General Election Results

General Election Results

Here are the results from the 2022 General Election:

U-S Senate

Brian L. Bengs 90,991 26 %
Tamara J Lesnar 14,692 04 %
John R. Thune 242,269 70 %

U-S Representative

Collin Duprel 74,002 23 %
Dusty Johnson 253,775 77 %

South Dakota Governor

Jamie Smith & Jennifer Keintz 123,124 34 %
Tracey Quint & Ashley Strand 9,979 03 %
Kristi Noem & Larry Rhoden 216,995 62 %

Secretary of State

Thomas A Cool 119,952 36 %
Monae Johnson 212,307 64 %

State Auditor

Stephanie Marty 105,138 32 %
Rene Meyer 17,995 05 %
Richard Sattgast 206,598 63 %

State Treasurer

John Cunningham 107,894 33 %
Josh Haeder 219,292 67%

Commissioner of School and Public Lands

Timothy Azure 107,496 33 %
Brock Greenfield 215,700 67%

Public Utilities Commission

Jeffrey Barth 103,362 31 %
Chris Nelson 227,124 69 %

District 21 Senate Tripp

Dan Andersson 1,771 18%
Erin Tobin 7,976 82 %

District 26 Senate Lyman, Jones, Mellette, Buffalo, Brule

Shawn Bordeaux 3,479 58 %
Joel Koskan 2,495 42 %

District 26-A House Jones, Mellette

Eric Emery 1,758 67 %
Joyce Glynn 871 33 %

District 27 Senate Jackson

Red Dawn Foster 3,179 51 %
David Jones 2,999 49 %

District 27 House Jackson

Peri Pourier 3,069 29 %
Norma Rendon 2,350 22 %
Liz May 2,830 27 %
Bud May 2,347 22 %

District 28-A House Ziebach, Dewey POSSIBLE RECOUNT

Oren L Lesmeister 1,890 51 %
Ralph Lyon 1,847 49 %

Jones County Auditor

Kerri Venard IND 324 69 %
Rick Stotts IND 19 04 %
Jacob T. Lolley REP 128 27 %

Lyman County Auditor

Steve Gabriel IND 505 41 %
Kalli Houchin REP 719 59 %

Dewey County Sheriff

Jeffrey Allen Ward DEM 712 46 %
Ashley Stefan Arpan IND 821 54 %

Haakon County Sheriff

Timothy E Quinn IND 354 37 %
Fred Koester REP 615 63 %

Hughes County Sheriff

John Weber IND 3040 42 %
Patrick Callahan REP 4152 58 %

Lyman County Sheriff

Tim Feliciano IND 210 16 %
Steve Manger REP 1085 84 %

Hyde County Register of Deeds

Patty Zeigler IND 214 37 %
Pamela Hamlin REP 357 63 %

Tripp County Register of Deeds

Kristin Assman IND 1,043 47 %
Michelle Lovejoy REP 1,154 53 %

Brule County Commission Seat 1

James Nesladek IND 140 29 %
Jacob Palmer IND 104 22 %
Sharman Swanson REP 239 49 %

Buffalo County Commission Seat 1

Rex W Zastrow DEM 98 54 %
Jimmie L Anderson IND 85 46 %

Dewey County Commission Seat 2

Rodney A Enright DEM 256 54 %
Jerimiah Garon REP 215 46 %

Hand County Commission Seat 5

Doug Schaefers IND 133 44 %
Luke Wernsmann REP 170 56 %

Mellette County Commission Seat 2

Cecil Brandis Jr IND 110 53 %
Robert E Bouman REP 98 47 %

Tripp County Commission Seat 3

Steve Novotny IND 155 35 %
Mike Novotny REP 290 65 %

Lyman County Commission At Large

Benny Janis DEM 287 05 %
Stephanie Bolman DEM 214 04 %
Jared Schelske IND 605 18 %
Beau Johnson REP 729 25 %
Ryan Huffman REP 668 23 %
Zane Reis REP 741 25 %

Ziebach County Commission At Large

Jim Veit DEM 231 17 %
Shane Farlee DEM 279 20 %
Tucker Stocklin REP 289 21 %
Brian Alley REP 245 18 %
Rick Farlee REP 319 23 %

Conservation District Supervisor Brule-Buffalo

Larry Wagner 593 30 %
Randy Knippling 1096 70 %

Supreme Court Retention: Patricia DeVaney

YES 230,079 80%
NO 56,968 20 %

Supreme Court Retention: Mark Salter

YES 228,688 80%
NO 56,660 20 %

Amendment D (Medicaid Expansion)

YES 191,982 56 %
NO 49,595 44 %

Initiated Measure 27 (Approving Adult-use Marijuana)

YES 163,551 47 %
NO 183,277 53 %