2016 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

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.

2016 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, At-large district

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NomineeKristi NoemPaula Hawks
PartyRepublicanDemocratic
Popular vote237,163132,810
Percentage64.1%35.9%

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

Incumbent Republican Kristi Noem won re-election.

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

General election edit

Polling edit

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Kristi
Noem (R)
Paula
Hawks (D)
OtherUndecided
Nielson Brothers Polling Archived 2016-11-02 at the Wayback MachineOctober 24–26, 2016600± 4%51%41%8%
Mason-DixonOctober 18–20, 2016400± 5.0%59%35%6%

Results edit

South Dakota's at-large congressional district, 2016[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanKristi Noem (incumbent) 237,163 64.10% -2.43%
DemocraticPaula Hawks132,81035.90%+2.43%
Total votes369,973 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Dem Paula Hawks starts House run against Kristi Noem". Capital Journal. Associated Press. August 3, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  2. ^ "2016 General Election Official Results State Canvass" (PDF). sdsos.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2023.

External links edit

Official campaign websites (Archived)