2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

←  July 2004 (special) November 2, 2004 2006  →

Nominee Stephanie Herseth Larry Diedrich Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 207,837 178,823 Percentage 53.36% 45.91%

County results Herseth:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Diedrich:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Stephanie Herseth Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Stephanie Herseth Democratic

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.

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [1]	Lean D	October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball [2]	Lean D	November 1, 2004

Results

South Dakota's at-large congressional district election, 2004 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Herseth (incumbent)	207,837	53.36%
	Republican	Larry Diedrich	178,823	45.91%
	Libertarian	Terry Begay	2,808	0.72%
Total votes			389,468	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Charles Mix (Largest city: Wagner)
• Union (Largest city: Dakota Dunes)
• Edmunds (largest city: Ipswich)
• Stanley (largest city: Fort Pierre)
• Turner (largest city: Parker)
• Hand (largest city: Miller)

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Clark (largest city: Clark)
• McCook (largest city: Salem)
• Davison (largest city: Mitchell)
• Kingsbury (Largest city: De Smet)

References

1. "2004 Competitive House Race Chart" (PDF). House: Race Ratings. Cook Political Report. October 29, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
2. "2004 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 3, 2004. Archived from the original on November 11, 2004. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
3. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".