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Jackson County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 70% of the vote for governor in Jackson County. The margin is 3.7 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Jackson County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
66.1%510
Brian Bengs
33.9%261
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
69.7%540
Dan Ahlers
30.3%235
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Jackson 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 5, 1:05 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +39.4R +35.7R +3.7
SD-ALR +36.6——

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 Jackson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris31.6%Donald Trump66.7%R +35.11,129
2020Joe Biden32.2%Donald Trump66.2%R +34.11,116
2016Hillary Clinton29.5%Donald Trump65.9%R +36.41,095
2012Barack Obama38.5%Mitt Romney59.8%R +21.21,106
2008Barack Obama38.9%John McCain59.7%R +20.81,118
2004John Kerry40.0%George W. Bush57.1%R +17.21,271
2000Al Gore30.7%George W. Bush66.1%R +35.41,040

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 D +0.3.

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.