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Clark County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 80% of the vote for governor in Clark County. The margin is 6.8 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Clark County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
76.3%1,170
Brian Bengs
23.7%363
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
80.3%1,232
Dan Ahlers
19.7%302
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Clark 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, 11:05 PM.

2 local contests in Clark County

County offices on Clark 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

County Commissioner - Clark - Clark-3

CandidateVotesShare
Dave Dohmann R18954.8%
Wade McGraw I15645.2%

Dave Dohmann ahead in Clark County.

County Commissioner - Clark - Clark-5

CandidateVotesShare
John A Grosz R23250.1%
Sara Gjerde I18940.8%
Judith J Butcher-Fuller I429.1%

John A Grosz ahead in Clark 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 +60.6R +53.8R +6.8
SD-ALR +61.3——

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 Clark County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris22.5%Donald Trump75.0%R +52.51,842
2020Joe Biden23.6%Donald Trump74.2%R +50.61,850
2016Hillary Clinton24.0%Donald Trump68.7%R +44.71,657
2012Barack Obama39.2%Mitt Romney58.6%R +19.41,821
2008Barack Obama43.2%John McCain55.5%R +12.21,920
2004John Kerry37.6%George W. Bush61.7%R +24.12,327
2000Al Gore37.5%George W. Bush60.3%R +22.82,108

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 +29.7.

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.