2024 South Dakota Senate election

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2024 South Dakota Senate election
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All 35 seats in the South Dakota Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Leader Lee Schoenbeck
(retired)		 Reynold Nesiba
(term-limited)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 5th 15th
Last election31 seats4 seats
Seats won323
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
2024 South Dakota State Senate election results map.svg
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]

Contents

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.

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

General election

South Dakota's 1st Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael H. Rohl 8,449100%
Total votes8,449 100%


District 2

General election

South Dakota's 2nd Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Kolbeck 10,337100%
Total votes10,337 100%

District 3

General election

South Dakota's 3rd Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Carl E. Perry 6,900100%
Total votes6,900 100%

District 4

General election

South Dakota's 4th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephanie Sauder 10,375100%
Total votes10,375 100%

District 5


General election

South Dakota's 5th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dennis Solberg3,20329%
Republican Glen A. Vilhauer 7,88971%
Total votes11,092 100%


District 6

General election

South Dakota's 6th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ernie Otten 8,961100%
Total votes8,961 100%

District 7

General election

South Dakota's 7th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Reed 7,597100%
Total votes7,597 100%

District 8

General election

South Dakota's 8th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Casey Crabtree 10,033100%
Total votes10,033 100%


District 9

General election

South Dakota's 9th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joy Hohn 8,137100%
Total votes8,137 100%


District 10

General election

South Dakota's 10th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Liz Larson 5,606100%
Total votes5,606 100%


District 11

General election

South Dakota's 11th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Steve Natz4,74741%
Republican Chris Karr 6,79659%
Total votes11,543 100%

District 12

General election

South Dakota's 12th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Clay Hoffman4,90844%
Republican Arch Beal 6,16756%
Total votes11,075 100%


District 13

General election

South Dakota's 13th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ali Rae Horsted5,94842%
Republican Sue Peterson 8,38458%
Total votes14,332 100%


District 14

General election

South Dakota's 14th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sandra Henry5,93645%
Republican Larry Zikmund 7,12755%
Total votes13,063 100%


District 15

General election

South Dakota's 15th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jamie Smith 5,05252%
Republican Brenda Lawrence4,58248%
Total votes9,634 100%


District 16

General election

South Dakota's 16th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin D. Jensen 9,368100%
Total votes9,368 100%


District 17

General election

South Dakota's 17th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sydney Davis 7,796100%
Total votes7,796 100%

District 18

General election

South Dakota's 18th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sarah Carda4,62943%
Republican Lauren Nelson 6,18957%
Total votes10,818 100%


District 19

General election

South Dakota's 19th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael J. Miller2,58323%
Republican Kyle Schoenfish 8,73877%
Total votes11,321 100%


District 20

General election

South Dakota's 20th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Miskimins 8,184100%
Total votes8,184 100%

District 21

General election

South Dakota's 21st Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dan Andersson2,51823%
Republican Mykala Voita 8,45277%
Total votes10,970 100%


District 22

General election

South Dakota's 22nd Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim A. Schmidt2,66627%
Republican David Wheeler 7,27173%
Total votes9,937 100%

District 23

General election

South Dakota's 23rd Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Lapka 9,183100%
Total votes9,183 100%

District 24

General election

South Dakota's 24th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Mehlhaff 9,555100%
Total votes9,555 100%

District 25

General election

South Dakota's 25th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Wirth3,63427%
Republican Tom Pischke 9,66773%
Total votes13,301 100%


District 26

General election

South Dakota's 26th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shawn Bordeaux3,22143%
Republican Tamara Grove 4,32857%
Total votes7,549 100%

District 27

General election

South Dakota's 27th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Red Dawn Foster 3,80752%
Republican Anthony G. Kathol3,51848%
Total votes7,325 100%


District 28

General election

South Dakota's 28th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dean Schrempp2,47523%
Republican Sam Marty 6,96964%
Independent Shane C. Farlee1,43613%
Total votes10,880 100%


District 29

General election

South Dakota's 29th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Carley 8,634100%
Total votes8,634 100%

District 30


General election

South Dakota's 30th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bret Swanson26%3,868
Republican Amber Hulse 11,21674%
Total votes15,084 100%


District 31

General election

South Dakota's 31st Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Randy Deibert 10,294100%
Total votes10,294 100%


District 32

General election

South Dakota's 32nd Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Karen M. McNeal40%3,463
Republican Helene Duhamel 5,18960%
Total votes8,652 100%


District 33

General election

South Dakota's 33rd Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Curt Voight 9,247100%
Total votes9,247 100%

District 34

General election

South Dakota's 34th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kehala Two Bulls5,01640%
Republican Taffy Howard 7,58660%
Total votes12,602 100%


District 35

General election

South Dakota's 35th Senate District General Election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Greg Blanc 9,851100%
Total votes9,851 100%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "South Dakota Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Legislative Terms of Office" (PDF). South Dakota Legislature. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "South Dakota State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia . Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  4. ↑ Strubinger, Lee (March 26, 2024). "Sen. Lee Schoenbeck leaving the Senate and leadership role". South Dakota Public Broadcasting . Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  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.
  8. ↑ Hult, John; Haiar, Joshua; Tupper, Seth (June 5, 2024). "Incumbent Republican legislators suffer losses as pipelines and property rights surge to the fore". South Dakota Searchlight . Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  9. ↑ Hult, John (November 12, 2024). "Lost Democratic seat signals newly competitive district". South Dakota Searchlight– via ICT News.
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