2020 United States Senate election in South Dakota

The 2020 United States Senate election in South Dakota will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Dakota, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Senator Mike Rounds is running for reelection to a second term in office.

2020 United States Senate election in South Dakota
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Mike Rounds Daniel Ahlers
Party Republican Democratic
Incumbent U.S. senator

Mike Rounds
Republican
Elections in South Dakota

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results
Results by county:
  Rounds—80–90%
  Rounds—70–80%
  Rounds—60–70%
  Rounds—50–60%
  Borglum—50–60%
Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Rounds (incumbent) 70,365 75.23%
Republican Scyller Borglum 23,164 24.77%
Total votes 93,529 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Did not qualify
  • Clara Hart, board member of the Sioux Falls Arts Council[5]

Declined

Independents

Candidates

Withdrawn

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[10] Safe R July 23, 2020
Inside Elections[11] Safe R July 10, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[12] Safe R August 5, 2020
Daily Kos[13] Safe R July 22, 2020
Politico[14] Safe R July 6, 2020
RCP[15] Safe R August 6, 2020
Niskanen[16] Safe R July 26, 2020
270towin[17] Safe R August 6, 2020

Polling

Results
United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Mike Rounds (incumbent)
Democratic Daniel Ahlers
Total votes 100.0%

References
  1. Rounds, Johnson gearing up for 2020
  2. Kaczke, Lisa (July 1, 2019). "Scyller Borglum, Republican legislator from Rapid City, announces U.S. Senate candidacy". Argus Leader. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  3. "Live: South Dakota State Primary Election Results 2020". New York Times. June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  4. Inc, Midwest Communications. "Democrat Ahlers to challenge for Senate seat". KELO Newstalk 1320 107.9. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  5. Kaczke, Lisa (November 9, 2019). "Clara Hart of Sioux Falls announces Democratic candidacy for U.S. Senate". Argus Leader. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  6. Singiser, Steve. "Here's our ultimate Democratic wishlist for Senate in 2020. Who's on yours?". Daily Kos. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  7. Levinson, Alexis (March 18, 2015). "Potential Thune Challenger Bows Out". Roll Call. Retrieved October 11, 2018. It’s certainly something that I would consider in the future,
  8. KSFY. "Billie Sutton still plans to serve South Dakota in some capacity". www.ksfy.com. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  9. "SOUTH DAKOTA". Politics1. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  10. "2020 Senate Race Ratings for April 19, 2019". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  11. "2020 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  12. "2020 Senate race ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  13. "Daily Kos Elections releases initial Senate race ratings for 2020". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  14. "2020 Election Forecast". Politico. November 19, 2019.
  15. "Battle for White House". RCP. April 19, 2019.
  16. "2020 Negative Partisanship and the 2020 Congressional Elections". Niskanen Center. April 28, 2020.
  17. "2020 Senate Map Based on Polls". 270towin.com. August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
Official campaign websites
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