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2016 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota's at-large district South Dakota presidential no 2014 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota 2014 2018 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota 2018 2016 11 08 File:Kristi L. Noem 113th Congress.jpg 150x150px Kristi Noem Republican Party (United States) 237,163 64.10% 3x4.svg Paula Hawks Democratic Party (United States) 132,810 35.90% 260px County results 260px Precinct results 1 250px Noem: #E27F7F 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90% Hawks: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% U.S. Representative Kristi Noem Republican Party (United States) Kristi Noem Republican Party (United States)
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 Representativehttp://www.capjournal.com/news/dem-paula-hawks-starts-house-run-against-kristi-noem/article_1c23a24c-39f2-11e5-a04a-f709b047304f.html Dem Paula Hawks starts House run against Kristi Noem Capital Journal Associated Press August 3, 2015 October 11, 2015
General election
Predictions
SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report2016 House Race Ratings for November 7, 2016 http://cookpolitical.com/house/charts/race-ratings House: Race Ratings Cook Political Report November 12, 2016Safe RNovember 7, 2016Daily Kos ElectionsDaily Kos Elections House race ratings: Initial ratings for 2016 http://www.dailykos.com/election-outlook/2016-race-ratings#house Daily Kos Elections November 7, 2016Safe RNovember 7, 2016 Rothenberg2016 House Ratings (November 3, 2016) http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.com/ratings/house House Ratings The Rothenberg Political Report November 3, 2016Safe RNovember 3, 2016 Sabato's Crystal Ball2016 House http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2016-house Sabato's Crystal Ball November 7, 2016 November 7, 2016Safe RNovember 7, 2016RCPBattle for the House 2016 http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/house/2016_elections_house_map.html Real Clear Politics October 31, 2016Safe ROctober 31, 2016
Polling
Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror KristiNoem (R) PaulaHawks (D) Other UndecidedNielson Brothers PollingNielson Brothers Polling https://web.archive.org/web/20161102155148/http://kelo.com/news/articles/2016/nov/01/poll-trump-thune-noem-maintain-leads-in-sd/ 2016-11-02 October 24–26, 2016 600 ± 4% 51% 41% — 8%Mason-DixonMason-Dixon October 18–20, 2016 400 ± 5.0% 59% 35% — 6%
Results
2016 South Dakota's at-large congressional district election
Kristi Noem (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 237,163 64.10% -2.43%
Paula Hawks Democratic Party (United States) 132,810 35.90% +2.43%
369,973 100.00% N/A
Republican Party (United States)
By county
Countyhttps://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/Archive/2016%20Assets/2016GeneralElectionOfficialResultsStateCanvass.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20260802063905/https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/Archive/2016%20Assets/2016GeneralElectionOfficialResultsStateCanvass.pdf August 2, 2026 live 2016 General Election Official Results State Canvass Krebs Shantel Shantel Krebs November 15, 2016 Secretary of State of South Dakota August 14, 2026Kristi 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)
right 260px Swing by county Legend #00a1c8 Democratic — +>15% #09ceff Democratic — +10-12.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5–10% #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #AAEEFF Democratic — +2.5-5% #D5F6FF Democratic — +0-2.5% #FFD5D5 Republican — +0-2.5% #FFAAAA Republican — +2.5-5% #FF8080 Republican — +5-7.5% 260px Trend by county Legend #00bdec Democratic — +12.5–15% #09ceff Democratic — +10-12.5% #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #AAEEFF Democratic — +2.5-5% #D5F6FF Democratic — +0-2.5% #FFD5D5 Republican — +0-2.5% #FFAAAA Republican — +2.5-5% #FF8080 Republican — +5-7.5% #FF5555 Republican — +7.5–10% #FF2A2A Republican — +10-12.5% 260px County flips Legend
Democratic
#92c5de Hold
#0671b0 Flip
Republican
#f48882 Hold
See also
United States Politics
United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
United States elections, 2016
References
External links
Official campaign websites (Archived)
Paula Hawks for Congress
Kristi Noem for Congress
South Dakota
2016
United States House
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