2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2000 election for South Dakota Legislative District 20
South Dakota State Senate · South Dakota
Ed Olson (R) won with 58.6% of the vote, defeating Deb Fischerclemens (Ind) by 17.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ed OlsonRepublican · winner
58.6%5,202
Deb FischerclemensIndependent
41.4%3,668
8,870 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET