2020 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect the U.S. Representative from South Dakota's at-large congressional district. The election will coincide with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

2020 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, at-large district
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Dusty Johnson Randy Luallin
Party Republican Libertarian
Incumbent U.S. Representative

Dusty Johnson
Republican
Elections in South Dakota

The incumbent is Republican Dusty Johnson, who was elected with 60.3% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Primary results
Republican primary results [1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dusty Johnson (incumbent) 71,496 76.65%
Republican Liz Marty May 21,779 23.35%
Total votes 93,275 100.0%

Democratic primary

No candidate was able to gather enough signatures to qualify for the Democratic primary. According to state party chairman Randy Seiler, Democratic canvassing efforts were hampered by the coronavirus outbreak.[2]

Candidates

Failed to qualify
  • Whitney Raver, small business owner[2]
  • Brian Wirth, financial crime specialist[2]

Withdrawn
  • Ellee Spawn, resource coordinator

Endorsements
Whitney Raver
Organizations

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[6] Safe R July 2, 2020
Inside Elections[7] Safe R June 2, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8] Safe R July 2, 2020
Politico[9] Safe R April 19, 2020
Daily Kos[10] Safe R June 3, 2020
RCP[11] Safe R June 9, 2020
Niskanen[12] Safe R June 7, 2020

Results
South Dakota's at-large congressional district, 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Dusty Johnson (incumbent)
Libertarian Randy Luallin
Total votes 100.0%

References
  1. "Live: South Dakota State Primary Election Results 2020". New York Times. June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  2. "South Dakota Democrats will not field a U.S. House candidate in 2020". abc Dakota News Now. April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  3. "Endorsed Candidates". NWPC. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  4. Lawrence, Tom (June 1, 2020). "Lawrence: Democrats fail to qualify candidate for U.S. House race". Aberdeen News. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  5. Camera |, Daily (2012-10-10). "Randy Luallin: 2nd Congressional District". Boulder Daily Camera. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  6. "2020 Senate Race Ratings for April 19, 2019". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  7. "2020 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  8. "2020 Senate race ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  9. "2020 Election Forecast". Politico. November 19, 2019.
  10. "Daily Kos Elections releases initial Senate race ratings for 2020". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  11. "Battle for White House". RCP. April 19, 2019.
  12. "2020 Negative Partisanship and the 2020 Congressional Elections". Niskanen Center. April 28, 2020.
Official campaign websites
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