1944 South Dakota gubernatorial election
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The 1944 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Republican Governor Merrell Q. Sharpe ran for re-election to a second term. He was opposed by Lynn Fellows, a former State Representative from Aurora County[1] the 1942 Democratic nominee for Attorney General, in the general election; both Sharpe and Fellows won their primaries unopposed.[2] In the general election, Sharpe easily defeated Fellows, far outpacing even Republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey, who won the state in a landslide.
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November 7, 1944
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 County results Sharpe: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Fellows: 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Merrell Q. Sharpe (inc.) | 148,646 | 65.51% | +4.00% | |
| Democratic | Lynn Fellows | 78,276 | 34.49% | −4.00% | |
| Majority | 70,370 | 31.01% | +8.00% | ||
| Turnout | 226,922 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||