2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

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Nominee Stephanie Herseth Larry Diedrich Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 207,837 178,823 Percentage 53.36% 45.91%

County results Herseth:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Diedrich:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Stephanie Herseth Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Stephanie Herseth Democratic

The2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Voters selected a representative for their singleat-large district, who ran on a statewide ballot.

In the regularly scheduled election in November 2004, freshman incumbentStephanie Herseth andstate SenatorLarry Diedrich, who had run in theJuly 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 PresidentGeorge W. Bush's dominant 59.9% to 38.4% over SenatorJohn Kerryin South Dakota in the 2004 presidential election, as well as Senate Democratic LeaderTom Daschle'snarrow loss in the state's concurrent election for U.S. Senate.

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• Union (Largest city:Dakota Dunes)
• Edmunds (largest city:Ipswich)
• Stanley (largest city:Fort Pierre)
• Turner (largest city:Parker)
• Hand (largest city:Miller)

• Clark (largest city:Clark)
• McCook (largest city:Salem)
• Davison (largest city:Mitchell)
• Kingsbury (Largest city:De Smet)

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