South Dakota's At-Large Congressional District

South Dakota's At-Large Congressional District

Incumbent

Dusty Johnson

Assumed office: January 3, 2019

South Dakota's At-Large Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Dusty Johnson (R).

As of the 2020 Census, South Dakota's representative represented 887,770 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 819,761 residents.

Elections

• 2030
• 2028
• 2026
• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018

See also: United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 2, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Jack Pittman (Independent) is running in the general election for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Jack Pittman (Independent)

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Nicole Gronli (D), Billy Mawhiney (D), and Scott Schlagel (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on June 2, 2026.

		Candidate
		Nicole Gronli
	Submit photo	Billy Mawhiney
	Submit photo	Scott Schlagel

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Incumbent Dusty Johnson (R), James Bialota (R), Casey Crabtree (R), and Marty J. Jackley (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on June 2, 2026.

		Candidate
		Dusty Johnson
		James Bialota
		Casey Crabtree
		Marty J. Jackley

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See also: United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Incumbent Dusty Johnson (R) defeated Sheryl Johnson (D) in the general election for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dusty Johnson (R)	72.0	303,630
		Sheryl Johnson (D)	28.0	117,818

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 421,448
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Democratic primary

The Democratic primary scheduled for June 4, 2024, was canceled. Sheryl Johnson (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District without appearing on the ballot.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Zach Kovach (D)
• Bert Olson (D)

Republican primary

The Republican primary scheduled for June 4, 2024, was canceled. Incumbent Dusty Johnson (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District without appearing on the ballot.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Justin McNeal (R)
• Christopher Sanders (R)

See also: United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Incumbent Dusty Johnson (R) defeated Collin Duprel (L) in the general election for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dusty Johnson (R)	77.4	253,821
		Collin Duprel (L)	22.6	74,020

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 327,841
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Democratic primary

The Democratic primary scheduled for June 7, 2022, was canceled.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ryan Ryder (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Incumbent Dusty Johnson (R) defeated Taffy Howard (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dusty Johnson	59.2	70,728
		Taffy Howard	40.8	48,645

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 119,373
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Libertarian Party convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Collin Duprel (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party convention for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Collin Duprel

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See also: United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Incumbent Dusty Johnson (R) defeated Randy Luallin (L) in the general election for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dusty Johnson (R)	81.0	321,984
		Randy Luallin (L)	19.0	75,748

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 397,732
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Democratic primary

The Democratic primary scheduled for June 2, 2020, was canceled.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Whitney Raver (D)
• Ellee Spawn (D)
• Brian Wirth (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Incumbent Dusty Johnson (R) defeated Elizabeth May (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dusty Johnson	76.7	71,496
		Elizabeth May	23.3	21,779

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 93,275
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Libertarian Party convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Randy Luallin (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party convention for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on May 9, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Randy Luallin

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See also: United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Dusty Johnson (R) defeated Timothy Bjorkman (D), Ron Wieczorek (Independent), and George Hendrickson (L) in the general election for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dusty Johnson (R)	60.3	202,695
		Timothy Bjorkman (D)	36.0	121,033
		Ron Wieczorek (Independent)	2.2	7,323
	Submit photo	George Hendrickson (L)	1.5	4,914

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 335,9650
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Timothy Bjorkman (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Timothy Bjorkman

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chris Martian (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Dusty Johnson (R) defeated Shantel Krebs (R) and Neal Tapio (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dusty Johnson	46.8	47,120
		Shantel Krebs	29.3	29,551
		Neal Tapio	23.9	24,040

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 100,711
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matt Johnson (R)
• Eric Terrell (R)

Previous election results

2016

See also: South Dakota's At-Large Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated South Dakota's U.S. House race as safely Republican. Incumbent Kristi Noem (R) defeated Paula Hawks (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. The margin of victory in South Dakota's U.S. House race was 28.2%. Neither candidate faced a primary opponent in June.

U.S. House, South Dakota At-Large District General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kristi Noem Incumbent	64.1%	237,163
	Democratic	Paula Hawks	35.9%	132,810
Total Votes				369,973
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State

2014

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in South Dakota, 2014

The At-Large Congressional District of South Dakota held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Kristi Noem (R) defeated Corinna Robinson (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, South Dakota's At-Large District General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kristi Noem Incumbent	66.5%	183,834
	Democratic	Corinna Robinson	33.5%	92,485
Total Votes				276,319
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State

2012

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in South Dakota, 2012

In 2012, Noem was re-elected to the U.S. Congress, representing South Dakota's At-Large Congressional District.

U.S. House, South Dakota At-Large District General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kristi Noem Incumbent	57.4%	207,640
	Democratic	Matt Varilek	42.6%	153,789
Total Votes				361,429
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State, "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Kristi Noem won election to the United States House. She defeated Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D) and B. Thomas Marking (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, South Dakota At-Large District General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kristi Noem	48.1%	153,703
	Democratic	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin incumbent	45.9%	146,589
	Independent	B. Thomas Marking	6%	19,134
Total Votes				319,426

2008
On November 4, 2008, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Chris Lien (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, South Dakota At-Large District General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin incumbent	67.6%	256,041
	Republican	Chris Lien	32.4%	122,966
Total Votes				379,007

2006
On November 7, 2006, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Bruce W. Wahlen (R) and Larry Rudebusch (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, South Dakota At-Large District General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin incumbent	69.1%	230,468
	Republican	Bruce W. Whalen	29.3%	97,864
	Libertarian	Larry Rudebusch	1.6%	5,230
Total Votes				333,562

2004
On November 2, 2004, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Larry Diedrich (R) and Terry L. Begay (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, South Dakota At-Large District General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin incumbent	53.4%	207,837
	Republican	Larry Diedrich	45.9%	178,823
	Libertarian	Terry L. Begay	0.7%	2,808
Total Votes				389,468

2004 special
On July 12, 2004, Stephanie Herseth won election to the United States House. He defeated Larry Diedrich in the special general election.

U.S. House, South Dakota District At-large Special election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Stephanie Herseth	50.6%	132,420
	Republican	Larry Diedrich	49.4%	129,415
Total Votes				261,835
Source: Results via South Dakota State Board of Elections

2002
On November 5, 2002, William J. Janklow won election to the United States House. He defeated Stephanie Herseth (D) and Terry Begay (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, South Dakota At-Large District General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	William J. Janklow	53.5%	180,023
	Democratic	Stephanie Herseth	45.6%	153,551
	Libertarian	Terry Begay	0.9%	3,117
Total Votes				336,691

2000
On November 7, 2000, John R. Thune won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Curt Hohn (D) and Brian Lerohl (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, South Dakota At-Large District General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John R. Thune incumbent	73.4%	231,083
	Democratic	Curt Hohn	24.9%	78,321
	Libertarian	Brian Lerohl	1.7%	5,357
Total Votes				314,761

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in South Dakota after the 2020 census

South Dakota was apportioned one single at-large U.S. House seat, making Congressional redistricting after the 2020 census unnecessary.

How does redistricting in South Dakota work? South Dakota is home to a single at-large congressional district; as such, congressional redistricting is not necessary. State legislative districts are drawn by the state legislature. A simple majority vote in each chamber is required to pass a redistricting plan, which is subject to veto by the governor.

The South Dakota Constitution mandates that state legislative districts be contiguous and compact. State statutes "ask that districts protect communities of interest and respect geographical and political boundaries." Because these latter requirements are statutory, they can be modified by the state legislature at its discretion.

2010-2011

See also: Redistricting in South Dakota after the 2010 census

This is the At-Large Congressional District of South Dakota after the 2001 redistricting process.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+14, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made South Dakota's At-Large Congressional District the 89th most Republican nationally.

See also

• Redistricting in South Dakota
• United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2024
• United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2022
• United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2020
• United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 1

Footnotes

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South Dakota's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mike Rounds (R)

John Thune (R)

Representatives

Dusty Johnson (R)

Republican Party (3)