2016 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota explained

Election Name:2016 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, At-large district
Country:South Dakota
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2014 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota
Previous Year:2014
Next Election:2018 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota
Next Year:2018
Image1:File:Kristi L. Noem 113th Congress.jpg
Nominee1:Kristi Noem
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:237,163
Percentage1:64.1%
Nominee2:Paula Hawks
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:132,810
Percentage2:35.9%
Map Size:250px
U.S. Representative
Before Election:Kristi Noem
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Kristi Noem
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 2016 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the U.S. representative from South Dakota's at-large congressional district, who would represent the state of South Dakota in the 115th United States Congress. The election coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on June 7.

Incumbent Republican Kristi Noem won re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Kristi
Noem (R)
Paula
Hawks (D)
OtherUndecided
Nielson Brothers Polling[2] October 24–26, 2016600± 4% align=center51%41%8%
Mason-Dixon[3] October 18–20, 2016400± 5.0% align=center59%35%6%

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

External links

Official campaign websites (Archived)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dem Paula Hawks starts House run against Kristi Noem. Capital Journal. Associated Press. August 3, 2015. October 11, 2015.
  2. http://kelo.com/news/articles/2016/nov/01/poll-trump-thune-noem-maintain-leads-in-sd/ Nielson Brothers Polling
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20161026083052/http://www.keloland.com/news/politics/campaign/keloland-campaign-2016-poll/ Mason-Dixon