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Gregory County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 79% of the vote for governor in Gregory County. The margin is 3.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Gregory County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
75.5%1,186
Brian Bengs
24.5%385
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
79.1%1,247
Dan Ahlers
20.9%329
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Gregory 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 +58.2R +61.6D +3.3
SD-ALR +58.5——

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 Gregory County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris18.8%Donald Trump79.0%R +60.22,267
2020Joe Biden20.2%Donald Trump78.4%R +58.32,258
2016Hillary Clinton18.7%Donald Trump76.5%R +57.82,091
2012Barack Obama27.8%Mitt Romney70.1%R +42.22,151
2008Barack Obama34.8%John McCain64.2%R +29.42,218
2004John Kerry31.9%George W. Bush66.2%R +34.22,546
2000Al Gore31.8%George W. Bush65.9%R +34.12,257

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 +26.1.

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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.