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2008 general · November 4, 2008

2008 South Dakota election results

Every race on South Dakota's ballot in the 2008 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races75
Changed party8
Unopposed3%2 races
Incumbents defeated7

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
South DakotaJohn McCain (R)8.4

U.S. Senate

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
South DakotaTim Johnson (D)25.0

U.S. House

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-ALStephanie Herseth Sandlin (D)35.1

South Dakota State Senate

D 14 · R 20 · Other 1 · 8 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Gary D. Hanson (D)7.3
LD-2Jim Hundstad (D)20.6
LD-3Al Novstrup (R)9.9FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-4Jim Peterson (D)Unopposed
LD-5Nancy Turbak Berry (D)8.1
LD-6Arthur E. Fryslie (R)26.0
LD-7Pamela Merchant (D)2.3FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-8Russell Olson (R)10.6Flipped
LD-9Tom Dempster (IND)4.6Flipped
LD-10Gene G. Abdallah (R)34.8
LD-11Jason M. Gant (R)9.3
LD-12Sandy Jerstad (D)5.2
LD-13Scott Heidepriem (D)5.1
LD-14David L. Knudson (R)21.1
LD-15Kathy Miles (D)30.2
LD-16Margaret Vande Gillespie (D)1.0FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-17Ben Nesselhuf (D)18.8
LD-18Jean Hunhoff (R)33.9
LD-19Frank Kloucek (D)24.0
LD-20Mike Vehle (R)33.9
LD-21Cooper Garnos (R)45.9
LD-22Tom Hansen (R)1.9
LD-23Corey Brown (R)28.1
LD-24Bob Gray (R)36.6
LD-25Dan Ahlers (D)17.0Flipped
LD-26Julie Bartling (D)26.0
LD-27Jim Bradford (R)4.1FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-28Ryan M. Maher (D)24.7
LD-29Larry Rhoden (R)31.9
LD-30Gordon Howie (R)29.2
LD-31Tom Nelson (R)8.4
LD-32Stanford M. Adelstein (R)1.4FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-33Dennis R. Schmidt (R)17.3
LD-34Craig Tieszen (R)40.6
LD-35Jeffrey Haverly (R)15.1

South Dakota House of Representatives

D 24 · R 46

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Jason Frerichs · Susan Wismer (D)10.4
LD-2H. Paul Dennert · Elaine Elliott (D)10.0
LD-3Dennis A. Feickert · David Novstrup (DEM)4.6
LD-4Valentine Rausch · Steve Street (REP)9.9
LD-5Bob Faehn · Roger Solum (R)9.0
LD-6Kristi L. Noem · Brock L. Greenfield (R)8.6
LD-7Larry Tidemann · Carol A. Pitts (R)13.3
LD-8Mitch Fargen · Gerald F. Lange (D)1.6
LD-9Deb Peters · Richard A. Engels (REP)6.2
LD-10Shantel Krebs · Roger Hunt (R)7.4
LD-11Todd Schlekeway · Darrell D. Solberg (REP)0.6Incumbent lost
LD-12Manny Steele · R. Blake Curd (R)3.0
LD-13Bill Thompson · Susy Blake (D)2.2
LD-14Joni Clark Cutler · Marc S. Feinstein (REP)2.1
LD-15Patrick A. Kirschman · Martha Vanderlinde (D)9.4
LD-16Dan Lederman · Jim Bolin (R)5.6
LD-17Jamie M. Boomgarden · Eldon Nygaard (REP)4.2
LD-18Bernie Hunhoff · Nick Moser (DEM)1.2Incumbent lost
LD-19Billy L. Vangerpen · J. E. Putnam (R)8.1
LD-20Lance Carson · Noel Hamiel (R)10.8
LD-21Thomas J. Deadrick · Kent Juhnke (R)3.1
LD-22Quinten L. Burg · Peggy Gibson (D)1.7
LD-23Justin R. Cronin · Charles B. Hoffman (R)15.8
LD-24Ryan P. Olson · Tim Rounds (R)8.8
LD-25Tim Rave · Oran A. Sorenson (REP)5.3
LD-26ALarry Lucas (D)33.5
LD-26BKim Vanneman (R)20.2
LD-27Kevin Killer · Ed Ironcloud III (D)2.8
LD-28ADean Schrempp (D)28.5
LD-28BBetty Olson (R)Unopposed
LD-29Thomas J. Brunner · Dean Wink (R)8.9
LD-30Mike Verchio · Lance Russell (R)12.8
LD-31Fred W. Romkema · Charles M. Turbiville (R)8.2
LD-32Brian Dreyer · Brian Gosch (R)6.7
LD-33Jacqueline Sly · Phil Jensen (R)12.5
LD-34Ed McLaughlin · David Lust (R)11.5
LD-35Mark Kirkeby · Don Kopp (R)5.8

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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab