1988 general · November 8, 1988
1988 South Dakota House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every South Dakota House of Representatives district in the 1988 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 70 seats
After the electionD 24 · R 46
Races35
Changed party0
Unopposed6%2 races
Incumbents defeated4
Every district
D 24 · R 46
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Neil Gleason · Merle Bartnick (D) | 4.2 | |
| LD-2 | Steve Cutler · Alfred A. Waltman (REP) | 1.2 | |
| LD-3 | Craig Schaunaman · Royal J. Wood (DEM) | 4.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-4 | Thomas G. Ries · Dale Howlett (REP) | 5.2 | |
| LD-5 | Robert N. Duxbury · Scott Heidepriem (DEM) | 7.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-6 | Robert Weber · T. Loren Christianson (R) | 2.2 | |
| LD-7 | Dean M. Krogman · Richard B. Negstad (R) | 8.4 | |
| LD-8 | Joyce Hodges · Dean Anderson (R) | 2.6 | |
| LD-9 | Mike Wagner · Juel Johnson (R) | 3.5 | |
| LD-10 | Jerome B. Lammers · Andrew Wiese (REP) | 9.0 | |
| LD-11 | William J. Sandness · Patricia Pilcher (REP) | 0.8 | |
| LD-12 | David R. Munson · Debra Anderson (R) | 5.7 | |
| LD-13 | John Timmer · Neal Hines (REP) | 2.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-14 | Janice Nicolay · Linda L. Stensland (REP) | 5.7 | |
| LD-15 | Mary Vanderlinde · Patrick Kane (D) | 1.9 | |
| LD-16 | Michael Oconnor · Howard Kennedy (DEM) | 0.9 | |
| LD-17 | Larry A. Nelson · Mary B. Edelen (DEM) | 0.3 | |
| LD-18 | Richard A. Wudel · J. E. Putnam (R) | 1.5 | |
| LD-19 | Loren Anderson · L. L. Mean (R) | 0.5 | |
| LD-20 | Albert Kocer · Gordon Mickelson (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-21 | Jean T. Beddow · Ed Olson (DEM) | 6.7 | |
| LD-22 | Dennis Vanoverschelde · Malcolm C. McKillop (DEM) | 12.2 | |
| LD-23 | Doug Fosheim · Deb Kuhler (DEM) | 9.6 | |
| LD-24 | Mike Shaw · Lola Schreiber (R) | 10.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-25 | Elmer Diedtrich · Walter L. Zabel (R) | 8.6 | |
| LD-26 | Marie Ingalls · Kenneth McNenny (R) | 10.1 | |
| LD-27 | Larry Gabriel · Roger Porch (R) | 10.4 | |
| LD-28 | Richard Hagen · Wesley Elwood (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-29 | William F. Cerny · Albert Schramm (D) | 4.1 | |
| LD-30 | Gordon R. Pederson · Elmer E. Flatt (R) | 3.5 | |
| LD-31 | Jim Hood · Harvey Krautschun (R) | 6.5 | |
| LD-32 | Wenzel J. Kovarik · John Sears (R) | 9.6 | |
| LD-33 | Mark Hollenbeck · Linda Lea M. Viken (REP) | 2.8 | |
| LD-34 | Don Ham · Rexford A. Hagg (R) | 1.8 | |
| LD-35 | Della M. Wishard · Charles Q. Mateer (R) | 9.2 |
South Dakota House of Representatives
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