2012 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

none February 2026 September 2023 2012 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota South Dakota presidential no 2010 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota 2010 2014 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota 2014 November 6, 2012 150x150px File:Kristi Noem portrait (cropped).jpg Kristi Noem Republican Party (United States) 207,640 57.45% File:3x4.svg Matt Varilek Democratic Party (United States) 153,789 42.55% 2012 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota results map by county.svg 260px County resultsNoem: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Varilek: #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 2012 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the single U.S. representative from South Dakota's At-large congressional district, comprising the entire state of South Dakota. The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election. 2 Republican primary Candidates Nominee Kristi Noem, incumbent U.S. representativehttp://www.argusleader.com/article/20110716/NEWS/107160314/Rep-Noem-gears-up-re-election-campaign Rep. Noem gears up for re-election campaign July 16, 2011 July 20, 2011 Argus Leader Megan LutherAugust 2024 InternetArchiveBot yes Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Matt Varilek, staffer for Senator Tim Johnsonhttp://www.siouxcityjournal.com/blogs/politically_speaking/politically-speaking-varilek-enters-race-for-south-dakota-congressional-seat/article_107fbf09-a8a8-56ed-9e09-19a782b47dc5.html Politically Speaking: Varilek enters race for South Dakota congressional seat December 2, 2011 December 2, 2011 Sioux City Journal Bret Hayworth Eliminated in primary Jeff Barth, Minnehaha County commissioner Declined Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, former U.S. representativeMontgomery David Herseth Sandlin won’t run for House seat https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/herseth-sandlin-won-t-run-for-house-seat/article_635c3998-44bf-11e1-b006-0019bb2963f4.html Rapid City Journal 21 August 2025 https://archive.today/20250821021047/https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/herseth-sandlin-won-t-run-for-house-seat/article_635c3998-44bf-11e1-b006-0019bb2963f4.html 21 August 2025 22 January 2012 live Primary results Democratic primary resultshttp://electionresults.sd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=SWR&map=CTY Statewide Races June 25, 2012 August 3, 2012 Secretary of State of South Dakota Matt Varilek Democratic Party (United States) 21,759 71.9 Jeff Barth Democratic Party (United States) 8,494 28.1 30,253 100.0 General election Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror KristiNoem (R) MattVarilek (D) UndecidedNielson Brothers Pollinghttps://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/NBPSDNov.pdf Nielson Brothers Polling October 31 – November 4, 2012 633 ± 3.90% 54% 41% 5%Nielson Brothers Pollinghttp://www.mitchellrepublic.com/event/article/id/71986/group/homepage McGovern, Noem have leads in newly released poll results | The Daily Republic | Mitchell, South Dakota November 5, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121105001126/http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/event/article/id/71986/group/homepage November 5, 2012 October 28–31, 2012 671 ± 3.78% 50% 44% 5%Nielson Brothers Pollinghttp://www.mitchellrepublic.com/event/article/id/70337/group/homepage Poll: Noem opens lead of nine points | The Daily Republic | Mitchell, South Dakota September 26, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120926022000/http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/event/article/id/70337/group/homepage September 26, 2012 August 29 – September 6, 2012 509 ± 4.34% 51% 42% 7%Nielson Brothers Pollinghttps://www.scribd.com/doc/101955145/Final-July-Survey-Candidates-and-Issues Final July Survey Candidates and Issues | PDF Scribd July 19–23, 2012 541 ± 4.21% 47% 46% 7% background:#cff Hypothetical polling border:solid 1px silver; padding:8px; background:var(--background-color-base); color:var(--color-base); Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror KristiNoem (R) StephanieH. Sandlin (D) UndecidedPublic Policy Pollinghttp://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_SD_02021118.pdf Public Policy Polling January 28–30, 2011 1,045 ± 3.0% 45% 46% 8% Endorsements Matt Varilek (D) Organizations Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Emerging Races" ProgramRED TO BLUE 2012 http://www.dccc.org/pages/redtoblue DCCC 5 March 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20121026213338/http://www.dccc.org/pages/redtoblue 26 October 2012 Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Reporthttp://cookpolitical.com/house/charts/race-ratings The Cook Political Report — Charts – 2012 House Competitive Races Cookpolitical.com November 5, 2012 November 6, 2012Likely R November 5, 2012 Rothenberghttp://rothenbergpoliticalreport.com/ratings/house House Ratings Rothenbergpoliticalreport.com November 2, 2012 November 4, 2012Safe R November 2, 2012 Roll Call, 2012 11 04 us onSafe R November 4, 2012 Sabato's Crystal BallCrystal Ball https://web.archive.org/web/20230420175527/https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/category/2012-house/ April 20, 2023 , 2012 11 05 us onLikely R November 5, 2012 NY TimesHouse Race Ratings, The New York Times, 2012 11 04 us onSafe R November 4, 2012RCP, 2012 11 04 us onSafe R November 4, 2012The HillHouse Ratings https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/race-ratings/107735-the-hills-house-ratings-democrats-chances-for-seats-have-dimmed/ The Hill November 4, 2012 November 3, 2012 Safe R November 4, 2012 Results 2012 South Dakota's at-large congressional district election Republican Party (United States) Kristi Noem (incumbent) 207,640 57.45% +9.33% Democratic Party (United States) Matt Varilek 153,789 42.55% -3.34% 361,429 100.00% N/A Republican Party (United States) By county Countyhttps://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/Archive/Prior%20to%202026/OfficialGeneralElectionStateCanvass.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20260823223017/https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/Archive/Prior%20to%202026/OfficialGeneralElectionStateCanvass.pdf August 23, 2026 live State Canvass Gant Jason Jason Gant November 13, 2012 Secretary of State of South Dakota August 27, 2026Kristi NoemRepublicanMatt VarilekDemocraticMarginTotal#%#%#%Aurora79356.68%60643.32%18713.37%1,399Beadle4,06956.16%3,17743.84%89212.31%7,246Bennett68256.46%52643.54%15612.91%1,208Bon Homme1,68754.70%1,39745.30%2909.40%3,084Brookings6,16049.85%6,19750.15%-37-0.30%12,357Brown7,67347.93%8,33552.07%-662-4.14%16,008Brule1,44060.30%94839.70%49220.60%2,388Buffalo18128.41%45671.59%-275-43.17%637Butte3,10074.00%1,08926.00%2,01148.01%4,189Campbell59776.54%18323.46%41453.08%780Charles Mix2,21958.83%1,55341.17%66617.66%3,772Clark1,10259.92%73740.08%36519.85%1,839Clay2,16341.69%3,02558.31%-862-16.62%5,188Codington6,75458.57%4,77841.43%1,97617.13%11,532Corson61652.38%56047.62%564.76%1,176Custer3,06868.41%1,41731.59%1,65136.81%4,485Davison4,69858.89%3,27941.11%1,41917.79%7,977Day1,27844.36%1,60355.64%-325-11.28%2,881Deuel1,25457.87%91342.13%34115.74%2,167Dewey71938.43%1,15261.57%-433-23.14%1,871Douglas1,32778.20%37021.80%95756.39%1,697Edmunds1,16760.56%76039.44%40721.12%1,927Fall River2,37067.77%1,12732.23%1,24335.54%3,497Faulk72865.06%39134.94%33730.12%1,119Grant2,13759.02%1,48440.98%65318.03%3,621Gregory1,43166.31%72733.69%70432.62%2,158Haakon91083.33%18216.67%72866.67%1,092Hamlin1,87167.11%91732.89%95434.22%2,788Hand1,20764.93%65235.07%55529.85%1,859Hanson1,57366.99%77533.01%79833.99%2,348Harding64287.70%9012.30%55275.41%732Hughes5,04061.99%3,09038.01%1,95023.99%8,130Hutchinson2,39169.40%1,05430.60%1,33738.81%3,445Hyde50269.05%22530.95%27738.10%727Jackson67461.89%41538.11%25923.78%1,089Jerauld56455.90%44544.10%11911.79%1,009Jones47977.89%13622.11%34355.77%615Kingsbury1,45856.29%1,13243.71%32612.59%2,590Lake3,26952.85%2,91647.15%3535.71%6,185Lawrence7,07562.73%4,20437.27%2,87125.45%11,279Lincoln13,10760.12%8,69639.88%4,41120.23%21,803Lyman91658.46%65141.54%26516.91%1,567Marshall90245.44%1,08354.56%-181-9.12%1,985McCook1,61461.67%1,00338.33%61123.35%2,617McPherson88472.64%33327.36%55145.28%1,217Meade7,69271.75%3,02828.25%4,66443.51%10,720Mellette41153.45%35846.55%536.89%769Miner62354.03%53045.97%938.07%1,153Minnehaha38,86051.34%36,82748.66%2,0332.69%75,687Moody1,54950.97%1,49049.03%591.94%3,039Pennington28,41864.68%15,51635.32%12,90229.37%43,934Perkins1,19776.44%36923.56%82852.87%1,566Potter95269.54%41730.46%53539.08%1,369Roberts2,01747.47%2,23252.53%-215-5.06%4,249Sanborn69361.99%42538.01%26823.97%1,118Shannon50416.24%2,59983.76%-2,095-67.52%3,103Spink1,62553.17%1,43146.83%1946.35%3,056Stanley1,01365.86%52534.14%48831.73%1,538Sully59673.22%21826.78%37846.44%814Todd68727.77%1,78772.23%-1,100-44.46%2,474Tripp1,88769.45%83030.55%1,05738.90%2,717Turner2,60561.92%1,60238.08%1,00323.84%4,207Union4,88565.17%2,61134.83%2,27430.34%7,496Walworth1,71469.79%74230.21%97239.58%2,456Yankton4,86849.03%5,06050.97%-192-1.93%9,928Ziebach35346.69%40353.31%-50-6.61%756Totals207,64057.45%153,78942.55%53,85114.90%361,429 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Aurora (largest city: Plankinton) Beadle (largest city: Huron) Bennett (largest city: Martin) Bon Homme (largest city: Springfield) Brule (largest city: Chamberlain) Clark (largest city: Clark) Corson (largest city: McLaughlin) Deuel (largest city: Clear Lake) Grant (largest city: Milbank) Jerauld (largest city: Wessington Springs) Kingsbury (largest city: De Smet) Lake (largest city: Madison) Mellette (largest city: White River) Miner (largest city: Howard) Minnehaha (largest city: Sioux Falls) Moody (largest city: Flandreau) Sanborn (largest city: Woonsocket) Spink (largest city: Redfield) right 260px Swing by county Legend #FF8080 Republican — +5-7.5% #FF5555 Republican — +7.5–10% #FF2A2A Republican — +10-12.5% #FF0000 Republican — +12.5–15% #D40000 Republican — +>15% 260px Trend by county Legend #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% #FF0000 Republican — +12.5–15% #D40000 Republican — +>15% 260px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip References 30em External links Elections from the South Dakota Secretary of State United States House of Representatives elections in South Dakota, 2012 at Ballotpedia South Dakota - At-Large from OurCampaigns.com Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets Outside spending at the Sunlight Foundation Official campaign websites (archived) Kristi Noem campaign website Matt Varilek campaign website South Dakota 2012 United States House of Representatives Category:Long stubs with short prose