South Dakota state elections in 2022 were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Primary elections were held on June 7, 2022 (with runoffs on August 16, 2022). All of South Dakota's executive officers were up for election as well as South Dakota's at-large seat in the

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Federal

United States Senate

Incumbent three-term Republican U.S. Senator John Thune, who is the Senate Minority Whip, won the Republican primary against Bruce Whalen and Mark Mowry. Thune was reelected to a fourth term, defeating

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Brian Bengs.

United States House of Representatives

Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative

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won the Republican primary against

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. No Democrats filed to run, and Johnson defeated his only challenger, a

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Statewide

Governor and lieutenant governor

Incumbent Republican

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Kristi Noem defeated Democratic nominee Representative Jamie Smith to win reelection.

Attorney general

Incumbent Republican

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did not seek reelection.

Secretary of state

Incumbent Republican secretary of state Steve Barnett lost re-nomination at the Republican convention to Monae Johnson, who also won the general election.

State treasurer

Incumbent Republican

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Josh Haeder Joshua R. Haeder (born September 19, 1980) is an American businessman and politician from the state of South Dakota. He is the South Dakota State Treasurer. Haeder is from Huron, South Dakota. Prior to being elected South Dakota's 33rd state ...

won reelection.

State auditor

Public Utilities Commissioner

Ballot measures

Constitutional Amendment C

2022 South Dakota Amendment C was on the June 7 primary ballot. The amendment intended to require future ballot measures that would cost more than ten million dollars to receive 60% of the vote to be approved, instead of a simple majority. It was rejected by a significant margin.

Results

Constitutional Amendment D

2022 South Dakota Amendment D was a citizen-initiated state constitutional amendment on the November 8 general election ballot. The amendment intended to expand

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eligibility. The amendment passed with around 56% of the vote.

Results

References

External links

* {{2022 United States elections 2022 South Dakota elections

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...