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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's at-large district
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November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)
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Nominee Kristi Noem Paula Hawks
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 237,163 132,810
Percentage 64.10% 35.90%
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

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Candidates

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Declared

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[2] Safe R November 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections[3] Safe R November 7, 2016
Rothenberg[4] Safe R November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe R November 7, 2016
RCP[6] Safe R October 31, 2016

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Kristi
Noem (R)		 Paula
Hawks (D)		 Other Undecided
Nielson Brothers Polling[7] October 24–26, 2016 600 ± 4% 51% 41% — 8%
Mason-Dixon[8] October 18–20, 2016 400 ± 5.0% 59% 35% — 6%

Results

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2016 South Dakota's at-large congressional district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kristi Noem (incumbent) 237,163 64.10% −2.43%
Democratic Paula Hawks 132,810 35.90% +2.43%
Total votes 369,973 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

By county

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County[9] Kristi Noem
Republican		 Paula Hawks
Democratic		 Margin Total
# % # % # %
Aurora 929 65.38% 492 34.62% 437 30.75% 1,421
Beadle 4,491 65.74% 2,340 34.26% 2,151 31.49% 6,831
Bennett 721 63.25% 419 36.75% 302 26.49% 1,140
Bon Homme 1,942 64.99% 1,046 35.01% 896 29.99% 2,988
Brookings 7,418 58.09% 5,352 41.91% 2,066 16.18% 12,770
Brown 9,676 59.85% 6,492 40.15% 3,184 19.69% 16,168
Brule 1,585 68.97% 713 31.03% 872 37.95% 2,298
Buffalo 200 40.82% 290 59.18% -90 -18.37% 490
Butte 3,407 79.20% 895 20.80% 2,512 58.39% 4,302
Campbell 699 84.62% 127 15.38% 572 69.25% 826
Charles Mix 2,288 66.47% 1,154 33.53% 1,134 32.95% 3,442
Clark 1,099 65.30% 584 34.70% 515 30.60% 1,683
Clay 2,427 47.86% 2,644 52.14% -217 -4.28% 5,071
Codington 7,866 66.69% 3,928 33.31% 3,938 33.39% 11,794
Corson 631 55.21% 512 44.79% 119 10.41% 1,143
Custer 3,445 72.79% 1,288 27.21% 2,157 45.57% 4,733
Davison 5,253 65.56% 2,759 34.44% 2,494 31.13% 8,012
Day 1,580 57.00% 1,192 43.00% 388 14.00% 2,772
Deuel 1,401 66.71% 699 33.29% 702 33.43% 2,100
Dewey 734 43.35% 959 56.65% -225 -13.29% 1,693
Douglas 1,334 82.81% 277 17.19% 1,057 65.61% 1,611
Edmunds 1,394 72.83% 520 27.17% 874 45.66% 1,914
Fall River 2,595 73.51% 935 26.49% 1,660 47.03% 3,530
Faulk 838 73.57% 301 26.43% 537 47.15% 1,139
Grant 2,467 68.53% 1,133 31.47% 1,334 37.06% 3,600
Gregory 1,519 72.64% 572 27.36% 947 45.29% 2,091
Haakon 926 89.47% 109 10.53% 817 78.94% 1,035
Hamlin 2,062 73.85% 730 26.15% 1,332 47.71% 2,792
Hand 1,381 75.10% 458 24.90% 923 50.19% 1,839
Hanson 1,444 73.34% 525 26.66% 919 46.67% 1,969
Harding 679 89.81% 77 10.19% 602 79.63% 756
Hughes 5,596 67.70% 2,670 32.30% 2,926 35.40% 8,266
Hutchinson 2,551 75.47% 829 24.53% 1,722 50.95% 3,380
Hyde 518 74.64% 176 25.36% 342 49.28% 694
Jackson 745 68.54% 342 31.46% 403 37.07% 1,087
Jerauld 638 64.90% 345 35.10% 293 29.81% 983
Jones 460 82.00% 101 18.00% 359 63.99% 561
Kingsbury 1,673 65.30% 889 34.70% 784 30.60% 2,562
Lake 4,095 60.68% 2,654 39.32% 1,441 21.35% 6,749
Lawrence 8,041 68.06% 3,774 31.94% 4,267 36.12% 11,815
Lincoln 16,739 66.11% 8,581 33.89% 8,158 32.22% 25,320
Lyman 948 66.06% 487 33.94% 461 32.13% 1,435
Marshall 1,120 56.82% 851 43.18% 269 13.65% 1,971
McCook 1,786 67.91% 844 32.09% 942 35.82% 2,630
McPherson 940 79.59% 241 20.41% 699 59.19% 1,181
Meade 8,756 75.78% 2,799 24.22% 5,957 51.55% 11,555
Mellette 419 60.46% 274 39.54% 145 20.92% 693
Miner 694 63.55% 398 36.45% 296 27.11% 1,092
Minnehaha 44,809 57.45% 33,184 42.55% 11,625 14.91% 77,993
Moody 1,545 52.30% 1,409 47.70% 136 4.60% 2,954
Oglala Lakota 514 17.87% 2,362 82.13% -1,848 -64.26% 2,876
Pennington 31,746 67.19% 15,502 32.81% 16,244 34.38% 47,248
Perkins 1,353 83.99% 258 16.01% 1,095 67.97% 1,611
Potter 1,076 80.06% 268 19.94% 808 60.12% 1,344
Roberts 2,200 56.02% 1,727 43.98% 473 12.04% 3,927
Sanborn 804 71.21% 325 28.79% 479 42.43% 1,129
Spink 1,875 62.98% 1,102 37.02% 773 25.97% 2,977
Stanley 1,132 72.33% 433 27.67% 699 44.66% 1,565
Sully 668 77.76% 191 22.24% 477 55.53% 859
Todd 580 27.51% 1,528 72.49% -948 -44.97% 2,108
Tripp 1,976 75.33% 647 24.67% 1,329 50.67% 2,623
Turner 2,959 70.82% 1,219 29.18% 1,740 41.65% 4,178
Union 5,758 73.49% 2,077 26.51% 3,681 46.98% 7,835
Walworth 1,891 76.93% 567 23.07% 1,324 53.86% 2,458
Yankton 5,763 60.08% 3,830 39.92% 1,933 20.15% 9,593
Ziebach 364 47.40% 404 52.60% -40 -5.21% 768
Totals237,16364.10%132,81035.90%104,35328.21%369,973

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  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. 1 2 Krebs, Shantel (November 15, 2016). "2016 General Election Official Results State Canvass" (PDF). Secretary of State of South Dakota. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 3, 2025. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
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Official campaign websites (Archived)

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