2016 South Dakota Public Utilities Commission election
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The 2016 South Dakota Public Utilities Commission election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect one of three members of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. Incumbent Republican Chris Nelson, appointed to the position in 2011 and elected to an unexpired term in 2012, was re-elected to his first full term in office, defeating Democratic challenger Henry Red Cloud in a landslide.[1]
Candidates
Nominee
- Chris Nelson, incumbent public utilities commissioner (2011–present)[2]
Democratic primary
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Chris Nelson (incumbent) | 268,948 | 75.38% | ||
| Democratic | Henry Red Cloud | 87,859 | 24.62% | ||
| Total votes | 356,807 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
| County[4] | Chris Nelson Republican |
Henry Red Cloud Democratic |
Margin | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aurora | 1,201 | 85.24% | 208 | 14.76% | 993 | 70.48% | 1,409 |
| Beadle | 5,376 | 80.16% | 1,331 | 19.84% | 4,045 | 60.31% | 6,707 |
| Bennett | 685 | 61.22% | 434 | 38.78% | 251 | 22.43% | 1,119 |
| Bon Homme | 2,415 | 83.51% | 477 | 16.49% | 1,938 | 67.01% | 2,892 |
| Brookings | 8,899 | 72.50% | 3,376 | 27.50% | 5,523 | 44.99% | 12,275 |
| Brown | 11,775 | 75.46% | 3,829 | 24.54% | 7,946 | 50.92% | 15,604 |
| Brule | 1,862 | 83.24% | 375 | 16.76% | 1,487 | 66.47% | 2,237 |
| Buffalo | 174 | 35.73% | 313 | 64.27% | -139 | -28.54% | 487 |
| Butte | 3,542 | 84.27% | 661 | 15.73% | 2,881 | 68.55% | 4,203 |
| Campbell | 763 | 92.94% | 58 | 7.06% | 705 | 85.87% | 821 |
| Charles Mix | 2,639 | 77.50% | 766 | 22.50% | 1,873 | 55.01% | 3,405 |
| Clark | 1,369 | 84.82% | 245 | 15.18% | 1,124 | 69.64% | 1,614 |
| Clay | 2,858 | 58.95% | 1,990 | 41.05% | 868 | 17.90% | 4,848 |
| Codington | 9,122 | 81.04% | 2,134 | 18.96% | 6,988 | 62.08% | 11,256 |
| Corson | 589 | 51.71% | 550 | 48.29% | 39 | 3.42% | 1,139 |
| Custer | 3,507 | 76.36% | 1,086 | 23.64% | 2,421 | 52.71% | 4,593 |
| Davison | 6,405 | 81.59% | 1,445 | 18.41% | 4,960 | 63.18% | 7,850 |
| Day | 1,964 | 74.73% | 664 | 25.27% | 1,300 | 49.47% | 2,628 |
| Deuel | 1,650 | 80.84% | 391 | 19.16% | 1,259 | 61.69% | 2,041 |
| Dewey | 702 | 42.21% | 961 | 57.79% | -259 | -15.57% | 1,663 |
| Douglas | 1,427 | 91.12% | 139 | 8.88% | 1,288 | 82.25% | 1,566 |
| Edmunds | 1,582 | 86.17% | 254 | 13.83% | 1,328 | 72.33% | 1,836 |
| Fall River | 2,541 | 74.10% | 888 | 25.90% | 1,653 | 48.21% | 3,429 |
| Faulk | 941 | 85.94% | 154 | 14.06% | 787 | 71.87% | 1,095 |
| Grant | 2,827 | 81.75% | 631 | 18.25% | 2,196 | 63.50% | 3,458 |
| Gregory | 1,654 | 82.33% | 355 | 17.67% | 1,299 | 64.66% | 2,009 |
| Haakon | 964 | 93.87% | 63 | 6.13% | 901 | 87.73% | 1,027 |
| Hamlin | 2,338 | 86.40% | 368 | 13.60% | 1,970 | 72.80% | 2,706 |
| Hand | 1,556 | 87.12% | 230 | 12.88% | 1,326 | 74.24% | 1,786 |
| Hanson | 1,529 | 81.16% | 355 | 18.84% | 1,174 | 62.31% | 1,884 |
| Harding | 699 | 92.83% | 54 | 7.17% | 645 | 85.66% | 753 |
| Hughes | 6,750 | 82.66% | 1,416 | 17.34% | 5,334 | 65.32% | 8,166 |
| Hutchinson | 2,885 | 87.29% | 420 | 12.71% | 2,465 | 74.58% | 3,305 |
| Hyde | 580 | 85.93% | 95 | 14.07% | 485 | 71.85% | 675 |
| Jackson | 725 | 68.46% | 334 | 31.54% | 391 | 36.92% | 1,059 |
| Jerauld | 749 | 78.51% | 205 | 21.49% | 544 | 57.02% | 954 |
| Jones | 489 | 88.27% | 65 | 11.73% | 424 | 76.53% | 554 |
| Kingsbury | 1,970 | 79.56% | 506 | 20.44% | 1,464 | 59.13% | 2,476 |
| Lake | 4,850 | 75.39% | 1,583 | 24.61% | 3,267 | 50.79% | 6,433 |
| Lawrence | 8,511 | 74.01% | 2,989 | 25.99% | 5,522 | 48.02% | 11,500 |
| Lincoln | 19,536 | 80.19% | 4,826 | 19.81% | 14,710 | 60.38% | 24,362 |
| Lyman | 1,049 | 75.63% | 338 | 24.37% | 711 | 51.26% | 1,387 |
| Marshall | 1,421 | 74.95% | 475 | 25.05% | 946 | 49.89% | 1,896 |
| McCook | 2,150 | 84.55% | 393 | 15.45% | 1,757 | 69.09% | 2,543 |
| McPherson | 1,021 | 89.80% | 116 | 10.20% | 905 | 79.60% | 1,137 |
| Meade | 9,036 | 80.94% | 2,128 | 19.06% | 6,908 | 61.88% | 11,164 |
| Mellette | 449 | 65.93% | 232 | 34.07% | 217 | 31.86% | 681 |
| Miner | 885 | 83.41% | 176 | 16.59% | 709 | 66.82% | 1,061 |
| Minnehaha | 53,394 | 71.95% | 20,815 | 28.05% | 32,579 | 43.90% | 74,209 |
| Moody | 2,083 | 72.15% | 804 | 27.85% | 1,279 | 44.30% | 2,887 |
| Oglala Lakota | 269 | 9.37% | 2,601 | 90.63% | -2,332 | -81.25% | 2,870 |
| Pennington | 32,892 | 72.48% | 12,490 | 27.52% | 20,402 | 44.96% | 45,382 |
| Perkins | 1,385 | 88.39% | 182 | 11.61% | 1,203 | 76.77% | 1,567 |
| Potter | 1,166 | 89.35% | 139 | 10.65% | 1,027 | 78.70% | 1,305 |
| Roberts | 2,531 | 66.66% | 1,266 | 33.34% | 1,265 | 33.32% | 3,797 |
| Sanborn | 924 | 84.31% | 172 | 15.69% | 752 | 68.61% | 1,096 |
| Spink | 2,361 | 80.72% | 564 | 19.28% | 1,797 | 61.44% | 2,925 |
| Stanley | 1,293 | 83.96% | 247 | 16.04% | 1,046 | 67.92% | 1,540 |
| Sully | 734 | 87.28% | 107 | 12.72% | 627 | 74.55% | 841 |
| Todd | 469 | 22.56% | 1,610 | 77.44% | -1,141 | -54.88% | 2,079 |
| Tripp | 2,214 | 85.61% | 372 | 14.39% | 1,842 | 71.23% | 2,586 |
| Turner | 3,382 | 83.30% | 678 | 16.70% | 2,704 | 66.60% | 4,060 |
| Union | 5,867 | 77.41% | 1,712 | 22.59% | 4,155 | 54.82% | 7,579 |
| Walworth | 2,045 | 85.17% | 356 | 14.83% | 1,689 | 70.35% | 2,401 |
| Yankton | 6,955 | 75.25% | 2,287 | 24.75% | 4,668 | 50.51% | 9,242 |
| Ziebach | 373 | 49.87% | 375 | 50.13% | -2 | -0.27% | 748 |
| Totals | 268,948 | 75.38% | 87,859 | 24.62% | 181,089 | 50.75% | 356,807 |
References
- ↑ https://www.sdpb.org/politics/2016-11-09/nelson-keeps-puc-seat
- ↑ https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2016/10/31/nelson-leads-red-cloud-money-race/93085872/
- ↑ https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2016/10/26/puc-race-pits-incumbent-against-newcomer-renewable-energy-focus/92641666/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z119046e002400v119046d--90--b--90--&gca-ft=147&gca-ds=sophi
- 1 2 Krebs, Shantel (November 15, 2016). "2016 General Election Official Results State Canvass" (PDF). Secretary of State of South Dakota. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 3, 2025. Retrieved April 28, 2026.