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Custer County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Mike Rounds (R) got 68% of the U.S. Senate vote in Custer County. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Custer County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
67.6%3,149
Brian Bengs
32.4%1,507
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
73.7%3,421
Dan Ahlers
26.3%1,223
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Custer 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, 1:48 PM.

1 local contest in Custer County

Districts on Custer 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.

Districts

Conservation District Supervisor - Custer - Custer County

CandidateVotesShare
Greg Neugebauer2,09666.5%
Tamarah Caster1,05433.5%

Greg Neugebauer ahead in Custer 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 +47.3R +46.7R +0.6
SD-ALR +46.6——

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 Custer County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris26.1%Donald Trump71.9%R +45.86,001
2020Joe Biden27.7%Donald Trump70.1%R +42.45,494
2016Hillary Clinton23.7%Donald Trump69.8%R +46.04,721
2012Barack Obama29.5%Mitt Romney67.7%R +38.24,520
2008Barack Obama33.1%John McCain65.4%R +32.24,450
2004John Kerry29.6%George W. Bush67.9%R +38.34,304
2000Al Gore26.7%George W. Bush69.8%R +43.13,573

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 +2.7.

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.