2022 South Dakota House of Representatives election explained

Election Name:	2022 South Dakota House of Representatives election
Country:	South Dakota
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2020 South Dakota House of Representatives election
Previous Year:	2020
Election Date:	November 8, 2022
Next Election:	2024 South Dakota House of Representatives election
Next Year:	2024
Seats For Election:	All 70 seats in the South Dakota House of Representatives
Majority Seats:	36
Image1:	3x4.svg
Leader1:	Spencer Gosch (retired)
Party1:	South Dakota Republican Party
Leaders Seat1:	23rd
Seats Before1:	62
Seats After1:	63
Seat Change1:	1
Popular Vote1:	361,683
Percentage1:	75.50%
Swing1:	3.75%
Leader2:	Jamie Smith (retired)
Party2:	South Dakota Democratic Party
Leaders Seat2:	15th
Seats Before2:	8
Seats Needed2:	28
Seats After2:	7
Seat Change2:	1
Popular Vote2:	114,138
Percentage2:	23.83%
Swing2:	3.89%
Map Size:	450px
Speaker
Before Election:	Spencer Gosch
Before Party:	South Dakota Republican Party
After Election:	Hugh Bartels^[1]
After Party:	South Dakota Republican Party

The 2022 South Dakota House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections. All 70 seats in the South Dakota House of Representatives were up for election. Primary elections were held on June 7, 2022.^[2] 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 Senate. Following the 2022 elections, Republicans expanded their supermajority by one seat, giving them a 63-to-7 member advantage over Democrats.^[3]

Retirements

Democrats

1. District 1: Jennifer Healy Keintz retired to run for lieutenant governor of South Dakota.
2. District 15: Jamie Smith retired to run for governor of South Dakota.
3. District 26A: Shawn Bordeaux retired due to term limits.

Republicans

1. District 2: Lana Greenfield retired due to term limits.
2. District 3: Drew Dennert retired.
3. District 5: Nancy York retired.
4. District 7: Tim Reed retired to run for state senate from District 7.
5. District 7: Larry Tidemann retired.
6. District 8: Marli Wiese retired.
7. District 9: Rhonda Milstead retired.
8. District 10: Doug Barthel retired.
9. District 10: Steve Haugaard retired due to term limits.
10. District 11: Mark Willadsen retired due to term limits.
11. District 12: Arch Beal retired due to term limits.
12. District 16: David Anderson retired due to term limits.
13. District 17: Sydney Davis retired to run for state senate from District 17.
14. District 19: Kent Peterson retired due to term limits.
15. District 20: Paul Miskimins retired.
16. District 23: Spencer Gosch retired to run for state senate from District 23.
17. District 23: Charles Hoffman retired.
18. District 25: Tom Pischke retired to run for state senate from District 25.
19. District 28B: J. Sam Marty retired due to term limits.
20. District 29: Dean Wink retired to run for state senate from District 29.
21. District 30: Tim Goodwin retired to run for state senate from District 30.
22. District 32: Chris P. Johnson retired.
23. District 33: Taffy Howard retired to run for U. S. Representative from South Dakota's at-large congressional district.

Defeated incumbents

Primary election

1. District 3: Republican Kaleb Weis lost renomination to Brandei Schaefbauer.
2. District 13: Republican Richard Thomason lost renomination to Tony Vanhuizen.
3. District 16: Republican Richard Vasgaard lost renomination to Karla Lems.
4. District 19: Republican Caleb Finck lost renomination to Jessica Bahmuller and Drew Peterson.

General election

1. District 18: Democrat Ryan Cwach was defeated in the general election by Republican Julie Auch.

Summary of results by State House district

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Representative	Party
1	Jennifer Healy Keintz		Dem	Joe Donnell		Rep
	Tamara St. John		Rep	Tamara St. John		Rep
2	Lana Greenfield		Rep	David Kull		Rep
	Kaleb Weis		Rep	John Sjaarda		Rep
3	Drew Dennert		Rep	Brandei Schaefbauer		Rep
	Carl E. Perry		Rep	Carl E. Perry		Rep
4	Fred Deutsch		Rep	Fred Deutsch		Rep
	John Mills		Rep	Stephanie Sauder		Rep
5	Hugh Bartels		Rep	Hugh Bartels		Rep
	Nancy York		Rep	Byron Callies		Rep
6	Aaron Aylward		Rep	Aaron Aylward		Rep
	Ernie Otten Jr.		Rep	Ernie Otten Jr.		Rep
7	Tim Reed		Rep	Roger DeGroot		Rep
	Larry Tidemann		Rep	Mellissa Heermann		Rep
8	Randy Gross		Rep	John Mills		Rep
	Marli Wiese		Rep	Tim Reisch		Rep
9	Rhonda Milstead		Rep	Kenneth Teunissen		Rep
	Bethany Soye		Rep	Bethany Soye		Rep
10	Doug Barthel		Rep	Erin Healy		Dem
	Steven Haugaard		Rep	Kameron Nelson		Dem
11	Chris Karr		Rep	Chris Karr		Rep
	Mark Willadsen		Rep	Brian Mulder		Rep
12	Arch Beal		Rep	Amber Arlint		Rep
	Greg Jamison		Rep	Greg Jamison		Rep
13	Sue Peterson		Rep	Sue Peterson		Rep
	Richard Thomason		Rep	Tony Venhuizen		Rep
14	Erin Healy		Dem	Tyler Tordsen		Rep
	Taylor Rae Rehfeldt		Rep	Taylor Rae Rehfeldt		Rep
15	Linda Duba		Dem	Linda Duba		Dem
	Jamie Smith		Dem	Kadyn Wittman		Dem
16	David Anderson		Rep	Karla Lems		Rep
	Kevin Jensen		Rep	Kevin Jensen		Rep
17	Sydney Davis		Rep	Chris Kassin		Rep
	Richard Vasgaard		Rep	William Shorma		Rep
18	Ryan Cwach		Dem	Julie Auch		Rep
	Mike Stevens		Rep	Mike Stevens		Rep
19	Marty Overweg		Rep	Jessica Bahmuller		Rep
	Kent Peterson		Rep	Drew Peterson		Rep
20	Lance Koth		Rep	Lance Koth		Rep
	Paul Miskimins		Rep	Ben Krohmer		Rep
21	Rocky Blare		Rep	Rocky Blare		Rep
	Caleb Finck		Rep	Marty Overweg		Rep
22	Roger D. Chase		Rep	Roger D. Chase		Rep
	Lynn Schneider		Rep	Lynn Schneider		Rep
23	Spencer Gosch		Rep	Scott Moore		Rep
	Charles Hoffman		Rep	James Wangsness		Rep
24	Will Mortenson		Rep	Will Mortenson		Rep
	Mike Weisgram		Rep	Mike Weisgram		Rep
25	Jon Hansen		Rep	Jon Hansen		Rep
	Tom Pischke		Rep	Randy Gross		Rep
26A	Shawn Bordeaux		Dem	Eric Emery		Dem
26B	Rebecca Reimer		Rep	Rebecca Reimer		Rep
27	Liz May		Rep	Liz May		Rep
	Peri Pourier		Dem	Peri Pourier		Dem
28A	Oren Lesmeister		Dem	Oren Lesmeister		Dem
28B	Sam Marty		Rep	Neal Pinnow		Rep
29	Kirk Chaffee		Rep	Kirk Chaffee		Rep
	Dean Wink		Rep	Gary L. Cammack		Rep
30	Tim Goodwin		Rep	Dennis Krull		Rep
	Trish Ladner		Rep	Trish Ladner		Rep
31	Mary Fitzgerald		Rep	Mary Fitzgerald		Rep
	Scott Odenbach		Rep	Scott Odenbach		Rep
32	Becky Drury		Rep	Becky Drury		Rep
	Chris P. Johnson		Rep	Steve Duffy		Rep
33	Taffy Howard		Rep	Curt Massie		Rep
	Phil Jensen		Rep	Phil Jensen		Rep
34	Mike Derby		Rep	Mike Derby		Rep
	Jess Olson		Rep	Jess Olson		Rep
35	Tina Mulally		Rep	Tina Mulally		Rep
	Tony Randolph		Rep	Tony Randolph		Rep

Primary election results source:^[5]

General election results source:^[6]

Detailed results

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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 26A • District 26B • District 27 • District 28A • District 28B • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35

Primary election results source:^[5]

General election results source:^[6]

• 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

General election

District 2

Republican primary

General election

District 3

Republican primary

General election

District 4

Republican primary

General election

District 5

General election

District 6

General election

District 7

Republican primary

General election

District 8

Republican primary

General election

District 9

Republican primary

General election

District 10

General election

District 11

Republican primary

Democratic primary

General election

District 12

Republican primary

General election

District 13

Republican primary

General election

District 14

Republican primary

General election

District 15

General election

District 16

Republican primary

General election

District 17

General election

District 18

General election

District 19

Republican primary

General election

District 20

Republican primary

General election

District 21

General election

District 22

General election

District 23

Republican primary

General election

District 24

Republican primary

General election

District 25

General election

District 26A

Republican primary

Democratic primary

General election

District 26B

General election

District 27

General election

District 28A

General election

District 28B

Republican primary

General election

District 29

Republican primary

General election

District 30

Republican primary

General election

District 31

Republican primary

General election

District 32

Republican primary

General election

District 33

Republican primary

General election

District 34

Republican primary

General election

District 35

Republican primary

General election

Notes and References

1. Web site: SD House Republicans pick Bartels as next speaker. November 19, 2022 . . 26 December 2022.
2. Web site: PRIMARY ELECTION JUNE 7, 2022. . 26 December 2022.
3. Web site: GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 8, 2022. . 26 December 2022.
4. Web site: Jacobson . Louis . May 19, 2022 . The Battle for State Legislatures . May 19, 2022.
5. Web site: 2022 Primary Election Official State Canvass Results. . 26 December 2022.
6. Web site: 2022 General Election Official State Canvass Results. . 26 December 2022.