1998 United States Senate election in South Dakota

none March 2026 September 2023 1998 United States Senate election in South Dakota South Dakota presidential no 1992 United States Senate election in South Dakota 1992 2004 United States Senate election in South Dakota 2004 November 3, 1998 150x150px TomDaschle (2).jpg Tom Daschle Democratic Party (United States) 162,884 62.14% 3x4.svg Ron Schmidt Republican Party (United States) 95,431 36.41% 1998 United States Senate election in South Dakota results map by county.svg 260px County resultsDaschle: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Schmidt: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% U.S. Senator Tom Daschle Democratic Party (United States) Tom Daschle Democratic Party (United States) The 1998 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held November 3, 1998. Democratic incumbent and Senate minority leader Tom Daschle was re-election to a third term in a landslide over attorney Ron Schmidt. As of , this was the last time a Democrat won the Class 3 Senate seat from South Dakota. Republican primary Candidates Alan Aker John Sanders Ron Schmidt, attorney Results Republican primary resultshttp://www.sdsos.gov/electionsvoteregistration/pastelections_electioninfo98_statewideprimaryreturns.shtm South Dakota Secretary of State - Election Information 1998 2011-05-17 2011-04-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110416214521/http://www.sdsos.gov/electionsvoteregistration/pastelections_electioninfo98_statewideprimaryreturns.shtm dead Ron Schmidt Republican Party (United States) 26,540 52.01% Alan Aker Republican Party (United States) 19,200 37.62% John M. Sanders Republican Party (United States) 5,292 10.37% 51,032 100.00% General election Candidates Byron Dale (Libertarian) Tom Daschle, incumbent U.S. senator since 1987 (Democratic) Ron Schmidt, attorney (Republican) Polling Poll sourceDate(s)Sample sizeMargin of errorTom Daschle (D)Ron Schmidt (R)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingNRECA Market ResearchFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightOctober 20, 1998500 (RV)—58%26%16% Results General election resultshttps://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm#41 Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Party (United States) Tom Daschle (incumbent) 162,884 62.14% 2.76 Republican Party (United States) Ron Schmidt 95,431 36.41% 3.90 Libertarian Party (United States) Byron Dale 3,796 1.45% 0.15 67,453 25.73% -6.66% 262,111 Democratic Party (United States) See also 1998 United States Senate elections Notes References South Dakota 1998 United States Senate