2020 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

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.

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

Republican primary Candidates Declared Dusty Johnson, incumbent U.S. representative Liz Marty May, state representative

Primary results

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.

Candidates Failed to qualify Whitney Raver, small business owner Brian Worth, financial crime specialist

Withdrawn Ellee Spawn, resource coordinator

Endorsements

Libertarian convention Candidates Declared Randy Luallin, nominee for Colorado's 2nd congressional district in 2012

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report November 2, 2020 Inside Elections October 28, 2020 Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 2, 2020PoliticoNovember 2, 2020Daily KosNovember 2, 2020RCPNovember 2, 2020

Results

By county CountyDusty JohnsonRepublicanRandy LuallinLibertarianMarginTotal#%#%#%Aurora1,22489.47%14410.53%1,08078.95%1,368Beadle5,85786.22%93613.78%4,92172.44%6,793Bennett80773.70%28826.30%51947.40%1,095Bon Homme2,51986.62%38913.38%2,13073.25%2,908Brookings10,74179.37%2,79120.63%7,95058.75%13,532Brown13,70682.83%2,84117.17%10,86565.66%16,547Brule2,07385.98%33814.02%1,73571.96%2,411Buffalo30660.96%19639.04%11021.91%502Butte3,97785.55%67214.45%3,30571.09%4,649Campbell79092.51%647.49%72685.01%854Charles Mix2,92180.60%70319.40%2,21861.20%3,624Clark1,57187.62%22212.38%1,34975.24%1,793Clay3,75073.13%1,37826.87%2,37246.26%5,128Codington10,68585.03%1,88114.97%8,80470.06%12,566Corson75567.41%36532.59%39034.82%1,120Custer4,33682.78%90217.22%3,43465.56%5,238Davison7,10186.92%1,06913.08%6,03273.83%8,170Day2,33682.81%48517.19%1,85165.62%2,821Deuel2,00587.21%29412.79%1,71174.42%2,299Dewey1,06560.58%69339.42%37221.16%1,758Douglas1,56893.67%1066.33%1,46287.34%1,674Edmunds1,74190.44%1849.56%1,55780.88%1,925Fall River3,14281.04%73518.96%2,40762.08%3,877Faulk1,06592.21%907.79%97584.42%1,155Grant3,16487.26%46212.74%2,70274.52%3,626Gregory2,00991.82%1798.18%1,83083.64%2,188Haakon1,06194.73%595.27%1,00289.46%1,120Hamlin2,64488.05%35911.95%2,28576.09%3,003Hand1,64791.20%1598.80%1,48882.39%1,806Hanson1,93887.57%27512.43%1,66375.15%2,213Harding74793.96%486.04%69987.92%795Hughes7,14884.85%1,27615.15%5,87269.71%8,424Hutchinson3,30190.39%3519.61%2,95080.78%3,652Hyde62890.23%689.77%56080.46%696Jackson80976.18%25323.82%55652.35%1,062Jerauld84788.05%11511.95%73276.09%962Jones52889.04%6510.96%46378.08%593Kingsbury2,31486.50%36113.50%1,95373.01%2,675Lake4,71784.98%83415.02%3,88369.95%5,551Lawrence10,48180.61%2,52119.39%7,96061.22%13,002Lincoln25,29882.71%5,29017.29%20,00865.41%30,588Lyman1,22879.74%31220.26%91659.48%1,540Marshall1,67082.10%36417.90%1,30664.21%2,034McCook2,47987.04%36912.96%2,11074.09%2,848McPherson1,18191.20%1148.80%1,06782.39%1,295Meade10,98383.45%2,17816.55%8,80566.90%13,161Mellette54873.46%19826.54%35046.92%746Miner96487.88%13312.12%83175.75%1,097Minnehaha65,47376.96%19,60023.04%45,87353.92%85,073Moody2,42579.35%63120.65%1,79458.70%3,056Oglala Lakota85531.43%1,86568.57%-1,010-37.13%2,720Pennington41,98278.24%11,67921.76%30,30356.47%53,661Perkins1,42789.02%17610.98%1,25178.04%1,603Potter1,25592.48%1027.52%1,15384.97%1,357Roberts3,10076.85%93423.15%2,16653.69%4,034Sanborn1,01688.73%12911.27%88777.47%1,145Spink2,64586.86%40013.14%2,24573.73%3,045Stanley1,39988.60%18011.40%1,21977.20%1,579Sully80789.77%9210.23%71579.53%899Todd96143.52%1,24756.48%-286-12.95%2,208Tripp2,36089.84%26710.16%2,09379.67%2,627Turner3,88587.78%54112.22%3,34475.55%4,426Union6,86283.61%1,34516.39%5,51767.22%8,207Walworth2,22289.27%26710.73%1,95578.55%2,489Yankton8,40481.66%1,88718.34%6,51763.33%10,291Ziebach53164.13%29735.87%23428.26%828Totals321,98480.96%75,74819.04%246,23661.91%397,732

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Libertarian Oglala Lakota (largest city: Pine Ridge) Todd (largest city: Mission)

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Ziebach (largest city: Dupree) Corson (largest city: McLaughlin) Clay (largest city: Vermillion) Dewey (largest city: North Eagle Butte) Buffalo (largest city: Fort Thompson)

References

External links

(state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)

Official campaign websites Dusty Johnson (R) for Congress Randy Luallin (L) for Congress