2024 South Dakota Senate election

For related races, see 2024 United States state legislative elections.

2024 South Dakota Senate election

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All 35 seats in the South Dakota Senate 18 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Lee Schoenbeck (retired) Reynold Nesiba (term-limited) Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 5th 15th Last election 31 seats 4 seats Seats won 32 3 Seat change 1 1
Results:      Republican gain      Republican hold     Democratic hold
Senate President Pro Tempore before election Lee Schoenbeck Republican Elected Senate President Pro Tempore Chris Karr Republican

The 2024 South Dakota Senate elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect all 35 seats in the South Dakota Senate. The elections coincided with the presidential, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary elections were held on June 4, 2024. ^[1]

Retirements

Democrats

1. District 15: Reynold Nesiba was term-limited. ^[2]

Republicans

1. District 3: Al Novstrup was term-limited (running for State House). ^{[2] [3]}
2. District 4: John Wiik was term-limited. ^[2]
3. District 5: Lee Schoenbeck retired. ^[4]
4. District 6: Herman Otten retired to run for State House. ^[3]
5. District 9: Brent Hoffman retired. ^[5]
6. District 11: Jim Stalzer was term-limited. ^[2]
7. District 13: Jack Kolbeck was term-limited. ^[2]
8. District 16: Jim Bolin was term-limited. ^[2]
9. District 20: Joshua Klumb was term-limited. ^[2]
10. District 23: Bryan Breitling retired. ^[6]
11. District 28: Ryan Maher was term-limited (running for State House). ^{[2] [3]}
12. District 29: Dean Wink retired. ^[3]
13. District 34: Michael Diedrich retired. ^[7]

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Five incumbent senators, all Republicans, were defeated in the June 4 primary elections. ^[8]

Republicans

1. District 18: Jean Hunhoff lost renomination to Lauren Nelson.
2. District 21: Erin Tobin lost renomination to MyKala Voita.
3. District 30: Julie Frye-Mueller lost renomination to Amber Hulse.
4. District 33: David Johnson lost renomination to Curt Voight.
5. District 35: Mike Walsh lost nomination to a full term to Greg Blanc.

In general election

One incumbent senator, a Democrat, was defeated in the November 5 general election. ^[9]

1. District 26: Shawn Bordeaux lost reelection to Tamara Grove.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [10]	Safe R	October 23, 2024

Detailed results

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

District 1

South Dakota's 1st Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael H. Rohl (incumbent)	8,449	100.0
Total votes			8,449	100.0

District 2

South Dakota's 2nd Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Kolbeck (incumbent)	10,337	100.0
Total votes			10,337	100.0

District 3

South Dakota's 3rd Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl E. Perry	6,900	100.0
Total votes			6,900	100.0

District 4

South Dakota's 4th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stephanie Sauder	10,375	100.0
Total votes			10,375	100.0

District 5

South Dakota's 5th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glen A. Vilhauer	7,889	71.1
	Democratic	Dennis Solberg	3,203	28.9
Total votes			11,092	100.0

District 6

South Dakota's 6th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ernie Otten	8,961	100.0
Total votes			8,961	100.0

General election

South Dakota's 7th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Reed (incumbent)	7,597	100.0
Total votes			7,597	100.0

District 8

South Dakota's 8th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Casey Crabtree (incumbent)	10,033	100.0
Total votes			10,033	100.0

District 9

South Dakota's 9th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joy Hohn	8,137	100.0
Total votes			8,137	100.0

General election

South Dakota's 10th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Larson (incumbent)	5,606	100.0
Total votes			5,606	100.0

District 11

South Dakota's 11th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Karr	6,796	58.9
	Democratic	Steve Natz	4,747	41.1
Total votes			11,543	100.0

District 12

South Dakota's 12th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arch Beal (incumbent)	6,167	55.7
	Democratic	Clay Hoffman	4,908	44.3
Total votes			11,075	100.0

General election

South Dakota's 13th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sue Peterson	8,384	58.5
	Democratic	Ali Rae Horsted	5,948	41.5
Total votes			14,332	100.0

District 14

South Dakota's 14th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Zikmund (incumbent)	7,127	54.6
	Democratic	Sandra Henry	5,936	45.4
Total votes			13,063	100.0

District 15

South Dakota's 15th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jamie Smith	5,052	52.4
	Republican	Brenda Lawrence	4,582	47.6
Total votes			9,634	100.0

District 16

South Dakota's 16th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin D. Jensen	9,368	100.0
Total votes			9,368	100.0

District 17

South Dakota's 17th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sydney Davis (incumbent)	7,796	100.0
Total votes			7,796	100.0

District 18

South Dakota's 18th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lauren Nelson	6,189	57.2
	Democratic	Sarah Carda	4,629	42.8
Total votes			10,818	100.0

District 19

South Dakota's 19th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kyle Schoenfish (incumbent)	8,738	77.2
	Democratic	Michael J. Miller	2,583	22.8
Total votes			11,321	100.0

District 20

South Dakota's 20th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Miskimins	8,184	100.0
Total votes			8,184	100.0

District 21

South Dakota's 21st Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mykala Voita	8,452	77.1
	Democratic	Dan Andersson	2,518	22.9
Total votes			10,970	100.0

District 22

South Dakota's 22nd Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Wheeler (incumbent)	7,271	73.2
	Democratic	Jim A. Schmidt	2,666	26.8
Total votes			9,937	100.0

District 23

South Dakota's 23rd Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Lapka	9,183	100.0
Total votes			9,183	100.0

District 24

South Dakota's 24th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Mehlhaff (incumbent)	9,555	100.0
Total votes			9,555	100.0

District 25

South Dakota's 25th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Pischke (incumbent)	9,667	72.7
	Democratic	Brian Wirth	3,634	27.3
Total votes			13,301	100.0

District 26

South Dakota's 26th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tamara Grove	4,328	57.3
	Democratic	Shawn Bordeaux	3,221	42.7
Total votes			7,549	100.0

District 27

South Dakota's 27th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Red Dawn Foster (incumbent)	3,807	52.0
	Republican	Anthony G. Kathol	3,518	48.0
Total votes			7,325	100.0

District 28

South Dakota's 28th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Marty	6,969	64.1
	Democratic	Dean Schrempp	2,475	22.7
	Independent	Shane C. Farlee	1,436	13.2
Total votes			10,880	100.0

District 29

South Dakota's 29th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Carley	8,634	100.0
Total votes			8,634	100.0

District 30

South Dakota's 30th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Amber Hulse	11,216	74.4
	Democratic	Bret Swanson	3,868	25.6
Total votes			15,084	100.0

District 31

South Dakota's 31st Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Deibert (incumbent)	10,294	100.0
Total votes			10,294	100.0

District 32

South Dakota's 32nd Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Helene Duhamel (incumbent)	5,189	60.0
	Independent	Karen M. McNeal	3,463	40.0
Total votes			8,652	100.0

District 33

South Dakota's 33rd Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Curt Voight	9,247	100.0
Total votes			9,247	100.0

District 34

South Dakota's 34th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Taffy Howard	7,586	60.2
	Democratic	Kehala Two Bulls	5,016	39.8
Total votes			12,602	100.0

District 35

South Dakota's 35th Senate District General Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Blanc	9,851	100.0
Total votes			9,851	100.0

See also

• List of South Dakota state legislatures

References

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2. "Legislative Terms of Office" (PDF). South Dakota Legislature. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
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5. Keene, C.J. (March 18, 2024). "Sen. Brent Hoffman will not seek reelection". South Dakota Public Broadcasting . Retrieved May 9, 2024.
6. Heemstra, Jody (September 21, 2023). "Roseland announces candidacy for District 23 State Senate". DRG News. Retrieved May 9, 2024. The seat is currently held by Bryan Breitling of Miler, who is not seeking reelection.
7. Keene, C.J. (March 21, 2024). "Sen. Michael Diedrich will not seek reelection". South Dakota Public Broadcasting . Retrieved May 9, 2024.
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