2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2010 election for South Dakota Legislative District 4
South Dakota State Senate · South Dakota
Tim Begalka (R) won with 61.0% of the vote, defeating Dick Schwandt (D) by 22.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tim BegalkaRepublican · winner
61.0%5,346
Dick SchwandtDemocrat
39.0%3,418
8,764 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET