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Lyman County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Mike Rounds (R) got 65% of the U.S. Senate vote in Lyman County. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Lyman County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
64.8%729
Brian Bengs
35.2%396
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
69.5%781
Dan Ahlers
30.5%343
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Lyman 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, 7:28 AM.

1 local contest in Lyman County

County offices on Lyman 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 Auditor - Lyman

CandidateVotesShare
Misti Ramser R59254.3%
Jessica Manger I49845.7%

Misti Ramser ahead in Lyman 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 +39.0R +40.4D +1.4
SD-ALR +39.9——

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 Lyman County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris29.2%Donald Trump68.6%R +39.51,447
2020Joe Biden32.9%Donald Trump65.2%R +32.41,597
2016Hillary Clinton26.0%Donald Trump68.8%R +42.81,421
2012Barack Obama38.6%Mitt Romney59.5%R +20.91,569
2008Barack Obama43.7%John McCain55.1%R +11.31,623
2004John Kerry44.9%George W. Bush53.0%R +8.11,940
2000Al Gore34.8%George W. Bush63.1%R +28.41,386

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 +11.1.

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.