2020 United States Senate election in South Dakota

2020 United States Senate election in South Dakota
	County results; Rounds: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100%; Ahlers: 50–60% 70–80% 80–90%
U.S. Senator before election; Mike Rounds; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Mike Rounds; Republican

An election happened on November 3, 2020, to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of South Dakota. The two people in the election were Mike Rounds (Republican Party) and Dan Ahlers (Democratic Party). Mike Rounds won reelection for a second term.

A primary election was held for each party, Mike Rounds beat Scyller Borglum in the Republican Party primary and Dan Ahlers was the only person in the Democratic Party primary, so he won.^[1]

Democratic Party primary

Dan Ahlers did not have an opponent in the Democratic Party primary.^[2]

United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2020^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Rounds (incumbent)	276,232	65.74%	+15.37%
	Democratic	Daniel Ahlers	143,987	34.26%	+4.75%
Total votes			420,219	100.00%
	Republican hold

Republican Party primary

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Rounds (incumbent)	70,365	75.23%
	Republican	Scyller Borglum	23,164	24.77%
Total votes			93,529	100.00%

Results

United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2020^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Rounds (incumbent)	276,232	65.74%	+15.37%
	Democratic	Daniel Ahlers	143,987	34.26%	+4.75%
Total votes			420,219	100.00%
	Republican hold

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "2020PrimaryStateCanvassReportandCertificate.pdf" (PDF). South Dakota Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
↑ Inc, Midwest Communications. "Democrat Ahlers to challenge for Senate seat". KELO Newstalk 1320 107.9. Retrieved 2019-09-26. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "General Election - November 3, 2020" (PDF). Secretary of State of South Dakota. November 10, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.

[SD_SOS_Report-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "2020PrimaryStateCanvassReportandCertificate.pdf" (PDF). South Dakota Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020.

[2] Inc, Midwest Communications. "Democrat Ahlers to challenge for Senate seat". KELO Newstalk 1320 107.9. Retrieved 2019-09-26. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[RefA-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "General Election - November 3, 2020" (PDF). Secretary of State of South Dakota. November 10, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.

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