1984 general · November 6, 1984

1984 South Dakota State Senate election results, district by district

Every South Dakota State Senate district in the 1984 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

1025

Republicans controlled the chamber · 35 seats

After the electionD 10 · R 25

Races35

Changed party11

Unopposed26%9 races

Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 10 · R 25

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

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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