RAPID CITY, S.D. – All 671 precincts are now reporting across South Dakota, with turnout at just under 49.5 percent. The results remain unofficial until canvassing and certification.
In Rapid City, voters approved the Rapid City Area Schools bond issue. The measure needed 60 percent support to pass and received nearly 68 percent of the vote.
Statewide ballot measures produced mixed results. Voters rejected Amendment I, which would have repealed Medicaid expansion. Amendment J, requiring citizenship to vote, was approved. Amendment K, dealing with the unclaimed property trust fund, also passed. Voters defeated Amendment L, which would have required future constitutional amendments to receive 60 percent voter approval.
In federal races, Republican Mike Rounds won re-election to the U.S. Senate with about 60.5 percent of the vote, while Republican Marty Jackley was elected to South Dakota’s lone U.S. House seat with 64 percent.
Republicans also swept the statewide constitutional offices. Governor Larry Rhoden and Lieutenant Governor Tony Venhuizen won election with nearly 64 percent of the vote. Republicans also captured races for Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, School and Public Lands Commissioner, and the Public Utilities Commission. Attorney General Mark Russell was elected unopposed.
Locally, Republican lawmakers held several key legislative seats in western South Dakota. Helene Duhamel won a close race in District 32 Senate, while Amber Hulse, Julie Frye-Mueller Howard, and Randy Deibert Johnson secured victories in other area senate contests.
In Pennington County Commission races, Republican Jerry Mueller won District 1, and Republican Jim Heinis defeated challenger Doug Williams in District 5.
And in Hill City, voters overwhelmingly approved a local ballot question with 77 percent voting yes.
Those are unofficial results from Election Night in South Dakota. Results will become official following canvassing and certification by election officials.
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