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1998 general · November 3, 1998

1998 South Dakota State Senate election results, district by district

Every South Dakota State Senate district in the 1998 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 party0
Unopposed34%12 races
Incumbents defeated0

Every district

D 13 · R 22

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Paul Symens (D)33.9
LD-2H. Paul Dennert (D)37.9
LD-3Jim Lawler (D)Unopposed
LD-4Harold Halverson (R)34.2
LD-5Don Brosz (R)Unopposed
LD-6Randy Frederick (R)Unopposed
LD-7Arnold M. Brown (R)9.7
LD-8Gerald F. Lange (D)3.3
LD-9Dennis Daugaard (R)24.8
LD-10David R. Munson (R)15.1
LD-11Dick Hainje (R)40.5
LD-12Keith Paisley (R)Unopposed
LD-13Kermit Staggers (R)Unopposed
LD-14Barbara Everist (R)39.2
LD-15Rebecca Dunn (D)14.9
LD-16Kenneth D. Albers (R)Unopposed
LD-17John J. Reedy (D)1.5
LD-18Garry A. Moore (D)26.3
LD-19Frank Kloucek (D)20.2
LD-20Mel Olson (D)30.5
LD-21Charles E. Flowers (D)Unopposed
LD-22Robert N. Duxbury (D)25.0
LD-23Robert Drake (R)79.5
LD-24Mike Rounds (R)49.9
LD-25James K. Hutmacher (D)Unopposed
LD-26Robert Benson (R)40.1
LD-27Paul Valandra (D)35.8
LD-28Eric H. Bogue (R)12.4
LD-29Marguerite Kleven (R)53.0
LD-30Drue J. Vitter (R)Unopposed
LD-31James B. Dunn (R)Unopposed
LD-32Arlene H. Ham (R)38.7
LD-33Fred C. Whiting (R)Unopposed
LD-34Jerry J. Shoener (R)Unopposed
LD-35Cheryl Madden (R)26.4

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