| The Green Papers: South Dakota 2020 General Election |
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South Dakota
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress ✓ Primary: Tuesday 2 June 2020 ✓ Secondary Election (runoff - no contests covered by this website advance to a runoff)): Tuesday 11 August 2020 ✓ General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 |
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Offices nominated by party primary election: U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, Governor. Unopposed appear on the Primary ballot.
Offices nominated by Republican, Democratic, Constitution, and Libertarian political party convention: Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Commission of School and Public Lands. South Dakota does not permit write-ins. If no candidate for United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives or Governor receives 35% of the vote in the primary, a secondary election, between the two highest vote getters, shall be held 10 weeks from the date of the primary election. If a candidate is unopposed, there is no Primary. 2020 Election Information from the South Dakota Secretary of State. 2 June 2020 Primary results, results from a media source. 2020 General Election from the South Dakota Secretary of State. 3 November 2020 returns from the South Dakota Secretary of State. |
| President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 3 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates. | |||||
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| Candidate list (3) | |||||
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Republican | 261,043 | 61.77% | President Donald John Trump • for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence (3 Electoral Votes) • FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436 |
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Democratic | 150,471 | 35.61% | former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris • FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521 |
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Libertarian | 11,095 | 2.63% | Jo Jorgensen • for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen • FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521 |
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| Total | 422,609 | 100.00% | |||
| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 116th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
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Republican | Senator Marion Michael "Mike" Rounds • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated |
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Republican | 276,232 | 65.74% | Senator Marion Michael "Mike" Rounds • FEC S4SD00049; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,657,143; Dsb $2,357,669 |
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Democratic | 143,987 | 34.26% | former state Senator Dan Ahlers • FEC S0SD00070; 31 Dec 20; Tot $273,833; Dsb $253,114 |
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| Total | 420,219 | 100.00% | |||
| Class 3 | Republican | Senator John R. Thune • Served in U.S. House- first elected: 1996; re-elected: 1998, 2000. Unsuccessful candidate for Senate 2002. First elected to the U.S. Senate: 2004; re-elected: 2010, 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
| Republican | Governor Kristi Lynn Noem • First elected: 2018. Previously served in the U.S. House 2011-2019. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Elected on a ticket with the Governor. No separate primaries for Gov and Lt Gov. | |||||
| Republican | Lieutenant Governor Larry Rhoden • First elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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| 116th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Renominated) | |||||
| Incumbent - 116th Congress | |||||
| At-Large |
Republican | Member of Congress Dustin "Dusty" Johnson • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated |
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| Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress | |||||
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Republican | 321,984 | 80.96% | Member of Congress Dustin "Dusty" Johnson • FEC H8SD01055; 31 Dec 20; Tot $1,694,504; Dsb $700,356 |
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Libertarian | 75,748 | 19.04% | Randy "Uriah" Luallin • FEC H0SD00088 |
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| Total | 397,732 | 100.00% | |||
| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022 | |||||
| Republican | Secretary of State Steve Barnett • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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| Candidates for this office are nominated at the state conventions of each political party. | |||||
| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022 | |||||
| Republican | Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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| Candidates for this office are nominated at the state conventions of each political party. | |||||
| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022 | |||||
| Republican | Treasurer Josh Haeder • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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| Candidates for this office are nominated at the state conventions of each political party. | |||||
| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022 | |||||
| Republican | Auditor Richard L. "Rich" Sattgast • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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| Candidates for this office are nominated at the state conventions of each political party. | |||||
| Commissioner of School and Public Lands 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022 | |||||
| Republican | School and Public Lands Commissioner Ryan Brunner • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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| Candidates for this office are nominated at the state conventions of each political party. | |||||
| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
| Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties. | |
| • Democratic (affiliates): 2 candidates | |
| • Republican: 10 incumbents, 3 candidates | |
| Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties. | |
| • Libertarian: 2 candidates | |
| Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted. | |
| Notes |
| Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot. |
| Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change. |
"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary. When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details. If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements. |
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