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1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 South Dakota election results

Every race on South Dakota's ballot in the 1996 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races74
Changed party8
Unopposed15%11 races
Incumbents defeated8

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
South DakotaRobert Dole (R)3.5

U.S. Senate

D 1 · 1 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
South DakotaTim Johnson (D)2.6Flipped

U.S. House

R 1 · 1 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-ALJohn Thune (R)20.7Flipped

South Dakota State Senate

D 13 · R 22 · 5 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Paul Symens (D)1.6FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-2H. Paul Dennert (D)18.0
LD-3Jim Lawler (D)11.4
LD-4Harold Halverson (R)18.2
LD-5Jim D. Thompson (R)17.2
LD-6Randy Frederick (R)15.5
LD-7Richard B. Negstad (R)30.0
LD-8Gerald F. Lange (D)1.0
LD-9Dennis Daugaard (R)18.3FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-10David R. Munson (R)9.6FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-11Dick Hainje (R)28.2Flipped
LD-12Keith Paisley (R)22.1
LD-13Kermit Staggers (R)9.5
LD-14Barbara Everist (R)Unopposed
LD-15Rebecca Dunn (D)31.9
LD-16Kenneth D. Albers (R)6.6FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-17John J. Reedy (D)Unopposed
LD-18Bernie Hunhoff (D)Unopposed
LD-19Frank Kloucek (D)26.7
LD-20Mel Olson (D)23.6
LD-21Charles E. Flowers (D)29.6
LD-22Joann Morford Burg (D)28.1
LD-23Robert Drake (R)4.5
LD-24Mike Rounds (R)32.0
LD-25James K. Hutmacher (D)28.7
LD-26Robert Benson (R)30.5
LD-27Paul Valandra (D)56.1
LD-28William J. Johnson (R)Unopposed
LD-29Marguerite Kleven (R)Unopposed
LD-30Drue J. Vitter (R)4.8
LD-31James B. Dunn (R)31.2
LD-32Arlene H. Ham (R)29.6
LD-33Fred C. Whiting (R)Unopposed
LD-34Jerry J. Shoener (R)Unopposed
LD-35Alan D. Aker (R)11.9

South Dakota House of Representatives

D 23 · R 47 · 1 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1David Gleason · Mike Jaspers (DEM)0.8Incumbent lost
LD-2Steve Cutler · James Sperry (REP)1.5
LD-3Craig Schaunaman · Alfred A. Waltman (D)3.6
LD-4Larry Diedrich · Robert Weber (R)4.7
LD-5Don Brosz · Claire B. Konold (R)2.5
LD-6Roger Lee · Douglas Kazmerzak (D)0.2
LD-7Robert A. Roe · Orville B. Smidt (R)7.0
LD-8Richard Belatti · Douglas W. Johnson (R)1.0
LD-9Kevin R. Crisp · Clarence Kooistra (R)0.4Incumbent lost
LD-10Roger Hunt · Roger Brooks (R)4.5
LD-11Kristie Fiegen · Mitch Richter (R)6.7
LD-12Judy Rost · John R. McIntyre (REP)0.0Incumbent lost
LD-13Linda K. Barker · Dana John Windhorst (DEM)1.0
LD-14Richard E. Brown · Bill Peterson (R)12.6
LD-15Kay Davis · Gil Koetzle (D)12.6
LD-16Mike Broderick · Roland Chicoine (REP)7.1
LD-17Gary A. Sokolow · Caitlin F. Collier (D)2.3
LD-18Garry A. Moore · Donald E. Munson (DEM)4.6
LD-19Billy L. Vangerpen · J. E. Putnam (R)4.1
LD-20Deb Fischerclemens · Dan Matthews (DEM)4.2
LD-21Ron J. Volesky · Pat Haley (D)5.1
LD-22Robert N. Duxbury · Joanne Lockner (D)12.1
LD-23Jay L. Duenwald · Jarvis W. Brown (R)10.1
LD-24Patricia Dehueck · Jeff Monroe (R)3.9
LD-25William F. Cerny · Kenneth E. Kredit (DEM)4.7
LD-26Larry Gabriel · John Koskan (R)10.7
LD-27Richard Hagen · Larry Lucas (D)16.7
LD-28ADean Schrempp (D)2.2FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-28BKenneth Wetz (R)Unopposed
LD-29Kenneth McNenny · Willard Pummel (R)Unopposed
LD-30Helena Hassard · Gordon R. Pederson (R)8.3
LD-31Kay S. Jorgensen · Jerry Apa (R)11.0
LD-32Rexford A. Hagg · Michael Demersseman (R)Unopposed
LD-33Carol E. Fitzgerald · J. P. Duniphan (R)9.5
LD-34Mike Derby · Scott Eccarius (R)Unopposed
LD-35Cheryl Madden · William Napoli (R)14.0

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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab