2022 South Dakota Senate election explained
| Election Name: | 2022 South Dakota Senate election |
| Country: | South Dakota |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2020 South Dakota Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2024 South Dakota Senate election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | All 35 seats in the South Dakota Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 18 |
| Leader1: | Lee Schoenbeck |
| Party1: | South Dakota Republican Party |
| Leaders Seat1: | 5th |
| Seats Before1: | 32 |
| Seats After1: | 31 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 229,609 |
| Percentage1: | 81.62% |
| Swing1: | 8.79% |
| Leader2: | Troy Heinert
(retired) |
| Party2: | South Dakota Democratic Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | 26th |
| Seats Before2: | 3 |
| Seats Needed2: | 15 |
| Seats After2: | 4 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 40,958 |
| Percentage2: | 14.56% |
| Swing2: | 6.43% |
| Map Size: | 450px |
| Senate President Pro Tempore |
| Before Election: | Lee Schoenbeck |
| Before Party: | South Dakota Republican Party |
| After Election: | Lee Schoenbeck |
| After Party: | South Dakota Republican Party |
The 2022 South Dakota Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections. All 35 seats in the South Dakota Senate were up for election. Primary elections were held on June 7, 2022.[1] 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 House. Following the 2022 elections, Republicans maintained their supermajority by losing only one seat, giving them a 31-to-4 member advantage over Democrats.[2]
Retirements
Democrats
- District 26: Troy Heinert retired due to term limits.
Republicans
- District 2: Brock Greenfield retired due to term limits.
- District 7: V. J. Smith retired.
- District 9: Wayne Steinhauer retired.
- District 12: Blake Curd retired due to term limits.
- District 17: Arthur Rusch retired due to term limits.
- District 25: Marsha Symens retired.
- District 29: Gary Cammack retired due to term limits.
- District 31: Timothy Johns retired.
Results
Overview
Defeated incumbents
Primary election
- District 24: Republican Mary Duvall lost renomination to Jim Mehlhaff.
General election
- District 10: Republican Margaret Sutton was defeated in the general election by Democrat Liz Larson.
Summary of results by State Senate district
Primary election results source:
[4] General election results source:[5]
Detailed results
| align=center | 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 | |
Primary election results source:
[4] General election results source:[5]
- 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
- Republican primary
- General election
District 2
- Republican primary
- General election
District 3
- Republican primary
- General election
District 4
- General election
District 5
- Republican primary
- 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
- General election
District 12
- General election
District 13
- General election
District 14
- General election
District 15
- General election
District 16
- Republican primary
- General election
District 17
- General election
District 18
- General election
District 19
- General election
District 20
- General election
District 21
- General election
District 22
- General election
District 23
- Republican primary
- General election
District 24
- Republican primary
- General election
District 25
- Republican primary
- General election
District 26
- General election
District 27
- General election
District 28
- General election
District 29
- Republican primary
- General election
District 30
- Republican primary
- General election
District 31
- Republican primary
- General election
District 32
- General election
District 33
- Republican primary
- General election
District 34
- General election
District 35
- General election
Results
Close races
Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
District 27, 2.9%
District 15, 5.52%
District 26, 5.68%
District 12, 7.76%
District 14, 7.86%Red denotes races won by Republicans.
Blue denotes races won by Democrats.
Notes and References
- Web site: PRIMARY ELECTION JUNE 7, 2022. . 26 December 2022.
- Web site: GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 8, 2022. . 26 December 2022.
- Web site: Jacobson . Louis . May 19, 2022 . The Battle for State Legislatures . May 19, 2022.
- Web site: 2022 Primary Election Official State Canvass Results. . 26 December 2022.
- Web site: 2022 General Election Official State Canvass Results. . 26 December 2022.
