1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for South Dakota Legislative District 10
South Dakota State Senate · South Dakota
Wallace B. Hanson (R) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating Loren Paulsen (D) by 13.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Wallace B. HansonRepublican · winner
56.7%5,185
Loren PaulsenDemocrat
43.3%3,953
9,138 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET