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Harding County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 95% of the vote for governor in Harding County. The margin is 2.0 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Harding County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
86.3%567
Brian Bengs
13.7%90
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
95.0%630
Dan Ahlers
5.0%33
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Harding 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, 9:15 PM.

2 local contests in Harding County

County offices and local measures on Harding 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 - Harding

CandidateVotesShare
Kaeloni Latham I48174.2%
Mary Blaha I8813.6%
Clancy Adolph R7912.2%

Kaeloni Latham ahead in Harding County.

Local measures

Bond Issue : Harding County School 31-1 Bond - Harding County School District 31-1

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes40161.9%
No24738.1%

Yes ahead with 61.9% in Harding 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 +90.0R +88.0R +2.0
SD-ALR +86.3——

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 Harding County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris5.9%Donald Trump92.0%R +86.1820
2020Joe Biden6.0%Donald Trump92.0%R +86.0813
2016Hillary Clinton4.9%Donald Trump90.3%R +85.3770
2012Barack Obama11.1%Mitt Romney86.3%R +75.2739
2008Barack Obama18.7%John McCain79.6%R +60.9722
2004John Kerry11.5%George W. Bush86.4%R +74.8815
2000Al Gore8.8%George W. Bush88.9%R +80.2731

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 +5.9.

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.