The 2024 South Dakota Public Utilities Commission election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect one of three members of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. Incumbent Republican Kristie Fiegen was re-elected to a third full term in office, defeating Democratic challenger Forrest Wilson in a landslide. Fiegen was sworn in on January 13, 2025.
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Kristie Fiegen, incumbent public utilities commissioner (2011–present)https://www.gowatertown.net/fiegen-announces-shes-running-for-re-election-to-south-dakota-puc/
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Forrest Wilson, director of the Lead-Deadwood Boys & Girls Club
Libertarian primary Candidates Nominee Gideon Oakes, businessman and volunteer emergency medical technician
General election
Results
By county CountyKristie FiegenRepublicanForrest WilsonDemocraticGideon OakesLibertarianMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Aurora1,03478.87%23918.23%382.90%79560.64%1,311Beadle4,95574.49%1,44821.77%2493.74%3,50752.72%6,652Bennett58859.82%34735.30%484.88%24124.52%983Bon Homme2,14776.38%54619.42%1184.20%1,60156.95%2,811Brookings9,19165.76%4,12629.52%6594.72%5,06536.24%13,976Brown10,62866.87%4,56728.74%6984.39%6,06138.14%15,893Brule1,71975.13%48121.02%883.85%1,23854.11%2,288Buffalo16637.22%26158.52%194.26%-95-21.30%446Butte3,71977.80%73515.38%3266.82%2,98462.43%4,780Campbell66686.27%8010.36%263.37%58675.91%772Charles Mix2,51172.45%84624.41%1093.14%1,66548.04%3,466Clark1,32478.02%31318.44%603.54%1,01159.58%1,697Clay2,74352.19%2,27243.23%2414.59%4718.96%5,256Codington9,22074.34%2,67221.54%5114.12%6,54852.79%12,403Corson59554.69%43740.17%565.15%15814.52%1,088Custer3,97169.52%1,16320.36%57810.12%2,80849.16%5,712Davison6,28374.13%1,85021.83%3434.05%4,43352.30%8,476Day1,81368.00%75028.13%1033.86%1,06339.87%2,666Deuel1,64576.30%38918.04%1225.66%1,25658.26%2,156Dewey72141.44%92953.39%905.17%-208-11.95%1,740Douglas1,41789.46%1439.03%241.52%1,27480.43%1,584Edmunds1,54481.09%30415.97%562.94%1,24065.13%1,904Fall River2,89871.38%83720.62%3258.00%2,06150.76%4,060Faulk86982.76%14914.19%323.05%72068.57%1,050Grant2,53775.84%66719.94%1414.22%1,87055.90%3,345Gregory1,69880.28%34716.41%703.31%1,35163.88%2,115Haakon96390.08%736.83%333.09%89083.26%1,069Hamlin2,51182.25%43114.12%1113.64%2,08068.13%3,053Hand1,34781.00%26415.87%523.13%1,08365.12%1,663Hanson1,53680.25%32817.14%502.61%1,20863.11%1,914Harding71491.54%364.62%303.85%67886.92%780Hughes5,80372.10%1,83722.83%4085.07%3,96649.28%8,048Hutchinson3,01384.30%44412.42%1173.27%2,56971.88%3,574Hyde54181.60%9914.93%233.47%44266.67%663Jackson70365.82%32230.15%434.03%38135.67%1,068Jerauld71676.82%20121.57%151.61%51555.26%932Jones46588.24%417.78%213.98%42480.46%527Kingsbury2,03176.84%51019.30%1023.86%1,52157.55%2,643Lake4,15174.30%1,20521.57%2314.13%2,94652.73%5,587Lawrence9,46065.74%3,92727.29%1,0036.97%5,53338.45%14,390Lincoln23,93169.91%8,79625.70%1,5054.40%15,13544.21%34,232Lyman96870.20%34224.80%695.00%62645.40%1,379Marshall1,25964.83%61231.51%713.66%64733.32%1,942McCook2,25878.62%50617.62%1083.76%1,75261.00%2,872McPherson1,05385.40%13110.62%493.97%92274.78%1,233Meade9,92873.20%2,55418.83%1,0807.96%7,37454.37%13,562Mellette40258.26%24435.36%446.38%15822.90%690Miner84478.95%19217.96%333.09%65260.99%1,069Minnehaha54,70062.42%28,58732.62%4,3464.96%26,11329.80%87,633Moody2,14269.59%82126.67%1153.74%1,32142.92%3,078Oglala Lakota35712.34%2,37982.26%1565.39%-2,022-69.92%2,892Pennington33,05662.65%15,38429.16%4,3248.19%17,67233.49%52,764Perkins1,23482.87%18412.36%714.77%1,05070.52%1,489Potter1,03884.53%15312.46%373.01%88572.07%1,228Roberts2,34861.31%1,32734.65%1554.05%1,02126.66%3,830Sanborn92880.77%18215.84%393.39%74664.93%1,149Spink2,20873.95%66522.27%1133.78%1,54351.67%2,986Stanley1,25876.71%29818.17%845.12%96058.54%1,640Sully69982.43%11012.97%394.60%58969.46%848Todd47523.22%1,45871.26%1135.52%-983-48.04%2,046Tripp2,11983.00%35713.98%773.02%1,76269.02%2,553Turner3,47379.58%69115.83%2004.58%2,78263.75%4,364Union6,02172.38%1,91823.06%3804.57%4,10349.32%8,319Walworth1,88880.79%36615.66%833.55%1,52265.13%2,337Yankton6,59366.67%2,82828.60%4684.73%3,76538.07%9,889Ziebach36349.12%32844.38%486.50%354.74%739Totals272,09967.80%108,02926.92%21,1765.28%164,07040.88%401,304
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Clay (largest city: Vermillion) Corson (largest city: McLaughlin) Ziebach (largest city: Dupree)
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