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Lawrence County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Mike Rounds (R) got 60% of the U.S. Senate vote in Lawrence County. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Lawrence County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
59.5%6,460
Brian Bengs
40.5%4,396
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
66.1%6,994
Dan Ahlers
33.9%3,589
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Lawrence 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, 10:50 PM.

1 local contest in Lawrence County

County offices on Lawrence 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 - Lawrence 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Mike Davies R6,30629.2%
Eric Jennings R5,86927.2%
Robert D. Haiwick R5,47625.3%
Michaela Madrid I3,95118.3%

Mike Davies, Eric Jennings and Robert D. Haiwick ahead in Lawrence 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 +32.2R +32.2D +0.1
SD-ALR +29.9——

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 Lawrence County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris32.9%Donald Trump64.3%R +31.315,409
2020Joe Biden32.8%Donald Trump63.3%R +30.513,825
2016Hillary Clinton28.3%Donald Trump62.6%R +34.211,842
2012Barack Obama35.0%Mitt Romney61.8%R +26.911,359
2008Barack Obama41.5%John McCain57.1%R +15.611,876
2004John Kerry33.2%George W. Bush64.5%R +31.311,619
2000Al Gore29.7%George W. Bush67.3%R +37.59,406

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 +6.2.

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.