Last Tuesday, the general election saw a high turnout of voters in South Dakota, with 69.93% of registered voters casting a ballot, only slightly lower than 2020's 73% turnout.
In the statewide races, the Trump/Vance ticket came out ahead 63% to Harris/Walz's 34% statewide, though 7,687 voters refused to mark a selection for any of the choices, and nearly the same number voted for a third-party option.
Representative Dusty Johnson took the win with 72% to challenger Sheryl Johnson's 28%, and Public Utilities Commissioner incumbent Kristie Fiegen won with 68% of the vote.
Of the 136,817 registered voters in Minnehaha County, 95,648 cast a vote, virtually the same percentage as the statewide turnout. Minnehaha County had one race for County Commissioner, with three running for two seats. There, incumbent Dean Karsky and newcomer Cole Heisey won with 38% and 37% of the vote, respectively, over challenger Anny Libengood, an independent, who garnered 24% of the vote.
District 25, which covers Garretson, Sherman, Dell Rapids, Baltic, and Flandreau, had a race for State Representative and State Senator. State Representative had two contenders for two seats with incumbent Jon Hansen and incumbent Les Heinemann. Both retained their seats with 54% and 46%, respectively. For State Senate, incumbent Tom Pischke easily beat out challenger Brian Wirth with 74% of the vote.
Garretson's VP-10 precinct had 1,640 ballots cast out of 2,101 registered voters, a 75% turnout.
