The2020 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota was held on November 3, 2020, to elect theU.S. representative fromSouth Dakota's at-large congressional district . The election coincided with the2020 U.S. presidential election , as well asother elections to the House of Representatives,elections to theUnited States Senate and variousstate and local elections .
Incumbent RepublicanDusty Johnson was elected with 60.3% of the vote in 2018.
Results by county 50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
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.[ 3]
Whitney Raver, small business owner[ 3] Brian Worth, financial crime specialist[ 3] Ellee Spawn, resource coordinator Libertarian convention [ edit ] County Flips:Libertarian Gain from Democratic
Republican Hold
Gain from Democratic
County[ 13] Dusty Johnson Republican Randy Luallin Libertarian Margin Total # % # % # % Aurora 1,224 89.47% 144 10.53% 1,080 78.95% 1,368 Beadle 5,857 86.22% 936 13.78% 4,921 72.44% 6,793 Bennett 807 73.70% 288 26.30% 519 47.40% 1,095 Bon Homme 2,519 86.62% 389 13.38% 2,130 73.25% 2,908 Brookings 10,741 79.37% 2,791 20.63% 7,950 58.75% 13,532 Brown 13,706 82.83% 2,841 17.17% 10,865 65.66% 16,547 Brule 2,073 85.98% 338 14.02% 1,735 71.96% 2,411 Buffalo 306 60.96% 196 39.04% 110 21.91% 502 Butte 3,977 85.55% 672 14.45% 3,305 71.09% 4,649 Campbell 790 92.51% 64 7.49% 726 85.01% 854 Charles Mix 2,921 80.60% 703 19.40% 2,218 61.20% 3,624 Clark 1,571 87.62% 222 12.38% 1,349 75.24% 1,793 Clay 3,750 73.13% 1,378 26.87% 2,372 46.26% 5,128 Codington 10,685 85.03% 1,881 14.97% 8,804 70.06% 12,566 Corson 755 67.41% 365 32.59% 390 34.82% 1,120 Custer 4,336 82.78% 902 17.22% 3,434 65.56% 5,238 Davison 7,101 86.92% 1,069 13.08% 6,032 73.83% 8,170 Day 2,336 82.81% 485 17.19% 1,851 65.62% 2,821 Deuel 2,005 87.21% 294 12.79% 1,711 74.42% 2,299 Dewey 1,065 60.58% 693 39.42% 372 21.16% 1,758 Douglas 1,568 93.67% 106 6.33% 1,462 87.34% 1,674 Edmunds 1,741 90.44% 184 9.56% 1,557 80.88% 1,925 Fall River 3,142 81.04% 735 18.96% 2,407 62.08% 3,877 Faulk 1,065 92.21% 90 7.79% 975 84.42% 1,155 Grant 3,164 87.26% 462 12.74% 2,702 74.52% 3,626 Gregory 2,009 91.82% 179 8.18% 1,830 83.64% 2,188 Haakon 1,061 94.73% 59 5.27% 1,002 89.46% 1,120 Hamlin 2,644 88.05% 359 11.95% 2,285 76.09% 3,003 Hand 1,647 91.20% 159 8.80% 1,488 82.39% 1,806 Hanson 1,938 87.57% 275 12.43% 1,663 75.15% 2,213 Harding 747 93.96% 48 6.04% 699 87.92% 795 Hughes 7,148 84.85% 1,276 15.15% 5,872 69.71% 8,424 Hutchinson 3,301 90.39% 351 9.61% 2,950 80.78% 3,652 Hyde 628 90.23% 68 9.77% 560 80.46% 696 Jackson 809 76.18% 253 23.82% 556 52.35% 1,062 Jerauld 847 88.05% 115 11.95% 732 76.09% 962 Jones 528 89.04% 65 10.96% 463 78.08% 593 Kingsbury 2,314 86.50% 361 13.50% 1,953 73.01% 2,675 Lake 4,717 84.98% 834 15.02% 3,883 69.95% 5,551 Lawrence 10,481 80.61% 2,521 19.39% 7,960 61.22% 13,002 Lincoln 25,298 82.71% 5,290 17.29% 20,008 65.41% 30,588 Lyman 1,228 79.74% 312 20.26% 916 59.48% 1,540 Marshall 1,670 82.10% 364 17.90% 1,306 64.21% 2,034 McCook 2,479 87.04% 369 12.96% 2,110 74.09% 2,848 McPherson 1,181 91.20% 114 8.80% 1,067 82.39% 1,295 Meade 10,983 83.45% 2,178 16.55% 8,805 66.90% 13,161 Mellette 548 73.46% 198 26.54% 350 46.92% 746 Miner 964 87.88% 133 12.12% 831 75.75% 1,097 Minnehaha 65,473 76.96% 19,600 23.04% 45,873 53.92% 85,073 Moody 2,425 79.35% 631 20.65% 1,794 58.70% 3,056 Oglala Lakota 855 31.43% 1,865 68.57% -1,010 -37.13% 2,720 Pennington 41,982 78.24% 11,679 21.76% 30,303 56.47% 53,661 Perkins 1,427 89.02% 176 10.98% 1,251 78.04% 1,603 Potter 1,255 92.48% 102 7.52% 1,153 84.97% 1,357 Roberts 3,100 76.85% 934 23.15% 2,166 53.69% 4,034 Sanborn 1,016 88.73% 129 11.27% 887 77.47% 1,145 Spink 2,645 86.86% 400 13.14% 2,245 73.73% 3,045 Stanley 1,399 88.60% 180 11.40% 1,219 77.20% 1,579 Sully 807 89.77% 92 10.23% 715 79.53% 899 Todd 961 43.52% 1,247 56.48% -286 -12.95% 2,208 Tripp 2,360 89.84% 267 10.16% 2,093 79.67% 2,627 Turner 3,885 87.78% 541 12.22% 3,344 75.55% 4,426 Union 6,862 83.61% 1,345 16.39% 5,517 67.22% 8,207 Walworth 2,222 89.27% 267 10.73% 1,955 78.55% 2,489 Yankton 8,404 81.66% 1,887 18.34% 6,517 63.33% 10,291 Ziebach 531 64.13% 297 35.87% 234 28.26% 828 Totals 321,984 80.96% 75,748 19.04% 246,236 61.91% 397,732
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Libertarian [ edit ] Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ] ^ Raposa, Megan (February 1, 2020)."West river rancher announces run for Congress" .Sioux Falls Argus Leader . ^ "2020PrimaryStateCanvassReportandCertificate.pdf" (PDF) .South Dakota Secretary of State . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on September 13, 2020. RetrievedAugust 27, 2020 .^a b c "South Dakota Democrats will not field a U.S. House candidate in 2020" .abc Dakota News Now . April 7, 2020. RetrievedApril 12, 2020 .^ "Endorsed Candidates" .NWPC . RetrievedApril 9, 2020 .^ Lawrence, Tom (June 1, 2020)."Lawrence: Democrats fail to qualify candidate for U.S. House race" .Aberdeen News . RetrievedJune 11, 2020 . ^ Camera |, Daily (October 10, 2012)."Randy Luallin: 2nd Congressional District" .Boulder Daily Camera . RetrievedJuly 3, 2020 . ^ "2020 House Race Ratings for November 2, 2020" .The Cook Political Report . RetrievedApril 5, 2021 .^ "2020 House Ratings" .House Ratings . The Rothenberg Political Report. RetrievedApril 5, 2021 .^ "2020 House race ratings" .Sabato's Crystal Ball . RetrievedApril 5, 2021 .^ "2020 Election Forecast" .Politico . April 5, 2021.^ "2020 House Race Ratings" .Daily Kos Elections . RetrievedApril 5, 2021 .^ "Battle for House 2020" .RCP . RetrievedApril 5, 2021 .^a b Barnett, Steve (November 10, 2020)."2020 General Election Official State Canvass Results" (PDF) .Secretary of State of South Dakota .Archived (PDF) from the original on December 21, 2025. RetrievedJanuary 5, 2026 .Official campaign websites
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