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1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 South Dakota State Senate election results, district by district

Every South Dakota State Senate district in the 1986 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 35 seats

After the electionD 12 · R 23
Races35
Changed party4
Unopposed43%15 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 12 · R 23

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Paul Symens (D)34.6
LD-2Frances S. Lamont (R)6.9
LD-3David S. Lausten (D)39.0
LD-4Dorothy M. Kellogg (D)6.1FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-5Mary McClure (R)28.2
LD-6Harold Halverson (R)15.0
LD-7Walter C. Conahan (R)Unopposed
LD-8Henry A. Poppen (R)24.0
LD-9Walt Bones Jr. (R)Unopposed
LD-10Wallace B. Hanson (R)Unopposed
LD-11Sheldon R. Songstad (R)5.2
LD-12Keith Paisley (R)Unopposed
LD-13Gary W. Hanson (R)2.8
LD-14Randy Austad (R)6.0
LD-15Karen Muenster (D)Unopposed
LD-16Roger McKellips (D)19.7
LD-17Roland Chicoine (D)29.2
LD-18Elmer Bietz (R)Unopposed
LD-19Carrol Allen (D)8.8FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-20Leonard E. Andera (D)Unopposed
LD-21George Shanard (R)29.9
LD-22Clyde E. Streff (R)20.8Flipped
LD-23Leland Kleinsasser (R)8.1
LD-24G. Homer Harding (R)Unopposed
LD-25James Stoick (D)UnopposedFlipped
LD-26Bruce J. Walker (R)Unopposed
LD-27Dick Waddell (D)8.1
LD-28Thomas Shortbull (D)Unopposed
LD-29Doris Miner (D)40.8
LD-30James W. Emery (R)Unopposed
LD-31James B. Dunn (R)20.3
LD-32Lyndell Petersen (R)75.6
LD-33Ed Glassgow (R)Unopposed
LD-34Michael G. Diedrich (R)Unopposed
LD-35John L. Brown (R)Unopposed

South Dakota State Senate

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