1996 Election Results for South Dakota -- RightDataUSA.com

County	John Thune (R)		Rick Weiland (D)		Stacey Nelson (I)		Kurt Evans (I)		Other		Margin	TOTAL

Aurora County	855	54.8%	583	37.4%	26	1.7%	96	6.2%	0	0.0%	272	1,560
Beadle County	4,608	53.8%	3,343	39.0%	167	1.9%	449	5.2%	0	0.0%	1,265	8,567
Bennett County	602	53.4%	465	41.3%	40	3.5%	20	1.8%	0	0.0%	137	1,127
Bon Homme County	1,953	56.6%	1,306	37.9%	98	2.8%	93	2.7%	0	0.0%	647	3,450
Brookings County	6,369	56.7%	4,310	38.4%	334	3.0%	222	2.0%	0	0.0%	2,059	11,235
Brown County	8,584	51.9%	7,106	43.0%	571	3.5%	278	1.7%	0	0.0%	1,478	16,539
Brule County	1,333	55.7%	862	36.0%	71	3.0%	126	5.3%	0	0.0%	471	2,392
Buffalo County	158	24.8%	450	70.6%	7	1.1%	22	3.5%	0	0.0%	-292	637
Butte County	2,451	67.2%	982	26.9%	138	3.8%	74	2.0%	0	0.0%	1,469	3,645
Campbell County	706	74.3%	192	20.2%	38	4.0%	14	1.5%	0	0.0%	514	950
Charles Mix County	2,082	51.8%	1,769	44.0%	86	2.1%	86	2.1%	0	0.0%	313	4,023
Clark County	1,321	59.8%	752	34.0%	77	3.5%	60	2.7%	0	0.0%	569	2,210
Clay County	2,494	45.4%	2,726	49.7%	163	3.0%	105	1.9%	0	0.0%	-232	5,488
Codington County	6,346	57.3%	4,156	37.5%	397	3.6%	169	1.5%	0	0.0%	2,190	11,068
Corson County	658	52.2%	486	38.5%	78	6.2%	39	3.1%	0	0.0%	172	1,261
Custer County	2,138	63.5%	1,018	30.2%	118	3.5%	92	2.7%	0	0.0%	1,120	3,366
Davison County	4,478	59.5%	2,708	36.0%	165	2.2%	171	2.3%	0	0.0%	1,770	7,522
Day County	1,790	50.8%	1,525	43.3%	164	4.7%	46	1.3%	0	0.0%	265	3,525
Deuel County	1,249	54.1%	818	35.4%	195	8.4%	47	2.0%	0	0.0%	431	2,309
Dewey County	814	41.0%	1,077	54.3%	64	3.2%	30	1.5%	0	0.0%	-263	1,985
Douglas County	1,388	73.1%	421	22.2%	36	1.9%	53	2.8%	0	0.0%	967	1,898
Edmunds County	1,304	57.5%	867	38.2%	64	2.8%	34	1.5%	0	0.0%	437	2,269
Fall River County	1,977	57.9%	1,139	33.4%	182	5.3%	116	3.4%	0	0.0%	838	3,414
Faulk County	878	64.6%	422	31.0%	28	2.1%	32	2.4%	0	0.0%	456	1,360
Grant County	1,631	41.3%	1,009	25.5%	1,257	31.8%	53	1.3%	0	0.0%	374	3,950
Gregory County	1,545	63.1%	804	32.8%	66	2.7%	34	1.4%	0	0.0%	741	2,449
Haakon County	1,065	82.3%	187	14.5%	23	1.8%	19	1.5%	0	0.0%	878	1,294
Hamlin County	1,660	60.7%	906	33.1%	130	4.7%	41	1.5%	0	0.0%	754	2,737
Hand County	1,407	62.0%	689	30.4%	30	1.3%	143	6.3%	0	0.0%	718	2,269
Hanson County	987	64.0%	481	31.2%	23	1.5%	51	3.3%	0	0.0%	506	1,542
Harding County	575	73.9%	139	17.9%	35	4.5%	29	3.7%	0	0.0%	436	778
Hughes County	5,437	69.2%	2,164	27.5%	136	1.7%	124	1.6%	0	0.0%	3,273	7,861
Hutchinson County	2,717	69.5%	1,038	26.5%	82	2.1%	74	1.9%	0	0.0%	1,679	3,911
Hyde County	558	61.8%	270	29.9%	17	1.9%	58	6.4%	0	0.0%	288	903
Jackson County	763	65.1%	359	30.6%	24	2.0%	26	2.2%	0	0.0%	404	1,172
Jerauld County	614	44.6%	427	31.0%	17	1.2%	318	23.1%	0	0.0%	187	1,376
Jones County	610	82.5%	108	14.6%	10	1.4%	11	1.5%	0	0.0%	502	739
Kingsbury County	1,672	56.0%	1,127	37.8%	97	3.3%	88	2.9%	0	0.0%	545	2,984
Lake County	2,434	46.7%	2,583	49.5%	111	2.1%	87	1.7%	0	0.0%	-149	5,215
Lawrence County	5,691	59.6%	3,229	33.8%	357	3.7%	270	2.8%	0	0.0%	2,462	9,547
Lincoln County	5,378	62.5%	2,962	34.4%	154	1.8%	107	1.2%	0	0.0%	2,416	8,601
Lyman County	918	60.0%	564	36.9%	23	1.5%	25	1.6%	0	0.0%	354	1,530
Marshall County	1,028	47.0%	1,022	46.7%	98	4.5%	39	1.8%	0	0.0%	6	2,187
McCook County	1,648	60.8%	976	36.0%	47	1.7%	41	1.5%	0	0.0%	672	2,712
McPherson County	1,194	71.0%	413	24.6%	51	3.0%	24	1.4%	0	0.0%	781	1,682
Meade County	6,119	65.9%	2,590	27.9%	332	3.6%	248	2.7%	0	0.0%	3,529	9,289
Mellette County	500	61.7%	282	34.8%	18	2.2%	11	1.4%	0	0.0%	218	811
Miner County	794	53.2%	615	41.2%	40	2.7%	43	2.9%	0	0.0%	179	1,492
Minnehaha County	34,611	56.1%	25,052	40.6%	1,282	2.1%	756	1.2%	0	0.0%	9,559	61,701
Moody County	1,354	48.9%	1,270	45.9%	75	2.7%	70	2.5%	0	0.0%	84	2,769
Pennington County	22,786	64.0%	11,051	31.1%	1,073	3.0%	678	1.9%	0	0.0%	11,735	35,588
Perkins County	1,098	65.8%	458	27.4%	63	3.8%	50	3.0%	0	0.0%	640	1,669
Potter County	1,198	71.1%	429	25.4%	38	2.3%	21	1.2%	0	0.0%	769	1,686
Roberts County	1,973	46.4%	1,867	43.9%	355	8.3%	61	1.4%	0	0.0%	106	4,256
Sanborn County	787	55.0%	500	35.0%	25	1.7%	118	8.3%	0	0.0%	287	1,430
Shannon County	364	15.8%	1,843	80.0%	72	3.1%	24	1.0%	0	0.0%	-1,479	2,303
Spink County	2,180	59.8%	1,299	35.7%	74	2.0%	90	2.5%	0	0.0%	881	3,643
Stanley County	950	68.9%	378	27.4%	23	1.7%	28	2.0%	0	0.0%	572	1,379
Sully County	793	76.4%	212	20.4%	14	1.3%	19	1.8%	0	0.0%	581	1,038
Todd County	558	27.0%	1,427	69.0%	55	2.7%	28	1.4%	0	0.0%	-869	2,068
Tripp County	1,846	57.2%	1,263	39.1%	69	2.1%	49	1.5%	0	0.0%	583	3,227
Turner County	2,577	62.6%	1,377	33.5%	79	1.9%	81	2.0%	0	0.0%	1,200	4,114
Union County	2,554	50.0%	2,289	44.8%	184	3.6%	84	1.6%	0	0.0%	265	5,111
Walworth County	1,810	65.5%	823	29.8%	87	3.1%	42	1.5%	0	0.0%	987	2,762
Yankton County	5,045	57.8%	3,158	36.2%	318	3.6%	212	2.4%	0	0.0%	1,887	8,733
Ziebach County	428	47.8%	424	47.4%	26	2.9%	17	1.9%	0	0.0%	4	895
TOTAL	186,393	57.7%	119,547	37.0%	10,397	3.2%	6,866	2.1%	0	0.0%	66,846	323,203
Total R vote: 186,393 (57.7%) Total D vote: 119,547 (37.0%) Total Other vote: 17,263 (5.3%)
* incumbent

Campaign finance data for this election:**

Total Disbursements:	$773,125		$890,708		$0		$0
Total Receipts:	$786,915		$894,720		$0		$0
Cash on Hand:	$13,750		$4,010		$0		$0
Contributions by Candidate:	$0		$0		$0		$0
Loans by Candidate:	$7,000		$2,500		$0		$0
Total Individual Contributions:	$580,483		$500,581		$0		$0
Party Contributions:	$10,500		$5,700		$0		$0
Other Committee Contributions:	$188,637		$362,663		$0		$0
Transfers from Other Committees:	$0		$0		$0		$0

Independent Expenditures Supporting:	$29,302		$4,475		$0		$0
Independent Expenditures Opposing:	$0		$0		$0		$0
Net Independent Expenditures:	$29,302		$4,475		$0		$0
Net Spending:	$802,427		$895,183		$0		$0

Campaign finance data for this election**:

John Thune
Total Disbursements:	$773,125
Total Receipts:	$786,915
Cash on Hand:	$13,750
Candidate Contributions:	$0
Candidate Loans:	$7,000
Individual Contributions:	$580,483
Party Contributions:	$10,500
Other Committee Contributions:	$188,637
Other Committee Transfers:	$0

Indep. Expenditures Supporting:	$29,302
Indep. Expenditures Opposing:	$0
Net Independent Expenditures:	$29,302
Net Spending:	$802,427

Rick Weiland
Total Disbursements:	$890,708
Total Receipts:	$894,720
Cash on Hand:	$4,010
Candidate Contributions:	$0
Candidate Loans:	$2,500
Individual Contributions:	$500,581
Party Contributions:	$5,700
Other Committee Contributions:	$362,663
Other Committee Transfers:	$0

Indep. Expenditures Supporting:	$4,475
Indep. Expenditures Opposing:	$0
Net Independent Expenditures:	$4,475
Net Spending:	$895,183

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/SD/00/1996

Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election:	No Yes
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Congressional District: (House elections)


Map Data to Display:	Vote Margin Winner Vote Margin % Total Votes District Boundaries

Republican Primary
Pos	Candidate	Votes	%	$**
1	John Thune	41,322	59.5%	$773,125
2	Carole Hillard	28,139	40.5%	$408,625
TOTAL VOTES		69,461

Democrat Primary
Pos	Candidate	Votes	%	$**
1	Rick Weiland	17,403	42.0%	$890,708
2	Jim Abbott	11,544	27.9%	$351,804
3	Dennis Jones	7,186	17.4%	$104,860
4	Linda Stensland	5,267	12.7%	$67,922
TOTAL VOTES		41,400

1996-11-05 U.S. House Election Results for South Dakota (At-Large District)