2012 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

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2012 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota
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  2010 November 6, 2012 2014  
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Nominee Kristi Noem Matt Varilek
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote207,640153,789
Percentage57.4%42.6%

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County results
Noem:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Varilek:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

Kristi Noem
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Kristi Noem
Republican

The 2012 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the single U.S. Representative from South Dakota's At-large congressional district, comprising the entire state of South Dakota. The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Primary results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Matt Varilek 21,759 71.9
Democratic Jeff Barth8,49428.1
Total votes30,253 100.0

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Kristi
Noem (R)
Matt
Varilek (D)
Undecided
Nielson Brothers Polling October 31 – November 4, 2012633± 3.90%54%41%5%
Nielson Brothers Polling October 28–31, 2012671± 3.78%50%44%5%
Nielson Brothers Polling August 29 – September 6, 2012509± 4.34%51%42%7%
Nielson Brothers Polling July 19–23, 2012541± 4.21%47%46%7%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Kristi
Noem (R)
Stephanie
H. Sandlin (D)
Undecided
Public Policy Polling January 28–30, 20111,045± 3.0%45%46%8%

Endorsements

Matt Varilek (D)
Organizations

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [6] Likely RNovember 5, 2012
Rothenberg [7] Safe RNovember 2, 2012
Roll Call [8] Safe RNovember 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball [9] Likely RNovember 5, 2012
NY Times [10] Safe RNovember 4, 2012
RCP [11] Safe RNovember 4, 2012
The Hill [12] Safe RNovember 4, 2012

Results

South Dakota's at-large congressional district, 2012 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kristi Noem (incumbent) 207,640 57.45% +9.33%
Democratic Matt Varilek153,78942.55%-3.34%
Total votes'361,429''100.0%'N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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