Elections to the South Dakota Senate were held on November 3, 1942, to elect 35 candidates to the Senate to serve a two-year term in the 28th South Dakota Legislature. Republicans won thirty-one seats, retaining their supermajority status in the chamber. Democrats won four seats.[1]: 348–359  Republican Senator D. J. Tiede of Parkston (District 4, Douglas–Hutchinson) was re-elected President pro tempore of the Senate.[1]: 164 

This election took place alongside races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor, state house, and numerous other state and local elections.

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  1. 1 2 South Dakota Manual 1943. Pierre, South Dakota: South Dakota Bureau of Public Printing. 1943. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
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