South Dakota State Senate District 30
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Amber Hulse Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- Amber Hulse (Republican) won by 48.8 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Amber HulseIncumbentRepublican
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Source: vip.sdsos.gov, dated Oct 28
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Official results for South Dakota
History (21 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 15,084
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAmber HulseWon Republican 11,21674.4% DemocraticBret Swanson Democratic 3,86825.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,598
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulie Frye-MuellerWon(incumbent) Republican 9,598100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,089
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulie Frye-MuellerWon Republican 10,04371.3% OtherA. Gideon Oakes Other 4,04628.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,729
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLance Steven RussellWon(incumbent) Republican 6,65256.7% DemocraticKristine Ina Winter Democratic 2,94325.1% LibertarianA. Gideon Oakes Libertarian 2,13418.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,829
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLance RussellWon Republican 9,17671.5% DemocraticKarla R. Larive Democratic 3,65328.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,084
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBruce RampelbergWon(incumbent) Republican 7,084100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,686
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBruce RampelbergWon(incumbent) Republican 8,686100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,925
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBruce RampelbergWon Republican 7,925100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,485
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGordon HowieWon Republican 8,06364.6% DemocraticDavid Melmer Democratic 4,42235.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,280
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim LintzWon(incumbent) Republican 6,92461.4% DemocraticCatherine Ratliff Democratic 4,35638.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,441
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim LintzWon Republican 8,98072.2% DemocraticEdward Meyer Democratic 3,46127.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,690
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDrue J. VitterWon(incumbent) Republican 7,68179.3% LibertarianGwendolyn Caldwell Libertarian 2,00920.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,433
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDrue J. VitterWon(incumbent) Republican 9,08879.5% LibertarianNathan A. Barton Libertarian 2,34520.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,448
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDrue J. VitterWon(incumbent) Republican 7,448100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,081
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDrue J. VitterWon Republican 5,80552.4% DemocraticDuane J. Lammers Democratic 5,27647.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,401
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames W. EmeryWon(incumbent) Republican 5,46152.5% DemocraticDuane J. Lammers Democratic 4,94047.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,813
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames W. EmeryWon(incumbent) Republican 6,19157.3% DemocraticVernon Seger Democratic 4,62242.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,321
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames W. EmeryWon(incumbent) Republican 4,91859.1% DemocraticJoyce Jobgen Democratic 3,40340.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,678
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames W. EmeryWon(incumbent) Republican 7,678100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,080
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames W. EmeryWon Republican 6,080100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,865
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
South Dakota Senate District 30, 1984 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn D. MankeWon(incumbent) Republican 5,50555.8% DemocraticViolet Biever Democratic 2,79028.3% IndependentElmer E. Flatt Independent 1,57015.9%
- 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
- 1984 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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Election Wrld. (2026). South Dakota State Senate District 30, election results 1984 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/sd/senate/30. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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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/sldu:30
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026