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Charles Mix County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 71% of the vote for governor in Charles Mix County. The margin is 1.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Charles Mix County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
69.1%1,838
Brian Bengs
30.9%821
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
71.2%1,913
Dan Ahlers
28.8%772
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Charles Mix 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 4, 11:27 AM.

2 local contests in Charles Mix County

City and town races and local measures on Charles Mix 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.

Cities & towns

City Council Member - Platte Ward-01

CandidateVotesShare
Jacob Richard Johnson10663.1%
David R. Carter6236.9%

Jacob Richard Johnson ahead in Charles Mix County. Platte's page.

Local measures

Bond Issue : Armour School District 21-1 Bond - Armour School District 21-1

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1359.1%
No940.9%

Yes ahead with 59.1% in Charles Mix County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Yes 367 (72.8%), No 137 (27.2%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +42.5R +43.7D +1.2
SD-ALR +40.5——

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 Charles Mix County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.7%Donald Trump70.6%R +42.93,615
2020Joe Biden31.1%Donald Trump67.5%R +36.43,784
2016Hillary Clinton27.2%Donald Trump69.4%R +42.13,433
2012Barack Obama39.4%Mitt Romney59.2%R +19.83,764
2008Barack Obama45.9%John McCain53.6%R +7.73,937
2004John Kerry44.9%George W. Bush53.3%R +8.44,798
2000Al Gore36.3%George W. Bush61.6%R +25.33,579

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 +17.6.

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.