1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1994 election for South Dakota Legislative District 13
South Dakota State Senate · South Dakota
Kermit Staggers (R) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Dennis Pierson (D) by 7.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Kermit StaggersRepublican · winner
53.6%4,681
Dennis PiersonDemocrat · incumbent
46.4%4,049
8,730 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