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.

Incumbent Republican Kristi Noem won re-election.

Republican primary Candidates Declared Kristi Noem, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary Candidates Declared Paula Hawks, South Dakota State Representative

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 7, 2016Daily Kos ElectionsNovember 7, 2016 RothenbergNovember 3, 2016 Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 7, 2016RCPOctober 31, 2016

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror KristiNoem (R) PaulaHawks (D) Other UndecidedNielson Brothers PollingNielson Brothers Polling October 24–26, 2016 600 ± 4% 51% 41% — 8%Mason-DixonMason-Dixon October 18–20, 2016 400 ± 5.0% 59% 35% — 6%

Results

By county CountyKristi NoemRepublicanPaula HawksDemocraticMarginTotal#%#%#%Aurora92965.38%49234.62%43730.75%1,421Beadle4,49165.74%2,34034.26%2,15131.49%6,831Bennett72163.25%41936.75%30226.49%1,140Bon Homme1,94264.99%1,04635.01%89629.99%2,988Brookings7,41858.09%5,35241.91%2,06616.18%12,770Brown9,67659.85%6,49240.15%3,18419.69%16,168Brule1,58568.97%71331.03%87237.95%2,298Buffalo20040.82%29059.18%-90-18.37%490Butte3,40779.20%89520.80%2,51258.39%4,302Campbell69984.62%12715.38%57269.25%826Charles Mix2,28866.47%1,15433.53%1,13432.95%3,442Clark1,09965.30%58434.70%51530.60%1,683Clay2,42747.86%2,64452.14%-217-4.28%5,071Codington7,86666.69%3,92833.31%3,93833.39%11,794Corson63155.21%51244.79%11910.41%1,143Custer3,44572.79%1,28827.21%2,15745.57%4,733Davison5,25365.56%2,75934.44%2,49431.13%8,012Day1,58057.00%1,19243.00%38814.00%2,772Deuel1,40166.71%69933.29%70233.43%2,100Dewey73443.35%95956.65%-225-13.29%1,693Douglas1,33482.81%27717.19%1,05765.61%1,611Edmunds1,39472.83%52027.17%87445.66%1,914Fall River2,59573.51%93526.49%1,66047.03%3,530Faulk83873.57%30126.43%53747.15%1,139Grant2,46768.53%1,13331.47%1,33437.06%3,600Gregory1,51972.64%57227.36%94745.29%2,091Haakon92689.47%10910.53%81778.94%1,035Hamlin2,06273.85%73026.15%1,33247.71%2,792Hand1,38175.10%45824.90%92350.19%1,839Hanson1,44473.34%52526.66%91946.67%1,969Harding67989.81%7710.19%60279.63%756Hughes5,59667.70%2,67032.30%2,92635.40%8,266Hutchinson2,55175.47%82924.53%1,72250.95%3,380Hyde51874.64%17625.36%34249.28%694Jackson74568.54%34231.46%40337.07%1,087Jerauld63864.90%34535.10%29329.81%983Jones46082.00%10118.00%35963.99%561Kingsbury1,67365.30%88934.70%78430.60%2,562Lake4,09560.68%2,65439.32%1,44121.35%6,749Lawrence8,04168.06%3,77431.94%4,26736.12%11,815Lincoln16,73966.11%8,58133.89%8,15832.22%25,320Lyman94866.06%48733.94%46132.13%1,435Marshall1,12056.82%85143.18%26913.65%1,971McCook1,78667.91%84432.09%94235.82%2,630McPherson94079.59%24120.41%69959.19%1,181Meade8,75675.78%2,79924.22%5,95751.55%11,555Mellette41960.46%27439.54%14520.92%693Miner69463.55%39836.45%29627.11%1,092Minnehaha44,80957.45%33,18442.55%11,62514.91%77,993Moody1,54552.30%1,40947.70%1364.60%2,954Oglala Lakota51417.87%2,36282.13%-1,848-64.26%2,876Pennington31,74667.19%15,50232.81%16,24434.38%47,248Perkins1,35383.99%25816.01%1,09567.97%1,611Potter1,07680.06%26819.94%80860.12%1,344Roberts2,20056.02%1,72743.98%47312.04%3,927Sanborn80471.21%32528.79%47942.43%1,129Spink1,87562.98%1,10237.02%77325.97%2,977Stanley1,13272.33%43327.67%69944.66%1,565Sully66877.76%19122.24%47755.53%859Todd58027.51%1,52872.49%-948-44.97%2,108Tripp1,97675.33%64724.67%1,32950.67%2,623Turner2,95970.82%1,21929.18%1,74041.65%4,178Union5,75873.49%2,07726.51%3,68146.98%7,835Walworth1,89176.93%56723.07%1,32453.86%2,458Yankton5,76360.08%3,83039.92%1,93320.15%9,593Ziebach36447.40%40452.60%-40-5.21%768Totals237,16364.10%132,81035.90%104,35328.21%369,973

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Ziebach (largest city: Dupree)

2016 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

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