2010 general · November 2, 2010

2010 South Dakota State Senate election results, district by district

Every South Dakota State Senate district in the 2010 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 6 · R 29
Races35
Changed party11
Unopposed31%11 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 6 · R 29

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Jason Frerichs (D)Unopposed
LD-2Jim Hundstad (D)Unopposed
LD-3Al Novstrup (R)19.9
LD-4Tim Begalka (R)22.0Flipped
LD-5Ried Holien (R)6.1FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-6Arthur E. Fryslie (R)Unopposed
LD-7Larry Tidemann (R)8.3FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-8Russell Olson (R)61.8
LD-9Deb Peters (R)26.8Flipped
LD-10Shantel Krebs (R)30.0
LD-11Todd Schlekeway (R)29.7
LD-12Mark Johnston (R)8.7FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-13Phyllis M. Heineman (R)12.5Flipped
LD-14Joni Clark Cutler (R)34.1
LD-15Angie Buhl (D)Unopposed
LD-16Dan Lederman (R)25.4Flipped
LD-17Eldon Nygaard (D)6.8
LD-18Jean Hunhoff (R)Unopposed
LD-19J. E. Putnam (R)14.9Flipped
LD-20Mike Vehle (R)35.1
LD-21Cooper Garnos (R)43.2
LD-22Tom Hansen (R)15.2
LD-23Corey Brown (R)Unopposed
LD-24Bob Gray (R)38.9
LD-25Tim Rave (R)3.4FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-26Billie H. Sutton (D)15.6
LD-27Jim Bradford (D)26.0Flipped
LD-28Ryan M. Maher (R)44.1Flipped
LD-29Larry Rhoden (R)Unopposed
LD-30Bruce Rampelberg (R)Unopposed
LD-31Tom Nelson (R)18.9
LD-32Stanford M. Adelstein (R)Unopposed
LD-33Elizabeth Kraus (R)Unopposed
LD-34Craig Tieszen (R)Unopposed
LD-35Jeffrey Haverly (R)42.5

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