2006 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

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2006 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota
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  2004 November 7, 2006 2008  
  Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, official photo portrait, 2007 (cropped).jpg Bruce W. Whalen was born and raised in Pine Ridge, SD (cropped).jpg
Nominee Stephanie Herseth Bruce Whalen
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote230,46897,864
Percentage69.09%29.34%

South Dakota House Election Results by County, 2006.svg
County results
Herseth:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Whalen:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

Stephanie Herseth
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Stephanie Herseth
Democratic

The 2006 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota took place on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Voters selected a representative for their single At-Large district, who ran on a statewide ballot.

Contents

Democratic incumbent Stephanie Herseth was challenged by Republican nominee Chairman of the Shannon County (now known as Oglala Lakota County) Republican Party Bruce Whalen. Neither candidate was opposed in the June 6, 2006 primary. George W. Bush won in this district 60% to 38% over John Kerry in 2004.

Herseth won all but one county in the state, that being Douglas County.

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [1] Safe DNovember 6, 2006
Rothenberg [2] Safe DNovember 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball [3] Safe DNovember 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics [4] Safe DNovember 7, 2006
CQ Politics [5] Safe DNovember 7, 2006

Results

Despite the strong performance of Republicans in many of the state elections held that year, including Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Rounds's 62%-36% victory over former state Representative Jack Billion, Herseth was nevertheless reelected by a landslide margin.

South Dakota's at-large congressional district election, 2006 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stephanie Herseth (incumbent) 230,468 69.09%
Republican Bruce W. Whalen97,86429.34%
Libertarian Larry Rudebusch5,2301.57%
Total votes333,562 100.00%
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

  1. "2006 Competitive House Race Chart" (PDF). House: Race Ratings. Cook Political Report. November 6, 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  2. "2006 House Ratings". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. November 6, 2006. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  3. "2006 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 6, 2006. Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  4. "Battle for the House of Representatives". realclearpolitics.com. Real Clear Politics. November 7, 2006. Archived from the original on November 9, 2006. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  5. "Balance of Power Scorecard: House". cqpolitics.com. Congressional Quarterly Inc. Archived from the original on November 17, 2006. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  6. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".