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Codington County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 68% of the vote for governor in Codington County. The margin is 4.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Codington County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
65.0%6,421
Brian Bengs
35.0%3,452
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
68.5%6,774
Dan Ahlers
31.5%3,122
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Codington 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, 10:55 PM.

2 local contests in Codington County

County offices and local measures on Codington 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 Auditor - Codington

CandidateVotesShare
Brenda Hanten R4,99152.3%
Debbie Melville I4,56047.7%

Brenda Hanten ahead in Codington County.

Local measures

Referendum 83: AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING A COUNTY GROSS RECEIPTS TAX AND A USE TAX FOR CODINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA - Codington

ChoiceVotesShare
No5,52160.4%
Yes3,62639.6%

No ahead with 60.4% in Codington 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 +36.9R +41.8D +4.9
SD-ALR +39.6——

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 Codington County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris28.4%Donald Trump69.2%R +40.813,510
2020Joe Biden29.2%Donald Trump68.1%R +38.913,160
2016Hillary Clinton27.2%Donald Trump66.5%R +39.311,669
2012Barack Obama39.8%Mitt Romney58.1%R +18.311,524
2008Barack Obama46.3%John McCain52.8%R +6.512,076
2004John Kerry37.7%George W. Bush61.0%R +23.312,751
2000Al Gore37.6%George W. Bush60.3%R +22.711,138

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 +18.1.

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.