1996 U.S. House of Representatives Results

ELECTION TYPE:                         PRIMARY            RUNOFF            GENERAL     
CANDIDATE NAME         PARTY         # OF VOTES   %     # OF VOTES  %     # OF VOTES   %

SOUTH DAKOTA                             June 4th                         November 5th    

Thune, John R.             R             41,322   59.49                      186,393   57.67 
Hillard, Carole            R             28,139   40.51                                      
Total Party Votes:                       69,461                                              

Weiland, Rick              D             17,403   42.04                      119,547   36.99 
Abbott, Jim                D             11,544   27.88                                      
Jones, Dennis              D              7,186   17.36                                      
Stensland, Linda           D              5,267   12.72                                      
Total Party Votes:                       41,400                                              

Nelson, Stacey L.          I                                                  10,397    3.22 
Evans, Kurt                I                                                   6,866    2.12 

Total State Votes:                      110,861                              323,203