2018 South Dakota State Auditor election
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November 6, 2018
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 County results Sattgast: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Cool: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 90–100% | |||||||||||||||||
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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.[1] Republican South Dakota State Treasurer Rich Sattgast defeated Democrat Tom Cool to succeed Barnett.[2]
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Rich Sattgast, state treasurer of South Dakota (2011–2019)[3]
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Tom Cool, former journalist[4]
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Rich Sattgast | 202,055 | 64.01% | ||
| Democratic | Tom Cool | 113,628 | 35.99% | ||
| Total votes | 315,683 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
[edit]| County[5] | Rich Sattgast Republican |
Tom Cool Democratic |
Margin | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aurora | 775 | 65.96% | 400 | 34.04% | 375 | 31.91% | 1,175 |
| Beadle | 4,057 | 70.34% | 1,711 | 29.66% | 2,346 | 40.67% | 5,768 |
| Bennett | 581 | 55.49% | 466 | 44.51% | 115 | 10.98% | 1,047 |
| Bon Homme | 1,658 | 66.21% | 846 | 33.79% | 812 | 32.43% | 2,504 |
| Brookings | 6,384 | 58.97% | 4,442 | 41.03% | 1,942 | 17.94% | 10,826 |
| Brown | 8,186 | 61.17% | 5,196 | 38.83% | 2,990 | 22.34% | 13,382 |
| Brule | 1,380 | 69.59% | 603 | 30.41% | 777 | 39.18% | 1,983 |
| Buffalo | 160 | 31.62% | 346 | 68.38% | -186 | -36.76% | 506 |
| Butte | 2,824 | 77.84% | 804 | 22.16% | 2,020 | 55.68% | 3,628 |
| Campbell | 608 | 87.11% | 90 | 12.89% | 518 | 74.21% | 698 |
| Charles Mix | 1,929 | 57.44% | 1,429 | 42.56% | 500 | 14.89% | 3,358 |
| Clark | 1,095 | 71.34% | 440 | 28.66% | 655 | 42.67% | 1,535 |
| Clay | 1,919 | 44.62% | 2,382 | 55.38% | -463 | -10.76% | 4,301 |
| Codington | 6,631 | 68.31% | 3,076 | 31.69% | 3,555 | 36.62% | 9,707 |
| Corson | 458 | 42.76% | 613 | 57.24% | -155 | -14.47% | 1,071 |
| Custer | 3,042 | 72.12% | 1,176 | 27.88% | 1,866 | 44.24% | 4,218 |
| Davison | 4,621 | 68.81% | 2,095 | 31.19% | 2,526 | 37.61% | 6,716 |
| Day | 1,463 | 58.83% | 1,024 | 41.17% | 439 | 17.65% | 2,487 |
| Deuel | 1,230 | 67.21% | 600 | 32.79% | 630 | 34.43% | 1,830 |
| Dewey | 597 | 34.19% | 1,149 | 65.81% | -552 | -31.62% | 1,746 |
| Douglas | 1,207 | 85.36% | 207 | 14.64% | 1,000 | 70.72% | 1,414 |
| Edmunds | 1,124 | 72.10% | 435 | 27.90% | 689 | 44.19% | 1,559 |
| Fall River | 2,185 | 71.50% | 871 | 28.50% | 1,314 | 43.00% | 3,056 |
| Faulk | 783 | 77.45% | 228 | 22.55% | 555 | 54.90% | 1,011 |
| Grant | 2,036 | 69.25% | 904 | 30.75% | 1,132 | 38.50% | 2,940 |
| Gregory | 1,406 | 70.83% | 579 | 29.17% | 827 | 41.66% | 1,985 |
| Haakon | 792 | 88.00% | 108 | 12.00% | 684 | 76.00% | 900 |
| Hamlin | 1,945 | 76.94% | 583 | 23.06% | 1,362 | 53.88% | 2,528 |
| Hand | 1,201 | 76.50% | 369 | 23.50% | 832 | 52.99% | 1,570 |
| Hanson | 1,039 | 70.73% | 430 | 29.27% | 609 | 41.46% | 1,469 |
| Harding | 585 | 89.86% | 66 | 10.14% | 519 | 79.72% | 651 |
| Hughes | 5,712 | 74.08% | 1,999 | 25.92% | 3,713 | 48.15% | 7,711 |
| Hutchinson | 2,314 | 76.75% | 701 | 23.25% | 1,613 | 53.50% | 3,015 |
| Hyde | 490 | 76.68% | 149 | 23.32% | 341 | 53.36% | 639 |
| Jackson | 568 | 61.01% | 363 | 38.99% | 205 | 22.02% | 931 |
| Jerauld | 587 | 68.98% | 264 | 31.02% | 323 | 37.96% | 851 |
| Jones | 428 | 83.76% | 83 | 16.24% | 345 | 67.51% | 511 |
| Kingsbury | 1,572 | 69.04% | 705 | 30.96% | 867 | 38.08% | 2,277 |
| Lake | 3,185 | 66.08% | 1,635 | 33.92% | 1,550 | 32.16% | 4,820 |
| Lawrence | 6,990 | 67.43% | 3,377 | 32.57% | 3,613 | 34.85% | 10,367 |
| Lincoln | 15,149 | 67.27% | 7,370 | 32.73% | 7,779 | 34.54% | 22,519 |
| Lyman | 873 | 66.85% | 433 | 33.15% | 440 | 33.69% | 1,306 |
| Marshall | 990 | 55.00% | 810 | 45.00% | 180 | 10.00% | 1,800 |
| McCook | 1,607 | 70.42% | 675 | 29.58% | 932 | 40.84% | 2,282 |
| McPherson | 831 | 82.52% | 176 | 17.48% | 655 | 65.04% | 1,007 |
| Meade | 7,054 | 73.97% | 2,482 | 26.03% | 4,572 | 47.94% | 9,536 |
| Mellette | 365 | 54.97% | 299 | 45.03% | 66 | 9.94% | 664 |
| Miner | 640 | 66.12% | 328 | 33.88% | 312 | 32.23% | 968 |
| Minnehaha | 37,587 | 57.70% | 27,552 | 42.30% | 10,035 | 15.41% | 65,139 |
| Moody | 1,552 | 59.21% | 1,069 | 40.79% | 483 | 18.43% | 2,621 |
| Oglala Lakota | 247 | 8.44% | 2,678 | 91.56% | -2,431 | -83.11% | 2,925 |
| Pennington | 25,454 | 64.95% | 13,738 | 35.05% | 11,716 | 29.89% | 39,192 |
| Perkins | 1,017 | 81.82% | 226 | 18.18% | 791 | 63.64% | 1,243 |
| Potter | 945 | 83.63% | 185 | 16.37% | 760 | 67.26% | 1,130 |
| Roberts | 1,791 | 52.37% | 1,629 | 47.63% | 162 | 4.74% | 3,420 |
| Sanborn | 711 | 75.32% | 233 | 24.68% | 478 | 50.64% | 944 |
| Spink | 1,736 | 65.66% | 908 | 34.34% | 828 | 31.32% | 2,644 |
| Stanley | 1,094 | 76.45% | 337 | 23.55% | 757 | 52.90% | 1,431 |
| Sully | 646 | 82.29% | 139 | 17.71% | 507 | 64.59% | 785 |
| Todd | 459 | 21.66% | 1,660 | 78.34% | -1,201 | -56.68% | 2,119 |
| Tripp | 1,806 | 77.31% | 530 | 22.69% | 1,276 | 54.62% | 2,336 |
| Turner | 2,558 | 72.44% | 973 | 27.56% | 1,585 | 44.89% | 3,531 |
| Union | 4,314 | 67.73% | 2,055 | 32.27% | 2,259 | 35.47% | 6,369 |
| Walworth | 1,625 | 76.26% | 506 | 23.74% | 1,119 | 52.51% | 2,131 |
| Yankton | 4,926 | 60.27% | 3,247 | 39.73% | 1,679 | 20.54% | 8,173 |
| Ziebach | 331 | 42.60% | 446 | 57.40% | -115 | -14.80% | 777 |
| Totals | 202,055 | 64.01% | 113,628 | 35.99% | 88,427 | 28.01% | 315,683 |
References
[edit]- ^ https://wnax.com/news/180081-south-dakota-state-auditor-steve-barnett-running-for-secretary-of-state/
- ^ https://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_33056bca-e3e1-11e8-bc67-2f8279bc5cee.html
- ^ https://wnax.com/news/180081-sd-treasurer-rich-sattgast-running-for-state-auditor/
- ^ https://wnax.com/news/180081-tom-cool-running-for-south-dakota-state-auditor/
- ^ a b Krebs, Shantel (November 13, 2018). "2018 General Election Official Results State Canvass" (PDF). Secretary of State of South Dakota. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 12, 2025. Retrieved April 14, 2026.