2024 South Dakota House of Representatives election
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The 2024 South Dakota House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect all 70 seats in the South Dakota House of Representatives.[1] The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. House, and State Senate elections. The primary elections were held on June 4, 2024.[2]
Partisan Background
[edit]In the 2020 Presidential Election, Republican Donald Trump won 33 of South Dakota's state House of Representatives districts and Democrat Joe Biden won 4 districts. Going into the 2024 South Dakota House of Representatives election, Republicans held one House of Representatives seat in a district that voted for Biden in 2020: District 27, a rural district with a majority Native American population (Biden+8%). Conversely, Democrats held one House of Representatives seat in a district that voted for Trump in 2020: District 28A, another rural district with a majority Native American population (Trump +3%).
| Biden 50–60% 60–70% | Trump 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% |
Retirements
[edit]Democrats
[edit]- District 15: Linda Duba is retiring.[3]
- District 28A: Oren Lesmeister is term-limited.[4]
Republicans
[edit]- District 1: Joe Donnell is retiring.[5]
- District 3: Carl E. Perry is retiring to run for State Senate.[6]
- District 4: Fred Deutsch is retiring to run for State Senate.[7]
- District 4: Stephanie Sauder is retiring to run for State Senate.[8]
- District 5: Hugh Bartels is term-limited.[4]
- District 6: Ernie Otten is retiring to run for State Senate.[9]
- District 8: John Mills is term-limited.[4]
- District 9: Kenneth Teunissen is retiring.[5]
- District 11: Chris Karr is term-limited (running for State Senate).[4][5]
- District 13: Sue Peterson is term-limited (running for State Senate).[4][5]
- District 16: Kevin D. Jensen is term-limited (running for State Senate).[4][10]
- District 20: Lance Koth is retiring.[5]
- District 20: Ben Krohmer is retiring.[11]
- District 21: Rocky Blare is retiring.[5]
- District 22: Roger D. Chase is term-limited.[4]
- District 22: Lynn Schneider is retiring.[12]
- District 25: Randy Gross is retiring.[5]
- District 28B: Neil Pinnow is retiring.[5]
- District 29: Kirk Chaffee is retiring to run for State Senate.[5]
- District 30: Dennis Krull is retiring.[5]
- District 32: Kristin Conzet is retiring.[5]
Incumbents defeated
[edit]In primary election
[edit]Six incumbent representatives, all Republicans, were defeated in the June 4 primary election.[13]
Republicans
[edit]- District 1: Tamara St. John lost renomination to Logan Manhart and Christopher Reder.
- District 5: Byron Callies lost renomination to Josephine Garcia and Matt Roby.
- District 14: Tyler Tordsen lost renomination to Tony Kayser and Taylor Rehfeldt.
- District 23: James Wangsness lost renomination to Spencer Gosch and Scott Moore.
- District 29: Gary Cammack lost renomination to Terri Jorgenson and Kathy Rice.
- District 34: Becky Drury lost renomination to Heather Baxter and Mike Derby.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Upcoming Elections: South Dakota Secretary of State". sdsos.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ "United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ Mayer, Eric (December 18, 2023). "District 15 Democrats announce candidate changes". KELO-TV. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
Senator Reynold Nesiba and Rep. Linda Duba announced 2024 will be the final year serving in the South Dakota Legislature.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Legislative Terms of Office" (PDF). South Dakota Legislature. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ Whitney, Stu (April 25, 2024). "SD Senate's GOP power balance at stake: 5 primary races to watch". South Dakota News Watch. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
There's a generational battle brewing in Aberdeen, where 70-year-old retired businessman Carl Perry is looking to shift from the House to Senate.
- ^ Whitney, Stu (April 25, 2024). "SD Senate's GOP power balance at stake: 5 primary races to watch". South Dakota News Watch. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
Nowhere is the trend of establishment vs. far right more pronounced than in this district of rural counties surrounding Watertown, where longtime state Rep. Fred Deutch is running for Senate.
- ^ Whitney, Stu (April 25, 2024). "SD Senate's GOP power balance at stake: 5 primary races to watch". South Dakota News Watch. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
His opponent is Stephanie Sauder, a longtime educator and former mayor of Bryant who was elected to the House in 2022.
- ^ "Release: Ernie Otten Announces Candidacy for the SD District 6 Senate Seat". South Dakota War College. January 2, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ Whitney, Stu (April 25, 2024). "SD Senate's GOP power balance at stake: 5 primary races to watch". South Dakota News Watch. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
The candidate is Kevin Jensen, a former House majority whip who unsuccessfully challenged Wiik for Republican party chair last year.
- ^ Goss, Austin (August 7, 2024). "Incumbent Mitchell lawmaker drops bid for re-election". The Dakota Scout. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
- ^ "Two candidates announce District 22 House intentions". The Daily Plainsman. October 13, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
Both District 22 House seats are open this cycle, as current legislator Roger Chase is term limited in the House and Lynn Schneider has chosen not to seek re-election.
- ^ Hult, John; Haiar, Joshua; Tupper, Seth (June 5, 2024). "Incumbent Republican legislators suffer losses as pipelines and property rights surge to the fore". South Dakota Searchlight. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
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