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Fall River County, South Dakota

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

2026 results in Fall River County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
67.9%2,218
Brian Bengs
32.1%1,050
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
74.2%2,420
Dan Ahlers
25.8%841
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Fall River 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 5, 11:21 AM.

1 local contest in Fall River County

County offices on Fall River 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 - Fall River

CandidateVotesShare
Bobbie J Janis R2,17667.9%
Lily Heidebrink I1,03132.1%

Bobbie J Janis ahead in Fall River 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 +48.4R +50.5D +2.1
SD-ALR +49.8——

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 Fall River County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris24.1%Donald Trump73.4%R +49.34,274
2020Joe Biden26.1%Donald Trump71.2%R +45.24,042
2016Hillary Clinton23.0%Donald Trump70.5%R +47.43,563
2012Barack Obama32.4%Mitt Romney64.2%R +31.83,516
2008Barack Obama35.6%John McCain62.5%R +26.93,755
2004John Kerry34.5%George W. Bush62.8%R +28.33,845
2000Al Gore33.0%George W. Bush63.7%R +30.73,429

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 +18.6.

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.