2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2000 election for South Dakota Legislative District 3
South Dakota State Senate · South Dakota
Elmer Diedtrich (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Alfred A. Waltman (D) by 5.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Elmer DiedtrichRepublican · winner
52.5%4,459
Alfred A. WaltmanDemocrat
47.5%4,028
8,487 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