2022 South Dakota House of Representatives election

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2022 South Dakota House of Representatives election
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November 8, 2022
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All 70 seats in the South Dakota House of Representatives
36 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Spencer Gosch
(retired)		 Jamie Smith
(retired)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 23rd 15th
Seats before 62 8
Seats after 63 7
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 361,683 114,138
Percentage 75.50% 23.83%
Swing Increase 3.75% Decrease 3.89%
Results:
     Republican gain      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold
Speaker before election

Spencer Gosch
Republican

 Elected Speaker

Hugh Bartels[1]
Republican

The 2022 South Dakota House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections. All 70 seats in the South Dakota House of Representatives were up for election. Primary elections were held on June 7, 2022.[2] 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 Senate.

Following the 2022 elections, Republicans expanded their supermajority by one seat, giving them a 63-to-7 member advantage over Democrats.[3]

Democrats

  1. District 1: Jennifer Healy Keintz retired to run for lieutenant governor of South Dakota.
  2. District 15: Jamie Smith retired to run for governor of South Dakota.
  3. District 26A: Shawn Bordeaux retired due to term limits.

Republicans

  1. District 2: Lana Greenfield retired due to term limits.
  2. District 3: Drew Dennert retired.
  3. District 5: Nancy York retired.
  4. District 7: Tim Reed retired to run for state senate from District 7.
  5. District 7: Larry Tidemann retired.
  6. District 8: Marli Wiese retired.
  7. District 9: Rhonda Milstead retired.
  8. District 10: Doug Barthel retired.
  9. District 10: Steve Haugaard retired due to term limits.
  10. District 11: Mark Willadsen retired due to term limits.
  11. District 12: Arch Beal retired due to term limits.
  12. District 16: David Anderson retired due to term limits.
  13. District 17: Sydney Davis retired to run for state senate from District 17.
  14. District 19: Kent Peterson retired due to term limits.
  15. District 20: Paul Miskimins retired.
  16. District 23: Spencer Gosch retired to run for state senate from District 23.
  17. District 23: Charles Hoffman retired.
  18. District 25: Tom Pischke retired to run for state senate from District 25.
  19. District 28B: J. Sam Marty retired due to term limits.
  20. District 29: Dean Wink retired to run for state senate from District 29.
  21. District 30: Tim Goodwin retired to run for state senate from District 30.
  22. District 32: Chris P. Johnson retired.
  23. District 33: Taffy Howard retired to run for U. S. Representative from South Dakota's at-large congressional district.

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[4] Safe R May 19, 2022

Defeated incumbents

Primary election

  1. District 3: Republican Kaleb Weis lost renomination to Brandei Schaefbauer.
  2. District 13: Republican Richard Thomason lost renomination to Tony Vanhuizen.
  3. District 16: Republican Richard Vasgaard lost renomination to Karla Lems.
  4. District 19: Republican Caleb Finck lost renomination to Jessica Bahmuller and Drew Peterson.

General election

  1. District 18: Democrat Ryan Cwach was defeated in the general election by Republican Julie Auch.

Summary of results by State House district

Detailed results

References

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