1998_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota Knowpia

1998 United States Senate election in South Dakota
	County results; Daschle: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Schmidt: 40–50% 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; Tom Daschle; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Tom Daschle; Democratic

The 1998 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held November 2, 1998. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Daschle won re-election to a third term. As of 2024^[update], this was the last time a Democrat won the Class 3 Senate seat from South Dakota.

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Alan Aker
John Sanders
Ron Schmidt, attorney

Results edit

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Schmidt	26,540	52.01%
	Republican	Alan Aker	19,200	37.62%
	Republican	John M. Sanders	5,292	10.37%
Total votes			51,032	100.00%

General election edit

Candidates edit

Byron Dale (L)
Tom Daschle (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
Ron Schmidt (R), attorney

Results edit

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tom Daschle (incumbent)	162,884	62.14%	-2.76%
	Republican	Ron Schmidt	95,431	36.41%	+3.90%
	Libertarian	Byron Dale	3,796	1.45%	+0.15%
Majority			67,453	25.73%	-6.66%
Turnout			262,111
	Democratic hold		Swing

References edit

^ "South Dakota Secretary of State - Election Information 1998". Archived from the original on April 16, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

[1] "South Dakota Secretary of State - Election Information 1998". Archived from the original on April 16, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011.

[2] "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

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Summary

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