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South Dakota

Votes Tue, Nov 3 · in 4 days

  • South Dakota Senate

    Brian L Bengs IndependentMike Rounds Republican (inc.)

    Polling average
    Bengs 39.8, Rounds 51.5 · Average of 4 polls, Oct 12 to Oct 26
    Last time
    Rounds R 65.7, Ahlers D 34.3 · 2020 general

  • South Dakota Governor

    Dan Ahlers DemocraticLarry Rhoden Republican (inc.)

    Polling average
    Ahlers 40, Rhoden 54 · Average of 2 polls, Oct 19 to Oct 26
    Last time
    Noem R 62.0, Smith D 35.2 · 2022 general

Polls fetched Oct 30, 2:02 a.m. ET, from VoteHub. Newest poll means the most recently released.

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Eastern South Dakota and most of the state: 8:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. CST); West of the Missouri River region in the Mountain zone: 9:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. MST).

Official results: South Dakota Secretary of State, Election Results

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What changed in South Dakota

Newest first

  1. NEW POLLSouth Dakota Governor

    South Dakota Governor: Larry Rhoden 48, Dan Ahlers 39

    Concord Public Opinion Partners, Oct 22 to Oct 26, 448 likely voters · via VoteHub (CC BY 4.0)

  2. NEW POLLSouth Dakota Senate

    South Dakota Senate: Brian Bengs 43, Mike Rounds 41

    Concord Public Opinion Partners, Oct 22 to Oct 26, 448 likely voters · via VoteHub (CC BY 4.0)

  3. EARLY VOTESouth Dakota

    South Dakota: 49,438 ballots cast early

    South Dakota Secretary of State, report dated Oct 23

  4. NEW POLLSouth Dakota Governor

    South Dakota Governor: Larry Rhoden 60, Dan Ahlers 41

    Emerson College, Oct 19 to Oct 20, 803 likely voters · via VoteHub (CC BY 4.0)

  5. NEW POLLSouth Dakota Senate

    South Dakota Senate: Mike Rounds 50, Brian Bengs 42

    Emerson College, Oct 19 to Oct 20, 803 likely voters · via VoteHub (CC BY 4.0)

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US House races

Sorted by newest poll

  • South Dakota at-large

    Nicole "Nikki" Gronli DemocraticMarty Jackley Republican

    Newest poll
    Gronli 32, Jackley 60 · Mason-Dixon, field ended Oct 14, released Oct 21
    Last time
    Johnson R 72.0, Johnson D 28.0 · 2024 general

All 1 South Dakota House races, on the map

Districts

Districts

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35 districts in South Dakota.

37 districts in South Dakota.

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South Dakota State SenateState Senate District 2: Steve Kolbeck (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 5: Glen Vilhauer (R); last result Republican by 42.2 points, 2024State Senate District 14: Larry Zikmund (R); last result Republican by 9.2 points, 2024State Senate District 15: Jamie Smith (D); last result Democratic by 4.8 points, 2024State Senate District 16: Kevin Jensen (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 18: Lauren Nelson (R); last result Republican by 14.4 points, 2024State Senate District 19: Kyle Schoenfish (R); last result Republican by 54.4 points, 2024State Senate District 21: MyKala Voita (R); last result Republican by 54.1 points, 2024State Senate District 23: Mark Lapka (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 25: Tom Pischke (R); last result Republican by 45.4 points, 2024State Senate District 26: Tamara Grove (R); last result Republican by 14.6 points, 2024State Senate District 27: Red Dawn Foster (D); last result Democratic by 4.0 points, 2024State Senate District 28: Sam Marty (R); last result Republican by 41.3 points, 2024State Senate District 30: Amber Hulse (R); last result Republican by 48.8 points, 2024State Senate District 31: Randy Deibert (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 34: Taffy Howard (R); last result Republican by 20.4 points, 2024State Senate District 35: Greg Blanc (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 22: Brandon Wipf (R); last result Republican by 46.4 points, 2024State Senate District 29: John Carley (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 9: Joy Hohn (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 1: Michael Rohl (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 4: Stephanie Sauder (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 33: Curt Voight (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 6: Ernie Otten (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 24: Jim Mehlhaff (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 17: Sydney Davis (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 32: Helene Duhamel (R); last result Republican by 20.0 points, 2024State Senate District 10: Liz Larson (D); last result Democratic won 2024State Senate District 20: Paul Miskimins (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 3: Carl Perry (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 7: Tim Reed (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 8: Casey Crabtree (R); last result Republican won 2024State Senate District 11: Chris Karr (R); last result Republican by 17.8 points, 2024State Senate District 12: Arch Beal (R); last result Republican by 11.4 points, 2024State Senate District 13: Sue Peterson (R); last result Republican by 17.0 points, 2024
Last election held, margin in points
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  • · Michael Rohl (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · Steve Kolbeck (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · Carl Perry (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · Stephanie Sauder (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · Glen Vilhauer (R); last result Republican by 42.2 points, 2024
  • · Ernie Otten (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · Tim Reed (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · Casey Crabtree (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · Joy Hohn (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · Liz Larson (D); last result Democratic won 2024
  • · Chris Karr (R); last result Republican by 17.8 points, 2024
  • · Arch Beal (R); last result Republican by 11.4 points, 2024
  • · Sue Peterson (R); last result Republican by 17.0 points, 2024
  • · Larry Zikmund (R); last result Republican by 9.2 points, 2024
  • · Jamie Smith (D); last result Democratic by 4.8 points, 2024
  • · Kevin Jensen (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · Sydney Davis (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · Lauren Nelson (R); last result Republican by 14.4 points, 2024
  • · Kyle Schoenfish (R); last result Republican by 54.4 points, 2024
  • · Paul Miskimins (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · MyKala Voita (R); last result Republican by 54.1 points, 2024
  • · Brandon Wipf (R); last result Republican by 46.4 points, 2024
  • · Mark Lapka (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · Jim Mehlhaff (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · Tom Pischke (R); last result Republican by 45.4 points, 2024
  • · Tamara Grove (R); last result Republican by 14.6 points, 2024
  • · Red Dawn Foster (D); last result Democratic by 4.0 points, 2024
  • · Sam Marty (R); last result Republican by 41.3 points, 2024
  • · John Carley (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · Amber Hulse (R); last result Republican by 48.8 points, 2024
  • · Randy Deibert (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · Helene Duhamel (R); last result Republican by 20.0 points, 2024
  • · Curt Voight (R); last result Republican won 2024
  • · Taffy Howard (R); last result Republican by 20.4 points, 2024
  • · Greg Blanc (R); last result Republican won 2024
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Officials (4 in office)
South Dakota US House delegation
DistrictMemberPartySince
At-largeDusty JohnsonRepublican

State legislature, current members by party

Senate, 35 members listed of 35 seats

Democratic3Republican32

House of Representatives, 70 members listed of 70 seats

Democratic5Republican65

Next elections (19 dates)

  • in 4 days

  • Nov 2028

    • President
    • US Senate
    • US House
    • State Senate
    • State House

Calendar for South Dakota · South Dakota Secretary of State, Elections

Presidential results (13 elections)

Shift since 2020: 3.0 points toward Republicans (Republican by 26.2 in 2020, Republican by 29.2 in 2024).

20%30%40%50%60%70%1976198019841988199219962000200420082012201620202024
Democratic share of all votesRepublican share of all votes
President, South Dakota, 1976 to 2024
YearD shareR shareMargin
202434.2%63.4%Republican by 29.2 points
202035.6%61.8%Republican by 26.2 points
201631.7%61.5%Republican by 29.8 points
201239.9%57.9%Republican by 18.0 points
200844.7%53.2%Republican by 8.4 points
200438.4%59.9%Republican by 21.5 points
200037.6%60.3%Republican by 22.7 points
199643.0%46.5%Republican by 3.5 points
199237.1%40.7%Republican by 3.5 points
198846.5%52.8%Republican by 6.3 points
198436.5%63.0%Republican by 26.5 points
198031.7%60.5%Republican by 28.8 points
197648.9%50.4%Republican by 1.5 points

DataState data (JSON)Sources: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976-2024 (state totals), MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024, Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2), unitedstates/congress-legislators (current), Open States people (current) CSVs, Wikidata SPARQL (governor position holders, party), State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse)

Where this sits

Senate4553Senate: 45 Democratic, 53 Republican, 2 independent.House214218House: 214 Democratic, 218 Republican, 1 independent, 2 vacant.Governors2426Governors: 24 Democratic, 26 Republican.