2020 South Dakota House of Representatives election

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2020 South Dakota House of Representatives election
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 2018November 3, 2020 2022  

All 70 Seats in the South Dakota House of Representatives
36 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Steven Haugaard.jpg Editedsmith (cropped).jpg
Leader Steven Haugaard Jamie Smith
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat10th District15th District
Seats before5911
Seats after628
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote430,885166,484
Percentage71.75%27.72%

Elections to the South Dakota House of Representatives were held on November 3, 2020, as a part of the biennial elections in the U.S. state of South Dakota. All 70 seats were up for re-election. Each of the 70 seats are subdivided in two single-member districts. [1]

Contents

Primary elections were held on June 2, 2020. [2]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [3] Safe ROctober 21, 2020

Results

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26ADistrict 26BDistrict 27District 28ADistrict 28BDistrict 29District 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35

District 1

South Dakota House of Representatives District 1 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tamara St. John (incumbent) 6,150 41.27%
Democratic Jennifer Healy Keintz 4,502 30.21%
Democratic Steven McCleerey (incumbent)4,24828.51%
Total votes14,901 100.0%
Republican hold
Democratic hold

District 2

South Dakota House of Representatives District 2 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lana Greenfield (incumbent) 6,428 50.18%
Republican Kaleb Weis (incumbent) 6,381 49.82%
Total votes12,809 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 3

South Dakota House of Representatives District 3 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Drew Dennert (incumbent) 7,108 34.24%
Republican Carl E. Perry (incumbent) 6,087 29.32%
Democratic Leslie McLaughlin3,84318.51%
Democratic Justin Roemmick3,72017.92%
Total votes20,758 100.0%

District 4

South Dakota House of Representatives District 4 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Fred Deutsch (incumbent) 8,012 42.95%
Republican John Mills 7,001 37.53%
Democratic Becky Holtquist3,64219.52%
Total votes18,655 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 5

South Dakota House of Representatives District 5 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Hugh Bartels (incumbent) 7,311 54.18%
Republican Nancy York (incumbent) 6,182 45.82%
Total votes13,493 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 6

South Dakota House of Representatives District 6 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ernie Otten 9,504 45.06%
Republican Aaron Aylward 6,504 30.84%
Democratic Cody Ingle5,08424.10%
Total votes21,092 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 7

South Dakota House of Representatives District 7 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Reed (incumbent) 5,821 33.31%
Republican Larry Tidemann 5,235 29.95%
Democratic Louise Snodgrass3,63520.80%
Democratic Bill Adamson2,78615.94%
Total votes17,477 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 8

South Dakota House of Representatives District 8 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Marli Wiese (incumbent) 7,029 35.54%
Republican Randy Gross (incumbent) 6,327 31.99%
Democratic Val Parsley4,26021.54%
Democratic John P. Kessinger2,16210.93%
Total votes19,778 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 9

South Dakota House of Representatives District 9 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rhonda Milstead (incumbent) 7,656 32.69%
Republican Bethany Soye 6,720 28.69%
Democratic Michael Saba (incumbent)4,67919.98%
Democratic Toni Miller4,36818.65%
Total votes23,423 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican gain from Democratic

District 10

South Dakota House of Representatives District 10 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steven Haugaard (incumbent) 6,527 37.40%
Republican Doug Barthel (incumbent) 6,188 35.46%
Democratic Michelle L. Hentschel4,73627.14%
Total votes17,451 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 11

South Dakota House of Representatives District 11 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris Karr (incumbent) 7,253 29.30%
Republican Mark Willadsen (incumbent) 7,172 28.97%
Democratic Sheryl Johnson5,90023.83%
Democratic Margaret M Kuipers4,42917.89%
Total votes24,754 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 12

South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Greg Jamison 6,799 37.82%
Republican Arch Beal (incumbent) 5,621 31.27%
Democratic Erin Royer5,55530.90%
Total votes17,975 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 13

South Dakota House of Representatives District 13 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sue Peterson (incumbent) 6,746 28.22%
Republican Richard Thomason 6,215 26.00%
Democratic Kelly Sullivan (incumbent)5,84624.46%
Democratic Norman B. Bliss5,09421.31%
Total votes23,901 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican gain from Democratic

District 14

South Dakota House of Representatives District 14 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Taylor Rehfeldt 6,933 28.49%
Democratic Erin Healy (incumbent) 6,388 26.25%
Republican Tom Holmes5,78223.76%
Democratic Mike Huber5,22821.49%
Total votes24,331 100.0%
Republican hold
Democratic hold

District 15

South Dakota House of Representatives District 15 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Linda Duba (incumbent) 3,918 28.86%
Democratic Jamie Smith (incumbent) 3,727 27.45%
Republican Cole Heisey2,98722.00%
Republican Matt Rosburg2,94321.68%
Total votes13,575 100.0%
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

District 16

South Dakota House of Representatives District 16 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Anderson (incumbent) 8,383 56.29%
Republican Kevin Jensen (incumbent) 6,510 43.71%
Total votes14,893 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 17

South Dakota House of Representatives District 17 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sydney Davis 5,278 31.25%
Republican Richard Vasgaard 4,786 28.34%
Democratic Al Leber3,64521.58%
Democratic Caitlin F. Collier3,18118.83%
Total votes16,890 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 18

South Dakota House of Representatives District 18 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Stevens 6,778 57.02%
Democratic Ryan Cwach (incumbent) 5,109 42.98%
Total votes11,887 100.0%
Republican hold
Democratic hold

District 19

South Dakota House of Representatives District 19 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kent Peterson (incumbent) 8,503 56.43.%
Republican Marty Overweg (incumbent) 6,564 43.57%
Total votes15,057 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 20

South Dakota House of Representatives District 20 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Miskimins (incumbent) 7,403 54.97%
Republican Lance Koth (incumbent) 6,064 45.03%
Total votes13,467 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 21

South Dakota House of Representatives District 21 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rocky Blare 6,330 44.33%
Republican Caleb Finck (incumbent) 5,038 35.28%
Democratic Jessica Hegge2,91120.39%
Total votes14,279 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 22

South Dakota House of Representatives District 22 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Roger D. Chase (incumbent) 6,165 36.25%
Republican Lynn Schneider 5,855 34.42%
Democratic Mark S Smith2,64015.52%
Democratic C. John McEnelly2,34813.81%
Total votes17,008 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 23

South Dakota House of Representatives District 23 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Spencer Gosch (incumbent) 8,325 55.07%
Republican Charlie Hoffman 6,791 44.93%
Total votes15,116 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 24

South Dakota House of Representatives District 24 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Will Mortenson 8,410 43.63%
Republican Mike Weisgram 7,786 40.39%
Democratic Amanda Bachmann3,07915.97%
Total votes19,275 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 25

South Dakota House of Representatives District 25 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jon Hansen (incumbent) 7,826 32.90%
Republican Tom Pischke (incumbent) 7,784 32.72%
Democratic Jeff Barth4,46018.75%
Democratic Jared Nieuwenhuis3,72015.64%
Total votes23,790 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 26A

South Dakota House of Representatives District 26A general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shawn Bordeaux (incumbent) 2,254 100.0%
Total votes2,254 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 26B

South Dakota House of Representatives District 26B general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rebecca Reimer (incumbent) 3,578 70.43%
Democratic Tim Feliciano1,50229.57%
Total votes5,080 100.0%
Republican hold

District 27

South Dakota House of Representatives District 27 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Liz Marty May 3,320 36.75%
Democratic Peri Pourier (incumbent) 3,234 35.80%
Democratic Ernest Weston Jr.2,48027.45%
Total votes9,034 100.0%
Republican hold
Democratic hold

District 28A

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Oren Lesmeister (incumbent) 2,585 100.0%
Total votes2,585 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 28B

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28B general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican J. Sam Marty (incumbent) 4,847 100.0%
Total votes4,847 100.0%
Republican hold

District 29

South Dakota House of Representatives District 29 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dean Wink 8,167 46.08%
Republican Kirk Chaffee (incumbent) 6,381 36.01%
Independent Jade Addison3,17417.91%
Total votes17,722 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 30

South Dakota House of Representatives District 30 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Trish Ladner 8,668 50.68%
Republican Tim Goodwin (incumbent) 8,435 49.32%
Total votes17,103 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 31

South Dakota House of Representatives District 31 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Odenbach 8,104 41.32%
Republican Mary Fitzgerald 6,920 35.28%
Democratic Brooke Abdallah4,59023.40%
Total votes19,614 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 32

South Dakota House of Representatives District 32 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris P. Johnson (incumbent) 6,391 32.38%
Republican Becky Drury 5,587 28.31%
Democratic James Preston3,93219.92%
Democratic Toni Diamond3,82619.39%
Total votes19,736 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 33

South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Phil Jensen 10,251 56.47%
Republican Taffy Howard (incumbent) 7,902 43.53%
Total votes18,153 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 34

South Dakota House of Representatives District 34 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Derby 7,225 33.51%
Republican Jess Olson (incumbent) 6,756 31.33%
Democratic Rick Stracqualursi3,80617.65%
Democratic Nick Anderson3,77617.51%
Total votes21,563 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

District 35

South Dakota House of Representatives District 35 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tina Mulally (incumbent) 5,777 34.37%
Republican Tony Randolph (incumbent) 5,375 31.98%
Democratic David A. Hubbard2,91617.35%
Democratic Pat Cromwell2,74016.30%
Total votes16,808 100.0%
Republican hold
Republican hold

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