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Senate Elections 2016 | US Senate Elections | South Dakota Races

2016 South Dakota U.S. Senate Election Results

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John Thune 
Percent: 71.83%
Votes: 265,516

Jay Williams
Percent: 28.17%
Votes: 104,140

Race Summary

On November 8, 2016, incumbent Republican Senator John Thune was re‑elected to a third term, winning approximately 71.83% of the vote compared to 28.17% for his Democratic challenger Jay Williams.

Full Results

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 71.83%
Votes: 265,516

 

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 28.17%
Votes: 104,140

 

Total votes: 369,656    

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Results by County

Aurora County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 75.78%
Votes: 1,073

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 24.22%
Votes: 343

Total votes: 1,416

Brookings County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 69.08%
Votes: 8,817

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 30.92%
Votes: 3,947

Total votes: 12,764

Butte County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 82.39%
Votes: 3,546

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 17.61%
Votes: 758

Total votes: 4,304

Clay County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 57.49%
Votes: 2,923

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 42.51%
Votes: 2,161

Total votes: 5,084

Davison County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 75.15%
Votes: 6,017

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 24.85%
Votes: 1,990

Total votes: 8,007

Douglas County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 85.79%
Votes: 1,377

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 14.21%
Votes: 228

Total votes: 1,605

Grant County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 75.24%
Votes: 2,705

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 24.76%
Votes: 890

Total votes: 3,595

Hand County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 81.91%
Votes: 1,517

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 18.09%
Votes: 335

Total votes: 1,852

Hutchinson County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 82.02%
Votes: 2,779

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 17.98%
Votes: 609

Total votes: 3,388

Jones County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 88.06%
Votes: 494

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 11.94%
Votes: 67

Total votes: 561

Lincoln County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 76.12%
Votes: 19,264

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 23.88%
Votes: 6,043

Total votes: 25,307

McPherson County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 85.95%
Votes: 1,009

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 14.05%
Votes: 165

Total votes: 1,174

Minnehaha County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 67.43%
Votes: 52,494

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 32.57%
Votes: 25,359

Total votes: 77,853

Perkins County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 85.61%
Votes: 1,374

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 14.39%
Votes: 231

Total votes: 1,605

Spink County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 72.74%
Votes: 2,177

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 27.26%
Votes: 816

Total votes: 2,993

Tripp County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 81.26%
Votes: 2,134

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 18.74%
Votes: 492

Total votes: 2,626

Yankton County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 67.93%
Votes: 6,542

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 32.07%
Votes: 3,089

Total votes: 9,631

Beadle County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 73.62%
Votes: 5,049

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 26.38%
Votes: 1,809

Total votes: 6,858

Brown County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 70.35%
Votes: 11,371

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 29.65%
Votes: 4,793

Total votes: 16,164

Campbell County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 89.48%
Votes: 740

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 10.52%
Votes: 87

Total votes: 827

Codington County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 74.43%
Votes: 8,740

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 25.57%
Votes: 3,003

Total votes: 11,743

Day County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 65.36%
Votes: 1,815

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 34.64%
Votes: 962

Total votes: 2,777

Edmunds County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 79.30%
Votes: 1,517

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 20.70%
Votes: 396

Total votes: 1,913

Gregory County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 79.69%
Votes: 1,671

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 20.31%
Votes: 426

Total votes: 2,097

Hanson County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 77.02%
Votes: 1,512

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 22.98%
Votes: 451

Total votes: 1,963

Hyde County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 82.05%
Votes: 567

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 17.95%
Votes: 124

Total votes: 691

Kingsbury County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 73.80%
Votes: 1,899

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 26.20%
Votes: 674

Total votes: 2,573

Lyman County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 73.55%
Votes: 1,051

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 26.45%
Votes: 378

Total votes: 1,429

Meade County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 79.66%
Votes: 9,198

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 20.34%
Votes: 2,348

Total votes: 11,546

Moody County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 67.15%
Votes: 1,983

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 32.85%
Votes: 970

Total votes: 2,953

Potter County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 81.12%
Votes: 1,087

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 18.88%
Votes: 253

Total votes: 1,340

Stanley County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 80.54%
Votes: 1,254

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 19.46%
Votes: 303

Total votes: 1,557

Turner County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 79.06%
Votes: 3,289

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 20.94%
Votes: 871

Total votes: 4,160

Ziebach County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 54.96%
Votes: 421

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 45.04%
Votes: 345

Total votes: 766

Bennett County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 66.49%
Votes: 758

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 33.51%
Votes: 382

Total votes: 1,140

Brule County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 75.91%
Votes: 1,746

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 24.09%
Votes: 554

Total votes: 2,300

Charles Mix County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 72.53%
Votes: 2,484

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 27.47%
Votes: 941

Total votes: 3,425

Corson County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 58.93%
Votes: 680

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 41.07%
Votes: 474

Total votes: 1,154

Deuel County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 74.54%
Votes: 1,563

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 25.46%
Votes: 534

Total votes: 2,097

Fall River County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 75.47%
Votes: 2,671

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 24.53%
Votes: 868

Total votes: 3,539

Haakon County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 91.92%
Votes: 956

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 8.08%
Votes: 84

Total votes: 1,040

Harding County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 90.24%
Votes: 684

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 9.76%
Votes: 74

Total votes: 758

Jackson County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 71.39%
Votes: 771

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 28.61%
Votes: 309

Total votes: 1,080

Lake County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 69.72%
Votes: 4,677

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 30.28%
Votes: 2,031

Total votes: 6,708

Marshall County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 68.07%
Votes: 1,341

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 31.93%
Votes: 629

Total votes: 1,970

Mellette County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 67.44%
Votes: 464

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 32.56%
Votes: 224

Total votes: 688

Oglala Lakota County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 22.81%
Votes: 655

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 77.19%
Votes: 2,217

Total votes: 2,872

Roberts County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 64.95%
Votes: 2,550

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 35.05%
Votes: 1,376

Total votes: 3,926

Sully County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 84.07%
Votes: 718

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 15.93%
Votes: 136

Total votes: 854

Union County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 77.17%
Votes: 6,060

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 22.83%
Votes: 1,793

Total votes: 7,853

Bon Homme County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 74.53%
Votes: 2,253

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 25.47%
Votes: 770

Total votes: 3,023

Buffalo County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 47.44%
Votes: 232

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 52.56%
Votes: 257

Total votes: 489

Clark County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 75.67%
Votes: 1,269

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 24.33%
Votes: 408

Total votes: 1,677

Custer County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 74.99%
Votes: 3,530

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 25.01%
Votes: 1,177

Total votes: 4,707

Dewey County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 50.86%
Votes: 862

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 49.14%
Votes: 833

Total votes: 1,695

Faulk County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 81.79%
Votes: 925

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 18.21%
Votes: 206

Total votes: 1,131

Hamlin County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 80.78%
Votes: 2,253

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 19.22%
Votes: 536

Total votes: 2,789

Hughes County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 77.02%
Votes: 6,339

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 22.98%
Votes: 1,891

Total votes: 8,230

Jerauld County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 73.39%
Votes: 720

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 26.61%
Votes: 261

Total votes: 981

Lawrence County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 72.39%
Votes: 8,566

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 27.61%
Votes: 3,267

Total votes: 11,833

McCook County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 77.14%
Votes: 2,021

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 22.86%
Votes: 599

Total votes: 2,620

Miner County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 73.97%
Votes: 807

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 26.03%
Votes: 284

Total votes: 1,091

Pennington County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 72.00%
Votes: 33,967

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 28.00%
Votes: 13,207

Total votes: 47,174

Sanborn County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 78.46%
Votes: 889

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 21.54%
Votes: 244

Total votes: 1,133

Todd County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 34.48%
Votes: 724

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 65.52%
Votes: 1,376

Total votes: 2,100

Walworth County

John Thune (REP)
Percent: 80.38%
Votes: 1,975

Jay Williams (DEM)
Percent: 19.62%
Votes: 482

Total votes: 2,457

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