2008-11-04 Senatorial Election Results for South Dakota (Class 2)

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County	Turnout	Tim Johnson* (D)		Joel Dykstra (R)		Other		Margin	TOTAL
Aurora	74%	1,015	67.7%	484	32.3%	0	0.0%	531	1,499
Beadle	59%	5,137	66.5%	2,589	33.5%	0	0.0%	2,548	7,726
Bennett	53%	783	65.2%	418	34.8%	0	0.0%	365	1,201
Bon Homme	57%	2,129	66.6%	1,070	33.4%	0	0.0%	1,059	3,199
Brookings	55%	9,354	67.6%	4,485	32.4%	0	0.0%	4,869	13,839
Brown	63%	12,482	71.4%	4,993	28.6%	0	0.0%	7,489	17,475
Brule	64%	1,572	64.0%	885	36.0%	0	0.0%	687	2,457
Buffalo	53%	512	82.6%	108	17.4%	0	0.0%	404	620
Butte	57%	2,201	52.0%	2,034	48.0%	0	0.0%	167	4,235
Campbell	71%	465	54.3%	392	45.7%	0	0.0%	73	857
Charles Mix	63%	2,606	64.7%	1,422	35.3%	0	0.0%	1,184	4,028
Clark	69%	1,332	67.5%	641	32.5%	0	0.0%	691	1,973
Clay	54%	4,637	75.0%	1,545	25.0%	0	0.0%	3,092	6,182
Codington	61%	7,964	65.2%	4,253	34.8%	0	0.0%	3,711	12,217
Corson	52%	1,000	71.7%	394	28.3%	0	0.0%	606	1,394
Custer	71%	2,287	50.8%	2,217	49.2%	0	0.0%	70	4,504
Davison	58%	5,375	63.4%	3,107	36.6%	0	0.0%	2,268	8,482
Day	72%	2,401	74.5%	823	25.5%	0	0.0%	1,578	3,224
Deuel	67%	1,570	70.4%	659	29.6%	0	0.0%	911	2,229
Dewey	57%	1,666	82.5%	353	17.5%	0	0.0%	1,313	2,019
Douglas	74%	905	51.6%	848	48.4%	0	0.0%	57	1,753
Edmunds	67%	1,325	63.6%	758	36.4%	0	0.0%	567	2,083
Fall River	66%	2,068	54.7%	1,710	45.3%	0	0.0%	358	3,778
Faulk	65%	763	63.5%	439	36.5%	0	0.0%	324	1,202
Grant	67%	2,618	68.4%	1,208	31.6%	0	0.0%	1,410	3,826
Gregory	67%	1,268	55.8%	1,004	44.2%	0	0.0%	264	2,272
Haakon	76%	551	47.5%	608	52.5%	0	0.0%	-57	1,159
Hamlin	69%	1,593	57.0%	1,200	43.0%	0	0.0%	393	2,793
Hand	73%	1,236	61.5%	775	38.5%	0	0.0%	461	2,011
Hanson	103%	1,211	52.2%	1,107	47.8%	0	0.0%	104	2,318
Harding	77%	284	38.6%	452	61.4%	0	0.0%	-168	736
Hughes	66%	5,055	59.7%	3,406	40.3%	0	0.0%	1,649	8,461
Hutchinson	63%	2,160	59.9%	1,448	40.1%	0	0.0%	712	3,608
Hyde	71%	463	58.0%	335	42.0%	0	0.0%	128	798
Jackson	57%	686	60.5%	448	39.5%	0	0.0%	238	1,134
Jerauld	67%	774	69.4%	341	30.6%	0	0.0%	433	1,115
Jones	77%	303	48.8%	318	51.2%	0	0.0%	-15	621
Kingsbury	69%	2,009	71.6%	798	28.4%	0	0.0%	1,211	2,807
Lake	70%	4,086	66.9%	2,021	33.1%	0	0.0%	2,065	6,107
Lawrence	63%	6,676	55.8%	5,294	44.2%	0	0.0%	1,382	11,970
Lincoln	72%	11,879	57.4%	8,817	42.6%	0	0.0%	3,062	20,696
Lyman	62%	1,076	65.3%	571	34.7%	0	0.0%	505	1,647
Marshall	62%	1,614	73.4%	585	26.6%	0	0.0%	1,029	2,199
McCook	71%	1,909	64.5%	1,051	35.5%	0	0.0%	858	2,960
McPherson	69%	740	53.9%	633	46.1%	0	0.0%	107	1,373
Meade	61%	6,089	53.0%	5,402	47.0%	0	0.0%	687	11,491
Mellette	61%	560	66.7%	279	33.3%	0	0.0%	281	839
Miner	66%	915	73.6%	328	26.4%	0	0.0%	587	1,243
Minnehaha	65%	50,693	63.5%	29,189	36.5%	0	0.0%	21,504	79,882
Moody	69%	2,337	71.2%	947	28.8%	0	0.0%	1,390	3,284
Pennington	62%	24,813	54.2%	20,980	45.8%	0	0.0%	3,833	45,793
Perkins	71%	825	48.5%	877	51.5%	0	0.0%	-52	1,702
Potter	75%	846	58.8%	593	41.2%	0	0.0%	253	1,439
Roberts	63%	3,247	71.1%	1,321	28.9%	0	0.0%	1,926	4,568
Sanborn	65%	847	69.8%	367	30.2%	0	0.0%	480	1,214
Shannon	42%	3,190	94.9%	172	5.1%	0	0.0%	3,018	3,362
Spink	66%	2,349	71.3%	945	28.7%	0	0.0%	1,404	3,294
Stanley	70%	914	58.9%	637	41.1%	0	0.0%	277	1,551
Sully	77%	457	54.7%	379	45.3%	0	0.0%	78	836
Todd	50%	2,419	85.4%	415	14.6%	0	0.0%	2,004	2,834
Tripp	65%	1,620	56.8%	1,234	43.2%	0	0.0%	386	2,854
Turner	68%	2,803	64.3%	1,556	35.7%	0	0.0%	1,247	4,359
Union	74%	4,293	56.3%	3,337	43.7%	0	0.0%	956	7,630
Walworth	62%	1,534	57.6%	1,131	42.4%	0	0.0%	403	2,665
Yankton	59%	6,694	66.0%	3,451	34.0%	0	0.0%	3,243	10,145
Ziebach	54%	704	78.1%	197	21.9%	0	0.0%	507	901
TOTAL	65%	237,889	62.5%	142,784	37.5%	0	0.0%	95,105	380,673
Total R vote: 142,784 (37.5%)      Total D vote: 237,889 (62.5%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements:		$5,433,369		$905,366
Total Receipts:		$5,969,314		$906,630
Cash on Hand:		$552,435		$1,263
Contributions by Candidate:		$0		$82,708
Loans by Candidate:		$0		$0
Total Individual Contributions:		$2,856,679		$832,494
Party Contributions:		$39,900		$7,980
Other Committee Contributions:		$2,756,909		$62,600
Transfers from Other Committees:		$175,640		$0
Independent Expenditures Supporting:		$25,000		$0
Independent Expenditures Opposing:		$0		$0
Net Independent Expenditures:		$25,000		$0
Net Spending:		$5,458,369		$905,366

2008 Senate class 2, Aurora County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,015	67.7%
Joel Dykstra (R)	484	32.3%
TOTAL	1,499
Turnout: 74%

2008 Senate class 2, Beadle County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	5,137	66.5%
Joel Dykstra (R)	2,589	33.5%
TOTAL	7,726
Turnout: 59%

2008 Senate class 2, Bennett County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	783	65.2%
Joel Dykstra (R)	418	34.8%
TOTAL	1,201
Turnout: 53%

2008 Senate class 2, Bon Homme County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	2,129	66.6%
Joel Dykstra (R)	1,070	33.4%
TOTAL	3,199
Turnout: 57%

2008 Senate class 2, Brookings County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	9,354	67.6%
Joel Dykstra (R)	4,485	32.4%
TOTAL	13,839
Turnout: 55%

2008 Senate class 2, Brown County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	12,482	71.4%
Joel Dykstra (R)	4,993	28.6%
TOTAL	17,475
Turnout: 63%

2008 Senate class 2, Brule County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,572	64.0%
Joel Dykstra (R)	885	36.0%
TOTAL	2,457
Turnout: 64%

2008 Senate class 2, Buffalo County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	512	82.6%
Joel Dykstra (R)	108	17.4%
TOTAL	620
Turnout: 53%

2008 Senate class 2, Butte County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	2,201	52.0%
Joel Dykstra (R)	2,034	48.0%
TOTAL	4,235
Turnout: 57%

2008 Senate class 2, Campbell County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	465	54.3%
Joel Dykstra (R)	392	45.7%
TOTAL	857
Turnout: 71%

2008 Senate class 2, Charles Mix County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	2,606	64.7%
Joel Dykstra (R)	1,422	35.3%
TOTAL	4,028
Turnout: 63%

2008 Senate class 2, Clark County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,332	67.5%
Joel Dykstra (R)	641	32.5%
TOTAL	1,973
Turnout: 69%

2008 Senate class 2, Clay County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	4,637	75.0%
Joel Dykstra (R)	1,545	25.0%
TOTAL	6,182
Turnout: 54%

2008 Senate class 2, Codington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	7,964	65.2%
Joel Dykstra (R)	4,253	34.8%
TOTAL	12,217
Turnout: 61%

2008 Senate class 2, Corson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,000	71.7%
Joel Dykstra (R)	394	28.3%
TOTAL	1,394
Turnout: 52%

2008 Senate class 2, Custer County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	2,287	50.8%
Joel Dykstra (R)	2,217	49.2%
TOTAL	4,504
Turnout: 71%

2008 Senate class 2, Davison County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	5,375	63.4%
Joel Dykstra (R)	3,107	36.6%
TOTAL	8,482
Turnout: 58%

2008 Senate class 2, Day County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	2,401	74.5%
Joel Dykstra (R)	823	25.5%
TOTAL	3,224
Turnout: 72%

2008 Senate class 2, Deuel County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,570	70.4%
Joel Dykstra (R)	659	29.6%
TOTAL	2,229
Turnout: 67%

2008 Senate class 2, Dewey County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,666	82.5%
Joel Dykstra (R)	353	17.5%
TOTAL	2,019
Turnout: 57%

2008 Senate class 2, Douglas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	905	51.6%
Joel Dykstra (R)	848	48.4%
TOTAL	1,753
Turnout: 74%

2008 Senate class 2, Edmunds County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,325	63.6%
Joel Dykstra (R)	758	36.4%
TOTAL	2,083
Turnout: 67%

2008 Senate class 2, Fall River County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	2,068	54.7%
Joel Dykstra (R)	1,710	45.3%
TOTAL	3,778
Turnout: 66%

2008 Senate class 2, Faulk County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	763	63.5%
Joel Dykstra (R)	439	36.5%
TOTAL	1,202
Turnout: 65%

2008 Senate class 2, Grant County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	2,618	68.4%
Joel Dykstra (R)	1,208	31.6%
TOTAL	3,826
Turnout: 67%

2008 Senate class 2, Gregory County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,268	55.8%
Joel Dykstra (R)	1,004	44.2%
TOTAL	2,272
Turnout: 67%

2008 Senate class 2, Haakon County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	551	47.5%
Joel Dykstra (R)	608	52.5%
TOTAL	1,159
Turnout: 76%

2008 Senate class 2, Hamlin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,593	57.0%
Joel Dykstra (R)	1,200	43.0%
TOTAL	2,793
Turnout: 69%

2008 Senate class 2, Hand County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,236	61.5%
Joel Dykstra (R)	775	38.5%
TOTAL	2,011
Turnout: 73%

2008 Senate class 2, Hanson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,211	52.2%
Joel Dykstra (R)	1,107	47.8%
TOTAL	2,318
Turnout: 103%

2008 Senate class 2, Harding County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	284	38.6%
Joel Dykstra (R)	452	61.4%
TOTAL	736
Turnout: 77%

2008 Senate class 2, Hughes County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	5,055	59.7%
Joel Dykstra (R)	3,406	40.3%
TOTAL	8,461
Turnout: 66%

2008 Senate class 2, Hutchinson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	2,160	59.9%
Joel Dykstra (R)	1,448	40.1%
TOTAL	3,608
Turnout: 63%

2008 Senate class 2, Hyde County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	463	58.0%
Joel Dykstra (R)	335	42.0%
TOTAL	798
Turnout: 71%

2008 Senate class 2, Jackson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	686	60.5%
Joel Dykstra (R)	448	39.5%
TOTAL	1,134
Turnout: 57%

2008 Senate class 2, Jerauld County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	774	69.4%
Joel Dykstra (R)	341	30.6%
TOTAL	1,115
Turnout: 67%

2008 Senate class 2, Jones County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	303	48.8%
Joel Dykstra (R)	318	51.2%
TOTAL	621
Turnout: 77%

2008 Senate class 2, Kingsbury County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	2,009	71.6%
Joel Dykstra (R)	798	28.4%
TOTAL	2,807
Turnout: 69%

2008 Senate class 2, Lake County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	4,086	66.9%
Joel Dykstra (R)	2,021	33.1%
TOTAL	6,107
Turnout: 70%

2008 Senate class 2, Lawrence County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	6,676	55.8%
Joel Dykstra (R)	5,294	44.2%
TOTAL	11,970
Turnout: 63%

2008 Senate class 2, Lincoln County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	11,879	57.4%
Joel Dykstra (R)	8,817	42.6%
TOTAL	20,696
Turnout: 72%

2008 Senate class 2, Lyman County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,076	65.3%
Joel Dykstra (R)	571	34.7%
TOTAL	1,647
Turnout: 62%

2008 Senate class 2, Marshall County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,614	73.4%
Joel Dykstra (R)	585	26.6%
TOTAL	2,199
Turnout: 62%

2008 Senate class 2, McCook County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,909	64.5%
Joel Dykstra (R)	1,051	35.5%
TOTAL	2,960
Turnout: 71%

2008 Senate class 2, McPherson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	740	53.9%
Joel Dykstra (R)	633	46.1%
TOTAL	1,373
Turnout: 69%

2008 Senate class 2, Meade County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	6,089	53.0%
Joel Dykstra (R)	5,402	47.0%
TOTAL	11,491
Turnout: 61%

2008 Senate class 2, Mellette County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	560	66.7%
Joel Dykstra (R)	279	33.3%
TOTAL	839
Turnout: 61%

2008 Senate class 2, Miner County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	915	73.6%
Joel Dykstra (R)	328	26.4%
TOTAL	1,243
Turnout: 66%

2008 Senate class 2, Minnehaha County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	50,693	63.5%
Joel Dykstra (R)	29,189	36.5%
TOTAL	79,882
Turnout: 65%

2008 Senate class 2, Moody County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	2,337	71.2%
Joel Dykstra (R)	947	28.8%
TOTAL	3,284
Turnout: 69%

2008 Senate class 2, Pennington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	24,813	54.2%
Joel Dykstra (R)	20,980	45.8%
TOTAL	45,793
Turnout: 62%

2008 Senate class 2, Perkins County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	825	48.5%
Joel Dykstra (R)	877	51.5%
TOTAL	1,702
Turnout: 71%

2008 Senate class 2, Potter County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	846	58.8%
Joel Dykstra (R)	593	41.2%
TOTAL	1,439
Turnout: 75%

2008 Senate class 2, Roberts County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	3,247	71.1%
Joel Dykstra (R)	1,321	28.9%
TOTAL	4,568
Turnout: 63%

2008 Senate class 2, Sanborn County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	847	69.8%
Joel Dykstra (R)	367	30.2%
TOTAL	1,214
Turnout: 65%

2008 Senate class 2, Oglala Lakota County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	3,190	94.9%
Joel Dykstra (R)	172	5.1%
TOTAL	3,362
Turnout: 42%

2008 Senate class 2, Spink County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	2,349	71.3%
Joel Dykstra (R)	945	28.7%
TOTAL	3,294
Turnout: 66%

2008 Senate class 2, Stanley County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	914	58.9%
Joel Dykstra (R)	637	41.1%
TOTAL	1,551
Turnout: 70%

2008 Senate class 2, Sully County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	457	54.7%
Joel Dykstra (R)	379	45.3%
TOTAL	836
Turnout: 77%

2008 Senate class 2, Todd County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	2,419	85.4%
Joel Dykstra (R)	415	14.6%
TOTAL	2,834
Turnout: 50%

2008 Senate class 2, Tripp County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,620	56.8%
Joel Dykstra (R)	1,234	43.2%
TOTAL	2,854
Turnout: 65%

2008 Senate class 2, Turner County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	2,803	64.3%
Joel Dykstra (R)	1,556	35.7%
TOTAL	4,359
Turnout: 68%

2008 Senate class 2, Union County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	4,293	56.3%
Joel Dykstra (R)	3,337	43.7%
TOTAL	7,630
Turnout: 74%

2008 Senate class 2, Walworth County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	1,534	57.6%
Joel Dykstra (R)	1,131	42.4%
TOTAL	2,665
Turnout: 62%

2008 Senate class 2, Yankton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	6,694	66.0%
Joel Dykstra (R)	3,451	34.0%
TOTAL	10,145
Turnout: 59%

2008 Senate class 2, Ziebach County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tim Johnson* (D)	704	78.1%
Joel Dykstra (R)	197	21.9%
TOTAL	901
Turnout: 54%

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Tim Johnson*
Total Disbursements:	$5,433,369
Total Receipts:	$5,969,314
Cash on Hand:	$552,435
Candidate Contributions:	$0
Candidate Loans:	$0
Individual Contributions:	$2,856,679
Party Contributions:	$39,900
Other Committee Contributions:	$2,756,909
Other Committee Transfers:	$175,640
Indep. Expenditures Supporting:	$25,000
Indep. Expenditures Opposing:	$0
Net Independent Expenditures:	$25,000
Net Spending:	$5,458,369

Joel Dykstra
Total Disbursements:	$905,366
Total Receipts:	$906,630
Cash on Hand:	$1,263
Candidate Contributions:	$82,708
Candidate Loans:	$0
Individual Contributions:	$832,494
Party Contributions:	$7,980
Other Committee Contributions:	$62,600
Other Committee Transfers:	$0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting:	$0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing:	$0
Net Independent Expenditures:	$0
Net Spending:	$905,366

**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/senate/SD/2008