2020 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

2020 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, at-large district
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Dusty Johnson Randy Luallin
Party Republican Libertarian
Popular vote 321,984 75,748
Percentage 80.96% 19.04%
County results
Precinct results
Johnson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Luallin:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. Representative before election

Dusty Johnson
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Dusty Johnson
Republican

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

Primary results

Results by county
  Johnson
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  May
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dusty Johnson (incumbent) 71,496 76.65%
Republican Liz Marty May 21,779 23.35%
Total votes 93,275 100.0%

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.[3]

Candidates

Failed to qualify

  • Whitney Raver, small business owner[3]
  • Brian Worth, financial crime specialist[3]

Withdrawn

  • Ellee Spawn, resource coordinator

Endorsements

Whitney Raver

Organizations

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[7] Safe R November 2, 2020
Inside Elections[8] Safe R October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[9] Safe R November 2, 2020
Politico[10] Safe R November 2, 2020
Daily Kos[11] Safe R November 2, 2020
RCP[12] Safe R November 2, 2020

Results

2020 South Dakota's at-large congressional district[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dusty Johnson (incumbent) 321,984 80.96%
Libertarian Randy Luallin 75,748 19.04%
Total votes 397,732 100.00%
Republican hold

By county

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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

  1. ^ Raposa, Megan (February 1, 2020). "West river rancher announces run for Congress". Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
  2. ^ "2020PrimaryStateCanvassReportandCertificate.pdf" (PDF). South Dakota Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "South Dakota Democrats will not field a U.S. House candidate in 2020". abc Dakota News Now. April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Endorsed Candidates". NWPC. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  5. ^ Lawrence, Tom (June 1, 2020). "Lawrence: Democrats fail to qualify candidate for U.S. House race". Aberdeen News. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  6. ^ Camera |, Daily (October 10, 2012). "Randy Luallin: 2nd Congressional District". Boulder Daily Camera. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "2020 House Race Ratings for November 2, 2020". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  8. ^ "2020 House Ratings". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  9. ^ "2020 House race ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  10. ^ "2020 Election Forecast". Politico. April 5, 2021.
  11. ^ "2020 House Race Ratings". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  12. ^ "Battle for House 2020". RCP. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  13. ^ 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. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
  • Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "South Dakota", Voting & Elections Toolkits
  • "South Dakota: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
  • "League of Women Voters of South Dakota". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
  • South Dakota at Ballotpedia

Official campaign websites

  • Dusty Johnson (R) for Congress
  • Randy Luallin (L) for Congress
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