1968 general · February 6, 1968
1968 South Dakota State Senate election results, district by district
Every South Dakota State Senate district in the 1968 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Races29
Changed party0
Unopposed24%7 races
Incumbents defeated4
Every district
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 State Senate
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