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. 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.
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.
Predictions SourceRankingAs ofSabato's Crystal BallMay 19, 2022
Results Overview + Summary of the November 8, 2022 South Dakota Senate election Party Candidates Votes % Seats Before After +/– Republican 35 229,609 81.62 32 31 1 Democratic 12 40,958 14.56 3 4 1 Independent 3 8,219 2.92 0 0 Libertarian 1 2,537 0.90 0 0 Total 281,323 100.00 35 35 Registered/Turnout 597,073 59.40 Source: South Dakota Secretary of State
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 State Senate districtIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party 1 Michael H. Rohl Rep Michael H. Rohl Rep 2 Brock Greenfield Rep Steve Kolbeck Rep 3 Al Novstrup Rep Al Novstrup Rep 4 John Wiik Rep John Wiik Rep 5 Lee Schoenbeck Rep Lee Schoenbeck Rep 6 Herman Otten Rep Herman Otten Rep 7 V. J. Smith Rep Tim Reed Rep 8 Casey Crabtree Rep Casey Crabtree Rep 9 Wayne Steinhauer Rep Brent Hoffman Rep 10 Margaret Sutton Rep Elizabeth Larson Dem 11 Jim Stalzer Rep Jim Stalzer Rep 12 Blake Curd Rep Arch Beal Rep 13 Jack Kolbeck Rep Jack Kolbeck Rep 14 Larry Zikmund Rep Larry Zikmund Rep 15 Reynold Nesiba Dem Reynold Nesiba Dem 16 Jim Bolin Rep Jim Bolin Rep 17 Arthur Rusch Rep Sydney Davis Rep 18 Jean Hunhoff Rep Jean Hunhoff Rep 19 Kyle Schoenfish Rep Kyle Schoenfish Rep 20 Joshua Klumb Rep Joshua Klumb Rep 21 Erin Tobin Rep Erin Tobin Rep 22 David Wheeler Rep David Wheeler Rep 23 Bryan Breitling Rep Bryan Breitling Rep 24 Mary Duvall Rep Jim Mehlhaff Rep 25 Marsha Symens Rep Tom Pischke Rep 26 Troy Heinert Dem Shawn Bordeaux Dem 27 Red Dawn Foster Dem Red Dawn Foster Dem 28 Ryan Maher Rep Ryan Maher Rep 29 Gary Cammack Rep Dean Wink Rep 30 Julie Frye-Mueller Rep Julie Frye-Mueller Rep 31 Timothy Johns Rep Randy Deibert Rep 32 Helene Duhamel Rep Helene Duhamel Rep 33 David Johnson Rep David Johnson Rep 34 Michael Diedrich Rep Michael Diedrich Rep 35 Jessica Castleberry Rep Jessica Castleberry Rep Primary election results source:
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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__NOTOC__ Primary election results source:
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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).
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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.
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