The 2024 South Dakota Senate elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect all 35 seats in the South Dakota Senate. The elections coincided with the presidential, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary elections were held on June 4, 2024.
Retirements
Democrats District 15: Reynold Nesiba was term-limited.
Republicans District 3: Al Novstrup was term-limited (running for State House). District 4: John Wiik was term-limited. District 5: Lee Schoenbeck retired. District 6: Herman Otten retired to run for State House. District 9: Brent Hoffman retired. District 11: Jim Stalzer was term-limited. District 13: Jack Kolbeck was term-limited. District 16: Jim Bolin was term-limited. District 20: Joshua Klumb was term-limited. District 23: Bryan Breitling retired. District 28: Ryan Maher was term-limited (running for State House). District 29: Dean Wink retired. District 34: Michael Diedrich retired.
Incumbents defeated
In primary elections Five incumbent senators, all Republicans, were defeated in the June 4 primary elections.
Republicans District 18: Jean Hunhoff lost renomination to Lauren Nelson. District 21: Erin Tobin lost renomination to MyKala Voita. District 30: Julie Frye-Mueller lost renomination to Amber Hulse. District 33: David Johnson lost renomination to Curt Voight. District 35: Mike Walsh lost nomination to a full term to Greg Blanc.
In general election One incumbent senator, a Democrat, was defeated in the November 5 general election. District 26: Shawn Bordeaux lost reelection to Tamara Grove.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball | October 23, 2024
Results Overview + Summary of the November 8, 2024 South Dakota Senate election Party Candidates Votes % Seats Before After +/– Republican 34 273,439 78.65 31 32 1 Democratic 17 69,347 19.94 4 3 1 Independent 2 4,899 1.41 0 0 Total 347,685 100.00 35 35 Registered/Turnout Source: South Dakota Secretary of State
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__
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District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
General election
District 8
District 9
District 10 General election
District 11
District 12
District 13 General election
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
See also List of South Dakota state legislatures
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