2002 general · November 5, 2002

2002 South Dakota election results

Every race on South Dakota's ballot in the 2002 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races74
Changed party0
Unopposed32%24 races
Incumbents defeated4
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
South DakotaTim Johnson (D)0.2

Governors

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
South DakotaMike Rounds (R)15.0
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-ALWilliam Janklow (R)7.9
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Paul Symens (D)40.8
LD-2H. Paul Dennert (D)37.9
LD-3Duane Sutton (R)45.7
LD-4Larry Diedrich (R)36.5
LD-5Lee Schoenbeck (R)Unopposed
LD-6Brock L. Greenfield (R)11.6
LD-7Arnold M. Brown (R)Unopposed
LD-8Daniel D. Sutton (D)Unopposed
LD-9Tom Dempster (R)6.6
LD-10Gene G. Abdallah (R)Unopposed
LD-11Mitch Richter (R)Unopposed
LD-12William F. Earley (R)2.2Incumbent lost
LD-13Dick Kelly (R)12.1
LD-14David L. Knudson (R)Unopposed
LD-15Gil Koetzle (D)Unopposed
LD-16Kenneth D. Albers (R)Unopposed
LD-17John J. Reedy (D)3.2
LD-18Garry A. Moore (D)43.2
LD-19Frank Kloucek (D)8.7
LD-20Ed Olson (R)Unopposed
LD-21Sam Nachtigal (D)28.4
LD-22Robert N. Duxbury (D)38.9
LD-23Jay L. Duenwald (R)Unopposed
LD-24Patricia Dehueck (R)Unopposed
LD-25Clarence Kooistra (R)Unopposed
LD-26John Koskan (R)13.7
LD-27Richard Hagen (D)62.8
LD-28Eric H. Bogue (R)Unopposed
LD-29Marguerite Kleven (R)Unopposed
LD-30Drue J. Vitter (R)58.5
LD-31Jerry Apa (R)Unopposed
LD-32Arlene H. Ham (R)Unopposed
LD-33J. P. Duniphan (R)36.5
LD-34Royal McCracken (R)44.0
LD-35William Napoli (R)17.0
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Gary D. Hanson · David Sigdestad (D)9.1
LD-2Jim Hundstad · Burt Elliott (D)8.0
LD-3Larry Frost · Al Novstrup (R)7.0
LD-4Tim Begalka · Jim Peterson (REP)10.7
LD-5Burdette C. Solum · Claire B. Konold (R)Unopposed
LD-6Al Koistinen · Arthur E. Fryslie (R)12.8
LD-7Orville B. Smidt · Sean Obrien (R)Unopposed
LD-8Dave Gassman · Gerald F. Lange (D)1.3Incumbent lost
LD-9Richard A. Engels · Daryl J. Christensen (DEM)0.2
LD-10Matt McCaulley · Ron Williamson (R)Unopposed
LD-11Mike Jaspers · Rebekah A. Cradduck (R)Unopposed
LD-12Hal Wick · Casey Murschel (R)4.6
LD-13Phyllis M. Heineman · Bill Thompson (REP)1.9Incumbent lost
LD-14Bill Peterson · Joni Clark Cutler (R)Unopposed
LD-15Kathy Miles · Mary Glenski (D)13.5
LD-16Margaret Vande Gillespie · Joel D. Dykstra (DEM)7.4
LD-17Ben Nesselhuf · Donna J. Schafer (DEM)7.3
LD-18Matthew Michels · Jean Hunhoff (R)2.9
LD-19Billy L. Vangerpen · J. E. Putnam (R)10.5
LD-20Mel Olson · Louis A. Sebert (DEM)16.1
LD-21Julie Bartling · Thomas J. Deadrick (DEM)9.1
LD-22Dale Hargens · Quinten L. Burg (D)1.3Incumbent lost
LD-23Tom Hackl · Justin Davis (R)18.3
LD-24Tim Rounds · Ryan P. Olson (R)4.2
LD-25Tim Rave · Mike Kroger (REP)0.5
LD-26Kent Juhnke · Cooper Garnos (R)20.9
LD-27Jim Bradford · Paul Valandra (D)31.8
LD-28AThomas James Vannorman (D)27.1
LD-28BTed A. Klaudt (R)Unopposed
LD-29Larry Rhoden · Maurice Larue (R)Unopposed
LD-30Jim Lintz · Gordon R. Pederson (R)14.0
LD-31Christopher W. Madsen · John E. Teupel (R)10.8
LD-32Thomas L. Hennies · Stanford M. Adelstein (R)15.1
LD-33Donald D. Vanetten · Michael T. Buckingham (R)8.5
LD-34Ed McLaughlin · Elizabeth Kraus (R)Unopposed
LD-35Alice McCoy · Jeffrey Haverly (R)1.0

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: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab