South Dakota State House District 28A

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Jana Hunt Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

Jana HuntRepublican · Incumbent2 years since first win

No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Jana Hunt (R) 57.5, Carl J. Petersen (D) 42.5

Chastity "Chas" JewettDemocratic

Last election: Jana Hunt (Republican) won by 15.0 points, 2024
On the 2026 ballot: 2 candidates

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Left column: HuntRight column: Jewett

Races: Won 1 of 1; None listed
Years since first win: 2; Not available

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Candidates on the ballot

Chastity "Chas" JewettDemocratic
Jana HuntIncumbentRepublican

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Source: vip.sdsos.gov, dated Oct 28

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Official results for South Dakota

History (16 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 4,455
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJana HuntWon	Republican	2,56357.5%	57.5%
DemocraticCarl J. Petersen	Democratic	1,89242.5%	42.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,737
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Older district map (2022)

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticOren L. LesmeisterWon(incumbent)	Democratic	1,89050.6%	50.6%
RepublicanRalph Lyon	Republican	1,84749.4%	49.4%

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticOren Lee LesmeisterWon(incumbent)	Democratic	2,585100.0%	100.0%

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticOren LesmeisterWon(incumbent)	Democratic	2,727100.0%	100.0%

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticOren LesmeisterWon	Democratic	2,519100.0%	100.0%

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDean SchremppWon(incumbent)	Democratic	2,150100.0%	100.0%

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDean SchremppWon(incumbent)	Democratic	2,657100.0%	100.0%

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDean SchremppWon(incumbent)	Democratic	1,849100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,407
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDean SchremppWon	Democratic	1,67349.1%	49.1%
RepublicanEverett Hunt	Republican	70220.6%	20.6%
IndependentIra A. Bluecoat	Independent	53115.6%	15.6%
IndependentManny C. Ironhawk	Independent	50114.7%	14.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 2,737
Election day: November 7, 2006
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticThomas James Van NormanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	1,65260.4%	60.4%
RepublicanEverett F. Hunt	Republican	1,08539.6%	39.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,330
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticThomas James Van NormanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	2,83865.5%	65.5%
RepublicanEverett F. Hunt	Republican	1,49234.5%	34.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,917
Election day: November 5, 2002
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticThomas James Van NormanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	2,48963.5%	63.5%
RepublicanFrank Laurenz	Republican	1,42836.5%	36.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 2,957
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticThomas James Van NormanWon	Democratic	1,31444.4%	44.4%
RepublicanDon Hollenbeck	Republican	1,25042.3%	42.3%
IndependentRichard Zacher	Independent	39313.3%	13.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,448
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDean SchremppWon	Democratic	1,76251.1%	51.1%
RepublicanEric H. Bogue(incumbent)	Republican	1,68648.9%	48.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,101
Election day: November 8, 1994
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEric H. BogueWon	Republican	1,75656.6%	56.6%
DemocraticMark Vannorman	Democratic	1,34543.4%	43.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 2,826
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

South Dakota House of Representatives District 28A, 1992 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDean SchremppWon	Democratic	1,56455.3%	55.3%
RepublicanVince Dahlgren	Republican	1,26244.7%	44.7%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1992 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

Last contest in this district on file: 2024.

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:sd/sldl:28a

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026