- Primary date: June 7, 2022
- Mail-in registration deadline: May 23, 2022
- Online registration deadline: N/A
- In-person registration deadline: May 23, 2022
- Early voting starts: April 23, 2022
- Early voting ends: June 6, 2022
- Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Absentee/mail-in voting deadline: June 7, 2022
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| Filing deadline: March 29, 2022
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Primary: June 7, 2022
Primary runoff: August 16, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
Pre-election incumbent(s):
Jason Ravnsborg (Republican)
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Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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A Democratic Party primary will take place on June 7, 2022, in South Dakota to determine which candidate will earn the right to run as the party's nominee in the state's attorney general election on November 8, 2022.
This page focuses on South Dakota's Democratic Party Attorney General primary. For more in-depth information on South Dakota's Republican Attorney General primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- South Dakota Attorney General election, 2022 (June 7 Republican primary)
- South Dakota Attorney General election, 2022
Candidates and election results[edit]
Note: The following list of candidates is unofficial. The filing deadline for this election has passed, and Ballotpedia is working to update this page with the official candidate list. This note will be removed once the official candidate list has been added.
State profile[edit]
| Demographic data for South Dakota |
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| | South Dakota | U.S. |
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| Total population: | 857,919 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 75,811 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** |
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| White: | 85% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 1.6% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 1.2% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 8.6% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 2.6% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 3.3% | 17.1% |
| Education |
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| High school graduation rate: | 90.9% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 27% | 29.8% |
| Income |
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| Median household income: | $50,957 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 15.3% | 11.3% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in South Dakota.
**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. |
Presidential voting pattern[edit]
- See also: Presidential voting trends in South Dakota
South Dakota voted Republican in all six presidential elections between 2000 and 2020.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, five are located in South Dakota, accounting for 2.43 percent of the total pivot counties.[1]
Pivot Counties (2020)
In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. South Dakota had four Retained Pivot Counties and one Boomerang Pivot County, accounting for 2.21 and 4.00 percent of all Retained and Boomerang Pivot Counties, respectively.
More South Dakota coverage on Ballotpedia
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External links[edit]
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- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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