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Brule County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 71% of the vote for governor in Brule County. The margin is 0.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Brule County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
68.4%1,211
Brian Bengs
31.6%560
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
71.4%1,267
Dan Ahlers
28.6%507
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Brule 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, 7:40 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +42.8R +43.6D +0.7
SD-ALR +43.1——

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 Brule County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.5%Donald Trump69.9%R +42.42,423
2020Joe Biden27.0%Donald Trump70.3%R +43.32,490
2016Hillary Clinton25.0%Donald Trump68.4%R +43.42,288
2012Barack Obama34.6%Mitt Romney63.0%R +28.42,379
2008Barack Obama40.1%John McCain58.5%R +18.42,406
2004John Kerry39.6%George W. Bush58.7%R +19.22,629
2000Al Gore37.7%George W. Bush58.5%R +20.82,167

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 +21.7.

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.