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2012Final results

2012 election for South Dakota Legislative District 14

South Dakota State Senate · South Dakota

Deb Soholt (R) won with 55.5% of the vote, defeating Brian Kaatz (D) by 11.0 points.

Deb SoholtRepublican · winner
55.5%6,251
Brian KaatzDemocrat
44.5%5,008
11,259 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+22.52006R+21.12008R+34.12010R+11.02012R+21.02018R+12.02020

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET