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1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 South Dakota State Senate election results, district by district

Every South Dakota State Senate district in the 1988 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 15 · R 20
Races35
Changed party7
Unopposed29%10 races
Incumbents defeated5

Every district

D 15 · R 20

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 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