South Dakota results by county
Every county that has finished counting (95% or more), with its 2026 margin and the change from the 2024 presidential vote in the same county.
South Dakota Senate
Mike Rounds won (60.5%).
County results appear as counties finish counting on election night.
South Dakota Governor
Larry Rhoden won (63.4%).
65 of 66 counties counted. Together, those counties moved toward D 2.5 points from 2024.
| County | Votes | 2026 | 2024 | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 976 | R+52.9 | R+54.1 | D+1.3 |
| Beadle | 4,824 | R+40.8 | R+40.1 | R+0.8 |
| Bennett | 833 | R+22.4 | R+26.4 | D+3.9 |
| Bon Homme | 2,146 | R+50.0 | R+51.4 | D+1.4 |
| Brookings | 11,506 | R+18.6 | R+17.4 | R+1.2 |
| Brown | 12,048 | R+27.7 | R+26.8 | R+0.8 |
| Brule | 1,774 | R+42.8 | R+42.4 | R+0.4 |
| Buffalo | 379 | D+27.2 | D+27.3 | R+0.1 |
| Butte | 3,434 | R+59.9 | R+60.6 | D+0.8 |
| Campbell | 601 | R+73.4 | R+70.1 | R+3.3 |
| Charles Mix | 2,678 | R+42.8 | R+42.9 | D+0.1 |
| Clark | 1,534 | R+60.6 | R+52.5 | R+8.1 |
| Clay | 4,086 | D+10.0 | D+6.5 | D+3.4 |
| Codington | 9,896 | R+36.9 | R+40.8 | D+3.9 |
| Corson | 726 | R+12.7 | R+11.9 | R+0.8 |
| Custer | 4,642 | R+47.3 | R+45.8 | R+1.5 |
| Davison | 6,067 | R+36.3 | R+37.8 | D+1.5 |
| Day | 2,272 | R+29.1 | R+29.9 | D+0.7 |
| Deuel | 1,688 | R+48.5 | R+51.7 | D+3.3 |
| Dewey | 1,285 | D+7.7 | D+12.8 | R+5.1 |
| Douglas | 1,259 | R+77.8 | R+72.4 | R+5.4 |
| Edmunds | 1,440 | R+58.8 | R+60.8 | D+2.0 |
| Fall River | 3,260 | R+48.4 | R+49.3 | D+0.8 |
| Faulk | 824 | R+68.7 | R+65.2 | R+3.5 |
| Grant | 2,901 | R+45.4 | R+45.4 | 0.0 |
| Gregory | 1,576 | R+58.2 | R+60.2 | D+1.9 |
| Haakon | 837 | R+79.7 | R+79.9 | D+0.2 |
| Hamlin | 2,237 | R+57.0 | R+60.4 | D+3.5 |
| Hand | 1,273 | R+65.9 | R+57.3 | R+8.6 |
| Hanson | 1,134 | R+57.8 | R+59.2 | D+1.4 |
| Harding | 663 | R+90.0 | R+86.1 | R+3.9 |
| Hughes | 6,518 | R+37.6 | R+30.1 | R+7.5 |
| Hutchinson | 2,557 | R+59.6 | R+57.9 | R+1.7 |
| Hyde | 504 | R+65.9 | R+55.0 | R+10.9 |
| Jackson | 772 | R+39.9 | R+35.1 | R+4.8 |
| Jerauld | 699 | D+53.1 | R+43.2 | D+96.3 |
| Jones | 454 | R+78.4 | R+75.8 | R+2.6 |
| Kingsbury | 2,057 | R+44.9 | R+43.9 | R+1.0 |
| Lake | 4,446 | R+31.4 | R+31.2 | R+0.3 |
| Lawrence | 10,583 | R+32.2 | R+31.3 | R+0.8 |
| Lincoln | 26,310 | R+21.8 | R+26.5 | D+4.7 |
| Lyman | 1,123 | R+38.9 | R+39.5 | D+0.5 |
| Marshall | 1,657 | R+27.5 | R+24.0 | R+3.5 |
| McCook | 2,173 | R+43.8 | R+49.3 | D+5.5 |
| McPherson | 998 | R+72.5 | R+69.2 | R+3.3 |
| Meade | 10,028 | R+50.3 | R+50.9 | D+0.6 |
| Mellette | 612 | R+31.7 | R+20.1 | R+11.6 |
| Miner | 902 | R+46.8 | R+47.0 | D+0.2 |
| Minnehaha | 66,446 | R+5.2 | R+12.7 | D+7.5 |
| Moody | 2,474 | R+20.9 | R+31.9 | D+11.0 |
| Pennington | 37,228 | R+25.5 | R+26.4 | D+0.9 |
| Perkins | 1,272 | R+73.3 | R+70.0 | R+3.3 |
| Potter | 928 | R+69.6 | R+65.1 | R+4.5 |
| Roberts | 2,971 | R+18.2 | R+23.0 | D+4.8 |
| Sanborn | 831 | R+44.9 | R+55.3 | D+10.4 |
| Spink | 2,271 | R+43.7 | R+39.0 | R+4.7 |
| Stanley | 1,332 | R+53.2 | R+46.9 | R+6.3 |
| Sully | 712 | R+67.7 | R+60.8 | R+6.9 |
| Todd | 1,643 | D+51.4 | D+50.5 | D+1.0 |
| Tripp | 1,937 | R+65.1 | R+63.3 | R+1.8 |
| Turner | 3,251 | R+48.8 | R+51.3 | D+2.6 |
| Union | 5,814 | R+34.0 | R+40.7 | D+6.7 |
| Walworth | 1,648 | R+61.3 | R+59.2 | R+2.1 |
| Yankton | 7,704 | R+23.0 | R+25.5 | D+2.6 |
| Ziebach | 577 | R+11.6 | R+2.8 | R+8.8 |
Questions and answers
How many counties did each party win in the South Dakota governor's race?
Democrats carry 5 counties and Republicans 60. 65 of 66 counties are fully counted so far.
Which counties moved most from 2024 in the South Dakota governor's race?
Jerauld: 96.3 points toward Democrats; Mellette: 11.6 points toward Republicans; Moody: 11.0 points toward Democrats.
Which South Dakota county cast the most votes?
Minnehaha, with 66,446 votes counted; the margin there was R+5.2.
South Dakota 2026 results recap → · Download as CSV → · Swing from 2024 in every state →
County results: civicAPI. 2024: presidential votes by county (Harris vs. Trump). Margin: Democrat minus Republican, in points of the total.