Elections to the South Dakota Senate were held on November 3, 2020 as a part of the biennial elections in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Voters in 35 single-member constituencies elected members to the 93rd Senate. Elections were also held in the state for U.S. president, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House, and the South Dakota House of Representatives.
Primary elections were held on June 2, 2020.
Background The Republican Party had been in majority control of the Senate since 1995, and had not come close to losing it since then. Although the Democratic Party held some support from urban areas and districts with a large Native American population, they had been losing seats over time; the last time Democrats held a number of seats in the double digits was 2010.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportOctober 21, 2020
Results Overview + Summary of the November 3, 2020 South Dakota Senate election Party Candidates Votes % Seats Before After +/– Republican 35 271,017 72.83 30 32 2 Democratic 17 78,110 20.99 5 3 2 Libertarian 7 13,938 3.75 0 0 Independent 2 9,045 2.43 0 0 Total 372,110 100.00 35 35 Registered/Turnout 578,655 64.31 Source: South Dakota Secretary of State
By district District Incumbent Party Elected Party 1st Susan Wismer Dem Michael H. Rohl Rep 2nd Brock Greenfield Rep Brock Greenfield Rep 3rd Al Novstrup Rep Al Novstrup Rep 4th John Wiik Rep John Wiik Rep 5th Lee Schoenbeck Rep Lee Schoenbeck Rep 6th Ernie Otten Rep Herman Otten Rep 7th V. J. Smith Rep V. J. Smith Rep 8th Casey Crabtree Rep Casey Crabtree Rep 9th Wayne Steinhauer Rep Wayne Steinhauer Rep 10th Margaret Sutton Rep Margaret Sutton Rep 11th Jim Stalzer Rep Jim Stalzer Rep 12th Blake Curd Rep Blake Curd Rep 13th Jack Kolbeck Rep Jack Kolbeck Rep 14th Deb Soholt Rep Larry Zikmund Rep 15th Reynold Nesiba Dem Reynold Nesiba Dem 16th Jim Bolin Rep Jim Bolin Rep 17th Arthur Rusch Rep Arthur Rusch Rep 18th Craig Kennedy Dem Jean Hunhoff Rep 19th Kyle Schoenfish Rep Kyle Schoenfish Rep 20th Joshua Klumb Rep Joshua Klumb Rep 21st Rocky Blare Rep Erin Tobin Rep 22nd Jim White Rep David Wheeler Rep 23rd John A. Lake Rep Bryan J. Breitling Rep 24th Jeff Monroe Rep Mary Duvall Rep 25th Kris Langer Rep Marsha Symens Rep 26th Troy Heinert Dem Troy Heinert Dem 27th Red Dawn Foster Dem Red Dawn Foster Dem 28th Ryan Maher Rep Ryan Maher Rep 29th Gary Cammack Rep Gary Cammack Rep 30th Lance Russell Rep Julie Frye-Mueller Rep 31st Bob Ewing Rep Timothy Johns Rep 32nd Helene Duhamel Rep Helene Duhamel Rep 33rd Phil Jensen Rep David Johnson Rep 34th Jeffrey Partridge Rep Michael Diedrich Rep 35th Jessica Castleberry Rep Jessica Castleberry Rep
Close races Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%: District 26, 5.68% District 12, 8.14% District 15, 9.50%
Red denotes races won by Republicans. Blue denotes races won by Democrats.
Election results
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See also 2020 South Dakota elections 2020 United States state legislative elections
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