916 | 37.34% | 6,726 | 25.33% | 26,558 |
| Lyman | 831 | 67.29% | 404 | 32.71% | 427 | 34.57% | 1,235 |
| Marshall | 1,036 | 57.97% | 751 | 42.03% | 285 | 15.95% | 1,787 |
| McCook | 1,735 | 72.17% | 669 | 27.83% | 1,066 | 44.34% | 2,404 |
| McPherson | 895 | 83.96% | 171 | 16.04% | 724 | 67.92% | 1,066 |
| Meade | 8,607 | 75.91% | 2,732 | 24.09% | 5,875 | 51.81% | 11,339 |
| Mellette | 374 | 61.82% | 231 | 38.18% | 143 | 23.64% | 605 |
| Miner | 629 | 68.00% | 296 | 32.00% | 333 | 36.00% | 925 |
| Minnehaha | 38,912 | 55.24% | 31,534 | 44.76% | 7,378 | 10.47% | 70,446 |
| Moody | 1,553 | 61.31% | 980 | 38.69% | 573 | 22.62% | 2,533 |
| Oglala Lakota | 291 | 12.11% | 2,112 | 87.89% | -1,821 | -75.78% | 2,403 |
| Pennington | 28,228 | 64.94% | 15,242 | 35.06% | 12,986 | 29.87% | 43,470 |
| Perkins | 1,110 | 84.99% | 196 | 15.01% | 914 | 69.98% | 1,306 |
| Potter | 851 | 80.89% | 201 | 19.11% | 650 | 61.79% | 1,052 |
| Roberts | 1,970 | 58.27% | 1,411 | 41.73% | 559 | 16.53% | 3,381 |
| Sanborn | 692 | 73.07% | 255 | 26.93% | 437 | 46.15% | 947 |
| Spink | 1,723 | 67.65% | 824 | 32.35% | 899 | 35.30% | 2,547 |
| Stanley | 993 | 71.54% | 395 | 28.46% | 598 | 43.08% | 1,388 |
| Sully | 584 | 77.56% | 169 | 22.44% | 415 | 55.11% | 753 |
| Todd | 435 | 23.10% | 1,448 | 76.90% | -1,013 | -53.80% | 1,883 |
| Tripp | 1,800 | 81.19% | 417 | 18.81% | 1,383 | 62.38% | 2,217 |
| Turner | 2,731 | 73.87% | 966 | 26.13% | 1,765 | 47.74% | 3,697 |
| Union | 4,653 | 71.54% | 1,851 | 28.46% | 2,802 | 43.08% | 6,504 |
| Walworth | 1,520 | 77.71% | 436 | 22.29% | 1,084 | 55.42% | 1,956 |
| Yankton | 5,142 | 61.77% | 3,182 | 38.23% | 1,960 | 23.55% | 8,324 |
| Ziebach | 319 | 49.84% | 321 | 50.16% | -2 | -0.31% | 640 |
| Totals | 212,348 | 63.90% | 119,975 | 36.10% | 92,373 | 27.80% | 332,323 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Corson (largest city: McLaughlin)
References
[edit]- ^ "South Dakota GOP picks experience for AG, bumps an incumbent". AP NEWS. June 25, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
- ^ "Libertarian House candidate, Sturgis rancher Collin Duprel: I am running to give South Dakota voters a choice".
- ^ "Secretary of State Races: More Important Than Ever in 2022, and More Complicated, Too". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
- ^ a b Barnett, Steve (November 15, 2022). "2022 General Election Official State Canvass Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of South Dakota. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 16, 2025. Retrieved January 3, 2026.