1968 general · February 6, 1968
1968 South Dakota election results
Every race on South Dakota's ballot in the 1968 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races68
Changed party0
Unopposed29%20 races
Incumbents defeated15
South Dakota State Senate
D 7 · R 22
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Arthur W. Jones (D) | 4.7 | |
| LD-2 | E. C. Pieplow (R) | 1.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-3 | Louis L. Johnson (R) | 12.1 | |
| LD-4 | G. Robert Bartron (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-5 | Wilmont M. Uecker (D) | 1.3 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-6 | Paul Brown (R) | 18.5 | |
| LD-7 | Henry A. Poppen (R) | 10.8 | |
| LD-8 | Leland L. Steele (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-9 | Richard Francis Kneip (D) | 71.7 | |
| LD-10 | Norval Gullickson (R) | 11.5 | |
| LD-11 | Frank Gibbs (R) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-12 | Wendell Leafstedt (R) | 71.8 | |
| LD-13 | Lloyd Schrag (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-14 | Robert W. Hirsch (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-15 | Alvin J. Rhian (R) | 5.0 | |
| LD-16 | Frank Novotny (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-17 | A. A. Quintal (R) | 16.0 | |
| LD-18 | Harold B. Willrodt (D) | 5.2 | |
| LD-19 | Harvey Wollman (D) | 1.3 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-20 | George W. Fillbach (R) | 13.1 | |
| LD-21 | A. W. Spiry (R) | 31.2 | |
| LD-22 | William L. Grams (R) | 18.3 | |
| LD-23 | Carl T. Fischer (R) | 34.0 | |
| LD-24 | Robert Burns (R) | 33.8 | |
| LD-25 | R. C. Stenson (D) | 6.1 | |
| LD-26 | Kenneth A. Trask (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-27 | Joe R. Dunmire (R) | 26.7 | |
| LD-28 | Arthur L. Jones (R) | 0.4 | |
| LD-29 | Alfred J. Burke (R) | Unopposed |
South Dakota House of Representatives
D 16 · R 48
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Harold Millett (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-2 | G. F. Mortimer (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-3 | James D. Jelbert · D. O. Dillavou (R) | 14.4 | |
| LD-4 | Thomas P. Ranney · James S. Nelson (R) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-5 | Edwin K. Barkley · Charles E. Clay (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-6 | Ira Elwood (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-7 | William M. Jensen (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-8 | Frank McKenzie · Allan Kime (R) | 2.4 | |
| LD-9 | George Renning (R) | 46.1 | |
| LD-10 | Morris G. Hallock · Walter D. Miller (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-11 | Loyd G. Knudson (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-12 | Roger R. Moore (D) | 1.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-13 | Dean P. Sorenson · Benny J. Gross (R) | 4.1 | |
| LD-14 | James L. Rothstein (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-15 | Oscar E. Huber · Dean O. Mehlhaff (R) | 13.2 | |
| LD-16 | Charles Droz (R) | 14.7 | |
| LD-17 | Harold G. Adams · Elvern Varilek (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-18 | Joseph Barnett · Royal J. Wood · Bernie Kopecky · Don Young (REP) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-19 | Lewis R. Marquardt (D) | 2.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-20 | Walter W. Johnson · Charles A. Larkin (R) | 9.9 | |
| LD-21 | Kenneth Kauth · Menno Tschetter (D) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-22 | Bryan Baughman (R) | 6.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-23 | Stanley Johnson · Dorothy Nepstad (R) | 6.2 | |
| LD-24 | Fred Kaufman · Otto Stern (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-25 | Simon Chance (R) | 1.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-26 | Albert Gunderson · Robert H. Shoemaker (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-27 | Dexter H. Gunderson (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-28 | John Murphy (D) | 1.3 | |
| LD-29 | Herman Paulson · Joe M. Groseth · Leland K. Stoddard (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-30 | Robert R. Giebink · David Billion (R) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-31 | Dave Macfarlane (R) | 0.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-32 | Duaine Swenson (D) | 7.0 | |
| LD-33 | Leroy F. Ericsson · Roy M. Johnson (REP) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-34 | Andrew Wiese (D) | 6.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-35 | John Bibby · Oscar P. Dahl (R) | 4.4 | |
| LD-36 | Merle C. Pommer · Lawrence L. Stalheim (R) | 3.5 | |
| LD-37 | Donald Osheim · Floyd Snyder Jr. (R) | 3.4 | |
| LD-38 | Max D. Gruenwald · Woodrow Kermit Hawley (REP) | 1.3 | |
| LD-39 | Bertrum E. Ellingson · Henry I. Knudsen (D) | 3.1 |
South Dakota
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner