2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota explained

Election Name:2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota
Country:South Dakota
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2004 South Dakota's at-large congressional district special election
Previous Year:July 2004
(special)
Next Election:2006 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota
Next Year:2006
Election Date:November 2, 2004
Image1:File:Steph-h.jpg
Nominee1:Stephanie Herseth
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:207,837
Percentage1:53.4%
Nominee2:Larry Diedrich
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:178,823
Percentage2:45.9%
Map Size:260px
U.S. Representative
Before Election:Stephanie Herseth
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Stephanie Herseth
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Voters selected a representative for their single at-large district, who ran on a statewide ballot.

In the regularly scheduled election in November 2004, freshman incumbent Stephanie Herseth and state Senator Larry Diedrich, who had run in the July 2004 special election earlier, faced each other in a rematch; Libertarian candidate Terry L. Begay also ran in this election.

Herseth again prevailed, this time by a wider margin of 53% to 46%, despite President George W. Bush's dominant 59.9% to 38.4% over Senator John Kerry in South Dakota in the 2004 presidential election, as well as Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle's narrow loss in the state's concurrent election for U.S. Senate.

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican