The 2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Voters selected a representative for their single At-Large district, who ran on a statewide ballot.
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County results Herseth: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Diedrich: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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In the regularly scheduled election in November 2004, freshman incumbent Stephanie Herseth and state Senator Larry Diedrich, who had run in the July 2004 special election earlier, faced each other in a rematch; Libertarian candidate Terry L. Begay also ran in this election.
Herseth again prevailed, this time by a wider margin of 53% to 46% despite President George W. Bush's dominant 59.9% to 38.4% over Senator John Kerry in South Dakota in the 2004 presidential election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Stephanie Herseth (incumbent) | 207,837 | 53.36 | |
Republican | Larry Diedrich | 178,823 | 45.91 | |
Libertarian | Terry Begay | 2,808 | 0.72 | |
Total votes | 389,468 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |