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South Dakota State Senate elections, 2024
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| Primary | June 4, 2024 |
| General | November 5, 2024 |
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Elections for the South Dakota State Senate took place in 2024. The general election was on November 5, 2024. The primary was June 4, 2024. The filing deadline was March 26, 2024.
Following the election, Republicans maintained a 32-3 veto-proof majority.
The South Dakota State Senate was one of 85 state legislative chambers with elections in 2024. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.
Party control
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| Democratic Party | 4 | 3 | |
| Republican Party | 31 | 32 | |
| Total | 35 | 35 | |
Candidates
General election
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in South Dakota
General election race ratings
The table below displays race ratings for each race in this chamber from CNalysis.
Incumbents who were not re-elected
Incumbents defeated in general elections
One incumbent lost in general elections. An average of 1.6 incumbents were defeated in even year general elections from 2010-2022..
| Name | Party | Office |
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| Shawn Bordeaux | Senate District 26 |
Incumbents defeated in primaries
Five incumbents lost in primaries. The average number of primary defeats in each election cycle from 2010 to 2022 was 0.6.
Retiring incumbents
Fourteen incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[1] This was the highest number since 2016, when 15 incumbents did not run for re-election. Those incumbents were:
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in South Dakota. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in South Dakota in 2024. Information below was calculated on April 24, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
There were 105 legislative seats up for election this year in South Dakota's legislature—35 in the Senate and 70 in the House. Thirty-six incumbents (three Democrats and 33 Republicans) did not run for re-election. This was the highest retirement rate since 2016 when 42 incumbents (10 Democrats and 32 Republicans) retired. The average number of retirements each year from 2010 to 2022 was 32.
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ South Dakota Codified Law, "Title 12-6-4," accessed March 28, 2025
- ↑ South Dakota Secretary of State, "Download a petition," accessed March 28, 2025
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 South Dakota Codified Law, "Title 12-7-6," accessed March 28, 2025
- ↑ South Dakota Codified Law, "Title 12-7-1," accessed March 28, 2025
- ↑ South Dakota Codified Law, "Title 12-7-1.1," accessed March 28, 2025
- ↑ South Dakota Codified Law, "Title 12-7-5," accessed March 28, 2025
- ↑ South Dakota Codified Law, "Title 12-20-21.2," accessed March 28, 2025
- ↑ South Dakota Secretary of State, "Qualification to Hold Office & Term Limitations," accessed December 18, 2013
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
- ↑ South Dakota Constitution, "Article 3, Section 7," accessed November 20, 2012
- ↑ Progressive Party
