1962-11-06 Senatorial Election Results for South Dakota (Class 3)

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County	Turnout	George McGovern (D)		Joe Bottum* (R)		Other		Margin	TOTAL
Aurora	90%	1,409	60.0%	941	40.0%	0	0.0%	468	2,350
Beadle	66%	4,471	52.5%	4,051	47.5%	0	0.0%	420	8,522
Bennett	73%	610	52.2%	559	47.8%	0	0.0%	51	1,169
Bon Homme	76%	2,173	51.8%	2,018	48.2%	0	0.0%	155	4,191
Brookings	52%	2,933	43.8%	3,769	56.2%	0	0.0%	-836	6,702
Brown	64%	7,727	58.7%	5,427	41.3%	0	0.0%	2,300	13,154
Brule	74%	1,689	65.2%	901	34.8%	0	0.0%	788	2,590
Buffalo	81%	343	60.4%	225	39.6%	0	0.0%	118	568
Butte	66%	1,270	40.1%	1,895	59.9%	0	0.0%	-625	3,165
Campbell	79%	408	25.4%	1,197	74.6%	0	0.0%	-789	1,605
Charles Mix	66%	2,704	65.2%	1,441	34.8%	0	0.0%	1,263	4,145
Clark	74%	1,387	46.3%	1,606	53.7%	0	0.0%	-219	2,993
Clay	50%	1,895	52.5%	1,715	47.5%	0	0.0%	180	3,610
Codington	66%	3,975	52.5%	3,603	47.5%	0	0.0%	372	7,578
Corson	70%	930	47.7%	1,021	52.3%	0	0.0%	-91	1,951
Custer	70%	925	47.4%	1,027	52.6%	0	0.0%	-102	1,952
Davison	69%	4,052	59.0%	2,812	41.0%	0	0.0%	1,240	6,864
Day	79%	2,782	59.3%	1,913	40.7%	0	0.0%	869	4,695
Deuel	68%	1,293	49.7%	1,307	50.3%	0	0.0%	-14	2,600
Dewey	75%	1,017	53.2%	893	46.8%	0	0.0%	124	1,910
Douglas	75%	880	41.7%	1,230	58.3%	0	0.0%	-350	2,110
Edmunds	87%	1,599	53.9%	1,369	46.1%	0	0.0%	230	2,968
Fall River	52%	1,351	43.3%	1,768	56.7%	0	0.0%	-417	3,119
Faulk	87%	1,156	53.6%	1,000	46.4%	0	0.0%	156	2,156
Grant	72%	2,065	52.9%	1,840	47.1%	0	0.0%	225	3,905
Gregory	74%	1,689	53.5%	1,470	46.5%	0	0.0%	219	3,159
Haakon	84%	684	47.3%	763	52.7%	0	0.0%	-79	1,447
Hamlin	83%	1,379	47.0%	1,557	53.0%	0	0.0%	-178	2,936
Hand	76%	1,417	49.4%	1,454	50.6%	0	0.0%	-37	2,871
Hanson	81%	1,118	56.9%	847	43.1%	0	0.0%	271	1,965
Harding	69%	357	40.2%	531	59.8%	0	0.0%	-174	888
Hughes	71%	2,282	46.3%	2,649	53.7%	0	0.0%	-367	4,931
Hutchinson	66%	1,544	36.0%	2,749	64.0%	0	0.0%	-1,205	4,293
Hyde	92%	720	52.9%	640	47.1%	0	0.0%	80	1,360
Jackson	41%	387	45.9%	456	54.1%	0	0.0%	-69	843
Jerauld	80%	892	48.9%	933	51.1%	0	0.0%	-41	1,825
Jones	80%	509	54.7%	421	45.3%	0	0.0%	88	930
Kingsbury	69%	1,673	45.2%	2,029	54.8%	0	0.0%	-356	3,702
Lake	66%	2,330	49.5%	2,378	50.5%	0	0.0%	-48	4,708
Lawrence	59%	2,417	39.9%	3,636	60.1%	0	0.0%	-1,219	6,053
Lincoln	71%	2,200	44.5%	2,744	55.5%	0	0.0%	-544	4,944
Lyman	80%	907	48.7%	956	51.3%	0	0.0%	-49	1,863
Marshall	73%	1,480	53.9%	1,268	46.1%	0	0.0%	212	2,748
McCook	78%	1,943	53.5%	1,689	46.5%	0	0.0%	254	3,632
McPherson	70%	741	30.7%	1,672	69.3%	0	0.0%	-931	2,413
Meade	56%	1,906	47.8%	2,085	52.2%	0	0.0%	-179	3,991
Mellette	74%	472	46.5%	542	53.5%	0	0.0%	-70	1,014
Miner	75%	1,364	58.4%	973	41.6%	0	0.0%	391	2,337
Minnehaha	59%	14,877	48.4%	15,840	51.6%	0	0.0%	-963	30,717
Moody	69%	1,862	55.7%	1,480	44.3%	0	0.0%	382	3,342
Pennington	46%	7,318	47.5%	8,092	52.5%	0	0.0%	-774	15,410
Perkins	73%	1,170	46.9%	1,327	53.1%	0	0.0%	-157	2,497
Potter	75%	1,028	50.0%	1,026	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	2,054
Roberts	69%	2,896	58.6%	2,043	41.4%	0	0.0%	853	4,939
Sanborn	84%	1,222	55.4%	985	44.6%	0	0.0%	237	2,207
Shannon	40%	719	64.8%	390	35.2%	0	0.0%	329	1,109
Spink	68%	2,572	55.6%	2,057	44.4%	0	0.0%	515	4,629
Stanley	57%	660	57.0%	498	43.0%	0	0.0%	162	1,158
Sully	82%	523	44.9%	642	55.1%	0	0.0%	-119	1,165
Todd	57%	701	53.5%	609	46.5%	0	0.0%	92	1,310
Tripp	77%	1,763	46.8%	2,002	53.2%	0	0.0%	-239	3,765
Turner	66%	1,743	39.7%	2,650	60.3%	0	0.0%	-907	4,393
Union	66%	2,079	55.0%	1,703	45.0%	0	0.0%	376	3,782
Walworth	72%	1,507	45.0%	1,844	55.0%	0	0.0%	-337	3,351
Washabaugh	n/a	150	41.7%	210	58.3%	0	0.0%	-60	360
Yankton	55%	2,760	47.5%	3,053	52.5%	0	0.0%	-293	5,813
Ziebach	76%	453	50.7%	440	49.3%	0	0.0%	13	893
TOTAL	65%	127,458	50.1%	126,861	49.9%	0	0.0%	597	254,319
Total R vote: 126,861 (49.9%)      Total D vote: 127,458 (50.1%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent

1962 Senate class 3, Aurora County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,409	60.0%
Joe Bottum* (R)	941	40.0%
TOTAL	2,350
Turnout: 90%

1962 Senate class 3, Beadle County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	4,471	52.5%
Joe Bottum* (R)	4,051	47.5%
TOTAL	8,522
Turnout: 66%

1962 Senate class 3, Bennett County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	610	52.2%
Joe Bottum* (R)	559	47.8%
TOTAL	1,169
Turnout: 73%

1962 Senate class 3, Bon Homme County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	2,173	51.8%
Joe Bottum* (R)	2,018	48.2%
TOTAL	4,191
Turnout: 76%

1962 Senate class 3, Brookings County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	2,933	43.8%
Joe Bottum* (R)	3,769	56.2%
TOTAL	6,702
Turnout: 52%

1962 Senate class 3, Brown County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	7,727	58.7%
Joe Bottum* (R)	5,427	41.3%
TOTAL	13,154
Turnout: 64%

1962 Senate class 3, Brule County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,689	65.2%
Joe Bottum* (R)	901	34.8%
TOTAL	2,590
Turnout: 74%

1962 Senate class 3, Buffalo County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	343	60.4%
Joe Bottum* (R)	225	39.6%
TOTAL	568
Turnout: 81%

1962 Senate class 3, Butte County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,270	40.1%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,895	59.9%
TOTAL	3,165
Turnout: 66%

1962 Senate class 3, Campbell County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	408	25.4%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,197	74.6%
TOTAL	1,605
Turnout: 79%

1962 Senate class 3, Charles Mix County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	2,704	65.2%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,441	34.8%
TOTAL	4,145
Turnout: 66%

1962 Senate class 3, Clark County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,387	46.3%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,606	53.7%
TOTAL	2,993
Turnout: 74%

1962 Senate class 3, Clay County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,895	52.5%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,715	47.5%
TOTAL	3,610
Turnout: 50%

1962 Senate class 3, Codington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	3,975	52.5%
Joe Bottum* (R)	3,603	47.5%
TOTAL	7,578
Turnout: 66%

1962 Senate class 3, Corson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	930	47.7%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,021	52.3%
TOTAL	1,951
Turnout: 70%

1962 Senate class 3, Custer County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	925	47.4%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,027	52.6%
TOTAL	1,952
Turnout: 70%

1962 Senate class 3, Davison County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	4,052	59.0%
Joe Bottum* (R)	2,812	41.0%
TOTAL	6,864
Turnout: 69%

1962 Senate class 3, Day County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	2,782	59.3%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,913	40.7%
TOTAL	4,695
Turnout: 79%

1962 Senate class 3, Deuel County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,293	49.7%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,307	50.3%
TOTAL	2,600
Turnout: 68%

1962 Senate class 3, Dewey County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,017	53.2%
Joe Bottum* (R)	893	46.8%
TOTAL	1,910
Turnout: 75%

1962 Senate class 3, Douglas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	880	41.7%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,230	58.3%
TOTAL	2,110
Turnout: 75%

1962 Senate class 3, Edmunds County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,599	53.9%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,369	46.1%
TOTAL	2,968
Turnout: 87%

1962 Senate class 3, Fall River County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,351	43.3%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,768	56.7%
TOTAL	3,119
Turnout: 52%

1962 Senate class 3, Faulk County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,156	53.6%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,000	46.4%
TOTAL	2,156
Turnout: 87%

1962 Senate class 3, Grant County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	2,065	52.9%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,840	47.1%
TOTAL	3,905
Turnout: 72%

1962 Senate class 3, Gregory County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,689	53.5%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,470	46.5%
TOTAL	3,159
Turnout: 74%

1962 Senate class 3, Haakon County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	684	47.3%
Joe Bottum* (R)	763	52.7%
TOTAL	1,447
Turnout: 84%

1962 Senate class 3, Hamlin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,379	47.0%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,557	53.0%
TOTAL	2,936
Turnout: 83%

1962 Senate class 3, Hand County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,417	49.4%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,454	50.6%
TOTAL	2,871
Turnout: 76%

1962 Senate class 3, Hanson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,118	56.9%
Joe Bottum* (R)	847	43.1%
TOTAL	1,965
Turnout: 81%

1962 Senate class 3, Harding County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	357	40.2%
Joe Bottum* (R)	531	59.8%
TOTAL	888
Turnout: 69%

1962 Senate class 3, Hughes County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	2,282	46.3%
Joe Bottum* (R)	2,649	53.7%
TOTAL	4,931
Turnout: 71%

1962 Senate class 3, Hutchinson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,544	36.0%
Joe Bottum* (R)	2,749	64.0%
TOTAL	4,293
Turnout: 66%

1962 Senate class 3, Hyde County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	720	52.9%
Joe Bottum* (R)	640	47.1%
TOTAL	1,360
Turnout: 92%

1962 Senate class 3, Jackson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	387	45.9%
Joe Bottum* (R)	456	54.1%
TOTAL	843
Turnout: 41%

1962 Senate class 3, Jerauld County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	892	48.9%
Joe Bottum* (R)	933	51.1%
TOTAL	1,825
Turnout: 80%

1962 Senate class 3, Jones County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	509	54.7%
Joe Bottum* (R)	421	45.3%
TOTAL	930
Turnout: 80%

1962 Senate class 3, Kingsbury County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,673	45.2%
Joe Bottum* (R)	2,029	54.8%
TOTAL	3,702
Turnout: 69%

1962 Senate class 3, Lake County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	2,330	49.5%
Joe Bottum* (R)	2,378	50.5%
TOTAL	4,708
Turnout: 66%

1962 Senate class 3, Lawrence County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	2,417	39.9%
Joe Bottum* (R)	3,636	60.1%
TOTAL	6,053
Turnout: 59%

1962 Senate class 3, Lincoln County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	2,200	44.5%
Joe Bottum* (R)	2,744	55.5%
TOTAL	4,944
Turnout: 71%

1962 Senate class 3, Lyman County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	907	48.7%
Joe Bottum* (R)	956	51.3%
TOTAL	1,863
Turnout: 80%

1962 Senate class 3, Marshall County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,480	53.9%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,268	46.1%
TOTAL	2,748
Turnout: 73%

1962 Senate class 3, McCook County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,943	53.5%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,689	46.5%
TOTAL	3,632
Turnout: 78%

1962 Senate class 3, McPherson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	741	30.7%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,672	69.3%
TOTAL	2,413
Turnout: 70%

1962 Senate class 3, Meade County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,906	47.8%
Joe Bottum* (R)	2,085	52.2%
TOTAL	3,991
Turnout: 56%

1962 Senate class 3, Mellette County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	472	46.5%
Joe Bottum* (R)	542	53.5%
TOTAL	1,014
Turnout: 74%

1962 Senate class 3, Miner County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,364	58.4%
Joe Bottum* (R)	973	41.6%
TOTAL	2,337
Turnout: 75%

1962 Senate class 3, Minnehaha County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	14,877	48.4%
Joe Bottum* (R)	15,840	51.6%
TOTAL	30,717
Turnout: 59%

1962 Senate class 3, Moody County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,862	55.7%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,480	44.3%
TOTAL	3,342
Turnout: 69%

1962 Senate class 3, Pennington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	7,318	47.5%
Joe Bottum* (R)	8,092	52.5%
TOTAL	15,410
Turnout: 46%

1962 Senate class 3, Perkins County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,170	46.9%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,327	53.1%
TOTAL	2,497
Turnout: 73%

1962 Senate class 3, Potter County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,028	50.0%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,026	50.0%
TOTAL	2,054
Turnout: 75%

1962 Senate class 3, Roberts County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	2,896	58.6%
Joe Bottum* (R)	2,043	41.4%
TOTAL	4,939
Turnout: 69%

1962 Senate class 3, Sanborn County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,222	55.4%
Joe Bottum* (R)	985	44.6%
TOTAL	2,207
Turnout: 84%

1962 Senate class 3, Oglala Lakota County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	719	64.8%
Joe Bottum* (R)	390	35.2%
TOTAL	1,109
Turnout: 40%

1962 Senate class 3, Spink County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	2,572	55.6%
Joe Bottum* (R)	2,057	44.4%
TOTAL	4,629
Turnout: 68%

1962 Senate class 3, Stanley County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	660	57.0%
Joe Bottum* (R)	498	43.0%
TOTAL	1,158
Turnout: 57%

1962 Senate class 3, Sully County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	523	44.9%
Joe Bottum* (R)	642	55.1%
TOTAL	1,165
Turnout: 82%

1962 Senate class 3, Todd County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	701	53.5%
Joe Bottum* (R)	609	46.5%
TOTAL	1,310
Turnout: 57%

1962 Senate class 3, Tripp County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,763	46.8%
Joe Bottum* (R)	2,002	53.2%
TOTAL	3,765
Turnout: 77%

1962 Senate class 3, Turner County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,743	39.7%
Joe Bottum* (R)	2,650	60.3%
TOTAL	4,393
Turnout: 66%

1962 Senate class 3, Union County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	2,079	55.0%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,703	45.0%
TOTAL	3,782
Turnout: 66%

1962 Senate class 3, Walworth County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	1,507	45.0%
Joe Bottum* (R)	1,844	55.0%
TOTAL	3,351
Turnout: 72%

1962 Senate class 3, null
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	150	41.7%
Joe Bottum* (R)	210	58.3%
TOTAL	360
Turnout: n/a

1962 Senate class 3, Yankton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	2,760	47.5%
Joe Bottum* (R)	3,053	52.5%
TOTAL	5,813
Turnout: 55%

1962 Senate class 3, Ziebach County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
George McGovern (D)	453	50.7%
Joe Bottum* (R)	440	49.3%
TOTAL	893
Turnout: 76%