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2016 South Dakota U.S. Senate Election Results

Election Date: Nov. 8, 2016 | Updated 1:58 PM EDT Sep. 19, 2018

Senate

100% Reporting
*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *265,51671.8%
Jay Williams (D)104,14028.2%

County-By-County Results Map

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Mail-in and early votes may not be included.

County-by-County Results

Senate

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *65522.8%
Jay Williams (D)2,21777.2%

Aurora County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,07375.8%
Jay Williams (D)34324.2%

Beadle County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *5,04973.6%
Jay Williams (D)1,80926.4%

Bennett County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *75866.5%
Jay Williams (D)38233.5%

Bon Homme County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *2,25374.5%
Jay Williams (D)77025.5%

Brookings County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *8,81769.1%
Jay Williams (D)3,94730.9%

Brown County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *11,37170.3%
Jay Williams (D)4,79329.7%

Brule County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,74675.9%
Jay Williams (D)55424.1%

Buffalo County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
Jay Williams (D)25752.6%
John Thune (R) *23247.4%

Butte County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *3,54682.4%
Jay Williams (D)75817.6%

Campbell County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *74089.5%
Jay Williams (D)8710.5%

Charles Mix County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *2,48472.5%
Jay Williams (D)94127.5%

Clark County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,26975.7%
Jay Williams (D)40824.3%

Clay County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *2,92357.5%
Jay Williams (D)2,16142.5%

Codington County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *8,74074.4%
Jay Williams (D)3,00325.6%

Corson County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *68058.9%
Jay Williams (D)47441.1%

Custer County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *3,53075.0%
Jay Williams (D)1,17725.0%

Davison County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *6,01775.1%
Jay Williams (D)1,99024.9%

Day County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,81565.4%
Jay Williams (D)96234.6%

Deuel County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,56374.5%
Jay Williams (D)53425.5%

Dewey County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *86250.9%
Jay Williams (D)83349.1%

Douglas County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,37785.8%
Jay Williams (D)22814.2%

Edmunds County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,51779.3%
Jay Williams (D)39620.7%

Fall River County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *2,67175.5%
Jay Williams (D)86824.5%

Faulk County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *92581.8%
Jay Williams (D)20618.2%

Grant County

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CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *2,70575.2%
Jay Williams (D)89024.8%

Gregory County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,67179.7%
Jay Williams (D)42620.3%

Haakon County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *95691.9%
Jay Williams (D)848.1%

Hamlin County

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CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *2,25380.8%
Jay Williams (D)53619.2%

Hand County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,51781.9%
Jay Williams (D)33518.1%

Hanson County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,51277.0%
Jay Williams (D)45123.0%

Harding County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *68490.2%
Jay Williams (D)749.8%

Hughes County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *6,33977.0%
Jay Williams (D)1,89123.0%

Hutchinson County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *2,77982.0%
Jay Williams (D)60918.0%

Hyde County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *56782.1%
Jay Williams (D)12417.9%

Jackson County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *77171.4%
Jay Williams (D)30928.6%

Jerauld County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *72073.4%
Jay Williams (D)26126.6%

Jones County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *49488.1%
Jay Williams (D)6711.9%

Kingsbury County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,89973.8%
Jay Williams (D)67426.2%

Lake County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *4,67769.7%
Jay Williams (D)2,03130.3%

Lawrence County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *8,56672.4%
Jay Williams (D)3,26727.6%

Lincoln County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *19,26476.1%
Jay Williams (D)6,04323.9%

Lyman County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,05173.5%
Jay Williams (D)37826.5%

Marshall County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,34168.1%
Jay Williams (D)62931.9%

McCook County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *2,02177.1%
Jay Williams (D)59922.9%

McPherson County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,00985.9%
Jay Williams (D)16514.1%

Meade County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *9,19879.7%
Jay Williams (D)2,34820.3%

Mellette County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *46467.4%
Jay Williams (D)22432.6%

Miner County

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CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *80774.0%
Jay Williams (D)28426.0%

Minnehaha County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *52,49467.4%
Jay Williams (D)25,35932.6%

Moody County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,98367.2%
Jay Williams (D)97032.8%

Pennington County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *33,96772.0%
Jay Williams (D)13,20728.0%

Perkins County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,37485.6%
Jay Williams (D)23114.4%

Potter County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,08781.1%
Jay Williams (D)25318.9%

Roberts County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *2,55065.0%
Jay Williams (D)1,37635.0%

Sanborn County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *88978.5%
Jay Williams (D)24421.5%

Spink County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *2,17772.7%
Jay Williams (D)81627.3%

Stanley County

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CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,25480.5%
Jay Williams (D)30319.5%

Sully County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *71884.1%
Jay Williams (D)13615.9%

Todd County

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CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
Jay Williams (D)1,37665.5%
John Thune (R) *72434.5%

Tripp County

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CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *2,13481.3%
Jay Williams (D)49218.7%

Turner County

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CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *3,28979.1%
Jay Williams (D)87120.9%

Union County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *6,06077.2%
Jay Williams (D)1,79322.8%

Walworth County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *1,97580.4%
Jay Williams (D)48219.6%

Yankton County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *6,54267.9%
Jay Williams (D)3,08932.1%

Ziebach County

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*Incumbent
CandidateTotal Votes% Votes
John Thune (R) *42155.0%
Jay Williams (D)34545.0%

Election results provided by the Associated Press. Estimated vote counts are provided by the Associated Press and informed by past turnout, advance votes cast and early returns.