1986-11-04 Senatorial Election Results for South Dakota (Class 3)

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County	Turnout	Tom Daschle (D)		James Abdnor* (R)		Other		Margin	TOTAL
Aurora	78%	1,000	55.2%	812	44.8%	0	0.0%	188	1,812
Beadle	65%	4,592	52.1%	4,222	47.9%	0	0.0%	370	8,814
Bennett	73%	818	55.4%	659	44.6%	0	0.0%	159	1,477
Bon Homme	68%	1,927	51.2%	1,833	48.8%	0	0.0%	94	3,760
Brookings	49%	4,626	49.1%	4,792	50.9%	0	0.0%	-166	9,418
Brown	62%	9,503	58.0%	6,890	42.0%	0	0.0%	2,613	16,393
Brule	70%	1,297	50.8%	1,257	49.2%	0	0.0%	40	2,554
Buffalo	78%	533	70.5%	223	29.5%	0	0.0%	310	756
Butte	59%	1,302	38.8%	2,057	61.2%	0	0.0%	-755	3,359
Campbell	89%	540	39.6%	825	60.4%	0	0.0%	-285	1,365
Charles Mix	71%	2,473	55.1%	2,013	44.9%	0	0.0%	460	4,486
Clark	75%	1,345	54.0%	1,147	46.0%	0	0.0%	198	2,492
Clay	45%	2,756	57.4%	2,044	42.6%	0	0.0%	712	4,800
Codington	58%	4,954	54.9%	4,067	45.1%	0	0.0%	887	9,021
Corson	59%	977	58.7%	688	41.3%	0	0.0%	289	1,665
Custer	68%	1,332	44.9%	1,635	55.1%	0	0.0%	-303	2,967
Davison	59%	3,740	50.2%	3,716	49.8%	0	0.0%	24	7,456
Day	72%	2,317	60.0%	1,544	40.0%	0	0.0%	773	3,861
Deuel	75%	1,515	58.4%	1,079	41.6%	0	0.0%	436	2,594
Dewey	63%	1,286	62.9%	758	37.1%	0	0.0%	528	2,044
Douglas	76%	770	37.2%	1,300	62.8%	0	0.0%	-530	2,070
Edmunds	78%	1,468	56.1%	1,149	43.9%	0	0.0%	319	2,617
Fall River	54%	1,549	48.8%	1,625	51.2%	0	0.0%	-76	3,174
Faulk	77%	834	50.8%	807	49.2%	0	0.0%	27	1,641
Grant	68%	2,153	52.8%	1,922	47.2%	0	0.0%	231	4,075
Gregory	69%	1,291	47.0%	1,453	53.0%	0	0.0%	-162	2,744
Haakon	77%	370	27.5%	977	72.5%	0	0.0%	-607	1,347
Hamlin	71%	1,353	52.6%	1,219	47.4%	0	0.0%	134	2,572
Hand	82%	1,309	49.0%	1,364	51.0%	0	0.0%	-55	2,673
Hanson	71%	790	50.7%	768	49.3%	0	0.0%	22	1,558
Harding	80%	337	36.9%	576	63.1%	0	0.0%	-239	913
Hughes	71%	2,797	39.2%	4,334	60.8%	0	0.0%	-1,537	7,131
Hutchinson	67%	1,781	41.2%	2,545	58.8%	0	0.0%	-764	4,326
Hyde	84%	492	44.1%	623	55.9%	0	0.0%	-131	1,115
Jackson	63%	499	41.2%	711	58.8%	0	0.0%	-212	1,210
Jerauld	80%	753	49.5%	769	50.5%	0	0.0%	-16	1,522
Jones	85%	245	29.4%	589	70.6%	0	0.0%	-344	834
Kingsbury	72%	1,727	52.6%	1,555	47.4%	0	0.0%	172	3,282
Lake	68%	2,958	55.7%	2,351	44.3%	0	0.0%	607	5,309
Lawrence	54%	3,622	46.8%	4,124	53.2%	0	0.0%	-502	7,746
Lincoln	60%	3,367	54.8%	2,776	45.2%	0	0.0%	591	6,143
Lyman	70%	607	35.2%	1,118	64.8%	0	0.0%	-511	1,725
Marshall	71%	1,541	59.7%	1,041	40.3%	0	0.0%	500	2,582
McCook	69%	1,640	55.8%	1,301	44.2%	0	0.0%	339	2,941
McPherson	72%	696	36.0%	1,235	64.0%	0	0.0%	-539	1,931
Meade	47%	3,155	46.5%	3,625	53.5%	0	0.0%	-470	6,780
Mellette	71%	490	49.6%	497	50.4%	0	0.0%	-7	987
Miner	76%	1,095	57.7%	804	42.3%	0	0.0%	291	1,899
Minnehaha	57%	26,942	55.4%	21,648	44.6%	0	0.0%	5,294	48,590
Moody	66%	1,843	61.8%	1,141	38.2%	0	0.0%	702	2,984
Pennington	49%	12,114	45.6%	14,466	54.4%	0	0.0%	-2,352	26,580
Perkins	72%	1,080	48.3%	1,155	51.7%	0	0.0%	-75	2,235
Potter	78%	755	40.1%	1,127	59.9%	0	0.0%	-372	1,882
Roberts	60%	2,534	59.7%	1,711	40.3%	0	0.0%	823	4,245
Sanborn	81%	884	51.3%	839	48.7%	0	0.0%	45	1,723
Shannon	34%	1,658	88.2%	221	11.8%	0	0.0%	1,437	1,879
Spink	67%	2,205	54.0%	1,879	46.0%	0	0.0%	326	4,084
Stanley	79%	515	39.0%	806	61.0%	0	0.0%	-291	1,321
Sully	91%	508	45.2%	615	54.8%	0	0.0%	-107	1,123
Todd	44%	1,321	69.9%	568	30.1%	0	0.0%	753	1,889
Tripp	71%	1,427	41.4%	2,017	58.6%	0	0.0%	-590	3,444
Turner	67%	2,097	48.4%	2,232	51.6%	0	0.0%	-135	4,329
Union	59%	2,639	61.3%	1,668	38.7%	0	0.0%	971	4,307
Walworth	64%	1,268	42.5%	1,716	57.5%	0	0.0%	-448	2,984
Yankton	54%	3,915	52.1%	3,593	47.9%	0	0.0%	322	7,508
Ziebach	61%	430	55.0%	352	45.0%	0	0.0%	78	782
TOTAL	60%	152,657	51.6%	143,173	48.4%	0	0.0%	9,484	295,830
Total R vote: 143,173 (48.4%)      Total D vote: 152,657 (51.6%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements:		$3,485,870		$3,612,881
Total Receipts:		$3,519,704		$3,632,327
Cash on Hand:		$40,245		$65,870
Contributions by Candidate:		$0		$0
Loans by Candidate:		$0		$0
Total Individual Contributions:		$0		$35,859
Party Contributions:		$0		$0
Other Committee Contributions:		$1,162,156		$1,082,931
Transfers from Other Committees:		$72,739		$130,850
Independent Expenditures Supporting:		$11,357		$223,185
Independent Expenditures Opposing:		$3,815		$5,190
Net Independent Expenditures:		$7,542		$217,995
Net Spending:		$3,493,412		$3,830,876

1986 Senate class 3, Aurora County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,000	55.2%
James Abdnor* (R)	812	44.8%
TOTAL	1,812
Turnout: 78%

1986 Senate class 3, Beadle County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	4,592	52.1%
James Abdnor* (R)	4,222	47.9%
TOTAL	8,814
Turnout: 65%

1986 Senate class 3, Bennett County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	818	55.4%
James Abdnor* (R)	659	44.6%
TOTAL	1,477
Turnout: 73%

1986 Senate class 3, Bon Homme County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,927	51.2%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,833	48.8%
TOTAL	3,760
Turnout: 68%

1986 Senate class 3, Brookings County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	4,626	49.1%
James Abdnor* (R)	4,792	50.9%
TOTAL	9,418
Turnout: 49%

1986 Senate class 3, Brown County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	9,503	58.0%
James Abdnor* (R)	6,890	42.0%
TOTAL	16,393
Turnout: 62%

1986 Senate class 3, Brule County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,297	50.8%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,257	49.2%
TOTAL	2,554
Turnout: 70%

1986 Senate class 3, Buffalo County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	533	70.5%
James Abdnor* (R)	223	29.5%
TOTAL	756
Turnout: 78%

1986 Senate class 3, Butte County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,302	38.8%
James Abdnor* (R)	2,057	61.2%
TOTAL	3,359
Turnout: 59%

1986 Senate class 3, Campbell County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	540	39.6%
James Abdnor* (R)	825	60.4%
TOTAL	1,365
Turnout: 89%

1986 Senate class 3, Charles Mix County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	2,473	55.1%
James Abdnor* (R)	2,013	44.9%
TOTAL	4,486
Turnout: 71%

1986 Senate class 3, Clark County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,345	54.0%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,147	46.0%
TOTAL	2,492
Turnout: 75%

1986 Senate class 3, Clay County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	2,756	57.4%
James Abdnor* (R)	2,044	42.6%
TOTAL	4,800
Turnout: 45%

1986 Senate class 3, Codington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	4,954	54.9%
James Abdnor* (R)	4,067	45.1%
TOTAL	9,021
Turnout: 58%

1986 Senate class 3, Corson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	977	58.7%
James Abdnor* (R)	688	41.3%
TOTAL	1,665
Turnout: 59%

1986 Senate class 3, Custer County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,332	44.9%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,635	55.1%
TOTAL	2,967
Turnout: 68%

1986 Senate class 3, Davison County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	3,740	50.2%
James Abdnor* (R)	3,716	49.8%
TOTAL	7,456
Turnout: 59%

1986 Senate class 3, Day County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	2,317	60.0%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,544	40.0%
TOTAL	3,861
Turnout: 72%

1986 Senate class 3, Deuel County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,515	58.4%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,079	41.6%
TOTAL	2,594
Turnout: 75%

1986 Senate class 3, Dewey County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,286	62.9%
James Abdnor* (R)	758	37.1%
TOTAL	2,044
Turnout: 63%

1986 Senate class 3, Douglas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	770	37.2%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,300	62.8%
TOTAL	2,070
Turnout: 76%

1986 Senate class 3, Edmunds County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,468	56.1%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,149	43.9%
TOTAL	2,617
Turnout: 78%

1986 Senate class 3, Fall River County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,549	48.8%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,625	51.2%
TOTAL	3,174
Turnout: 54%

1986 Senate class 3, Faulk County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	834	50.8%
James Abdnor* (R)	807	49.2%
TOTAL	1,641
Turnout: 77%

1986 Senate class 3, Grant County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	2,153	52.8%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,922	47.2%
TOTAL	4,075
Turnout: 68%

1986 Senate class 3, Gregory County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,291	47.0%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,453	53.0%
TOTAL	2,744
Turnout: 69%

1986 Senate class 3, Haakon County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	370	27.5%
James Abdnor* (R)	977	72.5%
TOTAL	1,347
Turnout: 77%

1986 Senate class 3, Hamlin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,353	52.6%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,219	47.4%
TOTAL	2,572
Turnout: 71%

1986 Senate class 3, Hand County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,309	49.0%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,364	51.0%
TOTAL	2,673
Turnout: 82%

1986 Senate class 3, Hanson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	790	50.7%
James Abdnor* (R)	768	49.3%
TOTAL	1,558
Turnout: 71%

1986 Senate class 3, Harding County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	337	36.9%
James Abdnor* (R)	576	63.1%
TOTAL	913
Turnout: 80%

1986 Senate class 3, Hughes County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	2,797	39.2%
James Abdnor* (R)	4,334	60.8%
TOTAL	7,131
Turnout: 71%

1986 Senate class 3, Hutchinson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,781	41.2%
James Abdnor* (R)	2,545	58.8%
TOTAL	4,326
Turnout: 67%

1986 Senate class 3, Hyde County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	492	44.1%
James Abdnor* (R)	623	55.9%
TOTAL	1,115
Turnout: 84%

1986 Senate class 3, Jackson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	499	41.2%
James Abdnor* (R)	711	58.8%
TOTAL	1,210
Turnout: 63%

1986 Senate class 3, Jerauld County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	753	49.5%
James Abdnor* (R)	769	50.5%
TOTAL	1,522
Turnout: 80%

1986 Senate class 3, Jones County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	245	29.4%
James Abdnor* (R)	589	70.6%
TOTAL	834
Turnout: 85%

1986 Senate class 3, Kingsbury County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,727	52.6%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,555	47.4%
TOTAL	3,282
Turnout: 72%

1986 Senate class 3, Lake County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	2,958	55.7%
James Abdnor* (R)	2,351	44.3%
TOTAL	5,309
Turnout: 68%

1986 Senate class 3, Lawrence County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	3,622	46.8%
James Abdnor* (R)	4,124	53.2%
TOTAL	7,746
Turnout: 54%

1986 Senate class 3, Lincoln County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	3,367	54.8%
James Abdnor* (R)	2,776	45.2%
TOTAL	6,143
Turnout: 60%

1986 Senate class 3, Lyman County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	607	35.2%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,118	64.8%
TOTAL	1,725
Turnout: 70%

1986 Senate class 3, Marshall County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,541	59.7%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,041	40.3%
TOTAL	2,582
Turnout: 71%

1986 Senate class 3, McCook County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,640	55.8%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,301	44.2%
TOTAL	2,941
Turnout: 69%

1986 Senate class 3, McPherson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	696	36.0%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,235	64.0%
TOTAL	1,931
Turnout: 72%

1986 Senate class 3, Meade County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	3,155	46.5%
James Abdnor* (R)	3,625	53.5%
TOTAL	6,780
Turnout: 47%

1986 Senate class 3, Mellette County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	490	49.6%
James Abdnor* (R)	497	50.4%
TOTAL	987
Turnout: 71%

1986 Senate class 3, Miner County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,095	57.7%
James Abdnor* (R)	804	42.3%
TOTAL	1,899
Turnout: 76%

1986 Senate class 3, Minnehaha County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	26,942	55.4%
James Abdnor* (R)	21,648	44.6%
TOTAL	48,590
Turnout: 57%

1986 Senate class 3, Moody County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,843	61.8%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,141	38.2%
TOTAL	2,984
Turnout: 66%

1986 Senate class 3, Pennington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	12,114	45.6%
James Abdnor* (R)	14,466	54.4%
TOTAL	26,580
Turnout: 49%

1986 Senate class 3, Perkins County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,080	48.3%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,155	51.7%
TOTAL	2,235
Turnout: 72%

1986 Senate class 3, Potter County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	755	40.1%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,127	59.9%
TOTAL	1,882
Turnout: 78%

1986 Senate class 3, Roberts County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	2,534	59.7%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,711	40.3%
TOTAL	4,245
Turnout: 60%

1986 Senate class 3, Sanborn County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	884	51.3%
James Abdnor* (R)	839	48.7%
TOTAL	1,723
Turnout: 81%

1986 Senate class 3, Oglala Lakota County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,658	88.2%
James Abdnor* (R)	221	11.8%
TOTAL	1,879
Turnout: 34%

1986 Senate class 3, Spink County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	2,205	54.0%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,879	46.0%
TOTAL	4,084
Turnout: 67%

1986 Senate class 3, Stanley County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	515	39.0%
James Abdnor* (R)	806	61.0%
TOTAL	1,321
Turnout: 79%

1986 Senate class 3, Sully County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	508	45.2%
James Abdnor* (R)	615	54.8%
TOTAL	1,123
Turnout: 91%

1986 Senate class 3, Todd County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,321	69.9%
James Abdnor* (R)	568	30.1%
TOTAL	1,889
Turnout: 44%

1986 Senate class 3, Tripp County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,427	41.4%
James Abdnor* (R)	2,017	58.6%
TOTAL	3,444
Turnout: 71%

1986 Senate class 3, Turner County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	2,097	48.4%
James Abdnor* (R)	2,232	51.6%
TOTAL	4,329
Turnout: 67%

1986 Senate class 3, Union County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	2,639	61.3%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,668	38.7%
TOTAL	4,307
Turnout: 59%

1986 Senate class 3, Walworth County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	1,268	42.5%
James Abdnor* (R)	1,716	57.5%
TOTAL	2,984
Turnout: 64%

1986 Senate class 3, Yankton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	3,915	52.1%
James Abdnor* (R)	3,593	47.9%
TOTAL	7,508
Turnout: 54%

1986 Senate class 3, Ziebach County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Tom Daschle (D)	430	55.0%
James Abdnor* (R)	352	45.0%
TOTAL	782
Turnout: 61%

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Tom Daschle
Total Disbursements:	$3,485,870
Total Receipts:	$3,519,704
Cash on Hand:	$40,245
Candidate Contributions:	$0
Candidate Loans:	$0
Individual Contributions:	$0
Party Contributions:	$0
Other Committee Contributions:	$1,162,156
Other Committee Transfers:	$72,739
Indep. Expenditures Supporting:	$11,357
Indep. Expenditures Opposing:	$3,815
Net Independent Expenditures:	$7,542
Net Spending:	$3,493,412

James Abdnor*
Total Disbursements:	$3,612,881
Total Receipts:	$3,632,327
Cash on Hand:	$65,870
Candidate Contributions:	$0
Candidate Loans:	$0
Individual Contributions:	$35,859
Party Contributions:	$0
Other Committee Contributions:	$1,082,931
Other Committee Transfers:	$130,850
Indep. Expenditures Supporting:	$223,185
Indep. Expenditures Opposing:	$5,190
Net Independent Expenditures:	$217,995
Net Spending:	$3,830,876

**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/1986