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Faulk County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 84% of the vote for governor in Faulk County. The margin is 1.9 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Faulk County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
80.7%658
Brian Bengs
19.3%157
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
84.3%695
Dan Ahlers
15.7%129
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Faulk 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.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +68.7R +66.8R +1.9
SD-ALR +69.9——

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 Faulk County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris16.2%Donald Trump81.4%R +65.21,130
2020Joe Biden16.8%Donald Trump81.6%R +64.81,182
2016Hillary Clinton18.2%Donald Trump76.7%R +58.51,118
2012Barack Obama29.4%Mitt Romney67.9%R +38.51,127
2008Barack Obama36.3%John McCain62.9%R +26.71,174
2004John Kerry30.5%George W. Bush69.0%R +38.51,369
2000Al Gore29.2%George W. Bush68.0%R +38.81,329

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 +26.4.

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.