2020 South Dakota House of Representatives election

2020 South Dakota House of Representatives election
All 70 Seats in the South Dakota House of Representatives; 36 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Republican gain; Republican hold Democratic hold
Speaker before election; Steve Haugaard; Republican	Elected Speaker ; Spencer Gosch; Republican

Elections to the South Dakota House of Representatives were held on November 3, 2020, as a part of the biennial elections in the U.S. state of South Dakota. All 70 seats were up for re-election. Each of the 70 seats are subdivided in two single-member districts.^[1]

Primary elections were held on June 2, 2020.^[2]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Safe R	October 21, 2020

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 26A • District 26B •District 27 • District 28A • District 28B •District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35

District 1

South Dakota House of Representatives District 1 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tamara St. John (incumbent)	6,150	41.27%
	Democratic	Jennifer Healy Keintz	4,502	30.21%
	Democratic	Steven McCleerey (incumbent)	4,248	28.51%
Total votes			14,901	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Democratic hold

District 2

South Dakota House of Representatives District 2 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lana Greenfield (incumbent)	6,428	50.18%
	Republican	Kaleb Weis (incumbent)	6,381	49.82%
Total votes			12,809	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 3

South Dakota House of Representatives District 3 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Drew Dennert (incumbent)	7,108	34.24%
	Republican	Carl E. Perry (incumbent)	6,087	29.32%
	Democratic	Leslie McLaughlin	3,843	18.51%
	Democratic	Justin Roemmick	3,720	17.92%
Total votes			20,758	100.0%

District 4

South Dakota House of Representatives District 4 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred Deutsch (incumbent)	8,012	42.95%
	Republican	John Mills	7,001	37.53%
	Democratic	Becky Holtquist	3,642	19.52%
Total votes			18,655	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 5

South Dakota House of Representatives District 5 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Bartels (incumbent)	7,311	54.18%
	Republican	Nancy York (incumbent)	6,182	45.82%
Total votes			13,493	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 6

South Dakota House of Representatives District 6 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ernie Otten	9,504	45.06%
	Republican	Aaron Aylward	6,504	30.84%
	Democratic	Cody Ingle	5,084	24.10%
Total votes			21,092	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 7

South Dakota House of Representatives District 7 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Reed (incumbent)	5,821	33.31%
	Republican	Larry Tidemann	5,235	29.95%
	Democratic	Louise Snodgrass	3,635	20.80%
	Democratic	Bill Adamson	2,786	15.94%
Total votes			17,477	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 8

South Dakota House of Representatives District 8 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marli Wiese (incumbent)	7,029	35.54%
	Republican	Randy Gross (incumbent)	6,327	31.99%
	Democratic	Val Parsley	4,260	21.54%
	Democratic	John P. Kessinger	2,162	10.93%
Total votes			19,778	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 9

South Dakota House of Representatives District 9 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rhonda Milstead (incumbent)	7,656	32.69%
	Republican	Bethany Soye	6,720	28.69%
	Democratic	Michael Saba (incumbent)	4,679	19.98%
	Democratic	Toni Miller	4,368	18.65%
Total votes			23,423	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 10

South Dakota House of Representatives District 10 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Haugaard (incumbent)	6,527	37.40%
	Republican	Doug Barthel (incumbent)	6,188	35.46%
	Democratic	Michelle L. Hentschel	4,736	27.14%
Total votes			17,451	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 11

South Dakota House of Representatives District 11 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Karr (incumbent)	7,253	29.30%
	Republican	Mark Willadsen (incumbent)	7,172	28.97%
	Democratic	Sheryl Johnson	5,900	23.83%
	Democratic	Margaret M Kuipers	4,429	17.89%
Total votes			24,754	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 12

South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Jamison	6,799	37.82%
	Republican	Arch Beal (incumbent)	5,621	31.27%
	Democratic	Erin Royer	5,555	30.90%
Total votes			17,975	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 13

South Dakota House of Representatives District 13 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sue Peterson (incumbent)	6,746	28.22%
	Republican	Richard Thomason	6,215	26.00%
	Democratic	Kelly Sullivan (incumbent)	5,846	24.46%
	Democratic	Norman B. Bliss	5,094	21.31%
Total votes			23,901	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 14

South Dakota House of Representatives District 14 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Taylor Rehfeldt	6,933	28.49%
	Democratic	Erin Healy (incumbent)	6,388	26.25%
	Republican	Tom Holmes	5,782	23.76%
	Democratic	Mike Huber	5,228	21.49%
Total votes			24,331	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Democratic hold

District 15

South Dakota House of Representatives District 15 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Duba (incumbent)	3,918	28.86%
	Democratic	Jamie Smith (incumbent)	3,727	27.45%
	Republican	Cole Heisey	2,987	22.00%
	Republican	Matt Rosburg	2,943	21.68%
Total votes			13,575	100.0%
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

District 16

South Dakota House of Representatives District 16 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Anderson (incumbent)	8,383	56.29%
	Republican	Kevin Jensen (incumbent)	6,510	43.71%
Total votes			14,893	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 17

South Dakota House of Representatives District 17 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sydney Davis	5,278	31.25%
	Republican	Richard Vasgaard	4,786	28.34%
	Democratic	Al Leber	3,645	21.58%
	Democratic	Caitlin F. Collier	3,181	18.83%
Total votes			16,890	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 18

South Dakota House of Representatives District 18 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Stevens	6,778	57.02%
	Democratic	Ryan Cwach (incumbent)	5,109	42.98%
Total votes			11,887	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Democratic hold

District 19

South Dakota House of Representatives District 19 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kent Peterson (incumbent)	8,503	56.43.%
	Republican	Marty Overweg (incumbent)	6,564	43.57%
Total votes			15,057	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 20

South Dakota House of Representatives District 20 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Miskimins (incumbent)	7,403	54.97%
	Republican	Lance Koth (incumbent)	6,064	45.03%
Total votes			13,467	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 21

South Dakota House of Representatives District 21 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rocky Blare	6,330	44.33%
	Republican	Caleb Finck (incumbent)	5,038	35.28%
	Democratic	Jessica Hegge	2,911	20.39%
Total votes			14,279	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 22

South Dakota House of Representatives District 22 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger D. Chase (incumbent)	6,165	36.25%
	Republican	Lynn Schneider	5,855	34.42%
	Democratic	Mark S Smith	2,640	15.52%
	Democratic	C. John McEnelly	2,348	13.81%
Total votes			17,008	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 23

South Dakota House of Representatives District 23 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Spencer Gosch (incumbent)	8,325	55.07%
	Republican	Charlie Hoffman	6,791	44.93%
Total votes			15,116	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 24

South Dakota House of Representatives District 24 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Will Mortenson	8,410	43.63%
	Republican	Mike Weisgram	7,786	40.39%
	Democratic	Amanda Bachmann	3,079	15.97%
Total votes			19,275	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 25

South Dakota House of Representatives District 25 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Hansen (incumbent)	7,826	32.90%
	Republican	Tom Pischke (incumbent)	7,784	32.72%
	Democratic	Jeff Barth	4,460	18.75%
	Democratic	Jared Nieuwenhuis	3,720	15.64%
Total votes			23,790	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 26A

South Dakota House of Representatives District 26A general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shawn Bordeaux (incumbent)	2,254	100.0%
Total votes			2,254	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 26B

South Dakota House of Representatives District 26B general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rebecca Reimer (incumbent)	3,578	70.43%
	Democratic	Tim Feliciano	1,502	29.57%
Total votes			5,080	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 27

South Dakota House of Representatives District 27 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Liz Marty May	3,320	36.75%
	Democratic	Peri Pourier (incumbent)	3,234	35.80%
	Democratic	Ernest Weston Jr.	2,480	27.45%
Total votes			9,034	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Democratic hold

District 28A

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Oren Lesmeister (incumbent)	2,585	100.0%
Total votes			2,585	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 28B

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28B general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Sam Marty (incumbent)	4,847	100.0%
Total votes			4,847	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 29

South Dakota House of Representatives District 29 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dean Wink	8,167	46.08%
	Republican	Kirk Chaffee (incumbent)	6,381	36.01%
	Independent	Jade Addison	3,174	17.91%
Total votes			17,722	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 30

South Dakota House of Representatives District 30 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trish Ladner	8,668	50.68%
	Republican	Tim Goodwin (incumbent)	8,435	49.32%
Total votes			17,103	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 31

South Dakota House of Representatives District 31 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Odenbach	8,104	41.32%
	Republican	Mary Fitzgerald	6,920	35.28%
	Democratic	Brooke Abdallah	4,590	23.40%
Total votes			19,614	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 32

South Dakota House of Representatives District 32 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris P. Johnson (incumbent)	6,391	32.38%
	Republican	Becky Drury	5,587	28.31%
	Democratic	James Preston	3,932	19.92%
	Democratic	Toni Diamond	3,826	19.39%
Total votes			19,736	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 33

South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Jensen	10,251	56.47%
	Republican	Taffy Howard (incumbent)	7,902	43.53%
Total votes			18,153	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 34

South Dakota House of Representatives District 34 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Derby	7,225	33.51%
	Republican	Jess Olson (incumbent)	6,756	31.33%
	Democratic	Rick Stracqualursi	3,806	17.65%
	Democratic	Nick Anderson	3,776	17.51%
Total votes			21,563	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 35

South Dakota House of Representatives District 35 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tina Mulally (incumbent)	5,777	34.37%
	Republican	Tony Randolph (incumbent)	5,375	31.98%
	Democratic	David A. Hubbard	2,916	17.35%
	Democratic	Pat Cromwell	2,740	16.30%
Total votes			16,808	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

References

^ "2020 South Dakota election results". electionsresults.sd.gov.
^ "South Dakota elections, 2020". Ballotpedia.
^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.

[1] "2020 South Dakota election results". electionsresults.sd.gov.

[2] "South Dakota elections, 2020". Ballotpedia.

[cook-october-3] "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.

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