2020 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

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2020 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, at-large district
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  2018 November 3, 2020 2022  
  Dusty Johnson, official portrait, 116th congress (cropped).jpg Randy "Uriah" Luallin (51336631825) (cropped).jpg
Nominee Dusty Johnson Randy Luallin
Party Republican Libertarian
Popular vote321,98475,748
Percentage81.0%19.0%

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Johnson:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Luallin:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Dusty Johnson
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Dusty Johnson
Republican

The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the U.S. representative from South Dakota's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the 2020 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.

Contents

Incumbent Republican Dusty Johnson was elected with 60.3% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Primary results

Results by county
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Johnson
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
May
50-60%
60-70%
70-80% 2020SDHouseGOP.svg
Results by county
  Johnson
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  May
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dusty Johnson (incumbent) 71,496 76.65%
Republican Liz Marty May 21,77923.35%
Total votes93,275 100.0%

Democratic primary

No candidate was able to gather enough signatures to qualify for the Democratic primary. According to state party chairman Randy Seiler, Democratic canvassing efforts were hampered by the coronavirus outbreak. [3]

Candidates

Failed to qualify

  • Whitney Raver, small business owner [3]
  • Brian Worth, financial crime specialist [3]

Withdrawn

  • Ellee Spawn, resource coordinator

Endorsements

Whitney Raver

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [7] Safe RNovember 2, 2020
Inside Elections [8] Safe ROctober 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball [9] Safe RNovember 2, 2020
Politico [10] Safe RNovember 2, 2020
Daily Kos [11] Safe RNovember 2, 2020
RCP [12] Safe RNovember 2, 2020

Results

South Dakota's at-large congressional district, 2020 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Dusty Johnson (incumbent) 321,984 80.96% +20.61%
Libertarian Randy Luallin75,74819.04%+17.58%
Total votes397,732 100.0%
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Libertarian

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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