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Davison County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 68% of the vote for governor in Davison County. The margin is 2.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Davison County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
66.4%4,014
Brian Bengs
33.6%2,027
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
68.1%4,134
Dan Ahlers
31.9%1,933
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Davison 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, 9:05 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +36.3R +38.7D +2.4
SD-ALR +40.3——

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 Davison County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris29.9%Donald Trump67.6%R +37.89,177
2020Joe Biden31.3%Donald Trump66.4%R +35.18,454
2016Hillary Clinton29.6%Donald Trump64.9%R +35.27,952
2012Barack Obama38.2%Mitt Romney59.7%R +21.57,971
2008Barack Obama42.5%John McCain56.6%R +14.18,365
2004John Kerry36.4%George W. Bush62.1%R +25.78,952
2000Al Gore39.0%George W. Bush59.0%R +20.07,528

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 +17.7.

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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.