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Beadle County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 70% of the vote for governor in Beadle County. That's about the same margin as the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Beadle County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
68.4%3,282
Brian Bengs
31.6%1,518
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
70.4%3,397
Dan Ahlers
29.6%1,427
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Beadle 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, 9:45 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +40.8R +41.0D +0.2
SD-ALR +45.2——

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 Beadle County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris28.8%Donald Trump68.8%R +40.17,010
2020Joe Biden29.8%Donald Trump67.9%R +38.17,081
2016Hillary Clinton28.2%Donald Trump65.8%R +37.66,772
2012Barack Obama39.7%Mitt Romney58.2%R +18.67,263
2008Barack Obama45.8%John McCain53.1%R +7.47,630
2004John Kerry40.6%George W. Bush58.0%R +17.48,480
2000Al Gore41.6%George W. Bush56.2%R +14.67,739

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 +25.5.

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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.