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Jones County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Mike Rounds (R) got 84% of the U.S. Senate vote in Jones County. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Jones County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
83.5%380
Brian Bengs
16.5%75
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
89.2%405
Dan Ahlers
10.8%49
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Jones 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.

1 local contest in Jones County

County offices on Jones 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 Commissioner At Large - Jones 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Lori Waldron R25230.3%
Jake Lolley I23328.0%
Marty M Roghair I18622.4%
Rodney Mann I16119.4%

Lori Waldron and Jake Lolley ahead in Jones 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 +78.4R +77.7R +0.8
SD-ALR +73.8——

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 Jones County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris10.9%Donald Trump86.7%R +75.8550
2020Joe Biden15.0%Donald Trump83.1%R +68.1599
2016Hillary Clinton12.4%Donald Trump80.6%R +68.3558
2012Barack Obama17.7%Mitt Romney80.5%R +62.7609
2008Barack Obama23.8%John McCain74.9%R +51.1618
2004John Kerry18.7%George W. Bush78.8%R +60.1717
2000Al Gore20.6%George W. Bush76.7%R +56.0664

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 +19.8.

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.