99chambers

1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 South Dakota election results

Every race on South Dakota's ballot in the 1978 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

← 1976 general1980 general →

Races60
Changed party4
Unopposed13%8 races
Incumbents defeated16

U.S. Senate

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
South DakotaLarry Pressler (R)33.7

Governors

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
South DakotaWilliam Janklow (R)13.3

U.S. House

D 1 · R 1 · 1 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Thomas Daschle (D)0.1Flipped
SD-2James Abdnor (R)12.1

South Dakota State Senate

D 8 · R 14 · Uncalled 6 · 3 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1No winner recordedUnopposedIncumbent lost
LD-2Frances S. Lamont (R)7.8Incumbent lost
LD-3Harold Halverson (R)9.3
LD-4Jake Krull (D)12.3
LD-5Mary McClure (R)22.0
LD-6No winner recordedUnopposedIncumbent lost
LD-7Henry A. Poppen (R)28.7
LD-8Paul S. Tschetter (D)4.7FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-9Milton E. Nelson (R)15.9
LD-10Harold Schreier (D)10.6
LD-11Richard D. Flynn (R)0.6Incumbent lost
LD-12Harold Anderson (R)1.6Flipped
LD-13Eugene R. Mahan (D)34.2
LD-14No winner recordedUnopposedIncumbent lost
LD-15Donald C. Peterson (R)20.1
LD-16Carrol Allen (D)11.4Flipped
LD-17George Shanard (R)26.7
LD-18Philip Testerman (D)14.2
LD-19Robert Hoffman (R)4.9
LD-20No winner recordedUnopposed
LD-21William L. Grams (R)37.9
LD-22G. Homer Harding (R)33.3
LD-23No winner recordedUnopposed
LD-24Doris Miner (D)32.8
LD-25Marshall J. Truax (D)6.0
LD-26No winner recordedUnopposedIncumbent lost
LD-27Lyndell Petersen (R)0.8Incumbent lost
LD-28Eldon S. Jensen (R)8.7

South Dakota House of Representatives

D 21 · R 33 · Uncalled 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Bertrum E. Ellingson · Kent E. Frerichs (D)4.8
LD-2Joseph Barnett · R. Lars Herseth · Royal J. Wood · David S. Lausten (REP)2.2
LD-3Robert Weber · T. Loren Christianson (R)15.1
LD-4James Endres · Doris Kumm (DEM)1.0
LD-5Maurice A. Olson · Willis Danekas (D)7.6
LD-6George S. Mickelson · Wayne Hauschild (REP)1.7
LD-7Gene Warkenthien · Milton Lakness (R)9.8
LD-8Robert Eichman · Leland Kleinsasser (R)2.7
LD-9Clyde E. Streff · John V. Terveen (R)0.2Incumbent lost
LD-10Jerome B. Lammers · Andrew Wiese (REP)5.9
LD-11Bart Kull · Walt Bones Jr. (R)0.0Incumbent lost
LD-12Marvin Skie · O. L. Anderson (R)9.2
LD-13Tim Johnson · Mary B. Edelen (DEM)0.5
LD-14No winner recordedUnopposedIncumbent lost
LD-15Francis R. Thieman · Frank J. Brady (REP)0.5Incumbent lost
LD-16Albert Kocer · Ralph Nachtigal (D)14.7
LD-17Dennis Pierson · Dale Anderson (DEM)0.6Incumbent lost
LD-18James A. Burg · Ronald K. Miller (DEM)2.7
LD-19Gene Robbennolt · Andy J. Barondeau (D)4.3Incumbent lost
LD-20No winner recordedUnopposedIncumbent lost
LD-21Walter D. Miller · George E. Blair (R)12.1
LD-22Benny J. Gross · Neil Clarke (R)10.2
LD-23Glenn Freeman · William Decker (REP)0.5
LD-24Harold Sieh · William F. Cerny (REP)0.3
LD-25Violet Biever · Joel Richenbach (DEM)5.1
LD-26Kay S. Jorgensen · Reed C. Richards (REP)3.2
LD-27Don Ham · Gordon R. Pederson (R)0.3Incumbent lost
LD-28John L. Brown · G. F. Mortimer (R)9.6

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: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab