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Hanson County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Mike Rounds (R) got 75% of the U.S. Senate vote in Hanson County.

2026 results in Hanson County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
75.1%887
Brian Bengs
24.9%294
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
78.9%895
Dan Ahlers
21.1%239
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Hanson 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, 8:00 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +57.8R +60.3D +2.5
SD-ALR +56.7——

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 Hanson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris19.5%Donald Trump78.7%R +59.22,046
2020Joe Biden23.3%Donald Trump75.1%R +51.82,388
2016Hillary Clinton21.1%Donald Trump74.6%R +53.52,006
2012Barack Obama31.5%Mitt Romney67.3%R +35.92,416
2008Barack Obama39.8%John McCain59.1%R +19.32,414
2004John Kerry34.7%George W. Bush64.1%R +29.52,150
2000Al Gore32.2%George W. Bush66.4%R +34.31,421

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 +25.0.

Other counties in South Dakota

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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.