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.

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

Related Research Articles

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
Center for Responsive Politics organization

The Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C., that tracks the effects of money and lobbying on elections and public policy. It maintains a public online database of its information.