1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1994 election for South Dakota Legislative District 1
South Dakota State Senate · South Dakota
Lee Schoenbeck (R) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Paul Symens (D) by 0.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Lee SchoenbeckRepublican · winner
50.1%4,662
Paul SymensDemocrat · incumbent
49.9%4,651
9,313 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1994
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET