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2022 South Dakota Senate election

The 2022 South Dakota Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections. All 35 seats in the South Dakota Senate were up for election. Primary elections were held on June 7, 2022. The elections coincided with elections for other offices in South Dakota, including the US Senate, US House, South Dakota Governor, South Dakota Secretary of State, South Dakota Attorney General, and the South Dakota House.

Following the 2022 elections, Republicans maintained their supermajority by losing only one seat, giving them a 31-to-4 member advantage over Democrats.

Retirements

Democrats

  1. District 26: Troy Heinert retired due to term limits.

Republicans

  1. District 2: Brock Greenfield retired due to term limits.
  2. District 7: V. J. Smith retired.
  3. District 9: Wayne Steinhauer retired.
  4. District 12: Blake Curd retired due to term limits.
  5. District 17: Arthur Rusch retired due to term limits.
  6. District 25: Marsha Symens retired.
  7. District 29: Gary Cammack retired due to term limits.
  8. District 31: Timothy Johns retired.

Predictions

Results

Overview

Defeated incumbents

Primary election

  1. District 24: Republican Mary Duvall lost renomination to Jim Mehlhaff.

General election

  1. District 10: Republican Margaret Sutton was defeated in the general election by Democrat Liz Larson.

Summary of results by State Senate district

Primary election results source:

General election results source:

Detailed results

Primary election results source:

General election results source:

  • Note: If a primary election is not listed, then there was not a competitive primary in that district (i.e., every candidate who ran in the primary advanced to the general election).

District 1

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 2

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 3

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 4

General election<br />

District 5

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 6

General election<br />

District 7

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 8

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 9

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 10

General election<br />

District 11

General election<br />

District 12

General election<br />

District 13

General election<br />

District 14

General election<br />

District 15

General election<br />

District 16

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 17

General election<br />

District 18

General election<br />

District 19

General election<br />

District 20

General election<br />

District 21

General election<br />

District 22

General election<br />

District 23

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 24

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 25

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 26

General election<br />

District 27

General election<br />

District 28

General election<br />

District 29

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 30

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 31

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 32

General election<br />

District 33

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 34

General election<br />

District 35

General election<br />

Results

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. <span style="color:blue;">District 27, 2.9%</span>
  2. <span style="color:blue;">District 15, 5.52%</span>
  3. <span style="color:blue;">District 26, 5.68%</span>
  4. <span style="color:red;">District 12, 7.76%</span>
  5. <span style="color:red;">District 14, 7.86%</span>

<span style="color:red;">Red</span> denotes races won by Republicans. <span style="color:blue;">Blue</span> denotes races won by Democrats.

References