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. Republican Senator D. J. Tiede of Parkston (District 4, Douglas–Hutchinson) was re-elected President pro tempore of the Senate.
This election took place alongside races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor, state house, and numerous other state and local elections.
See also List of South Dakota state legislatures
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