Governor Elections 2010 | US Governor Elections | South Dakota Races
2010 South Dakota Gubernatorial Election Results
Dennis Daugaard
Percent: 61.51%
Votes: 195,046
Scott Heidepriem
Percent: 38.49%
Votes: 122,037
Race Summary
The 2010 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010, to choose a new governor after Republican Mike Rounds was term-limited and could not seek re-election. Republican Dennis Daugaard, then the lieutenant governor, defeated Democratic nominee Scott Heidepriem with 61.51% of the vote to Heidepriem’s 38.49% in the general election.
Full Results
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 61.51%
Votes: 195,046
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 38.49%
Votes: 122,037
Total votes: 317,083
State Map
Results by County
Aurora County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 57.10%
Votes: 788
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 42.90%
Votes: 592
Total votes: 1,380
Brookings County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 59.45%
Votes: 6,555
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 40.55%
Votes: 4,471
Total votes: 11,026
Butte County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 70.16%
Votes: 2,575
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 29.84%
Votes: 1,095
Total votes: 3,670
Clay County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 49.60%
Votes: 2,302
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 50.40%
Votes: 2,339
Total votes: 4,641
Davison County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 63.16%
Votes: 4,575
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 36.84%
Votes: 2,668
Total votes: 7,243
Douglas County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 76.01%
Votes: 1,255
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 23.99%
Votes: 396
Total votes: 1,651
Grant County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 60.37%
Votes: 2,087
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 39.63%
Votes: 1,370
Total votes: 3,457
Hand County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 52.58%
Votes: 967
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 47.42%
Votes: 872
Total votes: 1,839
Hutchinson County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 65.94%
Votes: 2,091
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 34.06%
Votes: 1,080
Total votes: 3,171
Jones County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 73.75%
Votes: 427
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 26.25%
Votes: 152
Total votes: 579
Lincoln County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 66.03%
Votes: 11,831
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 33.97%
Votes: 6,087
Total votes: 17,918
McPherson County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 75.40%
Votes: 901
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 24.60%
Votes: 294
Total votes: 1,195
Minnehaha County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 59.09%
Votes: 38,314
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 40.91%
Votes: 26,528
Total votes: 64,842
Potter County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 71.45%
Votes: 936
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 28.55%
Votes: 374
Total votes: 1,310
Spink County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 56.28%
Votes: 1,644
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 43.72%
Votes: 1,277
Total votes: 2,921
Tripp County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 69.52%
Votes: 1,745
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 30.48%
Votes: 765
Total votes: 2,510
Yankton County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 62.67%
Votes: 5,406
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 37.33%
Votes: 3,220
Total votes: 8,626
Beadle County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 57.11%
Votes: 3,931
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 42.89%
Votes: 2,952
Total votes: 6,883
Brown County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 59.49%
Votes: 8,541
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 40.51%
Votes: 5,816
Total votes: 14,357
Campbell County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 78.77%
Votes: 616
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 21.23%
Votes: 166
Total votes: 782
Codington County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 61.91%
Votes: 6,352
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 38.09%
Votes: 3,908
Total votes: 10,260
Day County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 48.32%
Votes: 1,321
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 51.68%
Votes: 1,413
Total votes: 2,734
Edmunds County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 63.50%
Votes: 1,131
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 36.50%
Votes: 650
Total votes: 1,781
Gregory County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 63.94%
Votes: 1,307
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 36.06%
Votes: 737
Total votes: 2,044
Hanson County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 67.79%
Votes: 1,170
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 32.21%
Votes: 556
Total votes: 1,726
Hyde County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 67.36%
Votes: 483
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 32.64%
Votes: 234
Total votes: 717
Kingsbury County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 57.92%
Votes: 1,426
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 42.08%
Votes: 1,036
Total votes: 2,462
Lyman County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 60.78%
Votes: 840
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 39.22%
Votes: 542
Total votes: 1,382
Meade County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 69.40%
Votes: 6,447
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 30.60%
Votes: 2,843
Total votes: 9,290
Moody County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 56.19%
Votes: 1,534
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 43.81%
Votes: 1,196
Total votes: 2,730
Roberts County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 48.63%
Votes: 1,852
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 51.37%
Votes: 1,956
Total votes: 3,808
Stanley County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 66.85%
Votes: 950
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 33.15%
Votes: 471
Total votes: 1,421
Turner County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 60.34%
Votes: 2,290
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 39.66%
Votes: 1,505
Total votes: 3,795
Ziebach County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 43.63%
Votes: 291
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 56.37%
Votes: 376
Total votes: 667
Bennett County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 59.86%
Votes: 619
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 40.14%
Votes: 415
Total votes: 1,034
Brule County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 61.14%
Votes: 1,301
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 38.86%
Votes: 827
Total votes: 2,128
Charles Mix County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 60.23%
Votes: 2,107
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 39.77%
Votes: 1,391
Total votes: 3,498
Corson County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 49.94%
Votes: 425
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 50.06%
Votes: 426
Total votes: 851
Deuel County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 58.12%
Votes: 1,184
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 41.88%
Votes: 853
Total votes: 2,037
Fall River County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 66.03%
Votes: 2,025
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 33.97%
Votes: 1,042
Total votes: 3,067
Haakon County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 76.09%
Votes: 783
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 23.91%
Votes: 246
Total votes: 1,029
Harding County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 69.30%
Votes: 465
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 30.70%
Votes: 206
Total votes: 671
Jackson County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 64.70%
Votes: 614
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 35.30%
Votes: 335
Total votes: 949
Lake County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 62.62%
Votes: 3,225
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 37.38%
Votes: 1,925
Total votes: 5,150
Marshall County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 52.47%
Votes: 965
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 47.53%
Votes: 874
Total votes: 1,839
Mellette County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 54.03%
Votes: 402
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 45.97%
Votes: 342
Total votes: 744
Pennington County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 66.49%
Votes: 24,443
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 33.51%
Votes: 12,319
Total votes: 36,762
Sanborn County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 58.17%
Votes: 673
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 41.83%
Votes: 484
Total votes: 1,157
Sully County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 71.49%
Votes: 529
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 28.51%
Votes: 211
Total votes: 740
Union County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 64.83%
Votes: 3,874
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 35.17%
Votes: 2,102
Total votes: 5,976
Bon Homme County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 55.27%
Votes: 1,553
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 44.73%
Votes: 1,257
Total votes: 2,810
Buffalo County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 27.74%
Votes: 124
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 72.26%
Votes: 323
Total votes: 447
Clark County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 58.24%
Votes: 979
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 41.76%
Votes: 702
Total votes: 1,681
Custer County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 65.94%
Votes: 2,598
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 34.06%
Votes: 1,342
Total votes: 3,940
Dewey County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 42.62%
Votes: 655
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 57.38%
Votes: 882
Total votes: 1,537
Faulk County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 63.75%
Votes: 693
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 36.25%
Votes: 394
Total votes: 1,087
Hamlin County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 64.24%
Votes: 1,692
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 35.76%
Votes: 942
Total votes: 2,634
Hughes County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 72.94%
Votes: 5,626
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 27.06%
Votes: 2,087
Total votes: 7,713
Jerauld County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 54.21%
Votes: 611
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 45.79%
Votes: 516
Total votes: 1,127
Lawrence County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 63.19%
Votes: 6,397
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 36.81%
Votes: 3,726
Total votes: 10,123
McCook County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 60.58%
Votes: 1,517
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 39.42%
Votes: 987
Total votes: 2,504
Miner County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 53.27%
Votes: 595
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 46.73%
Votes: 522
Total votes: 1,117
Perkins County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 62.35%
Votes: 843
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 37.65%
Votes: 509
Total votes: 1,352
Shannon County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 17.76%
Votes: 423
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 82.24%
Votes: 1,959
Total votes: 2,382
Todd County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 32.24%
Votes: 630
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 67.76%
Votes: 1,324
Total votes: 1,954
Walworth County
Dennis Daugaard (REP)
Percent: 71.69%
Votes: 1,595
Scott Heidepriem (DEM)
Percent: 28.31%
Votes: 630
Total votes: 2,225