1942 South Dakota gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1942 South Dakota gubernatorial election South Dakota 1909 presidential no 1940 South Dakota gubernatorial election 1940 1944 South Dakota gubernatorial election 1944 November 3, 1942 x150px Merrell Q. Sharpe Republican Party (United States) 109,786 61.51% x110px Lewis W. Bicknell Democratic Party (United States) 68,706 38.49% 1942 South Dakota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 260px County resultsSharpe: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Bicknell: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor of South Dakota Harlan J. Bushfield Republican Party (United States) Merrell Q. Sharpe Republican Party (United States) The 1942 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Republican Governor Harlan J. Bushfield declined to seek re-election to a third term and instead successfully ran for the U.S. Senate. A crowded Republican primary developed to succeed him, and because no candidate received 35% of the vote, the nomination was decided at the state Republican convention, where former Attorney General Merrell Q. Sharpe, the second-place finisher in the primary, won the nomination. In the general election, Sharpe faced Democratic nominee Lewis W. Bicknell, the 1940 Democratic nominee for governor. Aided by the national Republican landslide, Sharpe defeated Bicknell in a landslide. Democratic primary Lewis W. Bicknell—a former Day County State's Attorney, former chairman of the State Department of Public Welfare, and the 1940 Democratic nominee for governor—announced that he would again run for governor.January 28, 1942 Lewis W. Bicknell, Webster, Again to Be Candidate for Nomination for Governor Argus Leader Sioux Falls, S.D. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/230014031/ June 13, 2021 He was the only Democratic candidate to file and he won the Democratic nomination for governor unopposed, thereby removing the race from the primary ballot.May 3, 1942 S. D. To Join Three States In Primaries: Campaigning Fades Before War Interest Oliver D. Harold Argus Leader Sioux Falls, S.D. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/230165131/ June 13, 2021 Republican primary Candidates Joseph H. Bottum, State Director of Taxation, former Faulk County State's AttorneyDecember 29, 1941 Joe Bottum, Millard Scott Announce Candidacies for G. O. P. Governor Nomination Argus Leader Sioux Falls, S.D. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/230013629 June 13, 2021 Merrell Q. Sharpe, former Attorney General of South DakotaMarch 2, 1942 Sharpe Seeks GOP Nomination Rapid City Journal Rapid City, S.D. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/350686646/ June 13, 2021 Leo A. Temmey, Attorney General of South DakotaJanuary 9, 1942 Attorney General Temmey Candidate for Republican Nomination for Governor Argus Leader Sioux Falls, S.D. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/230013771/ June 13, 2021 Millard G. Scott, State Rural Credit Director Campaign At the May 5, 1942, primary, all four candidates ended up with vote totals that were within six thousand votes of each other, and for the first time since 1930, no candidate received the requisite 35% of the vote.May 6, 1942 G.O.P. to Name Ticket's Head in Convention Argus Leader Sioux Falls, S.D. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/230165261/ June 13, 2021 Merrell Q. Sharpe, who ran on a reform, "oust the state house" platform,June 6, 1942 'Stop Sharpe' Move is Seen in Convention: Determined Fight Expected Among Four Candidates for G. O. P. Honor Mikkelson Gordon Argus Leader Sioux Falls, S.D. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/230166776/ June 13, 2021 was seen by many observers as having a lead coming into the convention, despite placing second in the primary.June 7, 1942 Republicans Prepare to Select Governor Mikkelson Gordon Milner Harold S. Deadwood Pioneer-Times Deadwood, S.D. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/94019727/ June 13, 2021 There was speculation that Sharpe's three other opponents would consolidate their forces to defeat him at the convention, but uncertainty as to whether they would do so. Influential state Republicans, chief among them Governor Bushfield, declined to publicly intervene. At the convention, Sharpe took an early lead, and despite the speculation about anti-Sharpe consolidation, as Temmey and Scott collapsed, the vast majority of their votes went to Sharpe, not Bottom. On the third ballot, with Temmey's support halved and Scott's near zero, Sharpe easily won a majority, earning himself the nomination. Primary election results Republican primaryNelson Nelson Heinrich Chad W. 2005 Chapter 8: Elections Legislative Manual: South Dakota, 2005 http://sdsdl-montage.auto-graphics.com/#/item-details/entities_1092?from=search-results Pierre, S.D. 631 Joseph H. Bottum Republican Party (United States) 23,714 28.85% Merrell Q. Sharpe Republican Party (United States) 21,208 25.68% Leo A. Temmey Republican Party (United States) 20,107 24.46% Millard G. Scott Republican Party (United States) 17,272 21.01% 82,201 100.00% Convention results Gubernatorial ballotJune 11, 1942 Sharpe Wins GOP Nomination for Governor Weekly Pioneer-Times Deadwood, S.D. 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/263387171/ June 13, 20211st 2nd 3rdMerrell Q. Sharpe 66,598 74,369 100,023 Joseph H. Bottum 43,066 49,537 47,218Leo A. Temmey 35,162 28,171 18,342Millard G. Scott 21,134 14,902 1,396 General election Results 1942 South Dakota gubernatorial election Republican Party (United States) Merrell Q. Sharpe 109,786 61.51% +6.37% Democratic Party (United States) Lewis W. Bicknell 68,706 38.49% -6.37% 41,080 23.02% +12.74% 178,492 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References South Dakota 1942 Gubernatorial Category:November 1942 in the United States