United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2002

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This 2002 election was one of the closest election in America the other one was Harry Reid in 1998 when he ran against John Ensign and won by 428 votes. The race was between Democratic incumbent Tim Johnson who was elected in 1996 narrowly and Then-congressman John Thune in the end Johnson narrowly beat Thune by 524 votes Johnson's close margin of victory was made possible by final returns from Shannon County on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which reported twice the turnout of the previous election and 92% votes for Johnson. In 2004 John Thune would face Senate Majority leader Tom Daschle and would beat Tom by 4,508 votes. Johnson who is up for re-election in 2008 will likely face a strong candidate.

[edit] Election results

2002 United States Senate election, South Dakota
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tim Johnson (Incumbent)	167,481	49.62%
	Republican	John Thune	166,957	49.47%	-
Majority			524	0.15%
Turnout			334,438	31%