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2012 general · November 6, 2012

2012 South Dakota State Senate election results, district by district

Every South Dakota State Senate district in the 2012 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 7 · R 28
Races35
Changed party0
Unopposed34%12 races
Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 7 · R 28

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Jason Frerichs (D)Unopposed
LD-2Chuck Welke (D)2.8Incumbent lost
LD-3Al Novstrup (R)7.1
LD-4Tim Begalka (R)21.9
LD-5Ried Holien (R)21.1
LD-6Ernie Otten (R)30.9
LD-7Larry Tidemann (R)7.0
LD-8Russell Olson (R)26.7
LD-9Deb Peters (R)Unopposed
LD-10Shantel Krebs (R)22.1
LD-11David M. Omdahl (R)13.5
LD-12Mark Johnston (R)12.5
LD-13Phyllis M. Heineman (R)20.2
LD-14Deb Soholt (R)11.0
LD-15Angie Buhl (D)9.5
LD-16Dan Lederman (R)20.1
LD-17Tom Jones (D)4.9
LD-18Jean Hunhoff (R)30.3
LD-19Billy L. Vangerpen (R)20.1
LD-20Mike Vehle (R)14.0
LD-21Billie H. Sutton (D)18.9
LD-22Jim White (R)8.8
LD-23Corey Brown (R)Unopposed
LD-24Jeff Monroe (R)Unopposed
LD-25Tim Rave (R)2.5
LD-26Larry Lucas (D)6.0
LD-27Jim Bradford (D)Unopposed
LD-28Ryan M. Maher (R)Unopposed
LD-29Larry Rhoden (R)Unopposed
LD-30Bruce Rampelberg (R)Unopposed
LD-31Bob Ewing (R)Unopposed
LD-32Stanford M. Adelstein (R)Unopposed
LD-33Phil Jensen (R)14.8
LD-34Craig Tieszen (R)Unopposed
LD-35Mark Kirkeby (R)Unopposed

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