2020-11-03 Senatorial Election Results for South Dakota (Class 2)

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County	Turnout	Mike Rounds* (R)		Dan Ahlers (D)		Other		Margin	TOTAL
Aurora	70%	1,002	71.3%	403	28.7%	0	0.0%	599	1,405
Beadle	51%	5,104	72.0%	1,986	28.0%	0	0.0%	3,118	7,090
Bennett	59%	729	62.5%	437	37.5%	0	0.0%	292	1,166
Bon Homme	53%	2,156	72.1%	834	27.9%	0	0.0%	1,322	2,990
Brookings	53%	8,792	60.5%	5,746	39.5%	0	0.0%	3,046	14,538
Brown	60%	11,168	64.0%	6,283	36.0%	0	0.0%	4,885	17,451
Brule	65%	1,735	69.7%	756	30.3%	0	0.0%	979	2,491
Buffalo	48%	223	40.9%	322	59.1%	0	0.0%	-99	545
Butte	59%	3,809	79.9%	961	20.1%	0	0.0%	2,848	4,770
Campbell	88%	745	85.9%	122	14.1%	0	0.0%	623	867
Charles Mix	60%	2,542	66.9%	1,259	33.1%	0	0.0%	1,283	3,801
Clark	67%	1,397	75.6%	450	24.4%	0	0.0%	947	1,847
Clay	46%	2,857	50.4%	2,807	49.6%	0	0.0%	50	5,664
Codington	60%	9,479	72.3%	3,626	27.7%	0	0.0%	5,853	13,105
Corson	53%	681	53.9%	583	46.1%	0	0.0%	98	1,264
Custer	75%	3,973	72.8%	1,483	27.2%	0	0.0%	2,490	5,456
Davison	55%	5,893	69.9%	2,540	30.1%	0	0.0%	3,353	8,433
Day	71%	1,895	63.9%	1,069	36.1%	0	0.0%	826	2,964
Deuel	72%	1,714	73.2%	628	26.8%	0	0.0%	1,086	2,342
Dewey	60%	884	45.4%	1,062	54.6%	0	0.0%	-178	1,946
Douglas	83%	1,469	86.2%	235	13.8%	0	0.0%	1,234	1,704
Edmunds	65%	1,539	77.5%	448	22.5%	0	0.0%	1,091	1,987
Fall River	66%	3,009	75.2%	993	24.8%	0	0.0%	2,016	4,002
Faulk	75%	975	82.1%	213	17.9%	0	0.0%	762	1,188
Grant	64%	2,723	72.6%	1,026	27.4%	0	0.0%	1,697	3,749
Gregory	75%	1,766	78.3%	488	21.7%	0	0.0%	1,278	2,254
Haakon	84%	1,032	90.7%	106	9.3%	0	0.0%	926	1,138
Hamlin	72%	2,413	78.6%	657	21.4%	0	0.0%	1,756	3,070
Hand	76%	1,480	79.7%	378	20.3%	0	0.0%	1,102	1,858
Hanson	96%	1,796	76.1%	564	23.9%	0	0.0%	1,232	2,360
Harding	73%	727	90.9%	73	9.1%	0	0.0%	654	800
Hughes	66%	6,217	70.9%	2,546	29.1%	0	0.0%	3,671	8,763
Hutchinson	69%	2,982	79.4%	772	20.6%	0	0.0%	2,210	3,754
Hyde	77%	568	79.9%	143	20.1%	0	0.0%	425	711
Jackson	56%	756	67.9%	357	32.1%	0	0.0%	399	1,113
Jerauld	79%	720	72.2%	277	27.8%	0	0.0%	443	997
Jones	91%	497	83.4%	99	16.6%	0	0.0%	398	596
Kingsbury	70%	1,970	70.9%	809	29.1%	0	0.0%	1,161	2,779
Lake	68%	3,816	64.8%	2,069	35.2%	0	0.0%	1,747	5,885
Lawrence	63%	9,385	68.3%	4,358	31.7%	0	0.0%	5,027	13,743
Lincoln	63%	21,221	65.8%	11,013	34.2%	0	0.0%	10,208	32,234
Lyman	61%	1,066	66.7%	533	33.3%	0	0.0%	533	1,599
Marshall	67%	1,334	61.0%	853	39.0%	0	0.0%	481	2,187
McCook	70%	2,072	71.3%	835	28.7%	0	0.0%	1,237	2,907
McPherson	67%	1,086	82.2%	235	17.8%	0	0.0%	851	1,321
Meade	57%	10,355	76.5%	3,176	23.5%	0	0.0%	7,179	13,531
Mellette	58%	468	60.7%	303	39.3%	0	0.0%	165	771
Miner	64%	807	70.4%	339	29.6%	0	0.0%	468	1,146
Minnehaha	61%	52,773	57.6%	38,799	42.4%	0	0.0%	13,974	91,572
Moody	69%	1,877	58.3%	1,343	41.7%	0	0.0%	534	3,220
Pennington	65%	37,694	66.3%	19,184	33.7%	0	0.0%	18,510	56,878
Perkins	77%	1,395	84.9%	249	15.1%	0	0.0%	1,146	1,644
Potter	74%	1,160	83.8%	224	16.2%	0	0.0%	936	1,384
Roberts	59%	2,529	58.9%	1,767	41.1%	0	0.0%	762	4,296
Sanborn	67%	898	76.2%	281	23.8%	0	0.0%	617	1,179
Shannon	38%	510	15.9%	2,691	84.1%	0	0.0%	-2,181	3,201
Spink	67%	2,178	68.8%	986	31.2%	0	0.0%	1,192	3,164
Stanley	70%	1,274	77.1%	378	22.9%	0	0.0%	896	1,652
Sully	75%	759	81.9%	168	18.1%	0	0.0%	591	927
Todd	47%	706	28.2%	1,796	71.8%	0	0.0%	-1,090	2,502
Tripp	64%	2,188	81.3%	502	18.7%	0	0.0%	1,686	2,690
Turner	69%	3,416	75.2%	1,126	24.8%	0	0.0%	2,290	4,542
Union	68%	6,364	72.6%	2,407	27.4%	0	0.0%	3,957	8,771
Walworth	64%	2,040	79.5%	525	20.5%	0	0.0%	1,515	2,565
Yankton	59%	6,994	64.5%	3,848	35.5%	0	0.0%	3,146	10,842
Ziebach	53%	450	49.6%	458	50.4%	0	0.0%	-8	908
TOTAL	62%	276,232	65.7%	143,987	34.3%	0	0.0%	132,245	420,219
Total R vote: 276,232 (65.7%)      Total D vote: 143,987 (34.3%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements:		$3,246,188		$253,114
Total Receipts:		$4,809,311		$273,832
Cash on Hand:		$1,682,521		$20,718
Contributions by Candidate:		$4,320		$10
Loans by Candidate:		$0		$0
Total Individual Contributions:		$2,515,310		$245,553
Party Contributions:		$0		$12,500
Other Committee Contributions:		$2,176,307		$15,769
Transfers from Other Committees:		$93,503		$0
Independent Expenditures Supporting:		$1,698		$0
Independent Expenditures Opposing:		$7,697		$0
Net Independent Expenditures:		$-5,999		$0
Net Spending:		$3,240,189		$253,114

2020 Senate class 2, Aurora County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,002	71.3%
Dan Ahlers (D)	403	28.7%
TOTAL	1,405
Turnout: 70%

2020 Senate class 2, Beadle County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	5,104	72.0%
Dan Ahlers (D)	1,986	28.0%
TOTAL	7,090
Turnout: 51%

2020 Senate class 2, Bennett County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	729	62.5%
Dan Ahlers (D)	437	37.5%
TOTAL	1,166
Turnout: 59%

2020 Senate class 2, Bon Homme County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	2,156	72.1%
Dan Ahlers (D)	834	27.9%
TOTAL	2,990
Turnout: 53%

2020 Senate class 2, Brookings County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	8,792	60.5%
Dan Ahlers (D)	5,746	39.5%
TOTAL	14,538
Turnout: 53%

2020 Senate class 2, Brown County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	11,168	64.0%
Dan Ahlers (D)	6,283	36.0%
TOTAL	17,451
Turnout: 60%

2020 Senate class 2, Brule County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,735	69.7%
Dan Ahlers (D)	756	30.3%
TOTAL	2,491
Turnout: 65%

2020 Senate class 2, Buffalo County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	223	40.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	322	59.1%
TOTAL	545
Turnout: 48%

2020 Senate class 2, Butte County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	3,809	79.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	961	20.1%
TOTAL	4,770
Turnout: 59%

2020 Senate class 2, Campbell County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	745	85.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	122	14.1%
TOTAL	867
Turnout: 88%

2020 Senate class 2, Charles Mix County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	2,542	66.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	1,259	33.1%
TOTAL	3,801
Turnout: 60%

2020 Senate class 2, Clark County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,397	75.6%
Dan Ahlers (D)	450	24.4%
TOTAL	1,847
Turnout: 67%

2020 Senate class 2, Clay County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	2,857	50.4%
Dan Ahlers (D)	2,807	49.6%
TOTAL	5,664
Turnout: 46%

2020 Senate class 2, Codington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	9,479	72.3%
Dan Ahlers (D)	3,626	27.7%
TOTAL	13,105
Turnout: 60%

2020 Senate class 2, Corson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	681	53.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	583	46.1%
TOTAL	1,264
Turnout: 53%

2020 Senate class 2, Custer County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	3,973	72.8%
Dan Ahlers (D)	1,483	27.2%
TOTAL	5,456
Turnout: 75%

2020 Senate class 2, Davison County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	5,893	69.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	2,540	30.1%
TOTAL	8,433
Turnout: 55%

2020 Senate class 2, Day County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,895	63.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	1,069	36.1%
TOTAL	2,964
Turnout: 71%

2020 Senate class 2, Deuel County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,714	73.2%
Dan Ahlers (D)	628	26.8%
TOTAL	2,342
Turnout: 72%

2020 Senate class 2, Dewey County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	884	45.4%
Dan Ahlers (D)	1,062	54.6%
TOTAL	1,946
Turnout: 60%

2020 Senate class 2, Douglas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,469	86.2%
Dan Ahlers (D)	235	13.8%
TOTAL	1,704
Turnout: 83%

2020 Senate class 2, Edmunds County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,539	77.5%
Dan Ahlers (D)	448	22.5%
TOTAL	1,987
Turnout: 65%

2020 Senate class 2, Fall River County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	3,009	75.2%
Dan Ahlers (D)	993	24.8%
TOTAL	4,002
Turnout: 66%

2020 Senate class 2, Faulk County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	975	82.1%
Dan Ahlers (D)	213	17.9%
TOTAL	1,188
Turnout: 75%

2020 Senate class 2, Grant County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	2,723	72.6%
Dan Ahlers (D)	1,026	27.4%
TOTAL	3,749
Turnout: 64%

2020 Senate class 2, Gregory County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,766	78.3%
Dan Ahlers (D)	488	21.7%
TOTAL	2,254
Turnout: 75%

2020 Senate class 2, Haakon County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,032	90.7%
Dan Ahlers (D)	106	9.3%
TOTAL	1,138
Turnout: 84%

2020 Senate class 2, Hamlin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	2,413	78.6%
Dan Ahlers (D)	657	21.4%
TOTAL	3,070
Turnout: 72%

2020 Senate class 2, Hand County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,480	79.7%
Dan Ahlers (D)	378	20.3%
TOTAL	1,858
Turnout: 76%

2020 Senate class 2, Hanson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,796	76.1%
Dan Ahlers (D)	564	23.9%
TOTAL	2,360
Turnout: 96%

2020 Senate class 2, Harding County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	727	90.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	73	9.1%
TOTAL	800
Turnout: 73%

2020 Senate class 2, Hughes County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	6,217	70.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	2,546	29.1%
TOTAL	8,763
Turnout: 66%

2020 Senate class 2, Hutchinson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	2,982	79.4%
Dan Ahlers (D)	772	20.6%
TOTAL	3,754
Turnout: 69%

2020 Senate class 2, Hyde County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	568	79.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	143	20.1%
TOTAL	711
Turnout: 77%

2020 Senate class 2, Jackson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	756	67.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	357	32.1%
TOTAL	1,113
Turnout: 56%

2020 Senate class 2, Jerauld County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	720	72.2%
Dan Ahlers (D)	277	27.8%
TOTAL	997
Turnout: 79%

2020 Senate class 2, Jones County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	497	83.4%
Dan Ahlers (D)	99	16.6%
TOTAL	596
Turnout: 91%

2020 Senate class 2, Kingsbury County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,970	70.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	809	29.1%
TOTAL	2,779
Turnout: 70%

2020 Senate class 2, Lake County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	3,816	64.8%
Dan Ahlers (D)	2,069	35.2%
TOTAL	5,885
Turnout: 68%

2020 Senate class 2, Lawrence County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	9,385	68.3%
Dan Ahlers (D)	4,358	31.7%
TOTAL	13,743
Turnout: 63%

2020 Senate class 2, Lincoln County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	21,221	65.8%
Dan Ahlers (D)	11,013	34.2%
TOTAL	32,234
Turnout: 63%

2020 Senate class 2, Lyman County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,066	66.7%
Dan Ahlers (D)	533	33.3%
TOTAL	1,599
Turnout: 61%

2020 Senate class 2, Marshall County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,334	61.0%
Dan Ahlers (D)	853	39.0%
TOTAL	2,187
Turnout: 67%

2020 Senate class 2, McCook County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	2,072	71.3%
Dan Ahlers (D)	835	28.7%
TOTAL	2,907
Turnout: 70%

2020 Senate class 2, McPherson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,086	82.2%
Dan Ahlers (D)	235	17.8%
TOTAL	1,321
Turnout: 67%

2020 Senate class 2, Meade County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	10,355	76.5%
Dan Ahlers (D)	3,176	23.5%
TOTAL	13,531
Turnout: 57%

2020 Senate class 2, Mellette County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	468	60.7%
Dan Ahlers (D)	303	39.3%
TOTAL	771
Turnout: 58%

2020 Senate class 2, Miner County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	807	70.4%
Dan Ahlers (D)	339	29.6%
TOTAL	1,146
Turnout: 64%

2020 Senate class 2, Minnehaha County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	52,773	57.6%
Dan Ahlers (D)	38,799	42.4%
TOTAL	91,572
Turnout: 61%

2020 Senate class 2, Moody County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,877	58.3%
Dan Ahlers (D)	1,343	41.7%
TOTAL	3,220
Turnout: 69%

2020 Senate class 2, Pennington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	37,694	66.3%
Dan Ahlers (D)	19,184	33.7%
TOTAL	56,878
Turnout: 65%

2020 Senate class 2, Perkins County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,395	84.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	249	15.1%
TOTAL	1,644
Turnout: 77%

2020 Senate class 2, Potter County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,160	83.8%
Dan Ahlers (D)	224	16.2%
TOTAL	1,384
Turnout: 74%

2020 Senate class 2, Roberts County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	2,529	58.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	1,767	41.1%
TOTAL	4,296
Turnout: 59%

2020 Senate class 2, Sanborn County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	898	76.2%
Dan Ahlers (D)	281	23.8%
TOTAL	1,179
Turnout: 67%

2020 Senate class 2, Oglala Lakota County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	510	15.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	2,691	84.1%
TOTAL	3,201
Turnout: 38%

2020 Senate class 2, Spink County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	2,178	68.8%
Dan Ahlers (D)	986	31.2%
TOTAL	3,164
Turnout: 67%

2020 Senate class 2, Stanley County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	1,274	77.1%
Dan Ahlers (D)	378	22.9%
TOTAL	1,652
Turnout: 70%

2020 Senate class 2, Sully County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	759	81.9%
Dan Ahlers (D)	168	18.1%
TOTAL	927
Turnout: 75%

2020 Senate class 2, Todd County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	706	28.2%
Dan Ahlers (D)	1,796	71.8%
TOTAL	2,502
Turnout: 47%

2020 Senate class 2, Tripp County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	2,188	81.3%
Dan Ahlers (D)	502	18.7%
TOTAL	2,690
Turnout: 64%

2020 Senate class 2, Turner County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	3,416	75.2%
Dan Ahlers (D)	1,126	24.8%
TOTAL	4,542
Turnout: 69%

2020 Senate class 2, Union County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	6,364	72.6%
Dan Ahlers (D)	2,407	27.4%
TOTAL	8,771
Turnout: 68%

2020 Senate class 2, Walworth County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	2,040	79.5%
Dan Ahlers (D)	525	20.5%
TOTAL	2,565
Turnout: 64%

2020 Senate class 2, Yankton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	6,994	64.5%
Dan Ahlers (D)	3,848	35.5%
TOTAL	10,842
Turnout: 59%

2020 Senate class 2, Ziebach County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mike Rounds* (R)	450	49.6%
Dan Ahlers (D)	458	50.4%
TOTAL	908
Turnout: 53%

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Mike Rounds*
Total Disbursements:	$3,246,188
Total Receipts:	$4,809,311
Cash on Hand:	$1,682,521
Candidate Contributions:	$4,320
Candidate Loans:	$0
Individual Contributions:	$2,515,310
Party Contributions:	$0
Other Committee Contributions:	$2,176,307
Other Committee Transfers:	$93,503
Indep. Expenditures Supporting:	$1,698
Indep. Expenditures Opposing:	$7,697
Net Independent Expenditures:	$-5,999
Net Spending:	$3,240,189

Dan Ahlers
Total Disbursements:	$253,114
Total Receipts:	$273,832
Cash on Hand:	$20,718
Candidate Contributions:	$10
Candidate Loans:	$0
Individual Contributions:	$245,553
Party Contributions:	$12,500
Other Committee Contributions:	$15,769
Other Committee Transfers:	$0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting:	$0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing:	$0
Net Independent Expenditures:	$0
Net Spending:	$253,114

**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/2020

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