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Brian Wirth
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Last election

November 5, 2024

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Brian Wirth (Democratic Party) ran for election to the South Dakota State Senate to represent District 25. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: South Dakota State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for South Dakota State Senate District 25

Incumbent Tom Pischke defeated Brian Wirth in the general election for South Dakota State Senate District 25 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom Pischke
Tom Pischke (R)
 
72.7
 
9,667
Image of Brian Wirth
Brian Wirth (D)
 
27.3
 
3,634

Total votes: 13,301
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Brian Wirth advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota State Senate District 25.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Dakota State Senate District 25

Incumbent Tom Pischke defeated Jordan Youngberg in the Republican primary for South Dakota State Senate District 25 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom Pischke
Tom Pischke
 
67.7
 
1,371
Image of Jordan Youngberg
Jordan Youngberg
 
32.3
 
654

Total votes: 2,025
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Wirth in this election.

2020

See also: United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2020

United States House election in South Dakota, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Incumbent Dusty Johnson defeated Randy Luallin in the general election for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dusty Johnson
Dusty Johnson (R)
 
81.0
 
321,984
Image of Randy Luallin
Randy Luallin (L)
 
19.0
 
75,748

Total votes: 397,732
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Democratic primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Incumbent Dusty Johnson defeated Elizabeth May in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dusty Johnson
Dusty Johnson
 
76.7
 
71,496
Image of Elizabeth May
Elizabeth May
 
23.3
 
21,779

Total votes: 93,275
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Randy Luallin advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on May 9, 2020.

Candidate
Image of Randy Luallin
Randy Luallin (L)

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2018

See also: South Dakota State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for South Dakota State Senate District 25

Incumbent Kris Langer defeated Brian Wirth and Peter Klebanoff in the general election for South Dakota State Senate District 25 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kris Langer
Kris Langer (R)
 
68.3
 
6,583
Image of Brian Wirth
Brian Wirth (Independent)
 
20.0
 
1,931
Peter Klebanoff (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
11.7
 
1,125

Total votes: 9,639
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Dakota State Senate District 25

Incumbent Kris Langer defeated Dale Barnhart in the Republican primary for South Dakota State Senate District 25 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kris Langer
Kris Langer
 
64.6
 
1,228
Dale Barnhart
 
35.4
 
674

Total votes: 1,902
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Brian Wirth campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* South Dakota State Senate District 25Lost general$750 $0
2020U.S. House South Dakota At-large DistrictWithdrew primary$0 N/A**
2018South Dakota State Senate District 25Lost general$1,860 N/A**
Grand total$2,610 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes


Current members of the South Dakota State Senate
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Minority Leader:Liz Larson
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