2022 South Dakota Senate election

The 2022 South Dakota Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections. All 35 seats in the South Dakota Senate were up for election. Primary elections were held on June 7, 2022. The elections coincided with elections for other offices in South Dakota, including the US Senate, US House, South Dakota Governor, South Dakota Secretary of State, South Dakota Attorney General, and the South Dakota House. Following the 2022 elections, Republicans maintained their supermajority by losing only one seat, giving them a 31-to-4 member advantage over Democrats.

Democrats

 * 1) District 26: Troy Heinert retired due to term limits.

Republicans

 * 1) District 2: Brock Greenfield retired due to term limits.
 * 2) District 7: V. J. Smith retired.
 * 3) District 9: Wayne Steinhauer retired.
 * 4) District 12: Blake Curd retired due to term limits.
 * 5) District 17: Arthur Rusch retired due to term limits.
 * 6) District 25: Marsha Symens retired.
 * 7) District 29: Gary Cammack retired due to term limits.
 * 8) District 31: Timothy Johns retired.

Primary election

 * 1) District 24: Republican Mary Duvall lost renomination to Jim Mehlhaff.

General election

 * 1) District 10: Republican Margaret Sutton was defeated in the general election by Democrat Liz Larson.

Summary of results by State Senate district
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General election results source:

Detailed results
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 * Note: If a primary election is not listed, then there was not a competitive primary in that district (i.e., every candidate who ran in the primary advanced to the general election).

District 1

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 2

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 3

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 4

 * General election

District 5

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 6

 * General election

District 7

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 8

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 9

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 10

 * General election

District 11

 * General election

District 12

 * General election

District 13

 * General election

District 14

 * General election

District 15

 * General election

District 16

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 17

 * General election

District 18

 * General election

District 19

 * General election

District 20

 * General election

District 21

 * General election

District 22

 * General election

District 23

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 24

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 25

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 26

 * General election

District 27

 * General election

District 28

 * General election

District 29

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 30

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 31

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 32

 * General election

District 33

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 34

 * General election

District 35

 * General election

Close races
Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
 * 1)  District 27, 2.9% 
 * 2)  District 15, 5.52% 
 * 3)  District 26, 5.68% 
 * 4)  District 12, 7.76% 
 * 5)  District 14, 7.86% 

Red denotes races won by Republicans. Blue denotes races won by Democrats.