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Hutchinson County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 80% of the vote for governor in Hutchinson County. The margin is 0.7 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Hutchinson County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
76.6%1,957
Brian Bengs
23.4%598
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
79.8%2,040
Dan Ahlers
20.2%517
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Hutchinson 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, 8:50 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +59.6R +58.9R +0.7
SD-ALR +59.9——

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 Hutchinson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris20.2%Donald Trump78.1%R +57.93,736
2020Joe Biden20.2%Donald Trump78.2%R +57.93,767
2016Hillary Clinton20.6%Donald Trump74.8%R +54.23,365
2012Barack Obama26.9%Mitt Romney71.6%R +44.63,425
2008Barack Obama34.9%John McCain64.2%R +29.33,561
2004John Kerry28.4%George W. Bush69.9%R +41.54,147
2000Al Gore29.0%George W. Bush68.9%R +39.93,625

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 +18.0.

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.