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Aurora County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 76% of the vote for governor in Aurora County. The margin is 2.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Aurora County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
70.1%679
Brian Bengs
29.9%289
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
76.4%746
Dan Ahlers
23.6%230
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Aurora County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 3, 8:35 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +52.9R +55.5D +2.7
SD-ALR +47.2——

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Aurora County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris21.7%Donald Trump75.8%R +54.11,393
2020Joe Biden22.6%Donald Trump74.9%R +52.31,405
2016Hillary Clinton24.2%Donald Trump69.2%R +45.11,407
2012Barack Obama39.7%Mitt Romney57.4%R +17.71,400
2008Barack Obama44.6%John McCain54.1%R +9.51,468
2004John Kerry37.6%George W. Bush61.2%R +23.61,649
2000Al Gore36.3%George W. Bush59.9%R +23.61,413

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +30.5.

Other counties in South Dakota

South Dakota results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until South Dakota certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. South Dakota's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.