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Douglas County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Mike Rounds (R) got 86% of the U.S. Senate vote in Douglas County. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Douglas County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
86.1%1,084
Brian Bengs
13.9%175
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
88.9%1,119
Dan Ahlers
11.1%140
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Douglas 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, 8:15 PM.

1 local contest in Douglas County

Local measures on Douglas 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.

Local measures

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

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes35473.4%
No12826.6%

Yes ahead with 73.4% in Douglas 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 +77.8R +73.3R +4.5
SD-ALR +75.9——

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 Douglas County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris13.2%Donald Trump85.6%R +72.41,658
2020Joe Biden12.7%Donald Trump86.0%R +73.31,707
2016Hillary Clinton13.3%Donald Trump83.4%R +70.01,605
2012Barack Obama19.6%Mitt Romney78.9%R +59.31,690
2008Barack Obama24.4%John McCain74.5%R +50.11,735
2004John Kerry19.5%George W. Bush79.3%R +59.82,012
2000Al Gore21.2%George W. Bush76.7%R +55.51,709

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 +16.9.

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.