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1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 South Dakota election results

Every race on South Dakota's ballot in the 1988 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races72
Changed party7
Unopposed17%12 races
Incumbents defeated9

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
South DakotaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)6.3

U.S. House

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-ALTim Johnson (D)43.5

South Dakota State Senate

D 15 · R 20 · 7 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Paul Symens (D)Unopposed
LD-2R. Lars Herseth (D)16.3FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-3William R. Taylor (R)2.6Flipped
LD-4Dorothy M. Kellogg (D)5.4
LD-5Mary McClure (R)7.8
LD-6Harold Halverson (R)20.5
LD-7Mary K. Wagner (R)21.5
LD-8Henry A. Poppen (R)29.2
LD-9Walt Bones Jr. (R)2.9
LD-10Wallace B. Hanson (R)8.3
LD-11Pam Nelson (D)12.9FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-12Keith Paisley (R)8.7
LD-13Richard Belatti (R)4.0
LD-14Randy Austad (R)1.5
LD-15Karen Muenster (D)Unopposed
LD-16Roger McKellips (D)26.9
LD-17Roland Chicoine (D)Unopposed
LD-18Elmer Bietz (R)Unopposed
LD-19Carrol Allen (D)4.7
LD-20Leonard E. Andera (D)Unopposed
LD-21George Shanard (R)6.2
LD-22Clyde E. Streff (R)9.8
LD-23Charles E. Flowers (D)0.8FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-24Jacquie Kelley (D)2.3FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-25James Stoick (R)UnopposedFlipped
LD-26Bruce J. Walker (R)Unopposed
LD-27Dick Waddell (D)Unopposed
LD-28Gary Nelson (D)1.9
LD-29Doris Miner (D)42.5
LD-30James W. Emery (R)Unopposed
LD-31James B. Dunn (R)29.1
LD-32Lyndell Petersen (R)18.8
LD-33Judith R. Olson (D)12.0FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-34Michael G. Diedrich (R)16.2
LD-35William J. Johnson (R)Unopposed

South Dakota House of Representatives

D 24 · R 46

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Neil Gleason · Merle Bartnick (D)4.2
LD-2Steve Cutler · Alfred A. Waltman (REP)1.2
LD-3Craig Schaunaman · Royal J. Wood (DEM)4.4Incumbent lost
LD-4Thomas G. Ries · Dale Howlett (REP)5.2
LD-5Robert N. Duxbury · Scott Heidepriem (DEM)7.4Incumbent lost
LD-6Robert Weber · T. Loren Christianson (R)2.2
LD-7Dean M. Krogman · Richard B. Negstad (R)8.4
LD-8Joyce Hodges · Dean Anderson (R)2.6
LD-9Mike Wagner · Juel Johnson (R)3.5
LD-10Jerome B. Lammers · Andrew Wiese (REP)9.0
LD-11William J. Sandness · Patricia Pilcher (REP)0.8
LD-12David R. Munson · Debra Anderson (R)5.7
LD-13John Timmer · Neal Hines (REP)2.7Incumbent lost
LD-14Janice Nicolay · Linda L. Stensland (REP)5.7
LD-15Mary Vanderlinde · Patrick Kane (D)1.9
LD-16Michael Oconnor · Howard Kennedy (DEM)0.9
LD-17Larry A. Nelson · Mary B. Edelen (DEM)0.3
LD-18Richard A. Wudel · J. E. Putnam (R)1.5
LD-19Loren Anderson · L. L. Mean (R)0.5
LD-20Albert Kocer · Gordon Mickelson (D)Unopposed
LD-21Jean T. Beddow · Ed Olson (DEM)6.7
LD-22Dennis Vanoverschelde · Malcolm C. McKillop (DEM)12.2
LD-23Doug Fosheim · Deb Kuhler (DEM)9.6
LD-24Mike Shaw · Lola Schreiber (R)10.6Incumbent lost
LD-25Elmer Diedtrich · Walter L. Zabel (R)8.6
LD-26Marie Ingalls · Kenneth McNenny (R)10.1
LD-27Larry Gabriel · Roger Porch (R)10.4
LD-28Richard Hagen · Wesley Elwood (D)Unopposed
LD-29William F. Cerny · Albert Schramm (D)4.1
LD-30Gordon R. Pederson · Elmer E. Flatt (R)3.5
LD-31Jim Hood · Harvey Krautschun (R)6.5
LD-32Wenzel J. Kovarik · John Sears (R)9.6
LD-33Mark Hollenbeck · Linda Lea M. Viken (REP)2.8
LD-34Don Ham · Rexford A. Hagg (R)1.8
LD-35Della M. Wishard · Charles Q. Mateer (R)9.2

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