2022 South Dakota Senate election
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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]
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 |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[3] | Safe R | May 19, 2022 |
Results
Overview
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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
Primary election results source:[4]
General election results source:[5]