1984-11-06 Senatorial Election Results for South Dakota (Class 2)

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County	Turnout	Larry Pressler* (R)		George Cunningham (D)		Other		Margin	TOTAL
Aurora	79%	1,304	69.1%	584	30.9%	0	0.0%	720	1,888
Beadle	68%	6,523	70.4%	2,745	29.6%	0	0.0%	3,778	9,268
Bennett	65%	974	75.2%	322	24.8%	0	0.0%	652	1,296
Bon Homme	69%	3,045	77.6%	879	22.4%	0	0.0%	2,166	3,924
Brookings	56%	7,843	73.0%	2,900	27.0%	0	0.0%	4,943	10,743
Brown	67%	13,069	73.5%	4,719	26.5%	0	0.0%	8,350	17,788
Brule	72%	1,863	71.7%	737	28.3%	0	0.0%	1,126	2,600
Buffalo	60%	346	58.6%	244	41.4%	0	0.0%	102	590
Butte	63%	3,100	85.8%	514	14.2%	0	0.0%	2,586	3,614
Campbell	79%	1,094	88.7%	140	11.3%	0	0.0%	954	1,234
Charles Mix	72%	3,205	70.6%	1,336	29.4%	0	0.0%	1,869	4,541
Clark	79%	2,096	78.0%	591	22.0%	0	0.0%	1,505	2,687
Clay	55%	4,029	69.0%	1,806	31.0%	0	0.0%	2,223	5,835
Codington	65%	7,208	73.0%	2,660	27.0%	0	0.0%	4,548	9,868
Corson	57%	1,178	70.3%	497	29.7%	0	0.0%	681	1,675
Custer	74%	2,456	77.7%	705	22.3%	0	0.0%	1,751	3,161
Davison	63%	5,698	71.1%	2,313	28.9%	0	0.0%	3,385	8,011
Day	74%	2,740	67.4%	1,324	32.6%	0	0.0%	1,416	4,064
Deuel	69%	1,888	76.7%	573	23.3%	0	0.0%	1,315	2,461
Dewey	54%	1,293	73.6%	463	26.4%	0	0.0%	830	1,756
Douglas	80%	1,866	83.9%	358	16.1%	0	0.0%	1,508	2,224
Edmunds	73%	1,859	74.6%	633	25.4%	0	0.0%	1,226	2,492
Fall River	66%	3,114	79.9%	785	20.1%	0	0.0%	2,329	3,899
Faulk	77%	1,275	75.2%	420	24.8%	0	0.0%	855	1,695
Grant	72%	3,124	72.0%	1,213	28.0%	0	0.0%	1,911	4,337
Gregory	64%	2,044	78.3%	567	21.7%	0	0.0%	1,477	2,611
Haakon	79%	1,282	91.2%	124	8.8%	0	0.0%	1,158	1,406
Hamlin	75%	2,111	77.0%	632	23.0%	0	0.0%	1,479	2,743
Hand	86%	2,228	77.4%	650	22.6%	0	0.0%	1,578	2,878
Hanson	68%	1,102	72.8%	411	27.2%	0	0.0%	691	1,513
Harding	78%	793	88.2%	106	11.8%	0	0.0%	687	899
Hughes	72%	5,322	75.1%	1,767	24.9%	0	0.0%	3,555	7,089
Hutchinson	70%	3,732	81.6%	843	18.4%	0	0.0%	2,889	4,575
Hyde	83%	874	77.5%	254	22.5%	0	0.0%	620	1,128
Jackson	64%	1,002	79.1%	265	20.9%	0	0.0%	737	1,267
Jerauld	79%	1,172	75.5%	380	24.5%	0	0.0%	792	1,552
Jones	90%	765	85.4%	131	14.6%	0	0.0%	634	896
Kingsbury	72%	2,580	76.3%	803	23.7%	0	0.0%	1,777	3,383
Lake	70%	4,072	74.4%	1,399	25.6%	0	0.0%	2,673	5,471
Lawrence	61%	6,933	80.2%	1,707	19.8%	0	0.0%	5,226	8,640
Lincoln	66%	4,895	73.8%	1,741	26.2%	0	0.0%	3,154	6,636
Lyman	66%	1,308	80.2%	322	19.8%	0	0.0%	986	1,630
Marshall	72%	1,808	67.7%	863	32.3%	0	0.0%	945	2,671
McCook	77%	2,477	73.7%	886	26.3%	0	0.0%	1,591	3,363
McPherson	78%	1,907	87.6%	269	12.4%	0	0.0%	1,638	2,176
Meade	56%	6,578	82.7%	1,373	17.3%	0	0.0%	5,205	7,951
Mellette	66%	706	76.2%	220	23.8%	0	0.0%	486	926
Miner	78%	1,428	70.6%	596	29.4%	0	0.0%	832	2,024
Minnehaha	62%	35,309	68.1%	16,502	31.9%	0	0.0%	18,807	51,811
Moody	70%	2,183	68.1%	1,022	31.9%	0	0.0%	1,161	3,205
Pennington	56%	24,485	82.6%	5,160	17.4%	0	0.0%	19,325	29,645
Perkins	73%	1,857	80.0%	464	20.0%	0	0.0%	1,393	2,321
Potter	83%	1,664	82.1%	364	17.9%	0	0.0%	1,300	2,028
Roberts	66%	3,133	66.4%	1,583	33.6%	0	0.0%	1,550	4,716
Sanborn	80%	1,324	76.0%	419	24.0%	0	0.0%	905	1,743
Shannon	34%	887	45.7%	1,053	54.3%	0	0.0%	-166	1,940
Spink	68%	3,239	75.6%	1,048	24.4%	0	0.0%	2,191	4,287
Stanley	78%	1,003	76.3%	311	23.7%	0	0.0%	692	1,314
Sully	87%	901	81.4%	206	18.6%	0	0.0%	695	1,107
Todd	41%	1,067	60.9%	686	39.1%	0	0.0%	381	1,753
Tripp	71%	2,730	77.7%	785	22.3%	0	0.0%	1,945	3,515
Turner	70%	3,598	78.5%	987	21.5%	0	0.0%	2,611	4,585
Union	63%	3,302	71.1%	1,340	28.9%	0	0.0%	1,962	4,642
Walworth	66%	2,533	79.9%	637	20.1%	0	0.0%	1,896	3,170
Yankton	58%	6,077	75.6%	1,962	24.4%	0	0.0%	4,115	8,039
Ziebach	63%	575	70.7%	238	29.3%	0	0.0%	337	813
TOTAL	64%	235,176	74.5%	80,537	25.5%	0	0.0%	154,639	315,713
Total R vote: 235,176 (74.5%)      Total D vote: 80,537 (25.5%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements:		$1,166,044		$166,426
Total Receipts:		$1,451,019		$174,268
Cash on Hand:		$325,441		$7,840
Contributions by Candidate:		$0		$0
Loans by Candidate:		$0		$5,000
Total Individual Contributions:		$597,047		$62,318
Party Contributions:		$0		$0
Other Committee Contributions:		$0		$0
Transfers from Other Committees:		$31,065		$0
Independent Expenditures Supporting:		$4,415		$0
Independent Expenditures Opposing:		$0		$0
Net Independent Expenditures:		$4,415		$0
Net Spending:		$1,170,459		$166,426

1984 Senate class 2, Aurora County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,304	69.1%
George Cunningham (D)	584	30.9%
TOTAL	1,888
Turnout: 79%

1984 Senate class 2, Beadle County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	6,523	70.4%
George Cunningham (D)	2,745	29.6%
TOTAL	9,268
Turnout: 68%

1984 Senate class 2, Bennett County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	974	75.2%
George Cunningham (D)	322	24.8%
TOTAL	1,296
Turnout: 65%

1984 Senate class 2, Bon Homme County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	3,045	77.6%
George Cunningham (D)	879	22.4%
TOTAL	3,924
Turnout: 69%

1984 Senate class 2, Brookings County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	7,843	73.0%
George Cunningham (D)	2,900	27.0%
TOTAL	10,743
Turnout: 56%

1984 Senate class 2, Brown County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	13,069	73.5%
George Cunningham (D)	4,719	26.5%
TOTAL	17,788
Turnout: 67%

1984 Senate class 2, Brule County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,863	71.7%
George Cunningham (D)	737	28.3%
TOTAL	2,600
Turnout: 72%

1984 Senate class 2, Buffalo County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	346	58.6%
George Cunningham (D)	244	41.4%
TOTAL	590
Turnout: 60%

1984 Senate class 2, Butte County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	3,100	85.8%
George Cunningham (D)	514	14.2%
TOTAL	3,614
Turnout: 63%

1984 Senate class 2, Campbell County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,094	88.7%
George Cunningham (D)	140	11.3%
TOTAL	1,234
Turnout: 79%

1984 Senate class 2, Charles Mix County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	3,205	70.6%
George Cunningham (D)	1,336	29.4%
TOTAL	4,541
Turnout: 72%

1984 Senate class 2, Clark County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	2,096	78.0%
George Cunningham (D)	591	22.0%
TOTAL	2,687
Turnout: 79%

1984 Senate class 2, Clay County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	4,029	69.0%
George Cunningham (D)	1,806	31.0%
TOTAL	5,835
Turnout: 55%

1984 Senate class 2, Codington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	7,208	73.0%
George Cunningham (D)	2,660	27.0%
TOTAL	9,868
Turnout: 65%

1984 Senate class 2, Corson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,178	70.3%
George Cunningham (D)	497	29.7%
TOTAL	1,675
Turnout: 57%

1984 Senate class 2, Custer County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	2,456	77.7%
George Cunningham (D)	705	22.3%
TOTAL	3,161
Turnout: 74%

1984 Senate class 2, Davison County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	5,698	71.1%
George Cunningham (D)	2,313	28.9%
TOTAL	8,011
Turnout: 63%

1984 Senate class 2, Day County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	2,740	67.4%
George Cunningham (D)	1,324	32.6%
TOTAL	4,064
Turnout: 74%

1984 Senate class 2, Deuel County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,888	76.7%
George Cunningham (D)	573	23.3%
TOTAL	2,461
Turnout: 69%

1984 Senate class 2, Dewey County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,293	73.6%
George Cunningham (D)	463	26.4%
TOTAL	1,756
Turnout: 54%

1984 Senate class 2, Douglas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,866	83.9%
George Cunningham (D)	358	16.1%
TOTAL	2,224
Turnout: 80%

1984 Senate class 2, Edmunds County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,859	74.6%
George Cunningham (D)	633	25.4%
TOTAL	2,492
Turnout: 73%

1984 Senate class 2, Fall River County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	3,114	79.9%
George Cunningham (D)	785	20.1%
TOTAL	3,899
Turnout: 66%

1984 Senate class 2, Faulk County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,275	75.2%
George Cunningham (D)	420	24.8%
TOTAL	1,695
Turnout: 77%

1984 Senate class 2, Grant County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	3,124	72.0%
George Cunningham (D)	1,213	28.0%
TOTAL	4,337
Turnout: 72%

1984 Senate class 2, Gregory County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	2,044	78.3%
George Cunningham (D)	567	21.7%
TOTAL	2,611
Turnout: 64%

1984 Senate class 2, Haakon County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,282	91.2%
George Cunningham (D)	124	8.8%
TOTAL	1,406
Turnout: 79%

1984 Senate class 2, Hamlin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	2,111	77.0%
George Cunningham (D)	632	23.0%
TOTAL	2,743
Turnout: 75%

1984 Senate class 2, Hand County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	2,228	77.4%
George Cunningham (D)	650	22.6%
TOTAL	2,878
Turnout: 86%

1984 Senate class 2, Hanson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,102	72.8%
George Cunningham (D)	411	27.2%
TOTAL	1,513
Turnout: 68%

1984 Senate class 2, Harding County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	793	88.2%
George Cunningham (D)	106	11.8%
TOTAL	899
Turnout: 78%

1984 Senate class 2, Hughes County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	5,322	75.1%
George Cunningham (D)	1,767	24.9%
TOTAL	7,089
Turnout: 72%

1984 Senate class 2, Hutchinson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	3,732	81.6%
George Cunningham (D)	843	18.4%
TOTAL	4,575
Turnout: 70%

1984 Senate class 2, Hyde County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	874	77.5%
George Cunningham (D)	254	22.5%
TOTAL	1,128
Turnout: 83%

1984 Senate class 2, Jackson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,002	79.1%
George Cunningham (D)	265	20.9%
TOTAL	1,267
Turnout: 64%

1984 Senate class 2, Jerauld County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,172	75.5%
George Cunningham (D)	380	24.5%
TOTAL	1,552
Turnout: 79%

1984 Senate class 2, Jones County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	765	85.4%
George Cunningham (D)	131	14.6%
TOTAL	896
Turnout: 90%

1984 Senate class 2, Kingsbury County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	2,580	76.3%
George Cunningham (D)	803	23.7%
TOTAL	3,383
Turnout: 72%

1984 Senate class 2, Lake County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	4,072	74.4%
George Cunningham (D)	1,399	25.6%
TOTAL	5,471
Turnout: 70%

1984 Senate class 2, Lawrence County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	6,933	80.2%
George Cunningham (D)	1,707	19.8%
TOTAL	8,640
Turnout: 61%

1984 Senate class 2, Lincoln County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	4,895	73.8%
George Cunningham (D)	1,741	26.2%
TOTAL	6,636
Turnout: 66%

1984 Senate class 2, Lyman County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,308	80.2%
George Cunningham (D)	322	19.8%
TOTAL	1,630
Turnout: 66%

1984 Senate class 2, Marshall County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,808	67.7%
George Cunningham (D)	863	32.3%
TOTAL	2,671
Turnout: 72%

1984 Senate class 2, McCook County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	2,477	73.7%
George Cunningham (D)	886	26.3%
TOTAL	3,363
Turnout: 77%

1984 Senate class 2, McPherson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,907	87.6%
George Cunningham (D)	269	12.4%
TOTAL	2,176
Turnout: 78%

1984 Senate class 2, Meade County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	6,578	82.7%
George Cunningham (D)	1,373	17.3%
TOTAL	7,951
Turnout: 56%

1984 Senate class 2, Mellette County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	706	76.2%
George Cunningham (D)	220	23.8%
TOTAL	926
Turnout: 66%

1984 Senate class 2, Miner County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,428	70.6%
George Cunningham (D)	596	29.4%
TOTAL	2,024
Turnout: 78%

1984 Senate class 2, Minnehaha County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	35,309	68.1%
George Cunningham (D)	16,502	31.9%
TOTAL	51,811
Turnout: 62%

1984 Senate class 2, Moody County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	2,183	68.1%
George Cunningham (D)	1,022	31.9%
TOTAL	3,205
Turnout: 70%

1984 Senate class 2, Pennington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	24,485	82.6%
George Cunningham (D)	5,160	17.4%
TOTAL	29,645
Turnout: 56%

1984 Senate class 2, Perkins County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,857	80.0%
George Cunningham (D)	464	20.0%
TOTAL	2,321
Turnout: 73%

1984 Senate class 2, Potter County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,664	82.1%
George Cunningham (D)	364	17.9%
TOTAL	2,028
Turnout: 83%

1984 Senate class 2, Roberts County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	3,133	66.4%
George Cunningham (D)	1,583	33.6%
TOTAL	4,716
Turnout: 66%

1984 Senate class 2, Sanborn County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,324	76.0%
George Cunningham (D)	419	24.0%
TOTAL	1,743
Turnout: 80%

1984 Senate class 2, Oglala Lakota County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	887	45.7%
George Cunningham (D)	1,053	54.3%
TOTAL	1,940
Turnout: 34%

1984 Senate class 2, Spink County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	3,239	75.6%
George Cunningham (D)	1,048	24.4%
TOTAL	4,287
Turnout: 68%

1984 Senate class 2, Stanley County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,003	76.3%
George Cunningham (D)	311	23.7%
TOTAL	1,314
Turnout: 78%

1984 Senate class 2, Sully County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	901	81.4%
George Cunningham (D)	206	18.6%
TOTAL	1,107
Turnout: 87%

1984 Senate class 2, Todd County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	1,067	60.9%
George Cunningham (D)	686	39.1%
TOTAL	1,753
Turnout: 41%

1984 Senate class 2, Tripp County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	2,730	77.7%
George Cunningham (D)	785	22.3%
TOTAL	3,515
Turnout: 71%

1984 Senate class 2, Turner County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	3,598	78.5%
George Cunningham (D)	987	21.5%
TOTAL	4,585
Turnout: 70%

1984 Senate class 2, Union County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	3,302	71.1%
George Cunningham (D)	1,340	28.9%
TOTAL	4,642
Turnout: 63%

1984 Senate class 2, Walworth County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	2,533	79.9%
George Cunningham (D)	637	20.1%
TOTAL	3,170
Turnout: 66%

1984 Senate class 2, Yankton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	6,077	75.6%
George Cunningham (D)	1,962	24.4%
TOTAL	8,039
Turnout: 58%

1984 Senate class 2, Ziebach County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Larry Pressler* (R)	575	70.7%
George Cunningham (D)	238	29.3%
TOTAL	813
Turnout: 63%

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Larry Pressler*
Total Disbursements:	$1,166,044
Total Receipts:	$1,451,019
Cash on Hand:	$325,441
Candidate Contributions:	$0
Candidate Loans:	$0
Individual Contributions:	$597,047
Party Contributions:	$0
Other Committee Contributions:	$0
Other Committee Transfers:	$31,065
Indep. Expenditures Supporting:	$4,415
Indep. Expenditures Opposing:	$0
Net Independent Expenditures:	$4,415
Net Spending:	$1,170,459

George Cunningham
Total Disbursements:	$166,426
Total Receipts:	$174,268
Cash on Hand:	$7,840
Candidate Contributions:	$0
Candidate Loans:	$5,000
Individual Contributions:	$62,318
Party Contributions:	$0
Other Committee Contributions:	$0
Other Committee Transfers:	$0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting:	$0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing:	$0
Net Independent Expenditures:	$0
Net Spending:	$166,426

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/SD/1984