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Kingsbury County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 72% of the vote for governor in Kingsbury County. That's about the same margin as the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Kingsbury County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
69.3%1,421
Brian Bengs
30.7%630
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
72.4%1,490
Dan Ahlers
27.6%567
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Kingsbury 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, 9:00 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +44.9R +44.7R +0.2
SD-ALR +48.0——

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 Kingsbury County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.1%Donald Trump71.0%R +43.92,801
2020Joe Biden29.5%Donald Trump68.5%R +39.02,779
2016Hillary Clinton27.6%Donald Trump65.9%R +38.32,551
2012Barack Obama41.9%Mitt Romney55.6%R +13.82,608
2008Barack Obama46.6%John McCain52.4%R +5.82,739
2004John Kerry38.6%George W. Bush59.9%R +21.33,014
2000Al Gore38.5%George W. Bush59.1%R +20.62,727

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 +23.2.

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.