2016 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

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2016 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, At-large district
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  2014 November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08) 2018  
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Nominee Kristi Noem Paula Hawks
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote237,163132,810
Percentage64.10%35.90%

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Noem:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Hawks:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

Kristi Noem
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Kristi Noem
Republican

The 2016 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the U.S. representative from South Dakota's at-large congressional district, who would represent the state of South Dakota in the 115th United States Congress. The election coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on June 7.

Contents

Incumbent Republican Kristi Noem won re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [2] Safe RNovember 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections [3] Safe RNovember 7, 2016
Rothenberg [4] Safe RNovember 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5] Safe RNovember 7, 2016
RCP [6] Safe ROctober 31, 2016

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Kristi
Noem (R)
Paula
Hawks (D)
OtherUndecided
Nielson Brothers Polling [7] October 24–26, 2016600± 4%51%41%8%
Mason-Dixon [8] October 18–20, 2016400± 5.0%59%35%6%

Results

South Dakota's at-large congressional district, 2016 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kristi Noem (incumbent) 237,163 64.10% −2.43%
Democratic Paula Hawks132,81035.90%+2.43%
Total votes369,973 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. "Dem Paula Hawks starts House run against Kristi Noem". Capital Journal. Associated Press. August 3, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  2. "2016 House Race Ratings for November 7, 2016". House: Race Ratings. Cook Political Report . Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  3. "Daily Kos Elections House race ratings: Initial ratings for 2016". Daily Kos Elections . Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  4. "2016 House Ratings (November 3, 2016)". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report . Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  5. "2016 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  6. "Battle for the House 2016". Real Clear Politics . Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  7. Nielson Brothers Polling Archived 2016-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Mason-Dixon
  9. "2016 General Election Official Results State Canvass" (PDF). sdsos.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2023.

Official campaign websites (Archived)