2006 general · November 7, 2006

2006 South Dakota State Senate election results, district by district

Every South Dakota State Senate district in the 2006 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 15 · R 20
Races35
Changed party9
Unopposed11%4 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 15 · R 20

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 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