United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2008

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United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2008
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  2006 November 4, 2008 2010  
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Nominee Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Chris Lein
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote256,041122,966
Percentage67.6%32.4%

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Results by county
Herseth Sandlin:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90–100%

U.S. Representative before election

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Democratic

The 2008 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Voters selected a representative for their single At-Large district, who ran on a statewide ballot.

Contents

Democratic incumbent Stephanie Herseth Sandlin was challenged by the Republican nominee, businessman and attorney Chris Lien. Neither candidate was opposed in the June 3, 2008 primary. [1] CQ Politics forecasted this race as 'Safe Democrat'. [2] George W. Bush won in this district 60% to 38% for John Kerry in 2004. As of 2018, this is the last time that a Democrat won South Dakota's House seat.

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin South Dakota politician

Stephanie Marie Herseth Sandlin is an American attorney and university administrator who served in the United States House of Representatives for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2004 until 2011. She was first elected to Congress in a special election in June 2004 and was re-elected three times before losing her seat in Congress to Republican Kristi Noem in 2010. She was the youngest female member of the House and the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota. Before her 2007 marriage to Max Sandlin, she was known as Stephanie Herseth.

George W. Bush 43rd president of the United States

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Election results

South Dakota's At-large congressional district election, 2008 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (Incumbent)256,04167.56
Republican Chris Lien122,96632.44
Total votes379,007100.00
Democratic hold

See also

South Dakota's At-large congressional district

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References

  1. Unofficial Results Primary Election - June 3, 2008 Archived June 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine .South Dakota Secretary of State
  2. Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
  3. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2008/2008Stat.htm#stateSD
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