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2012Final results

2012 election for South Dakota Legislative District 26

South Dakota State Senate · South Dakota

Larry Lucas (D) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Kent Juhnke (R) by 6.0 points.

Larry LucasDemocrat · winner
53.0%4,405
Kent JuhnkeRepublican
47.0%3,909
8,314 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

EvenD+18.62006D+26.02008D+15.62010D+6.02012D+13.02014D+6.12018

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