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Grant County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Mike Rounds (R) got 70% of the U.S. Senate vote in Grant County. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Grant County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
70.4%2,043
Brian Bengs
29.6%858
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
72.7%2,109
Dan Ahlers
27.3%792
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Grant 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, 10:35 PM.

2 local contests in Grant County

County offices and local measures on Grant 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 - Grant

CandidateVotesShare
Brittany Folk R1,73360.6%
Kathy Folk D1,12539.4%

Brittany Folk ahead in Grant County.

Local measures

Question : TEMPORARY ONE PERCENT (1%) MUNICIPAL GROSS RECEIPTS TAX - Milbank

ChoiceVotesShare
No95575.7%
Yes30724.3%

No ahead with 75.7% in Grant 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 +45.4R +46.6D +1.2
SD-ALR +47.7——

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 Grant County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris26.1%Donald Trump71.5%R +45.43,630
2020Joe Biden28.2%Donald Trump69.9%R +41.73,745
2016Hillary Clinton27.2%Donald Trump66.8%R +39.63,564
2012Barack Obama41.4%Mitt Romney56.4%R +15.03,606
2008Barack Obama47.3%John McCain51.7%R +4.43,774
2004John Kerry39.9%George W. Bush58.5%R +18.64,090
2000Al Gore38.5%George W. Bush58.4%R +19.83,830

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 +25.6.

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.