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2006 general · November 7, 2006

2006 South Dakota election results

Every race on South Dakota's ballot in the 2006 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races74
Changed party9
Unopposed9%7 races
Incumbents defeated8

Governors

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
South DakotaMike Rounds (R)26.1

U.S. House

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-ALStephanie Herseth (D)39.8

South Dakota State Senate

D 15 · R 20 · 9 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Gary D. Hanson (D)Unopposed
LD-2Jim Hundstad (D)11.2
LD-3Alan C. Hoerth (D)0.3Flipped
LD-4Jim Peterson (D)5.3
LD-5Nancy J. Turbak (D)3.7Flipped
LD-6Brock L. Greenfield (R)21.1
LD-7Orville B. Smidt (R)14.3
LD-8Daniel D. Sutton (D)15.0
LD-9Tom Dempster (R)7.5
LD-10Gene G. Abdallah (R)14.3
LD-11Jason M. Gant (R)15.5
LD-12Sandy Jerstad (D)0.2FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-13Scott Heidepriem (D)8.7FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-14David L. Knudson (R)22.5
LD-15Gil Koetzle (D)24.1
LD-16Kenneth D. Albers (R)23.6
LD-17Ben Nesselhuf (D)37.0
LD-18Jean Hunhoff (R)9.2Flipped
LD-19Frank Kloucek (D)11.4
LD-20Ed Olson (R)Unopposed
LD-21Cooper Garnos (R)16.5Flipped
LD-22Tom Hansen (R)7.6
LD-23Jay L. Duenwald (R)62.2
LD-24Bob Gray (R)Unopposed
LD-25Arlen Hauge (R)3.3
LD-26Julie Bartling (D)18.6Flipped
LD-27Theresa Twobulls (D)7.5
LD-28Ryan M. Maher (D)8.0Flipped
LD-29Kenneth McNenny (R)32.8
LD-30Jim Lintz (R)22.8
LD-31Jerry Apa (R)23.3
LD-32Thomas M. Katus (D)5.0Flipped
LD-33Dennis R. Schmidt (R)9.8
LD-34Royal McCracken (R)Unopposed
LD-35William Napoli (R)5.4

South Dakota House of Representatives

D 20 · R 50

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Clayton Halverson · David Sigdestad (D)17.1
LD-2H. Paul Dennert · Burt Elliott (D)15.4
LD-3Al Novstrup · David Novstrup (R)2.1
LD-4Valentine Rausch · Steve Street (REP)4.3
LD-5Bob Faehn · Al Koistinen (R)5.8
LD-6Kristi L. Noem · Paul Nelson (R)14.3
LD-7Carol A. Pitts · Larry Tidemann (R)12.2
LD-8Russell Olson · Dave Gassman (REP)4.3Incumbent lost
LD-9Deb Peters · Richard A. Engels (REP)0.5Incumbent lost
LD-10Shantel Krebs · Roger Hunt (R)6.5
LD-11Keri K. Weems · Mark K. Willadsen (R)8.6
LD-12Hal Wick · Manny Steele (R)5.0
LD-13Bill Thompson · Phyllis M. Heineman (DEM)2.0
LD-14Marc S. Feinstein · Joni Clark Cutler (DEM)1.1Incumbent lost
LD-15Kathy Miles · Mary Glenski (D)16.9
LD-16Joel D. Dykstra · Margaret Vande Gillespie (REP)6.8
LD-17Jamie M. Boomgarden · Eldon Nygaard (REP)3.5Incumbent lost
LD-18Garry A. Moore · Charlotte Gilson (DEM)3.6
LD-19Gary Jerke · J. E. Putnam (R)13.4
LD-20Lance Carson · Mike Vehle (R)3.2
LD-21Thomas J. Deadrick · Kent Juhnke (R)2.6
LD-22Quinten L. Burg · Dale Hargens (D)3.0
LD-23Justin Davis · Tom Hackl (R)14.3
LD-24Ryan P. Olson · Tim Rounds (R)Unopposed
LD-25Tim Rave · Dan Ahlers (REP)4.1
LD-26ALarry Lucas (D)10.7Incumbent lost
LD-26BKim Vanneman (R)1.8Incumbent lost
LD-27Jim Bradford · Mark Devries (DEM)2.0
LD-28AThomas James Vannorman (D)20.7
LD-28BBetty Olson (R)Unopposed
LD-29Thomas J. Brunner · Larry Rhoden (R)Unopposed
LD-30Gordon R. Pederson · Gordon Howie (R)7.5
LD-31Tom Hills · Charles M. Turbiville (R)7.0
LD-32Alan Hanks · Brian Dreyer (R)2.7
LD-33Donald D. Vanetten · Michael T. Buckingham (R)3.6
LD-34David Lust · Ed McLaughlin (R)13.9
LD-35Jeffrey Haverly · Mark Kirkeby (R)7.4

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