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McPherson County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 86% of the vote for governor in McPherson County. The margin is 2.0 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in McPherson County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
82.3%816
Brian Bengs
17.7%176
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
86.3%861
Dan Ahlers
13.7%137
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in McPherson 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, 8:05 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +72.5R +70.5R +2.0
SD-ALR +74.5——

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 McPherson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris14.5%Donald Trump83.7%R +69.21,299
2020Joe Biden16.8%Donald Trump81.2%R +64.41,324
2016Hillary Clinton16.9%Donald Trump78.5%R +61.61,137
2012Barack Obama22.4%Mitt Romney75.8%R +53.41,215
2008Barack Obama32.3%John McCain67.1%R +34.81,364
2004John Kerry23.4%George W. Bush74.7%R +51.41,579
2000Al Gore20.8%George W. Bush75.7%R +54.91,417

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 +14.3.

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.