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Brown County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 64% of the vote for governor in Brown County. That's about the same margin as the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Brown County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
60.6%7,277
Brian Bengs
39.4%4,734
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
63.8%7,690
Dan Ahlers
36.2%4,358
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Brown 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, 11:25 PM.

2 local contests in Brown County

County offices and local measures on Brown County's ballots, from South Dakota's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

County offices

Sheriff - Brown

CandidateVotesShare
Robert L. Weinmeister R7,62765.4%
Anthony 'Tony' Sorensen D4,03434.6%

Robert L. Weinmeister ahead in Brown County.

Local measures

Referendum 2026: COUNTY GROSS RECEIPTS TAX AND A USE TAX - Brown

ChoiceVotesShare
No6,17956.0%
Yes4,85044.0%

No ahead with 56.0% in Brown County.

South Dakota's official results, these figures first read Nov 12, 4:13 AM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +27.7R +27.3R +0.3
SD-ALR +29.2——

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 Brown County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris35.6%Donald Trump62.5%R +26.817,043
2020Joe Biden37.3%Donald Trump60.3%R +23.017,546
2016Hillary Clinton33.8%Donald Trump59.7%R +25.816,114
2012Barack Obama45.1%Mitt Romney51.8%R +6.716,068
2008Barack Obama52.4%John McCain46.8%D +5.617,253
2004John Kerry42.7%George W. Bush55.8%R +13.118,599
2000Al Gore43.3%George W. Bush54.7%R +11.416,556

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 +15.4.

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.