2022-11-08 Senatorial Election Results for South Dakota (Class 3)

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County	Turnout	John Thune* (R)		Brian Bengs (D)		Tamara Lesnar (Libertarian)		Other		Margin	TOTAL
Aurora	60%	978	80.6%	170	14.0%	66	5.4%	0	0.0%	808	1,214
Beadle	42%	4,441	76.1%	1,214	20.8%	182	3.1%	0	0.0%	3,227	5,837
Bennett	51%	684	67.1%	295	28.9%	41	4.0%	0	0.0%	389	1,020
Bon Homme	45%	2,010	78.7%	453	17.7%	91	3.6%	0	0.0%	1,557	2,554
Brookings	45%	7,990	64.7%	3,816	30.9%	545	4.4%	0	0.0%	4,174	12,351
Brown	48%	9,577	68.8%	3,893	28.0%	451	3.2%	0	0.0%	5,684	13,921
Brule	55%	1,573	75.0%	428	20.4%	97	4.6%	0	0.0%	1,145	2,098
Buffalo	34%	173	44.4%	202	51.8%	15	3.8%	0	0.0%	-29	390
Butte	52%	3,269	78.6%	597	14.4%	292	7.0%	0	0.0%	2,672	4,158
Campbell	68%	571	86.1%	66	10.0%	26	3.9%	0	0.0%	505	663
Charles Mix	49%	2,323	75.2%	666	21.6%	100	3.2%	0	0.0%	1,657	3,089
Clark	58%	1,307	82.0%	230	14.4%	56	3.5%	0	0.0%	1,077	1,593
Clay	38%	2,522	53.5%	2,042	43.3%	149	3.2%	0	0.0%	480	4,713
Codington	51%	8,279	75.2%	2,265	20.6%	460	4.2%	0	0.0%	6,014	11,004
Corson	39%	534	57.7%	334	36.1%	57	6.2%	0	0.0%	200	925
Custer	69%	3,756	74.5%	1,017	20.2%	267	5.3%	0	0.0%	2,739	5,040
Davison	47%	5,420	75.2%	1,524	21.1%	266	3.7%	0	0.0%	3,896	7,210
Day	60%	1,796	71.4%	602	23.9%	116	4.6%	0	0.0%	1,194	2,514
Deuel	61%	1,548	77.9%	346	17.4%	92	4.6%	0	0.0%	1,202	1,986
Dewey	48%	770	49.4%	720	46.2%	70	4.5%	0	0.0%	50	1,560
Douglas	71%	1,308	89.2%	117	8.0%	42	2.9%	0	0.0%	1,191	1,467
Edmunds	55%	1,385	82.1%	253	15.0%	49	2.9%	0	0.0%	1,132	1,687
Fall River	60%	2,754	75.6%	665	18.3%	222	6.1%	0	0.0%	2,089	3,641
Faulk	60%	780	82.4%	120	12.7%	47	5.0%	0	0.0%	660	947
Grant	55%	2,492	77.9%	601	18.8%	105	3.3%	0	0.0%	1,891	3,198
Gregory	67%	1,663	82.2%	279	13.8%	82	4.1%	0	0.0%	1,384	2,024
Haakon	72%	864	89.1%	56	5.8%	50	5.2%	0	0.0%	808	970
Hamlin	63%	2,214	81.9%	366	13.5%	123	4.6%	0	0.0%	1,848	2,703
Hand	62%	1,242	82.3%	198	13.1%	70	4.6%	0	0.0%	1,044	1,510
Hanson	66%	1,323	81.2%	254	15.6%	52	3.2%	0	0.0%	1,069	1,629
Harding	61%	605	90.6%	22	3.3%	41	6.1%	0	0.0%	564	668
Hughes	56%	5,467	73.4%	1,683	22.6%	301	4.0%	0	0.0%	3,784	7,451
Hutchinson	58%	2,619	83.4%	417	13.3%	106	3.4%	0	0.0%	2,202	3,142
Hyde	63%	484	83.4%	78	13.4%	18	3.1%	0	0.0%	406	580
Jackson	45%	617	68.6%	215	23.9%	67	7.5%	0	0.0%	402	899
Jerauld	69%	676	78.2%	154	17.8%	34	3.9%	0	0.0%	522	864
Jones	71%	383	82.4%	46	9.9%	36	7.7%	0	0.0%	337	465
Kingsbury	63%	2,000	79.1%	441	17.4%	89	3.5%	0	0.0%	1,559	2,530
Lake	57%	3,615	73.5%	1,139	23.2%	164	3.3%	0	0.0%	2,476	4,918
Lawrence	56%	8,439	69.5%	3,061	25.2%	646	5.3%	0	0.0%	5,378	12,146
Lincoln	55%	19,703	70.4%	7,365	26.3%	912	3.3%	0	0.0%	12,338	27,980
Lyman	49%	944	72.7%	290	22.3%	65	5.0%	0	0.0%	654	1,299
Marshall	57%	1,272	67.7%	545	29.0%	62	3.3%	0	0.0%	727	1,879
McCook	61%	2,033	80.3%	408	16.1%	92	3.6%	0	0.0%	1,625	2,533
McPherson	56%	954	86.6%	108	9.8%	40	3.6%	0	0.0%	846	1,102
Meade	50%	8,934	75.9%	2,134	18.1%	702	6.0%	0	0.0%	6,800	11,770
Mellette	47%	415	66.5%	165	26.4%	44	7.1%	0	0.0%	250	624
Miner	56%	813	81.0%	161	16.0%	30	3.0%	0	0.0%	652	1,004
Minnehaha	49%	46,551	62.8%	24,772	33.4%	2,821	3.8%	0	0.0%	21,779	74,144
Moody	57%	1,839	69.6%	694	26.3%	109	4.1%	0	0.0%	1,145	2,642
Pennington	52%	30,398	67.3%	12,441	27.6%	2,314	5.1%	0	0.0%	17,957	45,153
Perkins	64%	1,141	83.3%	133	9.7%	95	6.9%	0	0.0%	1,008	1,369
Potter	58%	937	85.7%	123	11.3%	33	3.0%	0	0.0%	814	1,093
Roberts	48%	2,384	67.5%	1,000	28.3%	147	4.2%	0	0.0%	1,384	3,531
Sanborn	57%	821	81.9%	154	15.4%	27	2.7%	0	0.0%	667	1,002
Shannon	29%	422	17.3%	1,889	77.4%	129	5.3%	0	0.0%	-1,467	2,440
Spink	56%	2,027	76.1%	546	20.5%	91	3.4%	0	0.0%	1,481	2,664
Stanley	61%	1,138	78.6%	245	16.9%	64	4.4%	0	0.0%	893	1,447
Sully	63%	622	79.4%	114	14.6%	47	6.0%	0	0.0%	508	783
Todd	36%	502	26.3%	1,308	68.4%	101	5.3%	0	0.0%	-806	1,911
Tripp	53%	1,861	83.2%	263	11.8%	113	5.1%	0	0.0%	1,598	2,237
Turner	58%	3,078	80.0%	602	15.6%	168	4.4%	0	0.0%	2,476	3,848
Union	52%	4,991	74.3%	1,497	22.3%	229	3.4%	0	0.0%	3,494	6,717
Walworth	51%	1,645	80.7%	301	14.8%	92	4.5%	0	0.0%	1,344	2,038
Yankton	48%	6,051	68.3%	2,462	27.8%	340	3.8%	0	0.0%	3,589	8,853
Ziebach	40%	389	57.4%	242	35.7%	47	6.9%	0	0.0%	147	678
TOTAL	50%	242,316	69.6%	91,007	26.1%	14,697	4.2%	0	0.0%	151,309	348,020
Total R vote: 242,316 (69.6%)      Total D vote: 91,007 (26.1%)      Total Other vote: 14,697 (4.2%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements:		$6,877,438		$492,266		$0
Total Receipts:		$13,176,738		$497,968		$0
Cash on Hand:		$16,942,232		$5,701		$0
Contributions by Candidate:		$0		$3,600		$0
Loans by Candidate:		$0		$20,000		$0
Total Individual Contributions:		$6,567,959		$449,261		$0
Party Contributions:		$0		$12,455		$0
Other Committee Contributions:		$4,242,315		$12,600		$0
Transfers from Other Committees:		$962,650		$0		$0
Independent Expenditures Supporting:		$104,388		$0		$0
Independent Expenditures Opposing:		$2,950		$0		$0
Net Independent Expenditures:		$101,438		$0		$0
Net Spending:		$6,978,876		$492,266		$0

2022 Senate class 3, Aurora County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	978	80.6%
Brian Bengs (D)	170	14.0%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	66	5.4%
TOTAL	1,214
Turnout: 60%

2022 Senate class 3, Beadle County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	4,441	76.1%
Brian Bengs (D)	1,214	20.8%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	182	3.1%
TOTAL	5,837
Turnout: 42%

2022 Senate class 3, Bennett County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	684	67.1%
Brian Bengs (D)	295	28.9%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	41	4.0%
TOTAL	1,020
Turnout: 51%

2022 Senate class 3, Bon Homme County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	2,010	78.7%
Brian Bengs (D)	453	17.7%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	91	3.6%
TOTAL	2,554
Turnout: 45%

2022 Senate class 3, Brookings County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	7,990	64.7%
Brian Bengs (D)	3,816	30.9%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	545	4.4%
TOTAL	12,351
Turnout: 45%

2022 Senate class 3, Brown County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	9,577	68.8%
Brian Bengs (D)	3,893	28.0%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	451	3.2%
TOTAL	13,921
Turnout: 48%

2022 Senate class 3, Brule County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	1,573	75.0%
Brian Bengs (D)	428	20.4%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	97	4.6%
TOTAL	2,098
Turnout: 55%

2022 Senate class 3, Buffalo County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	173	44.4%
Brian Bengs (D)	202	51.8%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	15	3.8%
TOTAL	390
Turnout: 34%

2022 Senate class 3, Butte County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	3,269	78.6%
Brian Bengs (D)	597	14.4%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	292	7.0%
TOTAL	4,158
Turnout: 52%

2022 Senate class 3, Campbell County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	571	86.1%
Brian Bengs (D)	66	10.0%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	26	3.9%
TOTAL	663
Turnout: 68%

2022 Senate class 3, Charles Mix County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	2,323	75.2%
Brian Bengs (D)	666	21.6%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	100	3.2%
TOTAL	3,089
Turnout: 49%

2022 Senate class 3, Clark County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	1,307	82.0%
Brian Bengs (D)	230	14.4%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	56	3.5%
TOTAL	1,593
Turnout: 58%

2022 Senate class 3, Clay County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	2,522	53.5%
Brian Bengs (D)	2,042	43.3%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	149	3.2%
TOTAL	4,713
Turnout: 38%

2022 Senate class 3, Codington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	8,279	75.2%
Brian Bengs (D)	2,265	20.6%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	460	4.2%
TOTAL	11,004
Turnout: 51%

2022 Senate class 3, Corson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	534	57.7%
Brian Bengs (D)	334	36.1%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	57	6.2%
TOTAL	925
Turnout: 39%

2022 Senate class 3, Custer County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	3,756	74.5%
Brian Bengs (D)	1,017	20.2%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	267	5.3%
TOTAL	5,040
Turnout: 69%

2022 Senate class 3, Davison County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	5,420	75.2%
Brian Bengs (D)	1,524	21.1%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	266	3.7%
TOTAL	7,210
Turnout: 47%

2022 Senate class 3, Day County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	1,796	71.4%
Brian Bengs (D)	602	23.9%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	116	4.6%
TOTAL	2,514
Turnout: 60%

2022 Senate class 3, Deuel County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	1,548	77.9%
Brian Bengs (D)	346	17.4%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	92	4.6%
TOTAL	1,986
Turnout: 61%

2022 Senate class 3, Dewey County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	770	49.4%
Brian Bengs (D)	720	46.2%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	70	4.5%
TOTAL	1,560
Turnout: 48%

2022 Senate class 3, Douglas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	1,308	89.2%
Brian Bengs (D)	117	8.0%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	42	2.9%
TOTAL	1,467
Turnout: 71%

2022 Senate class 3, Edmunds County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	1,385	82.1%
Brian Bengs (D)	253	15.0%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	49	2.9%
TOTAL	1,687
Turnout: 55%

2022 Senate class 3, Fall River County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	2,754	75.6%
Brian Bengs (D)	665	18.3%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	222	6.1%
TOTAL	3,641
Turnout: 60%

2022 Senate class 3, Faulk County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	780	82.4%
Brian Bengs (D)	120	12.7%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	47	5.0%
TOTAL	947
Turnout: 60%

2022 Senate class 3, Grant County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	2,492	77.9%
Brian Bengs (D)	601	18.8%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	105	3.3%
TOTAL	3,198
Turnout: 55%

2022 Senate class 3, Gregory County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	1,663	82.2%
Brian Bengs (D)	279	13.8%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	82	4.1%
TOTAL	2,024
Turnout: 67%

2022 Senate class 3, Haakon County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	864	89.1%
Brian Bengs (D)	56	5.8%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	50	5.2%
TOTAL	970
Turnout: 72%

2022 Senate class 3, Hamlin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	2,214	81.9%
Brian Bengs (D)	366	13.5%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	123	4.6%
TOTAL	2,703
Turnout: 63%

2022 Senate class 3, Hand County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	1,242	82.3%
Brian Bengs (D)	198	13.1%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	70	4.6%
TOTAL	1,510
Turnout: 62%

2022 Senate class 3, Hanson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	1,323	81.2%
Brian Bengs (D)	254	15.6%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	52	3.2%
TOTAL	1,629
Turnout: 66%

2022 Senate class 3, Harding County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	605	90.6%
Brian Bengs (D)	22	3.3%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	41	6.1%
TOTAL	668
Turnout: 61%

2022 Senate class 3, Hughes County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	5,467	73.4%
Brian Bengs (D)	1,683	22.6%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	301	4.0%
TOTAL	7,451
Turnout: 56%

2022 Senate class 3, Hutchinson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	2,619	83.4%
Brian Bengs (D)	417	13.3%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	106	3.4%
TOTAL	3,142
Turnout: 58%

2022 Senate class 3, Hyde County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	484	83.4%
Brian Bengs (D)	78	13.4%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	18	3.1%
TOTAL	580
Turnout: 63%

2022 Senate class 3, Jackson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	617	68.6%
Brian Bengs (D)	215	23.9%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	67	7.5%
TOTAL	899
Turnout: 45%

2022 Senate class 3, Jerauld County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	676	78.2%
Brian Bengs (D)	154	17.8%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	34	3.9%
TOTAL	864
Turnout: 69%

2022 Senate class 3, Jones County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	383	82.4%
Brian Bengs (D)	46	9.9%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	36	7.7%
TOTAL	465
Turnout: 71%

2022 Senate class 3, Kingsbury County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	2,000	79.1%
Brian Bengs (D)	441	17.4%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	89	3.5%
TOTAL	2,530
Turnout: 63%

2022 Senate class 3, Lake County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	3,615	73.5%
Brian Bengs (D)	1,139	23.2%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	164	3.3%
TOTAL	4,918
Turnout: 57%

2022 Senate class 3, Lawrence County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	8,439	69.5%
Brian Bengs (D)	3,061	25.2%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	646	5.3%
TOTAL	12,146
Turnout: 56%

2022 Senate class 3, Lincoln County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	19,703	70.4%
Brian Bengs (D)	7,365	26.3%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	912	3.3%
TOTAL	27,980
Turnout: 55%

2022 Senate class 3, Lyman County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	944	72.7%
Brian Bengs (D)	290	22.3%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	65	5.0%
TOTAL	1,299
Turnout: 49%

2022 Senate class 3, Marshall County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	1,272	67.7%
Brian Bengs (D)	545	29.0%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	62	3.3%
TOTAL	1,879
Turnout: 57%

2022 Senate class 3, McCook County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	2,033	80.3%
Brian Bengs (D)	408	16.1%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	92	3.6%
TOTAL	2,533
Turnout: 61%

2022 Senate class 3, McPherson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	954	86.6%
Brian Bengs (D)	108	9.8%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	40	3.6%
TOTAL	1,102
Turnout: 56%

2022 Senate class 3, Meade County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	8,934	75.9%
Brian Bengs (D)	2,134	18.1%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	702	6.0%
TOTAL	11,770
Turnout: 50%

2022 Senate class 3, Mellette County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	415	66.5%
Brian Bengs (D)	165	26.4%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	44	7.1%
TOTAL	624
Turnout: 47%

2022 Senate class 3, Miner County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	813	81.0%
Brian Bengs (D)	161	16.0%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	30	3.0%
TOTAL	1,004
Turnout: 56%

2022 Senate class 3, Minnehaha County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	46,551	62.8%
Brian Bengs (D)	24,772	33.4%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	2,821	3.8%
TOTAL	74,144
Turnout: 49%

2022 Senate class 3, Moody County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	1,839	69.6%
Brian Bengs (D)	694	26.3%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	109	4.1%
TOTAL	2,642
Turnout: 57%

2022 Senate class 3, Pennington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	30,398	67.3%
Brian Bengs (D)	12,441	27.6%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	2,314	5.1%
TOTAL	45,153
Turnout: 52%

2022 Senate class 3, Perkins County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	1,141	83.3%
Brian Bengs (D)	133	9.7%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	95	6.9%
TOTAL	1,369
Turnout: 64%

2022 Senate class 3, Potter County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	937	85.7%
Brian Bengs (D)	123	11.3%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	33	3.0%
TOTAL	1,093
Turnout: 58%

2022 Senate class 3, Roberts County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	2,384	67.5%
Brian Bengs (D)	1,000	28.3%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	147	4.2%
TOTAL	3,531
Turnout: 48%

2022 Senate class 3, Sanborn County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	821	81.9%
Brian Bengs (D)	154	15.4%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	27	2.7%
TOTAL	1,002
Turnout: 57%

2022 Senate class 3, Oglala Lakota County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	422	17.3%
Brian Bengs (D)	1,889	77.4%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	129	5.3%
TOTAL	2,440
Turnout: 29%

2022 Senate class 3, Spink County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	2,027	76.1%
Brian Bengs (D)	546	20.5%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	91	3.4%
TOTAL	2,664
Turnout: 56%

2022 Senate class 3, Stanley County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	1,138	78.6%
Brian Bengs (D)	245	16.9%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	64	4.4%
TOTAL	1,447
Turnout: 61%

2022 Senate class 3, Sully County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	622	79.4%
Brian Bengs (D)	114	14.6%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	47	6.0%
TOTAL	783
Turnout: 63%

2022 Senate class 3, Todd County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	502	26.3%
Brian Bengs (D)	1,308	68.4%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	101	5.3%
TOTAL	1,911
Turnout: 36%

2022 Senate class 3, Tripp County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	1,861	83.2%
Brian Bengs (D)	263	11.8%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	113	5.1%
TOTAL	2,237
Turnout: 53%

2022 Senate class 3, Turner County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	3,078	80.0%
Brian Bengs (D)	602	15.6%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	168	4.4%
TOTAL	3,848
Turnout: 58%

2022 Senate class 3, Union County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	4,991	74.3%
Brian Bengs (D)	1,497	22.3%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	229	3.4%
TOTAL	6,717
Turnout: 52%

2022 Senate class 3, Walworth County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	1,645	80.7%
Brian Bengs (D)	301	14.8%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	92	4.5%
TOTAL	2,038
Turnout: 51%

2022 Senate class 3, Yankton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	6,051	68.3%
Brian Bengs (D)	2,462	27.8%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	340	3.8%
TOTAL	8,853
Turnout: 48%

2022 Senate class 3, Ziebach County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Thune* (R)	389	57.4%
Brian Bengs (D)	242	35.7%
Tamara Lesnar (Lbt)	47	6.9%
TOTAL	678
Turnout: 40%

Campaign finance data for this election**:

John Thune*
Total Disbursements:	$6,877,438
Total Receipts:	$13,176,738
Cash on Hand:	$16,942,232
Candidate Contributions:	$0
Candidate Loans:	$0
Individual Contributions:	$6,567,959
Party Contributions:	$0
Other Committee Contributions:	$4,242,315
Other Committee Transfers:	$962,650
Indep. Expenditures Supporting:	$104,388
Indep. Expenditures Opposing:	$2,950
Net Independent Expenditures:	$101,438
Net Spending:	$6,978,876

Brian Bengs
Total Disbursements:	$492,266
Total Receipts:	$497,968
Cash on Hand:	$5,701
Candidate Contributions:	$3,600
Candidate Loans:	$20,000
Individual Contributions:	$449,261
Party Contributions:	$12,455
Other Committee Contributions:	$12,600
Other Committee Transfers:	$0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting:	$0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing:	$0
Net Independent Expenditures:	$0
Net Spending:	$492,266

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/SD/2022

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