The 2022 South Dakota Public Utilities Commission election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect one of three members of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. Incumbent Republican Chris Nelson was re-elected to a second full term in office, defeating Democratic challenger Jeffrey Barth in a landslide.
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Chris Nelson, incumbent public utilities commissioner (2011–present)
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Jeffrey Barth, Minnehaha County commissioner (2007–2023)
General election
Results
By county CountyChris NelsonRepublicanJeffrey BarthDemocraticMarginTotal#%#%#%Aurora97383.38%19416.62%77966.75%1,167Beadle4,16374.02%1,46125.98%2,70248.04%5,624Bennett61063.67%34836.33%26227.35%958Bon Homme1,85576.37%57423.63%1,28152.74%2,429Brookings7,60565.46%4,01334.54%3,59230.92%11,618Brown8,94667.64%4,28032.36%4,66635.28%13,226Brule1,50175.35%49124.65%1,01050.70%1,992Buffalo15340.80%22259.20%-69-18.40%375Butte3,29881.96%72618.04%2,57263.92%4,024Campbell57188.80%7211.20%49977.60%643Charles Mix2,20573.80%78326.20%1,42247.59%2,988Clark1,21080.29%29719.71%91360.58%1,507Clay2,33352.43%2,11747.57%2164.85%4,450Codington7,72974.95%2,58325.05%5,14649.90%10,312Corson51457.88%37442.12%14015.77%888Custer3,73376.86%1,12423.14%2,60953.72%4,857Davison5,15974.88%1,73125.12%3,42849.75%6,890Day1,63868.91%73931.09%89937.82%2,377Deuel1,49177.98%42122.02%1,07055.96%1,912Dewey67745.10%82454.90%-147-9.79%1,501Douglas1,28091.23%1238.77%1,15782.47%1,403Edmunds1,31681.94%29018.06%1,02663.89%1,606Fall River2,71977.51%78922.49%1,93055.02%3,508Faulk78085.62%13114.38%64971.24%911Grant2,35077.61%67822.39%1,67255.22%3,028Gregory1,60782.33%34517.67%1,26264.65%1,952Haakon86791.46%818.54%78682.91%948Hamlin2,14182.76%44617.24%1,69565.52%2,587Hand1,15980.43%28219.57%87760.86%1,441Hanson1,26981.82%28218.18%98763.64%1,551Harding61194.73%345.27%57789.46%645Hughes5,50875.93%1,74624.07%3,76251.86%7,254Hutchinson2,53183.78%49016.22%2,04167.56%3,021Hyde43678.56%11921.44%31757.12%555Jackson63871.13%25928.87%37942.25%897Jerauld65178.15%18221.85%46956.30%833Jones40287.77%5612.23%34675.55%458Kingsbury1,84876.94%55423.06%1,29453.87%2,402Lake3,36971.77%1,32528.23%2,04443.54%4,694Lawrence8,12170.16%3,45429.84%4,66740.32%11,575Lincoln17,89867.90%8,46232.10%9,43635.80%26,360Lyman91273.79%32426.21%58847.57%1,236Marshall1,16866.25%59533.75%57332.50%1,763McCook1,89878.40%52321.60%1,37556.79%2,421McPherson88282.58%18617.42%69665.17%1,068Meade8,75178.09%2,45621.91%6,29556.17%11,207Mellette40066.33%20333.67%19732.67%603Miner73878.43%20321.57%53556.85%941Minnehaha41,36459.15%28,57240.85%12,79218.29%69,936Moody1,64364.97%88635.03%75729.93%2,529Oglala Lakota27912.06%2,03587.94%-1,756-75.89%2,314Pennington28,93467.80%13,74232.20%15,19235.60%42,676Perkins1,13287.62%16012.38%97275.23%1,292Potter91486.39%14413.61%77072.78%1,058Roberts2,12263.42%1,22436.58%89826.84%3,346Sanborn75979.73%19320.27%56659.45%952Spink1,89373.57%68026.43%1,21347.14%2,573Stanley1,11479.46%28820.54%82658.92%1,402Sully61980.08%15419.92%46560.16%773Todd47625.66%1,37974.34%-903-48.68%1,855Tripp1,85784.87%33115.13%1,52669.74%2,188Turner2,95879.64%75620.36%2,20259.29%3,714Union4,83174.89%1,62025.11%3,21149.78%6,451Walworth1,62382.51%34417.49%1,27965.02%1,967Yankton5,68768.69%2,59231.31%3,09537.38%8,279Ziebach34854.38%29245.63%568.75%640Totals227,16768.72%103,38431.28%123,78337.45%330,551
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Ziebach (largest city: Dupree)
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