2020 South Dakota House of Representatives election

2020 South Dakota House of Representatives election
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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 Steven Haugaard Jamie Smith
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 10th District 15th District
Seats before 59 11
Seats after 62 8
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3
Popular vote 430,885 166,484
Percentage 71.75% 27.72%
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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

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