Arch Beal

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Arch Beal
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South Dakota State Senate District 12
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
South Dakota House of Representatives District 12

Compensation

Base salary

$13,436/year

Per diem

$166/day for legislators who reside more than 50 miles away from the capitol

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Personal
Profession
Business Owner
Contact

Arch Beal (Republican Party) is a member of the South Dakota State Senate, representing District 12. He assumed office on January 10, 2023. His current term ends on January 12, 2027.

Beal (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the South Dakota State Senate to represent District 12. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Arch Beal was born in and lives in South Dakota. Beal's career experience includes owning his own business.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Beal was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Beal was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Beal was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

South Dakota committee assignments, 2017
Commerce and Energy
State Affairs

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Beal served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: South Dakota State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for South Dakota State Senate District 12

Incumbent Arch Beal defeated Clay Hoffman in the general election for South Dakota State Senate District 12 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Arch Beal
Arch Beal (R)
 
57.9
 
5,121
Image of Clay Hoffman
Clay Hoffman (D)
 
42.1
 
3,728

Total votes: 8,849
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Clay Hoffman advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota State Senate District 12.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Arch Beal advanced from the Republican primary for South Dakota State Senate District 12.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Beal in this election.

2022

See also: South Dakota State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for South Dakota State Senate District 12

Arch Beal defeated Jessica Meyers in the general election for South Dakota State Senate District 12 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Arch Beal
Arch Beal (R)
 
53.9
 
4,950
Jessica Meyers (D)
 
46.1
 
4,237

Total votes: 9,187
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Jessica Meyers advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota State Senate District 12.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Arch Beal advanced from the Republican primary for South Dakota State Senate District 12.

2020

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 (2 seats)

Greg Jamison and incumbent Arch Beal defeated Erin Royer in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Greg Jamison
Greg Jamison (R)
 
37.8
 
6,799
Image of Arch Beal
Arch Beal (R)
 
31.3
 
5,621
Image of Erin Royer
Erin Royer (D) Candidate Connection
 
30.9
 
5,555

Total votes: 17,975
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Erin Royer advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 12.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 (2 seats)

Greg Jamison and incumbent Arch Beal defeated Amy Miller and George Hendrickson in the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Greg Jamison
Greg Jamison
 
40.7
 
1,609
Image of Arch Beal
Arch Beal
 
35.4
 
1,398
Amy Miller
 
15.7
 
622
George Hendrickson
 
8.2
 
323

Total votes: 3,952
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2018

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 (2 seats)

Incumbent Arch Beal and Manford Steele defeated Scott Petersen and Jeff Hayward in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Arch Beal
Arch Beal (R)
 
26.9
 
4,757
Image of Manford Steele
Manford Steele (R)
 
26.6
 
4,713
Scott Petersen (D)
 
24.4
 
4,320
Jeff Hayward (D)
 
22.1
 
3,916

Total votes: 17,706
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 (2 seats)

Jeff Hayward and Scott Petersen advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 on June 5, 2018.


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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 (2 seats)

Incumbent Arch Beal and Manford Steele advanced from the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 on June 5, 2018.


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2016

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the South Dakota House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 29, 2016. Incumbent Alex Jensen (R) did not seek re-election.

Greg Jamison and incumbent Arch Beal defeated Susan Randall and Bob Benson in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 general election.[2][3]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 12 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Greg Jamison 32.90% 6,435
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Arch Beal Incumbent 27.59% 5,397
     Democratic Susan Randall 23.94% 4,682
     Democratic Bob Benson 15.56% 3,044
Total Votes 19,558
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State


Bob Benson and Betsy Lang were unopposed in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 Democratic primary.[4][5]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 12 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Bob Benson
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Betsy Lang


Incumbent Arch Beal and Greg Jamison were unopposed in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 Republican primary.[4][5]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 12 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Arch Beal Incumbent
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Greg Jamison

2014

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the South Dakota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 25, 2014. Susan M. Randall and Ellee Spawn were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Arch Beal and Alex Jensen defeated Kevin O'Connell and Scott Bartlett in the Republican primary. Beal and Jensen defeated Randall and Spawn in the general election.[6][7][8]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 12, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngArch Beal 30.5% 3,833
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngAlex Jensen 28.1% 3,532
     Democratic Susan M. Randall 25.3% 3,181
     Democratic Ellee Spawn 16% 2,004
Total Votes 12,550
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State
South Dakota House of Representatives, District 12 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngArch Beal 34% 735
Green check mark transparent.pngAlex Jensen 31% 671
D. Scott Bartlett 18% 389
Kevin O'Connell 17.1% 369
Total Votes 2,164

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Arch Beal did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Arch Beal did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Arch Beal campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* South Dakota State Senate District 12Won general$0 $0
2022South Dakota State Senate District 12Won general$49,750 $0
2020South Dakota House of Representatives District 12Won general$26,375 N/A**
2018South Dakota House of Representatives District 12Won general$24,925 N/A**
2016South Dakota House of Representatives, District 12Won $27,562 N/A**
2014South Dakota House of Representatives, District 12Won $37,282 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
R. Blake Curd (R)
South Dakota State Senate District 12
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
South Dakota House of Representatives District 12
2015-2023
Succeeded by
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Minority Leader:Liz Larson
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Tim Reed (R)
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