United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2004

United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2004

November 2, 2004

Nominee Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Larry Diedrich Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 207,837 178,823 Percentage 53.36 45.91

House Member before election Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Democratic Elected House Member Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Democratic

The 2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Voters selected a representative for their single At-Large district, who ran on a statewide ballot.

George W. Bush won in this district 61% to 39% over John Kerry in 2004.

In the regularly scheduled election in November 2004, freshman incumbent Stephanie Herseth and state Senator Larry Diedrich, who had run in the June 2004 special election earlier, faced each other in a rematch; Libertarian candidate Terry L. Begay also ran in this election.

Herseth again prevailed, this time by a wider margin of 53% to 46% despite President George W. Bush's dominant 59.9% to 38.4% over Senator John Kerry in South Dakota in the 2004 presidential election.

South Dakota's At-large congressional district election, 2004^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Herseth (inc.)	207,837	53.36
	Republican	Larry Diedrich	178,823	45.91
	Libertarian	Terry Begay	2,808	0.72
Total votes			389,468	100.00
	Democratic hold

References

1. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004/2004Stat.htm