2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

South Dakota regional election February 2026 June 2013 2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota South Dakota presidential no 2004 South Dakota's at-large congressional district special election June 2004(special) 2006 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota 2006 November 2, 2004 File:Stephanie Herseth, official portrait (108th Congress) (cropped).jpg 150x150px Stephanie Herseth Democratic Party (United States) 207,837 53.36% 3x4.svg Larry Diedrich Republican Party (United States) 178,823 45.91% 2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota results map by county.svg 260px County resultsHerseth: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Diedrich: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% U.S. Representative Stephanie Herseth Democratic Party (United States) Stephanie Herseth Democratic Party (United States) 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 Stephanie Herseth and state Senator Larry Diedrich, who had run in the 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 George W. Bush's dominant 59.9% to 38.4% over Senator John Kerry 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. General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report2004 Competitive House Race Chart http://www.cookpolitical.com/races/report_pdfs/2004_house_chart_oct29.pdf House: Race Ratings Cook Political Report 29 October 2004 21 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20060510004528/http://www.cookpolitical.com/races/report_pdfs/2004_house_chart_oct29.pdf 10 May 2006Lean D October 29, 2004 Sabato's Crystal Ball2004 House http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2004/house/?view Sabato's Crystal Ball 3 November 2004 24 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20041111091413/http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2004/house/?view 11 November 2004Lean D November 1, 2004 Results South Dakota's at-large congressional district election, 2004http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004/2004Stat.htm Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Party (United States) Stephanie Herseth (incumbent) 207,837 53.36% Republican Party (United States) Larry Diedrich 178,823 45.91% Libertarian Party (United States) Terry Begay 2,808 0.72% 389,468 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) 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 Pierre) Turner (largest city: Parker) Hand (largest city: Miller) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Clark (largest city: Clark) McCook (largest city: Salem) Davison (largest city: Mitchell) Kingsbury (Largest city: De Smet) References United States House of Representatives South Dakota 2004