1982 general · November 2, 1982
1982 South Dakota election results
Every race on South Dakota's ballot in the 1982 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races58
Changed party0
Unopposed9%5 races
Incumbents defeated12
Governors
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | William Janklow (R) | 41.7 |
U.S. House
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-AL | Thomas Daschle (D) | 3.1 |
South Dakota State Senate
D 8 · R 20
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Curtis Jones (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-2 | Frances S. Lamont (R) | 7.8 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-3 | Harold Halverson (R) | 16.1 | |
| LD-4 | Thomas E. Roby (R) | 3.8 | |
| LD-5 | Mary McClure (R) | 7.3 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-6 | Walter C. Conahan (R) | 18.0 | |
| LD-7 | Henry A. Poppen (R) | 20.8 | |
| LD-8 | Leland Kleinsasser (R) | 14.9 | |
| LD-9 | Walt Bones Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-10 | Wallace B. Hanson (R) | 20.0 | |
| LD-11 | Alva W. Scarbrough (R) | 0.0 | |
| LD-12 | Roger McKellips (D) | 25.3 | |
| LD-13 | Tim Johnson (D) | 44.7 | |
| LD-14 | Elmer Bietz (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-15 | Donald C. Peterson (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-16 | Carrol Allen (D) | 20.7 | |
| LD-17 | George Shanard (R) | 28.7 | |
| LD-18 | Clyde E. Streff (R) | 9.5 | |
| LD-19 | G. Homer Harding (R) | 23.0 | |
| LD-20 | James Stoick (R) | 32.2 | |
| LD-21 | Bob Samuelson (D) | 15.0 | |
| LD-22 | Dick Waddell (D) | 2.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-23 | Thomas Shortbull (D) | 42.9 | |
| LD-24 | Doris Miner (D) | 44.7 | |
| LD-25 | John D. Manke (R) | 28.7 | |
| LD-26 | James B. Dunn (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-27 | Donald L. Frankenfeld (R) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-28 | John L. Brown (R) | 38.0 |
South Dakota House of Representatives
D 15 · R 43
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Neil Gleason · Kent E. Frerichs (D) | 12.6 | |
| LD-2 | Joseph Barnett · R. Lars Herseth · David S. Lausten · Royal J. Wood (REP) | 2.4 | |
| LD-3 | Robert Weber · T. Loren Christianson (R) | 4.2 | |
| LD-4 | Dorothy M. Kellogg · Doris Kumm (DEM) | 11.0 | |
| LD-5 | Scott Heidepriem · Oscar William Hagen (R) | 1.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-6 | Mary K. Wagner · Sheldon Cotton (R) | 5.3 | |
| LD-7 | Gene Warkenthien · Dean Anderson (R) | 6.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-8 | Ron J. Volesky · Robert Eichman (R) | 13.5 | |
| LD-9 | Juel Johnson · Sidney R. Knutson (R) | 7.5 | |
| LD-10 | Jerome B. Lammers · Andrew Wiese (REP) | 9.5 | |
| LD-11 | Keith Paisley · Shirley Halleen (REP) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-12 | Marvin Skie · Howard Kennedy (R) | 4.9 | |
| LD-13 | Roland Chicoine · Mary B. Edelen (DEM) | 0.3 | |
| LD-14 | Roland Vangerpen · Tarrel R. Miller (R) | 10.3 | |
| LD-15 | Francis R. Thieman · Loren Anderson (R) | 11.7 | |
| LD-16 | Albert Kocer · Douglas Cole (D) | 8.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-17 | Dean E. Wieczorek · Ralph Homan (R) | 5.5 | |
| LD-18 | James A. Burg · Malcolm C. McKillop (DEM) | 2.8 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-19 | Benny J. Gross · Gene Robbennolt (REP) | 2.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-20 | Walter L. Zabel · Gust Kundert (R) | 12.5 | |
| LD-21 | George E. Blair · Walter D. Miller (R) | 12.4 | |
| LD-22 | Eugene Christensen · Larry Gabriel (R) | 0.6 | |
| LD-23 | Richard Hagen · Wesley Elwood (D) | 20.5 | |
| LD-24 | Harold Sieh · William F. Cerny (REP) | 5.4 | |
| LD-25 | Joel Richenbach · Gordon R. Pederson (R) | 8.3 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-26 | Kay S. Jorgensen · Jim Hood (R) | 16.4 | |
| LD-27 | Don Ham · Knute Knudson (R) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-28 | G. F. Mortimer · N. F. Lyon (R) | 5.0 |
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