1990 general · November 6, 1990

1990 South Dakota election results

Every race on South Dakota's ballot in the 1990 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races73
Changed party7
Unopposed23%17 races
Incumbents defeated14
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
South DakotaLarry Pressler (R)7.3

Governors

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
South DakotaGeorge S. Mickelson (R)17.8
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-ALTim Johnson (D)35.1

South Dakota State Senate

D 16 · R 19 · 7 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Paul Symens (D)Unopposed
LD-2R. Lars Herseth (D)30.8
LD-3William R. Taylor (R)8.5
LD-4Dorothy M. Kellogg (D)7.8
LD-5Scott Heidepriem (R)22.3
LD-6Harold Halverson (R)24.7
LD-7Mary K. Wagner (R)29.3
LD-8Henry A. Poppen (R)Unopposed
LD-9Roberta A. Rasmussen (D)8.6FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-10Gerald F. Lange (D)5.0FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-11Pam Nelson (D)20.8
LD-12Keith Paisley (R)16.7
LD-13Richard Belatti (R)6.7
LD-14Linda L. Stensland (D)0.4FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-15Karen Muenster (D)21.0
LD-16Roger McKellips (D)26.1
LD-17Roland Chicoine (D)Unopposed
LD-18Elmer Bietz (R)42.0
LD-19Carrol Allen (D)12.9
LD-20Eleanor Saukerson (R)10.0FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-21George Shanard (R)Unopposed
LD-22Joann Morfordburg (D)15.4FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-23Charles E. Flowers (D)8.8
LD-24Mike Rounds (R)5.1FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-25James Stoick (R)15.5
LD-26Carol Maicki (R)Unopposed
LD-27Roger Porch (R)18.1FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-28Paul Valandra (D)28.4
LD-29Doris Miner (D)14.1
LD-30James W. Emery (R)18.2
LD-31James B. Dunn (R)Unopposed
LD-32Lyndell Petersen (R)Unopposed
LD-33Judith R. Olson (D)16.6
LD-34Bob Haskell (R)2.5
LD-35William J. Johnson (R)Unopposed
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1David Gleason · Mona Greseth (DEM)3.7
LD-2Steve Cutler · Alfred A. Waltman (REP)1.4
LD-3Craig Schaunaman · Royal J. Wood (DEM)8.5
LD-4Dale Howlett · Burdette C. Solum (DEM)0.5Incumbent lost
LD-5Robert N. Duxbury · Carol A. Johnson (DEM)7.0
LD-6Robert Weber · T. Loren Christianson (R)Unopposed
LD-7Richard B. Negstad · Robert A. Roe (R)Unopposed
LD-8Joyce Hodges · Randy Frederick (R)Unopposed
LD-9Mike Wagner · Juel Johnson (R)4.2
LD-10Alvin Gullickson · Jerome B. Lammers (R)4.2Incumbent lost
LD-11Patricia Pilcher · William J. Sandness (DEM)5.8
LD-12Robert E. Caselli · David R. Munson (DEM)2.8
LD-13Jack G. Rentschler · John Timmer (R)4.1Incumbent lost
LD-14Janice Nicolay · Roger Hunt (R)2.5
LD-15Mary Vanderlinde · Patrick Kane (D)Unopposed
LD-16Michael Oconnor · Howard Kennedy (DEM)1.8
LD-17John J. Reedy · Mary B. Edelen (DEM)9.0
LD-18J. E. Putnam · Frank Kloucek (REP)4.6Incumbent lost
LD-19James W. Abbott · Garry A. Moore (D)0.0Incumbent lost
LD-20Albert Kocer · Gordon Mickelson (D)Unopposed
LD-21Jean T. Beddow · Ed Olson (DEM)Unopposed
LD-22Dennis Vanoverschelde · Malcolm C. McKillop (DEM)2.4
LD-23Doug Fosheim · Pat Haley (D)0.1
LD-24Mike Shaw · Lola Schreiber (R)13.9
LD-25Alice Kundert · Elmer Diedtrich (REP)4.4
LD-26Marie Ingalls · Kenneth McNenny (R)Unopposed
LD-27Larry Gabriel · Janet R. Good (REP)2.2
LD-28Richard Hagen · Larry Lucas (D)3.7
LD-29William F. Cerny · John Koskan (DEM)3.4Incumbent lost
LD-30Gordon R. Pederson · Elmer E. Flatt (R)11.1
LD-31Jim Hood · Harvey Krautschun (R)Unopposed
LD-32Carole Hillard · John Sears (R)10.2Incumbent lost
LD-33Mark Hollenbeck · Linda Lea M. Viken (REP)1.4
LD-34Rexford A. Hagg · Don Ham (R)4.4
LD-35Della M. Wishard · Charles Q. Mateer (R)Unopposed

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: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab