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Jerauld County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 77% of the vote for governor in Jerauld County. The margin is 9.2 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Jerauld County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
70.5%489
Brian Bengs
29.5%205
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
76.5%535
Dan Ahlers
23.5%164
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Jerauld 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 4, 12:38 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +53.1R +43.9R +9.2
SD-ALR +52.2——

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 Jerauld County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.6%Donald Trump70.9%R +43.2999
2020Joe Biden26.8%Donald Trump71.7%R +44.81,006
2016Hillary Clinton27.3%Donald Trump67.0%R +39.7967
2012Barack Obama44.9%Mitt Romney53.5%R +8.51,006
2008Barack Obama49.6%John McCain50.0%R +0.41,092
2004John Kerry39.0%George W. Bush59.5%R +20.61,236
2000Al Gore41.7%George W. Bush55.6%R +13.91,122

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 +29.3.

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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.