Bradley Novreske withdrew from the ballot on June 17, 2020.

This was an uncontested special election for the unexpired term.

John Fitzgerald was elected to South Dakota's Fourth Judicial Circuit in November 2022. Brenda Harvey was appointed as the Lawrence County State's Attorney by the Lawrence County Commission to fill the vacancy.

Bordewyk may have been the incumbent by appointment by early 2020.

This was a special election for the two-year unexpired term.

Johnson was appointed as the State's Attorney in January 2020 following the resignation of the previous incumbent.

Mark Vargo was appointed as the interim Attorney General of South Dakota in June 2022. After serving the interim term, Vargo returned to the Pennington County State's Attorney position but officially resigned in April 2023 for a position in Thailand. Lara Roetzel was appointed as the Pennington County State's Attorney by the Pennington County Board of Commissioners in 2023. Roetzel had previously served as interim State's Attorney of Pennington County in 2022, during the term of Mark Vargo as the interim South Dakota Attorney General.

Craig Smith was the only candidate for State's Attorney in the 2020 election. Lillian Storer assumed the position prior to 2024.

No candidate ran for Robert's County State's Attorney in 2020 including incumbent, Kay Nikolas, who retired in 2020. Dylan Kirchmeier was appointed to the position.

Kirchmeier ran in the 2022 election for the two-year unexpired term.

Cheryl Bogue resigned as State's Attorney for the counties of Corson and Ziebach in 2021. Shane Penfield was appointed as State's Attorney in Ziebach County in 2021.