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2018Final results

2018 election for South Dakota's at-large District

U.S. House · South Dakota

Dusty Johnson (R) won with 60.3% of the vote, defeating Tim Bjorkman (D) by 24.3 points.

Dusty JohnsonRepublican · winner
60.3%202,446
Tim BjorkmanDemocrat
36.0%120,816
Ron WieczorekIndependent
2.2%7,313
1.5%4,896
335,471 votes

Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Oct 1, 2026, 6:17 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2018

Races before and after

EvenR+14.92012R+33.12014R+28.22016R+24.32018R+44.12024R+28.02026

Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Oct 1, 2026, 6:17 AM ET

Money in this race

Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.

Tim BjorkmanDusty Johnson
$875.4K
Raised by the campaign
$1.7M
$872.4K
Spent by the campaign
$1.7M
$3K
Cash on hand
$56K

Other candidates' campaigns: Ron Wieczorek $23.3K · George D. Hendrickson $5.6K.

Campaign money: FEC, through Dec 31, 2018.

Source: FEC campaign filingsUpdated Dec 31, 2018

The candidates

Dusty Johnson (R)Tim Bjorkman (D)

Also on the ballot: Ron Wieczorek (Independent), 2.2%; George D. Hendrickson (Libertarian), 1.5%