South Dakota House
Filing Deadline: March 25, 2008 • Primary Date: June 3, 2008 • General Election: Nov. 4, 2008
Total House seats: 1
110th Congress: 1 D
109th Congress: 1 D
SD-At-Large
(House Race Hotline Coverage)
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D)
District Profile: South Dakota's political patterns were fairly well set by the early 1900s. Its early settlers were mostly Midwesterners who brought their Republicanism with them. Full Profile
2006 results: Stephanie Herseth (D) defeated Bruce Whalen (R) by 69-29%
Incumbent
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D)
Elected in June 2004; Seeking third full term; Herseth Sandlin was unopposed in the primary.
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Race Rankings
Based on likelihood of seat switching party control
1.
N.Y.-13
(Open-R)2.
N.Y.-25
(Open-R)3.
Ariz.-01
(Open-R)4.
Va.-11
(Open-R)5.
Fla.-16
(Mahoney-D)6.
Ill.-11
(Open-R)7.
Ohio-16
(Open-R)8.
Texas-22
(Lampson-D)9.
Alaska-AL
(Young-R)10.
Fla.-24
(Feeney-R)11.
N.J.-03
(Open-R)12.
Colo.-04
(Musgrave-R)13.
Mich.-09
(Knollenberg-R)14.
N.J.-07
(Open-R)15.
Minn.-06
(Bachmann-R)Previous Coverage
Check out National Journal's coverage of previous South Dakota house races.
