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Election 2002 Results

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2002 US Senate election in South Dakota

Tim Johnson (Democrat) beat John Thune (Republican) in South Dakota in 2002, 49.6% to 49.5%, a margin of 0.2 points and 532 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1996, when Tim Johnson also won.

Democrats led in 36 of the 66 counties and Republicans in 30. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 65,538 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.0 points. The closest was Davison, where 7 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tim Johnson won Democratic 167,481 49.6%
John Thune Republican 166,949 49.5%
All other candidates 3,071 0.9%
Total337,501

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 33,903 51.7% 31,261 47.7% 374 65,538 D+4.0
Pennington 13,732 38.2% 21,790 60.6% 454 35,976 R+22.4
Brown 9,868 57.3% 7,226 42.0% 129 17,223 D+15.3
Lincoln 5,614 45.0% 6,808 54.5% 61 12,483 R+9.6
Codington 5,732 50.1% 5,630 49.2% 77 11,439 D+0.9
Brookings 6,208 54.3% 5,128 44.9% 92 11,428 D+9.5
Lawrence 3,762 38.6% 5,822 59.7% 172 9,756 R+21.1
Yankton 4,804 51.8% 4,350 46.9% 116 9,270 D+4.9
Meade 3,075 33.9% 5,840 64.4% 150 9,065 R+30.5
Hughes 3,626 43.2% 4,703 56.0% 63 8,392 R+12.8
Beadle 4,381 54.9% 3,499 43.9% 94 7,974 D+11.1
Davison 3,930 49.5% 3,937 49.6% 70 7,937 R+0.1
Lake 3,198 58.2% 2,248 40.9% 50 5,496 D+17.3
Union 2,518 47.7% 2,715 51.4% 45 5,278 R+3.7
Clay 3,455 65.6% 1,786 33.9% 23 5,264 D+31.7
Roberts 2,683 60.2% 1,737 39.0% 34 4,454 D+21.2
Charles Mix 2,264 52.4% 2,031 47.0% 25 4,320 D+5.4
Turner 2,056 47.8% 2,201 51.2% 40 4,297 R+3.4
Hutchinson 1,678 42.7% 2,231 56.7% 25 3,934 R+14.1
Grant 2,064 53.2% 1,783 46.0% 30 3,877 D+7.2
Custer 1,249 34.2% 2,337 64.0% 63 3,649 R+29.8
Spink 2,064 57.1% 1,519 42.0% 30 3,613 D+15.1
Butte 1,193 33.4% 2,321 65.0% 59 3,573 R+31.6
Day 2,175 64.1% 1,196 35.3% 20 3,391 D+28.9
Bon Homme 1,858 55.8% 1,444 43.4% 27 3,329 D+12.4
Fall River 1,276 39.7% 1,873 58.3% 62 3,211 R+18.6
Oglala Lakota 2,856 91.6% 248 8.0% 14 3,118 D+83.6
Moody 1,910 61.7% 1,169 37.8% 15 3,094 D+23.9
Tripp 1,331 43.8% 1,682 55.3% 26 3,039 R+11.5
Kingsbury 1,678 55.9% 1,298 43.2% 28 3,004 D+12.6
McCook 1,475 50.4% 1,428 48.8% 24 2,927 D+1.6
Hamlin 1,421 49.2% 1,444 50.0% 23 2,888 R+0.8
Walworth 1,177 43.3% 1,519 55.8% 25 2,721 R+12.6
Brule 1,343 53.3% 1,157 45.9% 18 2,518 D+7.4
Todd 2,027 80.8% 464 18.5% 17 2,508 D+62.3
Hand 1,196 50.7% 1,128 47.8% 34 2,358 D+2.9
Gregory 1,092 46.5% 1,226 52.3% 28 2,346 R+5.7
Dewey 1,678 73.0% 598 26.0% 23 2,299 D+47.0
Edmunds 1,156 50.7% 1,109 48.6% 16 2,281 D+2.1
Clark 1,232 55.0% 984 43.9% 23 2,239 D+11.1
Deuel 1,280 58.1% 902 40.9% 21 2,203 D+17.2
Marshall 1,311 60.6% 845 39.0% 9 2,165 D+21.5
Lyman 1,118 56.8% 832 42.3% 18 1,968 D+14.5
Douglas 610 32.5% 1,257 66.9% 12 1,879 R+34.4
Hanson 790 42.6% 1,047 56.4% 19 1,856 R+13.8
Perkins 579 35.4% 1,032 63.0% 26 1,637 R+27.7
Bennett 899 55.9% 694 43.1% 16 1,609 D+12.7
Potter 687 43.0% 900 56.4% 10 1,597 R+13.3
Aurora 875 55.0% 698 43.9% 18 1,591 D+11.1
McPherson 571 35.9% 1,007 63.3% 12 1,590 R+27.4
Corson 983 62.3% 573 36.3% 23 1,579 D+26.0
Stanley 668 45.0% 802 54.0% 14 1,484 R+9.0
Sanborn 789 55.5% 612 43.0% 21 1,422 D+12.4
Miner 857 60.8% 541 38.4% 12 1,410 D+22.4
Faulk 626 45.6% 727 52.9% 20 1,373 R+7.4
Jerauld 770 59.9% 504 39.2% 12 1,286 D+20.7
Haakon 347 28.5% 860 70.7% 10 1,217 R+42.2
Jackson 552 47.3% 598 51.2% 17 1,167 R+3.9
Ziebach 649 66.4% 321 32.8% 8 978 D+33.5
Campbell 365 38.3% 581 60.9% 8 954 R+22.6
Sully 364 38.8% 561 59.7% 14 939 R+21.0
Hyde 374 41.7% 510 56.9% 13 897 R+15.2
Mellette 483 54.0% 399 44.6% 12 894 D+9.4
Buffalo 631 79.6% 153 19.3% 9 793 D+60.3
Harding 164 20.8% 614 77.7% 12 790 R+57.0
Jones 201 27.8% 517 71.5% 5 723 R+43.7

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Dakota Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 John R Thune (R) R+43.5
2020 Mike Rounds (R) R+31.5
2016 John R. Thune (R) R+43.7
2014 Mike Rounds (R) R+20.9
2010 John Thune (R) R+100.0
2008 Tim Johnson (D) D+25.0
2004 John Thune (R) R+1.2
2002 Tim Johnson (D) D+0.2
1998 Tom Daschle (D) D+25.7
1996 Tim Johnson (D) D+2.6
1992 Thomas A. Daschle (D) D+32.4
1990 Larry Pressler (R) R+7.3
1986 Thomas A. Daschle (D) D+3.2
1984 Larry Pressler (R) R+49.0
1980 James Abdnor (R) R+18.8
1978 Larry Pressler (R) R+33.7
1974 George McGovern (D) D+6.1
1972 James Abourezk (D) D+14.1
1968 George McGovern (D) D+13.6
1966 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+32.6
1962 George McGovern (D) D+0.2
1960 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+4.9
1956 Francis Case (R) R+1.6
1954 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+14.6
1950 Francis Case (R) R+27.8
1948 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+18.7
1944 Chandler Gurney (R) R+27.7
1942 Harlan J. Bushfield (R) R+17.5
1938 Chandler Gurney (R) R+4.9
1936 William J. Bulow (D) D+2.1
1932 Peter Norbeck (R) R+9.3
1930 William J. Bulow (D) D+3.3
1926 Peter Norbeck (R) R+26.2
1924 William H. McMaster (R) R+13.3
1920 Peter Norbeck (R) R+30.1
1918 Thomas Sterling (R) R+16.1
1914 Edwin S. Johnson (D) D+3.5