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Marshall County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 64% of the vote for governor in Marshall County. The margin is 3.0 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Marshall County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
60.8%1,007
Brian Bengs
39.2%648
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
63.7%1,056
Dan Ahlers
36.3%601
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Marshall 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, 8:20 PM.

1 local contest in Marshall County

County offices on Marshall 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 - Marshall - Marshall-5

CandidateVotesShare
Timothy Dahme R16553.4%
Jerry J. Burger D14446.6%

Timothy Dahme ahead in Marshall 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 +27.5R +24.4R +3.0
SD-ALR +28.4——

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 Marshall County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris37.1%Donald Trump61.1%R +24.02,109
2020Joe Biden39.4%Donald Trump59.1%R +19.72,178
2016Hillary Clinton38.7%Donald Trump54.2%R +15.51,947
2012Barack Obama53.4%Mitt Romney44.7%D +8.71,987
2008Barack Obama57.9%John McCain41.3%D +16.62,177
2004John Kerry46.5%George W. Bush52.5%R +6.02,364
2000Al Gore45.2%George W. Bush52.8%R +7.62,079

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 +16.4.

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.