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United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2022 (June 7 Democratic primary)

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U.S. Senate, South Dakota
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 29, 2022
Primary: June 7, 2022
Primary runoff: August 16, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
Pre-election incumbent:
John Thune (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in South Dakota
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
See also
U.S. Senate, South Dakota
U.S. Senate • At-large
South Dakota elections, 2022
U.S. Congress elections, 2022
U.S. Senate elections, 2022
U.S. House elections, 2022

A Democratic Party primary took place on June 7, 2022, in South Dakota to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the state's general election on November 8, 2022.

Brian Bengs advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate South Dakota.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
March 29, 2022
June 7, 2022
November 8, 2022


Heading into the election, the incumbent was John Thune (Republican), who was first elected in 2004.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. South Dakota law allows parties to choose whether to let unaffiliated voters vote in their elections. For more information on recognized political parties in South Dakota and their primary policies, see here.[1][2]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on South Dakota's United States Senate Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

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Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Brian Bengs advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate South Dakota.

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[3] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[4] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report Close of books Filing deadline
Year-end 2021 12/31/2021 1/31/2022
April quarterly 3/31/2022 4/15/2022
July quarterly 6/30/2022 7/15/2022
October quarterly 9/30/2022 10/15/2022
Pre-general 10/19/2022 10/27/2022
Post-general 11/28/2022 12/08/2022
Year-end 2022 12/31/2022 1/31/2023


Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Brian Bengs Democratic Party $497,968 $492,267 $5,701 As of December 31, 2022

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.


Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in South Dakota in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in South Dakota, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
South Dakota U.S. Senate Republican 1,730 N/A 3/29/2022 Source
South Dakota U.S. Senate Democratic 1,615 N/A 3/29/2022 Source
South Dakota U.S. Senate Libertarian 50 N/A 3/29/2022 Source
South Dakota U.S. Senate Unaffiliated 3,393 N/A 4/26/2022 Source

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
  • Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
  • State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

Presidential elections

See also: Presidential voting trends in South Dakota and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for South Dakota, 2022
District Incumbent Party PVI
South Dakota's At-Large Dusty Johnson Ends.png Republican R+16


2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, South Dakota[5]
District Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
South Dakota's At-Large 35.6% 61.8%


2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:


Following the 2020 presidential election, 91.9% of South Dakotans lived in one of the state's 56 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 5.1% lived in one of five Solid Democratic counties. Overall, South Dakota was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in South Dakota following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Historical voting trends

South Dakota presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 3 Democratic wins
  • 27 Republican wins
  • 1 other win
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R R R P[6] R R R R D D R R R R R R D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Statewide elections

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from South Dakota

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in South Dakota.

U.S. Senate election results in South Dakota
Race Winner Runner up
2020 65.7%Republican Party 34.3%Democratic Party
2016 71.8%Republican Party 28.2%Republican Party
2014 50.4%Republican Party 29.5%Democratic Party
2010 100%Republican Party Uncontested
2008 62.5%Democratic Party 37.5%Republican Party
Average 62.6 32.4

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of South Dakota

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in South Dakota.

Gubernatorial election results in South Dakota
Race Winner Runner up
2018 51.0%Republican Party 47.6%Democratic Party
2014 70.5%Republican Party 25.4%Democratic Party
2010 61.5%Republican Party 38.5%Democratic Party
2006 61.7%Republican Party 36.1%Democratic Party
2002 56.8%Republican Party 41.9%Democratic Party
Average 60.3 37.9

State partisanship

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of South Dakota's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from South Dakota, November 2022
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 0 0 0
Republican 2 1 3
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 1 3

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in South Dakota's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in South Dakota, November 2022
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Kristi L. Noem
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Larry Rhoden
Secretary of State Republican Party Steve Barnett
Attorney General Republican Party Mark Vargo

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the South Dakota State Legislature as of November 2022.

South Dakota State Senate

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 3
     Republican Party 32
     Vacancies 0
Total 35

South Dakota House of Representatives

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 8
     Republican Party 62
     Vacancies 0
Total 70

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, South Dakota was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

South Dakota Party Control: 1992-2022
No Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty-nine years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Governor R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate R D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in South Dakota and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for South Dakota
South Dakota United States
Population 814,180 308,745,538
Land area (sq mi) 75,809 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 84.3% 72.5%
Black/African American 2% 12.7%
Asian 1.5% 5.5%
Native American 8.8% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.2%
Other (single race) 0.8% 4.9%
Multiple 2.6% 3.3%
Hispanic/Latino 3.8% 18%
Education
High school graduation rate 91.7% 88%
College graduation rate 28.8% 32.1%
Income
Median household income $58,275 $62,843
Persons below poverty level 13.1% 13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed September 25, 2024
  2. ↑ South Dakota Legislature,"Codified Laws § 12-6-26," accessed September 25, 2024
  3. ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
  4. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
  5. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022
  6. ↑ Progressive Party


South Dakota's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Mike Rounds (R)
John Thune (R)
Representatives
Republican Party (3)


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