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South Dakota Secretary of State - Election Information
2008 South Dakota Congressional and Statewide Primary Results
Filing Deadline / New Party: 3/25/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 6/3/08, Primary: 6/3/08, Presidential Primary: 6/3/08, Run-Off: 6/17/08, Presidential Filing Deadline: 8/5/08, General Election: 11/4/08,
Last Updated: June 4, 2008 |
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, |
President, 59.9% in '04 for Bush, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 55.3%, U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 44.7%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 70.2%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 16.5%, ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 7.1%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 3.2%, uncomitted 2.9%, |
'04 VP nominee / Minister Chuck Baldwin (C-FL), |
Senator, 49.6% in '02, 2nd term, next election in 2008, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Cook Political Report: Likely Democrat, National Journal's Rankings: 10th Most Likely to Switch Parties, Robert Novak: Leaning Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Democratic, |
Timothy Johnson (D), |
St. Rep. Joel D. Dykstra (R) 65.7%, businessman Sam R. Kephart (R) 24.8%, anti-immigrant activist Charles Lyonel Gonyo (R) 9.5%, |
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At-Large Congressional District, 69.1% in '06, 3rd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, |
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D), |
businessman Chris Lien (R), |
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1. Link to Predictions:
2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.
= Democrat retain control, |
= Democrats take over control, |
= Republican retain control, |
= Republicans take over control, |
= Independent / 3rd Party retains control, |
= Independent / 3rd Party take over control |
Bold indicates incumbent. |
Yellow district indicates open races. |
Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. |
Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control. |
Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. |
Red boxes indicates Republicans took control. |
3. Key to South Dakota Political Parties:
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