United States Senate election in South Dakota, 1986

November 4, 1986



Nominee	Tom Daschle	James Abdnor
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	152,657	143,173
Percentage	51.6%	48.4%

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James Abdnor
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Tom Daschle
Democratic

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The 1986 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held on November 4, 1986. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator James Abdnor ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democrat Tom Daschle.^[1]

Republican primary

Candidates

James Abdnor, incumbent U.S. Senator
Bill Janklow, Governor of South Dakota

Results

Despite Abdnor winning the primary by a fairly comfortable margin, it hurt him badly. Daschle was uncontested for the Democratic nomination and therefore was able to focus on the general election early, while Abdnor had to fight a challenge from an incumbent governor. Many political analysts say this was one of the factors in Abdnor's general election loss.

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Abdnor (Incumbent)	63,414	54.51
	Republican	Bill Janklow	52,924	45.49
Total votes			116,338	100.00

General election

Candidates

James Abdnor (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
Tom Daschle (D), U.S. Representative

Results

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Tom Daschle	152,657	51.60%	+12.21%
	Republican	James Abdnor (Incumbent)	143,173	48.40%	-9.80%
Majority			9,484	3.21%	-15.60%
Turnout			295,830
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

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