Election Name: | 2024 South Dakota House of Representatives election |
Country: | South Dakota |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2022 South Dakota House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 2022 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2024 |
Next Election: | 2026 South Dakota House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2026 |
Seats For Election: | All 70 seats in the South Dakota House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 36 |
Image1: | 3x4.svg |
Leader1: | Hugh Bartels (term-limited) |
Party1: | South Dakota Republican Party |
Leaders Seat1: | District 5 |
Seats Before1: | 63 |
Leader2: | Oren Lesmeister (term-limited) |
Party2: | South Dakota Democratic Party |
Leaders Seat2: | District 28A |
Seats Before2: | 7 |
Seats Needed2: | 29 |
Map Size: | 450px |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Hugh Bartels |
Before Party: | South Dakota Republican Party |
After Election: | TBD |
The 2024 South Dakota House of Representatives elections will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect all 70 seats in the South Dakota House of Representatives.[1] The elections will coincide with the Presidential, U.S. House, and State Senate elections. The primary elections were held on June 4, 2024.[2]
In the 2020 Presidential Election, Republican Donald Trump won 33 of South Dakota's state House of Representatives districts and Democrat Joe Biden won 4 districts. Going into the 2024 South Dakota House of Representatives election, Republicans held one House of Representatives seat in a district that voted for Biden in 2020: District 27, a rural district with a majority Native American population (Biden+8%). Conversely, Democrats held one House of Representatives seat in a district that voted for Trump in 2020: District 28A, another rural district with a majority Native American population (Trump +3%).
Linda Duba is retiring.[3]
Oren Lesmeister is term-limited.
Joe Donnell is retiring.[4]
Carl E. Perry is retiring to run for State Senate.[5]
Fred Deutsch is retiring to run for State Senate.[6]
Stephanie Sauder is retiring to run for State Senate.[7]
Hugh Bartels is term-limited.[8]
Ernie Otten is retiring to run for State Senate.[9]
John Mills is term-limited.
Kenneth Teunissen is retiring.
Chris Karr is term-limited (running for State Senate).
Sue Peterson is term-limited (running for State Senate).
Kevin D. Jensen is term-limited (running for State Senate).[10]
Lance Koth is retiring.
Rocky Blare is retiring.
Roger D. Chase is term-limited.
Lynn Schneider is retiring.[11]
Randy Gross is retiring.
Neil Pinnow is retiring.
Kirk Chaffee is retiring to run for State Senate.
Dennis Krull is retiring.
Kristin Conzet is retiring.
Six incumbent representatives, all Republicans, were defeated in the June 4 primary election.[12]
Tamara St. John lost renomination to Logan Manhart and Christopher Reder.
Byron Callies lost renomination to Josephine Garcia and Matt Roby.
Tyler Tordsen lost renomination to Tony Kayser and Taylor Rehfeldt.
James Wangsness lost renomination to Spencer Gosch and Scott Moore.
Gary Cammack lost renomination to Terri Jorgenson and Kathy Rice.
Becky Drury lost renomination to Heather Baxter and Mike Derby.