Governor Elections 2022 | US Governor Elections | South Dakota Races
2022 South Dakota Gubernatorial Election Results
Kristi Noem
Percent: 61.98%
Votes: 217,035
Jamie Smith
Percent: 35.17%
Votes: 123,148
Race Summary
Republican Governor Kristi Noem won a second term, defeating Democrat Jamie Smith. Noem, a rising GOP star, ran on her record of keeping South Dakota open during COVID-19 and opposing federal mandates. Smith tried to appeal to moderates, but South Dakota’s deep-red lean made it an uphill battle. Noem’s victory kept her in the national spotlight for potential future political aspirations.
Full Results
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 61.98%
Votes: 217,035
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 35.17%
Votes: 123,148
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.85%
Votes: 9,983
Total votes: 350,166
State Map
Results by County
Aurora County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 73.64%
Votes: 894
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 23.39%
Votes: 284
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.97%
Votes: 36
Total votes: 1,214
Brookings County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 56.12%
Votes: 6,974
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 41.01%
Votes: 5,096
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.87%
Votes: 357
Total votes: 12,427
Butte County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 76.71%
Votes: 3,211
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 19.66%
Votes: 823
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 3.63%
Votes: 152
Total votes: 4,186
Clay County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 43.29%
Votes: 2,054
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 54.39%
Votes: 2,581
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.32%
Votes: 110
Total votes: 4,745
Davison County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 67.51%
Votes: 4,887
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 30.10%
Votes: 2,179
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.39%
Votes: 173
Total votes: 7,239
Douglas County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 85.71%
Votes: 1,272
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 12.67%
Votes: 188
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 1.62%
Votes: 24
Total votes: 1,484
Grant County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 72.41%
Votes: 2,328
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 25.82%
Votes: 830
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 1.77%
Votes: 57
Total votes: 3,215
Hand County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 78.36%
Votes: 1,177
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 19.31%
Votes: 290
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.33%
Votes: 35
Total votes: 1,502
Hutchinson County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 78.99%
Votes: 2,507
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 19.03%
Votes: 604
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 1.98%
Votes: 63
Total votes: 3,174
Jones County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 83.69%
Votes: 395
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 13.56%
Votes: 64
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.75%
Votes: 13
Total votes: 472
Lincoln County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 59.76%
Votes: 16,828
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 38.09%
Votes: 10,727
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.15%
Votes: 606
Total votes: 28,161
McPherson County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 82.82%
Votes: 911
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 15.18%
Votes: 167
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.00%
Votes: 22
Total votes: 1,100
Minnehaha County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 52.53%
Votes: 39,234
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 44.69%
Votes: 33,376
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.77%
Votes: 2,072
Total votes: 74,682
Perkins County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 83.24%
Votes: 1,142
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 12.90%
Votes: 177
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 3.86%
Votes: 53
Total votes: 1,372
Spink County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 68.61%
Votes: 1,832
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 28.65%
Votes: 765
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.73%
Votes: 73
Total votes: 2,670
Tripp County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 82.58%
Votes: 1,873
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 16.05%
Votes: 364
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 1.37%
Votes: 31
Total votes: 2,268
Yankton County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 58.89%
Votes: 5,247
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 37.60%
Votes: 3,350
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 3.51%
Votes: 313
Total votes: 8,910
Beadle County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 66.84%
Votes: 3,901
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 29.40%
Votes: 1,716
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 3.75%
Votes: 219
Total votes: 5,836
Brown County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 60.56%
Votes: 8,456
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 37.00%
Votes: 5,167
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.44%
Votes: 341
Total votes: 13,964
Campbell County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 84.11%
Votes: 561
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 13.94%
Votes: 93
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 1.95%
Votes: 13
Total votes: 667
Codington County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 67.87%
Votes: 7,520
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 29.36%
Votes: 3,253
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.77%
Votes: 307
Total votes: 11,080
Day County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 63.43%
Votes: 1,599
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 34.75%
Votes: 876
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 1.82%
Votes: 46
Total votes: 2,521
Edmunds County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 77.66%
Votes: 1,321
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 20.34%
Votes: 346
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.00%
Votes: 34
Total votes: 1,701
Gregory County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 78.77%
Votes: 1,618
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 19.13%
Votes: 393
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.09%
Votes: 43
Total votes: 2,054
Hanson County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 77.63%
Votes: 1,267
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 20.59%
Votes: 336
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 1.78%
Votes: 29
Total votes: 1,632
Hyde County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 80.00%
Votes: 460
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 18.43%
Votes: 106
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 1.57%
Votes: 9
Total votes: 575
Kingsbury County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 70.25%
Votes: 1,792
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 27.13%
Votes: 692
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.63%
Votes: 67
Total votes: 2,551
Lyman County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 66.69%
Votes: 879
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 30.73%
Votes: 405
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.58%
Votes: 34
Total votes: 1,318
Meade County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 71.46%
Votes: 8,482
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 24.32%
Votes: 2,887
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 4.22%
Votes: 501
Total votes: 11,870
Moody County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 62.97%
Votes: 1,668
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 34.35%
Votes: 910
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.68%
Votes: 71
Total votes: 2,649
Potter County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 81.16%
Votes: 892
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 17.02%
Votes: 187
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 1.82%
Votes: 20
Total votes: 1,099
Stanley County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 69.04%
Votes: 999
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 28.13%
Votes: 407
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.83%
Votes: 41
Total votes: 1,447
Turner County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 73.32%
Votes: 2,834
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 23.78%
Votes: 919
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.90%
Votes: 112
Total votes: 3,865
Ziebach County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 50.51%
Votes: 345
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 44.51%
Votes: 304
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 4.98%
Votes: 34
Total votes: 683
Bennett County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 60.39%
Votes: 619
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 35.90%
Votes: 368
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 3.71%
Votes: 38
Total votes: 1,025
Brule County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 69.37%
Votes: 1,463
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 27.93%
Votes: 589
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.70%
Votes: 57
Total votes: 2,109
Charles Mix County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 70.75%
Votes: 2,187
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 27.47%
Votes: 849
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 1.78%
Votes: 55
Total votes: 3,091
Corson County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 56.25%
Votes: 522
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 40.84%
Votes: 379
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.91%
Votes: 27
Total votes: 928
Deuel County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 74.28%
Votes: 1,479
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 23.00%
Votes: 458
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.71%
Votes: 54
Total votes: 1,991
Fall River County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 73.04%
Votes: 2,679
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 23.42%
Votes: 859
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 3.54%
Votes: 130
Total votes: 3,668
Haakon County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 90.37%
Votes: 892
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 8.31%
Votes: 82
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 1.32%
Votes: 13
Total votes: 987
Harding County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 93.35%
Votes: 632
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 4.87%
Votes: 33
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 1.77%
Votes: 12
Total votes: 677
Jackson County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 67.79%
Votes: 623
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 30.47%
Votes: 280
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 1.74%
Votes: 16
Total votes: 919
Lake County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 63.05%
Votes: 3,131
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 34.64%
Votes: 1,720
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.32%
Votes: 115
Total votes: 4,966
Marshall County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 59.42%
Votes: 1,123
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 38.99%
Votes: 737
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 1.59%
Votes: 30
Total votes: 1,890
Mellette County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 61.27%
Votes: 386
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 33.97%
Votes: 214
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 4.76%
Votes: 30
Total votes: 630
Oglala Lakota County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 8.91%
Votes: 221
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 87.58%
Votes: 2,172
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 3.51%
Votes: 87
Total votes: 2,480
Roberts County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 60.70%
Votes: 2,164
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 36.89%
Votes: 1,315
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.41%
Votes: 86
Total votes: 3,565
Sully County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 75.76%
Votes: 597
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 21.45%
Votes: 169
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.79%
Votes: 22
Total votes: 788
Union County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 70.07%
Votes: 4,723
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 27.42%
Votes: 1,848
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.51%
Votes: 169
Total votes: 6,740
Bon Homme County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 72.52%
Votes: 1,858
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 25.37%
Votes: 650
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.11%
Votes: 54
Total votes: 2,562
Buffalo County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 36.27%
Votes: 144
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 58.94%
Votes: 234
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 4.79%
Votes: 19
Total votes: 397
Clark County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 76.44%
Votes: 1,223
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 21.31%
Votes: 341
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.25%
Votes: 36
Total votes: 1,600
Custer County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 71.56%
Votes: 3,633
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 25.47%
Votes: 1,293
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.97%
Votes: 151
Total votes: 5,077
Dewey County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 42.06%
Votes: 662
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 54.76%
Votes: 862
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 3.18%
Votes: 50
Total votes: 1,574
Faulk County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 80.73%
Votes: 771
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 17.49%
Votes: 167
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 1.78%
Votes: 17
Total votes: 955
Hamlin County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 77.58%
Votes: 2,118
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 20.07%
Votes: 548
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.34%
Votes: 64
Total votes: 2,730
Hughes County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 61.38%
Votes: 4,571
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 35.61%
Votes: 2,652
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 3.01%
Votes: 224
Total votes: 7,447
Jerauld County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 69.75%
Votes: 604
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 27.48%
Votes: 238
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.77%
Votes: 24
Total votes: 866
Lawrence County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 63.28%
Votes: 7,749
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 33.00%
Votes: 4,041
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 3.72%
Votes: 456
Total votes: 12,246
McCook County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 72.67%
Votes: 1,851
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 24.54%
Votes: 625
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.79%
Votes: 71
Total votes: 2,547
Miner County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 72.69%
Votes: 732
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 24.63%
Votes: 248
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.68%
Votes: 27
Total votes: 1,007
Pennington County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 60.78%
Votes: 27,586
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 35.73%
Votes: 16,215
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 3.50%
Votes: 1,587
Total votes: 45,388
Sanborn County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 75.40%
Votes: 757
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 22.51%
Votes: 226
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.09%
Votes: 21
Total votes: 1,004
Todd County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 20.87%
Votes: 402
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 74.97%
Votes: 1,444
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 4.15%
Votes: 80
Total votes: 1,926
Walworth County
Kristi Noem (REP)
Percent: 76.62%
Votes: 1,573
Jamie Smith (DEM)
Percent: 20.94%
Votes: 430
Tracey Quint (LIB)
Percent: 2.44%
Votes: 50
Total votes: 2,053