1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for South Dakota Legislative District 19
South Dakota State Senate · South Dakota
Robert Hoffman (R) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating Theodore Lerew (D) by 6.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Robert HoffmanRepublican · winner
53.2%4,275
Theodore LerewDemocrat · incumbent
46.8%3,758
8,033 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET