| State: | South Dakota |
| District Number: | AL |
| Image Name: | SD-AtLarge.gif |
| Image Width: | 280 |
| Representative: | Dusty Johnson |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Mitchell |
| English Area: | 75,885 |
| Percent Urban: | 55.8 |
| Percent Rural: | 44.2 |
| Population: | 909,824[1] |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $69,728 |
| Percent White: | 79.6 |
| Percent Native American: | 8.4 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 4.4 |
| Percent Black: | 2.0 |
| Percent Asian: | 1.5 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 3.9 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.3 |
| Cpvi: | R+16[2] |
South Dakota's at-large congressional district is the sole congressional district for the state of South Dakota. Based on area, it is the fourth largest congressional district in the nation.
The district is currently represented by Dusty Johnson.
The district was created when South Dakota achieved statehood on November 2, 1889, electing two members. Following the 1910 United States census a third seat was gained, with the legislature drawing three separate districts. The third district was eliminated after the 1930 census. As a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 census, the second seat was eliminated, creating a single at-large district. Since 1983, South Dakota has retained a single congressional district.
| Voter registration and party enrollment as of November 8, 2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total voters | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic | align=center | 151,415 | align=center | 25.34% | ||
| Republican | align=center | 296,463 | align=center | 49.65% | ||
| Libertarian | align=center | 2,801 | align=center | 0.01% | ||
| IND/NPA | align=center | 145,004 | align=center | 24.29% | ||
| Total | align=right | 597,069 | align=right | 100% | ||
| Year | Office | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | President | Bush 60 - Gore 38% | |
| 2004 | President | Bush 60 - Kerry 38% | |
| 2008 | President | McCain 53 - Obama 45% | |
| 2012 | President | Romney 58 - Obama 40% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 62 - Clinton 32% | |
| 2020 | President | Trump 62 - Biden 36% |
Incumbent U.S. Representative Bill Janklow resigned the seat on January 20, 2004, after he was convicted of second-degree manslaughter, triggering a special election. Democrat Stephanie Herseth was selected as the Democratic nominee for this special election and she defeated Republican Larry Diedrich with 51 percent of the vote in a close-fought election on June 1, 2004. Herseth's victory briefly gave the state its first all-Democratic congressional delegation since 1937.
In the November general election, Herseth was elected to a full term with 53.4 percent of the vote, an increase of a few percentage points compared with the even closer June special elections. Herseth's vote margin in June was about 3,000 votes, but by November it had grown to over 29,000.
Herseth thereby became the first woman in state history to win a full term in the U.S. Congress.
Both elections were hard-fought and close compared to many House races in the rest of the United States, and the special election was watched closely by a national audience. The general election was also viewed as one of the most competitive in the country, but was overshadowed in the state by the highly competitive U.S. Senate race between Democrat Tom Daschle and Republican John Thune, which Thune narrowly won.
Two seats were created in 1889.
| Years | Cong ress | Seat A | Seat B | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | |||||||
| nowrap | November 2, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | John Pickler | Republican | Elected in 1889. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Retired. | align=left | Oscar S. Gifford | Republican | Elected in 1889. Lost renomination. | ||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1891 – August 14, 1891 | align=left | John Rankin Gamble | Republican | Elected in 1890. Died. | |||||||
| nowrap | August 14, 1891 – December 7, 1891 | Vacant | ||||||||||
| nowrap | December 7, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | align=left | John L. Jolley | Republican | Elected to finish Gamble's term. Retired. | |||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | align=left | William V. Lucas | Republican | Elected in 1892. Lost renomination. | |||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | align=left | Robert J. Gamble | Republican | Elected in 1894. Lost re-election. | |||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 | align=left | John Edward Kelley | Populist | Elected in 1896. Lost re-election. | align=left | Freeman Knowles | Populist | Elected in 1896. Lost re-election. | |||
| nowrap | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 | Charles H. Burke | Republican | Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Lost renomination. | align=left | Robert J. Gamble | Republican | Elected in 1898. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | ||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907 | align=left | Eben Martin | Republican | Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1907 – June 26, 1908 | Philo Hall | Republican | Elected in 1906. Lost renomination. | align=left | William H. Parker | Republican | Elected in 1906. Died. | ||||
| nowrap | June 26, 1908 – November 3, 1908 | Vacant | ||||||||||
| nowrap | November 3, 1908 – March 3, 1909 | Eben Martin | Republican | Elected to finish Parker's term. Also elected to next full term. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the . | ||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913 | align=left | Charles H. Burke | Republican | Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the . | |||||||
In 1913, the two at-large seats were replaced by three districts. There were no at-large seats, therefore, until 1983.
By 1983, the remaining two district seats were reduced to one at-large seat.
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Tom Daschle | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987 | Redistricted from the . and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |||
| align=left | Tim Johnson | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1997 | Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |||
| align=left | John Thune | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 | Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |||
| align=left | Bill Janklow | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2003 – January 20, 2004 | Elected in 2002. Resigned when convicted of vehicular manslaughter. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 20, 2004 – June 3, 2004 | ||||||
| align=left | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Democratic | nowrap | June 3, 2004 – January 3, 2011 | Elected to finish Janklow's term. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Kristi Noem | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019 | Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired to run for Governor of South Dakota. | |||
| align=left | Dusty Johnson | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2019 – present | Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |||