Certified FEC result table

2022 South Dakota U.S. Senate regular seat

Source-supplied candidate rows and winner markers from the FEC's biennial official compilation.

Source stage

Primary

Printed denominator: 118,511

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Source marker	Cached finance
Thune, John R.S2SD00068	R	85,613	72.24%	W	Candidate record · no 2022 total cached
Bengs, Brian L.S2SD00126	D	Unopposed	Not displayed without a printed denominator	W	Candidate record · no 2022 total cached
Whalen, BruceS2SD00118	R	24,071	20.31%	None	Candidate record · no 2022 total cached
Mowry, MarkS2SD00092	R	8,827	7.45%	None	Candidate record · no 2022 total cached
Lesnar, Tamara J.S2SD00142	LIB	*	Not displayed without a printed denominator	* · * The Libertarian Party nominated by convention on April 23, 2022. Convention nominee is noted with an asterisk.	Candidate record · no 2022 total cached

A winner appears only when the FEC table prints a marker beginning with W. “Unopposed,” *, and # remain source text and are never converted to zero.

Source stage

General election

Printed denominator: 348,020

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Source marker	Cached finance
Thune, John R.S2SD00068	R	242,316	69.63%	W	Candidate record · no 2022 total cached
Bengs, Brian L.S2SD00126	D	91,007	26.15%	None	Candidate record · no 2022 total cached
Lesnar, Tamara J.S2SD00142	LIB	14,697	4.22%	None · * The Libertarian Party nominated by convention on April 23, 2022. Convention nominee is noted with an asterisk.	Candidate record · no 2022 total cached

A winner appears only when the FEC table prints a marker beginning with W. “Unopposed,” *, and # remain source text and are never converted to zero.

Scope

Federal Elections 2022, published February 2025. Percentages are shown only beside the denominator printed for the same race and stage. No values are joined from polling, campaign finance, or another race.