1994 general · November 8, 1994

1994 South Dakota election results

Every race on South Dakota's ballot in the 1994 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races73
Changed party8
Unopposed19%14 races
Incumbents defeated10

Governors

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
South DakotaWilliam Janklow (R)15.5
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-ALTim Johnson (D)23.2

South Dakota State Senate

D 15 · R 19 · Other 1 · 7 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Lee Schoenbeck (R)0.1FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-2R. Lars Herseth (D)Unopposed
LD-3Jim Lawler (D)1.9
LD-4Harold Halverson (R)13.4
LD-5Jim D. Thompson (R)9.1FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-6Randy Frederick (R)43.4
LD-7Richard B. Negstad (R)Unopposed
LD-8Gerald F. Lange (D)19.0
LD-9Mark E. Rogen (D)13.6
LD-10Chet Jones (IND)12.0Flipped
LD-11Pam Nelson (D)8.1
LD-12Keith Paisley (R)20.3
LD-13Kermit Staggers (R)7.2FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-14Barbara Everist (R)44.7Flipped
LD-15Rebecca Dunn (D)26.0
LD-16Donn C. Larson (D)8.7
LD-17Roberta A. Rasmussen (D)0.4
LD-18Bernie Hunhoff (D)Unopposed
LD-19Frank Kloucek (D)29.5
LD-20Mel Olson (D)5.2
LD-21Charles E. Flowers (D)20.8
LD-22Joann Morfordburg (D)Unopposed
LD-23Darrell Bender (R)37.7
LD-24Mike Rounds (R)54.7
LD-25James K. Hutmacher (D)3.9FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-26Roger Porch (R)Unopposed
LD-27Paul Valandra (D)31.1
LD-28William J. Johnson (R)38.5
LD-29Les Kleven (R)31.8
LD-30James W. Emery (R)5.0
LD-31James B. Dunn (R)Unopposed
LD-32Mitchell C. Lafleur (R)13.9
LD-33Fred C. Whiting (R)24.4
LD-34Jerry J. Shoener (R)Unopposed
LD-35Alan D. Aker (R)16.0FlippedIncumbent lost

South Dakota House of Representatives

D 24 · R 45 · Other 1 · 1 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Maurice A. Olson · David Gleason (D)Unopposed
LD-2Steve Cutler · H. Paul Dennert (REP)Unopposed
LD-3Craig Schaunaman · Alfred A. Waltman (D)6.1
LD-4Pat Eidsness · Robert Weber (R)3.4
LD-5Thomas G. Ries · Don Brosz (R)6.1Incumbent lost
LD-6Doug Bierschbach · Roger Lee (REP)1.3
LD-7Robert A. Roe · Arnold M. Brown (R)8.8
LD-8Richard Belatti · Dale Kringen (REP)1.6Incumbent lost
LD-9Mike Wagner · Mark Anderson (REP)1.5Incumbent lost
LD-10Roger Hunt · Roger Brooks (R)5.7
LD-11Kristie Fiegen · Mitch Richter (R)7.6
LD-12David R. Munson · Hal Wick (R)0.5
LD-13Linda K. Barker · Jack Billion (D)5.6
LD-14Janice Nicolay · Richard E. Brown (R)7.7
LD-15Kay Davis · Gil Koetzle (D)12.4
LD-16Roland Chicoine · Mike Broderick (DEM)4.7
LD-17Vincent Green · John J. Reedy (D)7.3
LD-18Garry A. Moore · Donald E. Munson (DEM)Unopposed
LD-19Edward Vangerpen · J. E. Putnam (R)2.9
LD-20Dan Matthews · Deb Fischerclemens (REP)0.7Incumbent lost
LD-21Ron J. Volesky · Pat Haley (D)Unopposed
LD-22Robert N. Duxbury · Joanne Lockner (D)8.6
LD-23Robert Drake · Nicholas Nemec (REP)0.4
LD-24Lola Schreiber · Jeff Monroe (R)13.3
LD-25William F. Cerny · Kenneth E. Kredit (DEM)3.0Incumbent lost
LD-26Larry Gabriel · John Koskan (R)15.5
LD-27Richard Hagen · Larry Lucas (D)19.4
LD-28AEric H. Bogue (R)13.3Flipped
LD-28BDella M. Wishard (R)36.0
LD-29Kenneth McNenny · Roy Letellier (R)Unopposed
LD-30Helena Hassard · Gordon R. Pederson (R)7.2
LD-31Kay S. Jorgensen · Harvey Krautschun (R)Unopposed
LD-32Michael Demersseman · Rexford A. Hagg (R)12.8
LD-33Carol E. Fitzgerald · J. P. Duniphan (R)11.7
LD-34Neal A. Strand · John Sears (R)Unopposed
LD-35Cheryl Madden · William Napoli (R)12.7

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