Turnout: | 68.4% |
Election Name: | 2000 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota |
Country: | South Dakota |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1998 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota |
Previous Year: | 1998 |
Next Election: | 2002 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota |
Next Year: | 2002 |
Election Date: | November 7, 2000 |
Image1: | File:John_Thune_official_photo.jpg |
Nominee1: | John Thune |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 231,083 |
Percentage1: | 73.42% |
Nominee2: | Curt Hohn |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 78,321 |
Percentage2: | 24.88% |
Map Size: | 260px |
U.S. Representative | |
Before Election: | John Thune |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | John Thune |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2000 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota took place on Tuesday, November 7, 2000, with a primary election on June 6. Voters selected a representative for their single at-large district, who ran on a statewide ballot. Incumbent Republican representative John Thune won the race by a wide margin, outrunning the Republican candidate for president George W. Bush by 13 points in the state.
No Republican primary was held.
Curt Hohn won the three-way Democratic primary with 56.07% of the vote. Only 13.09% of the Democratic electorate turned out to vote in the primary.
No Libertarian primary was held.