2022 United States Senate election in South Dakota

2022 United States Senate election in South Dakota

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Nominee John Thune Brian Bengs
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 242,316 91,007
Percentage 69.63% 26.15%

County results

Thune:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Bengs:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election

John Thune
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John Thune
Republican

The 2022 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Dakota. Incumbent three-term Republican U.S. Senator John Thune, who is the Senate Minority Whip, was first elected in 2004, defeating Democratic incumbent Tom Daschle, the then-Senate Minority Leader. He ran for reelection to a fourth term.[1] The Democratic nominee was 26-year Navy, Air Force JAG Corps veteran, and former college professor Brian Bengs. Thune was ultimately reelected, becoming the first Senator from South Dakota to be elected to a fourth term since Karl Mundt in 1966, and only the second to do so after Mundt.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Thunerunning was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "South Dakota's Thune wins reelection to 4th U.S. Senate term". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved November 9, 2022.