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2008 general · November 4, 2008

2008 South Dakota State Senate election results, district by district

Every South Dakota State Senate district in the 2008 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 14 · R 20 · 1 other
Races35
Changed party8
Unopposed3%1 races
Incumbents defeated5

Every district

D 14 · R 20 · Other 1

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 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