2022 South Dakota Senate election

2022 South Dakota Senate election
All 35 seats in the South Dakota Senate; 18 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic gain; Democratic hold Republican hold
Senate President Pro Tempore before election; Lee Schoenbeck; Republican	Elected Senate President Pro Tempore ; Lee Schoenbeck; Republican

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[3]	Safe R	May 19, 2022

Results

Overview

Summary of the November 8, 2022 South Dakota Senate election
Party		Candidates	Votes	%	Seats

Party		Candidates	Votes	%	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

Popular vote

Republican			81.62%
Democratic			14.56%
Independents			2.92%
Libertarian			0.90%

Senate seats

Republican			88.57%
Democratic			11.43%

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 district	Incumbent		Elected Senator
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:^[4]

General election results source:^[5]

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

Primary election results source:^[4]

General election results source:^[5]

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).

District 1

Republican primary

South Dakota's 1st Senate District Republican primary election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael H. Rohl (incumbent)	1,901	70.51%
	Republican	Joe Donnell	795	29.49%
Total votes			2,696	100.00%

General election

South Dakota's 1st Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael H. Rohl (incumbent)	6,098	58.90%
	Independent	Susan Wismer	4,256	41.10%
Total votes			10,354	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 2

Republican primary

South Dakota's 2nd Senate District Republican primary election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Kolbeck	1,747	66.22%
	Republican	Spencer Wrightsman	891	33.78%
Total votes			2,638	100.00%

General election

South Dakota's 2nd Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Kolbeck	7,810	100.00%
Total votes			7,810	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 3

Republican primary

South Dakota's 3rd Senate District Republican primary election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al Novstrup (incumbent)	1,794	59.48%
	Republican	Rachel Dix	1,222	40.52%
Total votes			3,016	100.00%

General election

South Dakota's 3rd Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al Novstrup (incumbent)	5,698	100.00%
Total votes			5,698	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 4

General election

South Dakota's 4th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Wiik (incumbent)	8,917	100.00%
Total votes			8,917	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 5

Republican primary

South Dakota's 5th Senate District Republican primary election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee Schoenbeck (incumbent)	1,808	58.74%
	Republican	Colin Alan Paulsen	1,270	41.26%
Total votes			3,078	100.00%

General election

South Dakota's 5th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee Schoenbeck (incumbent)	6,743	100.00%
Total votes			6,743	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 6

General election

South Dakota's 6th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Herman Otten (incumbent)	6,513	100.00%
Total votes			6,513	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 7

Republican primary

South Dakota's 7th Senate District Republican primary election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Reed	1,446	60.17%
	Republican	Julie Erickson	957	39.83%
Total votes			2,403	100.00%

General election

South Dakota's 7th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Reed	6,263	100.00%
Total votes			6,263	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 8

Republican primary

South Dakota's 8th Senate District Republican primary election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Casey Crabtree (incumbent)	3,124	78.97%
	Republican	Heather DeVries	832	21.03%
Total votes			3,956	100.00%

General election

South Dakota's 8th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Casey Crabtree (incumbent)	8,926	100.00%
Total votes			8,926	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 9

Republican primary

South Dakota's 9th Senate District Republican primary election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brent Hoffman	1,351	66.78%
	Republican	Mark Willadsen	672	33.22%
Total votes			2,023	100.00%

General election

South Dakota's 9th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brent Hoffman	6,024	100.00%
Total votes			6,024	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 10

General election

South Dakota's 10th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Larson	4,488	56.69%
	Republican	Maggie Sutton (incumbent)	3,429	43.31%
Total votes			7,917	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 11

General election

South Dakota's 11th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Stalzer (incumbent)	5,289	55.24%
	Democratic	Sheryl L. Johnson	4,286	44.76%
Total votes			9,575	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 12

General election

South Dakota's 12th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arch Beal	4,950	53.88%
	Democratic	Jessica Meyers	4,237	46.12%
Total votes			9,187	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 13

General election

South Dakota's 13th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Kolbeck (incumbent)	7,345	70.21%
	Independent	Lora Hubbel	3,116	29.79%
Total votes			10,461	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 14

General election

South Dakota's 14th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry P. Zikmund (incumbent)	5,854	53.93%
	Democratic	Matthew Tysdal	5,001	46.07%
Total votes			10,855	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 15

General election

South Dakota's 15th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Reynold F. Nesiba (incumbent)	3,697	52.76%
	Republican	Brenda Lawrence	3,310	47.24%
Total votes			7,007	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 16

Republican primary

South Dakota's 16th Senate District Republican primary election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Bolin (incumbent)	1,731	51.73%
	Republican	Nancy Rasmussen	1,615	48.27%
Total votes			3,346	100.00%

General election

South Dakota's 16th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Bolin (incumbent)	6,770	66.20%
	Democratic	Donn Larson	2,610	25.52%
	Independent	Brian J. Burge	847	8.28%
Total votes			10,227	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 17

General election

South Dakota's 17th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sydney Davis	5,997	100.00%
Total votes			5,997	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 18

General election

South Dakota's 18th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jean M. Hunhoff (incumbent)	5,748	65.03%
	Democratic	Fredrick Bender	3,091	34.97%
Total votes			8,839	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 19

General election

South Dakota's 19th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kyle Schoenfish (incumbent)	7,906	81.52%
	Democratic	Russell Graeff	1,792	18.48%
Total votes			9,698	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 20

General election

South Dakota's 20th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joshua Klumb (incumbent)	6,968	100.00%
Total votes			6,968	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 21

General election

South Dakota's 21st Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erin Tobin (incumbent)	7,976	81.83%
	Democratic	Dan Andersson	1,771	18.17%
Total votes			9,747	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 22

General election

South Dakota's 22nd Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Wheeler (incumbent)	6,581	100.00%
Total votes			6,581	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 23

Republican primary

South Dakota's 23rd Senate District Republican primary election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryan J. Breitling (incumbent)	3,019	54.19%
	Republican	Spencer Gosch	2,552	45.81%
Total votes			5,571	100.00%

General election

South Dakota's 23rd Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryan J. Breitling (incumbent)	7,954	100.00%
Total votes			7,954	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 24

Republican primary

South Dakota's 24th Senate District Republican primary election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Mehlhaff	3,157	51.25%
	Republican	Mary Duvall (incumbent)	3,003	48.75%
Total votes			6,160	100.00%

General election

South Dakota's 24th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Mehlhaff	8,246	100.00%
Total votes			8,246	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 25

Republican primary

South Dakota's 25th Senate District Republican primary election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Pischke	1,396	45.06%
	Republican	Leslie "Doc" Heinemann	672	21.69%
	Republican	Lisa Rave	591	19.08%
	Republican	Kevin R. Crisp	439	14.17%
Total votes			3,098	100.00%

General election

South Dakota's 25th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Pischke	7,868	100.00%
Total votes			7,868	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 26

General election

South Dakota's 26th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shawn Bordeaux	3,483	58.26%
	Republican	Joel Koskan	2,495	41.74%
Total votes			5,978	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 27

General election

South Dakota's 27th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Red Dawn Foster (incumbent)	3,179	51.45%
	Republican	David Jones	3,000	48.55%
Total votes			6,179	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 28

General election

South Dakota's 28th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan M. Maher (incumbent)	7,094	100.00%
Total votes			7,094	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 29

Republican primary

South Dakota's 29th Senate District Republican primary election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dean Wink	2,112	50.66%
	Republican	John Carley	1,552	37.23%
	Republican	Beka Zerbst	505	12.11%
Total votes			4,169	100.00%

General election

South Dakota's 29th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dean Wink	7,272	100.00%
Total votes			7,272	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 30

Republican primary

South Dakota's 30th Senate District Republican primary election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Julie Frye-Mueller (incumbent)	2,849	50.41%
	Republican	Timothy R. Goodwin	2,803	49.59%
Total votes			5,652	100.00%

General election

South Dakota's 30th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Julie Frye-Mueller (incumbent)	9,598	100.00%
Total votes			9,598	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 31

Republican primary

South Dakota's 31st Senate District Republican primary election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Deibert	2,518	62.11%
	Republican	Ron Moeller	1,536	37.89%
Total votes			4,054	100.00%

General election

South Dakota's 31st Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Deibert	8,536	100.00%
Total votes			8,536	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 32

General election

South Dakota's 32nd Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Helene Duhamel (incumbent)	4,257	56.16%
	Democratic	Nicole A. Heenan	3,323	43.84%
Total votes			7,580	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 33

Republican primary

South Dakota's 33rd Senate District Republican primary election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Johnson (incumbent)	2,707	56.82%
	Republican	Janet Jensen	2,057	43.18%
Total votes			4,764	100.00%

General election

South Dakota's 33rd Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Johnson (incumbent)	7,885	75.66%
	Libertarian	Darren Freidel	2,537	24.34%
Total votes			10,422	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 34

General election

South Dakota's 34th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Diedrich (incumbent)	7,505	100.00%
Total votes			7,505	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 35

General election

South Dakota's 35th Senate District general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jessica Castleberry (incumbent)	6,784	100.00%
Total votes			6,784	100.00%
	Republican hold

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.

References

^ "PRIMARY ELECTION JUNE 7, 2022". Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
^ "GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 8, 2022". Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
^ Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "2022 Primary Election Official State Canvass Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "2022 General Election Official State Canvass Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved December 26, 2022.

[1] "PRIMARY ELECTION JUNE 7, 2022". Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved December 26, 2022.

[2] "GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 8, 2022". Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved December 26, 2022.

[Sabato's_Crystal_Ball-3] Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.

[results1-4] "2022 Primary Election Official State Canvass Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved December 26, 2022.

[results2-5] "2022 General Election Official State Canvass Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved December 26, 2022.

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