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1984 general · November 6, 1984

1984 South Dakota election results

Every race on South Dakota's ballot in the 1984 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races73
Changed party11
Unopposed16%12 races
Incumbents defeated5

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
South DakotaRonald Reagan (R)26.5

U.S. Senate

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
South DakotaLarry Pressler (R)49.0

U.S. House

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-ALThomas Daschle (D)14.7

South Dakota State Senate

D 10 · R 25 · 11 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Curtis Jones (D)Unopposed
LD-2Frances S. Lamont (R)27.8
LD-3David S. Lausten (D)15.0Flipped
LD-4Thomas E. Roby (R)3.1
LD-5Mary McClure (R)9.6
LD-6Harold Halverson (R)Unopposed
LD-7Walter C. Conahan (R)14.8
LD-8Henry A. Poppen (R)30.2
LD-9Walt Bones Jr. (R)Unopposed
LD-10Wallace B. Hanson (R)13.7
LD-11Sheldon R. Songstad (R)13.9
LD-12Keith Paisley (R)28.4Flipped
LD-13Gary W. Hanson (R)30.8Flipped
LD-14Tom Krueger (R)12.0
LD-15Karen Muenster (D)13.3Flipped
LD-16Roger McKellips (D)16.8
LD-17Tim Johnson (D)UnopposedFlipped
LD-18Elmer Bietz (R)Unopposed
LD-19Donald C. Peterson (R)15.8Incumbent lost
LD-20Leonard E. Andera (D)19.0Flipped
LD-21George Shanard (R)11.5Flipped
LD-22James A. Burg (D)2.0Incumbent lost
LD-23Leland Kleinsasser (R)18.3Flipped
LD-24G. Homer Harding (R)UnopposedFlipped
LD-25James Stoick (R)45.1
LD-26Bruce J. Walker (R)10.6Incumbent lost
LD-27Dick Waddell (D)11.3Flipped
LD-28Thomas Shortbull (D)UnopposedFlipped
LD-29Doris Miner (D)40.9
LD-30John D. Manke (R)27.5
LD-31James B. Dunn (R)21.6
LD-32Lyndell Petersen (R)Unopposed
LD-33Ed Glassgow (R)15.6
LD-34Carl Ham (R)30.2
LD-35John L. Brown (R)Unopposed

South Dakota House of Representatives

D 13 · R 57

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Neil Gleason · Kent E. Frerichs (D)2.7
LD-2R. Lars Herseth · Steve Cutler (DEM)4.0
LD-3Joseph Barnett · Royal J. Wood (R)12.1
LD-4Dave Wolsky · Doris Kumm (R)10.4
LD-5Scott Heidepriem · Robert N. Duxbury (REP)4.2Incumbent lost
LD-6Robert Weber · T. Loren Christianson (R)Unopposed
LD-7Mary K. Wagner · Dean M. Krogman (R)11.5
LD-8Dean Anderson · Gene Warkenthien (R)14.6
LD-9Sidney R. Knutson · Juel Johnson (R)14.8
LD-10Jerome B. Lammers · Andrew Wiese (REP)14.0
LD-11Jean E. Eidy · Hemming Oien (R)7.6
LD-12David R. Munson · Debra Anderson (R)5.1Incumbent lost
LD-13Marion Wofford · John Timmer (R)10.8
LD-14Janice Nicolay · Ann M. Lewis (R)9.2
LD-15Mary Vanderlinde · Patrick Kane (D)2.7
LD-16Howard Kennedy · Glen A. McVay (R)5.7
LD-17Roland Chicoine · Mary B. Edelen (DEM)1.3
LD-18Edward Vangerpen · Gary Bender (R)9.2
LD-19Loren Anderson · L. L. Mean (R)11.5
LD-20Albert Kocer · Douglas Cole (D)Unopposed
LD-21Dean E. Wieczorek · Ralph Homan (R)1.5
LD-22Malcolm C. McKillop · John V. Terveen (R)2.8
LD-23Ron J. Volesky · George E. Dunn (R)1.1
LD-24Benny J. Gross · Bernard W. Christenson (R)4.8
LD-25Walter L. Zabel · Gust Kundert (R)19.1
LD-26George E. Blair · Walter D. Miller (R)19.3
LD-27Larry Gabriel · Roger Porch (R)2.8
LD-28Richard Hagen · Wesley Elwood (D)18.7
LD-29William F. Cerny · Harold Sieh (DEM)0.6
LD-30James W. Emery · Gordon R. Pederson (R)18.9
LD-31Jim Hood · Harvey Krautschun (R)6.7
LD-32Alyce McKay · John Sears (R)27.4
LD-33Al Scovel · Floyd Matthew (R)9.3
LD-34Don Ham · Knute Knudson (R)Unopposed
LD-35G. F. Mortimer · Della M. Wishard (R)9.4

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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab