1906 South Dakota gubernatorial election
In the general election, Crawford was opposed by the Democratic nominee, former State Representative John A. Stransky of Brule County.Crawford had little difficulty defeating Stransky in a landslide, largely matching Elrod's margin of victory from two years earlier.In January 1906, former Attorney General Coe I. Crawford, who unsuccessfully ran for Governor in 1904, announced that he would challenge Governor Samuel H. Elrod for renomination, queueing up a contest between the insurgent wing of the party, led by U.S.[4] In the weeks leading to the Democratic convention in June 1906, no clear frontrunner for the Party's nomination emerged.Marshal Ben Ash[5] and former State Representative John A. Stransky[6] were the other two potential candidates.