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Elections in South Dakota |
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The 2016 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Dakota, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held June 7.
Incumbent Republican Senator John Thune was considered a potential 2016 presidential candidate, but decided instead to run for a third term in office. [1]
The Constitution Party nominated Kurt Evans for Senate depending on the resolution of a ballot-access legal action, however, the party's request to place a candidate on the ballot was not granted. [18] [19] [20]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
John Thune (R) |
Jay Williams (D) |
Undecided |
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SurveyMonkey | November 1–7, 2016 | 459 | ± 4.6% | 65% | 31% | 4% |
SurveyMonkey | October 31–November 6, 2016 | 435 | ± 4.6% | 64% | 31% | 5% |
SurveyMonkey | October 28–November 3, 2016 | 393 | ± 4.6% | 66% | 29% | 5% |
SurveyMonkey | October 27–November 2, 2016 | 345 | ± 4.6% | 67% | 30% | 3% |
SurveyMonkey | October 26–November 1, 2016 | 281 | ± 4.6% | 65% | 32% | 3% |
SurveyMonkey | October 25–31, 2016 | 298 | ± 4.6% | 67% | 31% | 2% |
Nielson Brothers Polling Archived November 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine | October 24–26, 2016 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 54% | 35% | 11% |
Remington Research Group | October 19–21, 2016 | 1,115 | ± 3.0% | 57% | 36% | 7% |
Mason-Dixon Archived October 26, 2016, at the Wayback Machine | October 18–20, 2016 | 400 | ± 5.0% | 65% | 27% | 8% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [21] | Safe R | November 2, 2016 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [22] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
Rothenberg Political Report [23] | Safe R | November 3, 2016 |
Daily Kos [24] | Safe R | November 8, 2016 |
Real Clear Politics [25] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John Thune (incumbent) | 265,516 | 71.83% | −28.17% | |
Democratic | Jay Williams | 104,140 | 28.17% | N/A | |
Total votes | 369,656 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
Republican hold |
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Elections in South Dakota |
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The 2016 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Dakota, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held June 7.
Incumbent Republican Senator John Thune was considered a potential 2016 presidential candidate, but decided instead to run for a third term in office. [1]
The Constitution Party nominated Kurt Evans for Senate depending on the resolution of a ballot-access legal action, however, the party's request to place a candidate on the ballot was not granted. [18] [19] [20]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
John Thune (R) |
Jay Williams (D) |
Undecided |
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SurveyMonkey | November 1–7, 2016 | 459 | ± 4.6% | 65% | 31% | 4% |
SurveyMonkey | October 31–November 6, 2016 | 435 | ± 4.6% | 64% | 31% | 5% |
SurveyMonkey | October 28–November 3, 2016 | 393 | ± 4.6% | 66% | 29% | 5% |
SurveyMonkey | October 27–November 2, 2016 | 345 | ± 4.6% | 67% | 30% | 3% |
SurveyMonkey | October 26–November 1, 2016 | 281 | ± 4.6% | 65% | 32% | 3% |
SurveyMonkey | October 25–31, 2016 | 298 | ± 4.6% | 67% | 31% | 2% |
Nielson Brothers Polling Archived November 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine | October 24–26, 2016 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 54% | 35% | 11% |
Remington Research Group | October 19–21, 2016 | 1,115 | ± 3.0% | 57% | 36% | 7% |
Mason-Dixon Archived October 26, 2016, at the Wayback Machine | October 18–20, 2016 | 400 | ± 5.0% | 65% | 27% | 8% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [21] | Safe R | November 2, 2016 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [22] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
Rothenberg Political Report [23] | Safe R | November 3, 2016 |
Daily Kos [24] | Safe R | November 8, 2016 |
Real Clear Politics [25] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John Thune (incumbent) | 265,516 | 71.83% | −28.17% | |
Democratic | Jay Williams | 104,140 | 28.17% | N/A | |
Total votes | 369,656 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
Republican hold |