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1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 South Dakota State Senate election results, district by district

Every South Dakota State Senate district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 35 seats

After the electionD 13 · R 22
Races35
Changed party5
Unopposed20%7 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 13 · R 22

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 State Senate

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