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Hand County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 83% of the vote for governor in Hand County. The margin is 7.8 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Hand County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
78.1%989
Brian Bengs
21.9%278
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
83.0%1,056
Dan Ahlers
17.0%217
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Hand 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, 10:00 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +65.9R +58.1R +7.8
SD-ALR +65.3——

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 Hand County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris20.7%Donald Trump78.0%R +57.31,764
2020Joe Biden20.3%Donald Trump78.1%R +57.71,836
2016Hillary Clinton18.4%Donald Trump76.5%R +58.11,818
2012Barack Obama31.1%Mitt Romney67.2%R +36.11,848
2008Barack Obama36.2%John McCain62.9%R +26.71,981
2004John Kerry30.5%George W. Bush67.8%R +37.22,187
2000Al Gore27.8%George W. Bush69.9%R +42.02,031

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 +15.3.

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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.