2022 South Dakota Attorney General election

For related races, see 2022 United States attorney general elections.

2022 South Dakota Attorney General election

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Nominee Marty Jackley Party Republican Popular vote 257,419 Percentage 100.00%

County results Jackley:     >90%

Attorney General before election Mark Vargo Republican Elected Attorney General Marty Jackley Republican

The 2022 South Dakota Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of South Dakota. On June 21, 2022, former Republican Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was convicted and removed from office for malfeasance of office. ^[1] The State Senate further barred Ravnsborg from holding office in South Dakota. ^[2] Republican Mark Vargo was appointed to fill the remainder of Ravnsborg's term and did not run for a full term.

Marty Jackley, who previously held this office from 2009 until 2019, won unopposed in the general election.

Republican convention

Candidates

Nominated at convention

• Marty Jackley, former South Dakota Attorney General (2009–2019) ^[3]

Eliminated at convention

• David Natvig, director of the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation and former Brule County State's Attorney ^[4]

Barred from office

• Jason Ravnsborg, former attorney general (2019–2022) ^[5]

Endorsements

Marty Jackley

Governors

• Kristi Noem, Governor of South Dakota (2019–present) and former U.S. Representative from South Dakota's at-large congressional district (2011–2019) ^[6]

Polling

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Marty Jackley	Jason Ravnsborg	Undecided
South Dakota State University [7] [ dead link ]	May 2–15, 2022	– (LV)	± 3.0%	61%	6%	33%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [8]	Safe R	September 14, 2022
Elections Daily [9]	Safe R	November 1, 2022

Results

2022 South Dakota Attorney General election ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Marty Jackley	257,419	100.00%	+44.84%
Total votes			457,419	100.00%	N/A
	Republican hold

By county

	Marty Jackley Republican
County	Votes
Aurora	875
Beadle	4,710
Bennett	689
Bon Homme	1,963
Brookings	8,904
Brown	10,228
Brule	2,606
Buffalo	209
Butte	3,424
Campbell	576
Charles Mix	2,339
Clark	1,273
Clay	2,843
Codington	8,609
Corson	570
Custer	3,920
Davison	5,686
Day	1,907
Deuel	1,646
Dewey	893
Douglas	1,200
Edmunds	1,398
Fall River	2,864
Faulk	797
Grant	2,529
Gregory	1,635
Haakon	870
Hamlin	2,246
Hand	1,266
Hanson	1,300
Harding	609
Hughes	6,015
Hutchinson	2,364
Hyde	500
Jackson	688
Jerauld	697
Jones	405
Kingsbury	2,054
Lake	3,888
Lawrence	9,058
Lincoln	20,847
Lyman	984
Marshall	1,351
McCook	2,036
McPherson	968
Meade	9,633
Mellette	458
Miner	830
Minnehaha	50,574
Moody	1,908
Ogla Lakota	663
Pennington	32,984
Perkins	1,119
Potter	934
Roberts	2,556
Sanborn	810
Spink	2,151
Stanley	1,198
Sully	667
Todd	796
Tripp	1,876
Turner	3,121
Union	5,121
Walworth	1,691
Yankton	6,347
Ziebach	400

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Buffalo (largest city: Fort Thompson)
• Corson (largest city: McLaughlin)
• Dewey (largest city: North Eagle Butte)
• Ziebach (largest city: Dupree)
• Roberts (largest city: Sisseton)
• Marshall (largest city: Britton)
• Day (largest city: Webster)
• Stanley (largest city: Fort Pierre)
• Hughes (largest city: Pierre)
• Minnehaha (largest city: Sioux Falls)
• Clay (largest city: Vermillion)
• Oglala Lakota (largest city: Pine Ridge)
• Todd (largest city: Mission)

See also

• South Dakota Attorney General

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

References

1. Strubinger, Lee (June 22, 2022). "South Dakota AG removed from post after hitting and killing a pedestrian". www.npr.org. NPR.
2. Sneve, Joe (June 22, 2022). "South Dakota Senate rules AG Jason Ravnsborg of malfesence of office after pedestrian death, votes to have him removed". www.argusleader.com. Argus Leader.
3. Bartels, Deb (March 2, 2021). "Marty Jackley running for his old job of attorney general". www.capjournal.com. Capital Journal . Retrieved December 28, 2021.
4. Mercer, Bob (May 27, 2022). "S.D. Division of Criminal Investigation director running for state attorney general". www.siouxlandproud.com. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
5. Goss, Austin (June 1, 2022). "Sources: Ravnsborg will not pursue re-election in 2022". KSFY-TV . Retrieved June 1, 2022.
6. "Former political rivals Noem & Jackley endorse each other for upcoming elections". www.dakotanewsnow.com. February 17, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
7. South Dakota State University
8. "The Attorneys General: A Dozen Races Dot the Competitive Landscape". Sabato's Crystal Ball. September 14, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
9. Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
10. "South Dakota Attorney General election, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 19, 2024.

External links

Official campaign websites

• Marty Jackley (R) for Attorney General