2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota
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County results Herseth: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Diedrich: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in South Dakota |
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The 2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Voters selected a representative for their single
at-large district
, who ran on a statewide ballot.
In the regularly scheduled election in November 2004, freshman incumbent
July 2004 special election
earlier, faced each other in a rematch; Libertarian candidate Terry L. Begay also ran in this election.
Herseth again prevailed, this time by a wider margin of 53% to 46%, despite President
in South Dakota in the 2004 presidential election, as well as Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle's narrow loss
in the state's concurrent election for U.S. Senate.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Stephanie Herseth (incumbent)
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207,837 | 53.36 | |
Republican | Larry Diedrich | 178,823 | 45.91 | |
Libertarian | Terry Begay | 2,808 | 0.72 | |
Total votes | 389,468 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Charles Mix (Largest city: Wagner)
- Union (Largest city: Dakota Dunes)
- Edmunds (largest city: Ipswich)
- Stanley (largest city: Fort Peirre)
- Turner (largest city: Parker)
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Clark (largest city: Clark)
- McCook (largest city: Salem)
- Davison (largest city: Mitchell)
- Kingsbury (Largest city: De Smet)