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Miner County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 73% of the vote for governor in Miner County. The margin is 1.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Miner County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
70.4%622
Brian Bengs
29.6%262
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
73.4%662
Dan Ahlers
26.6%240
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Miner 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, 7:50 PM.

1 local contest in Miner County

County offices on Miner 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 - Miner 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Tim Neises R72635.9%
Mike Clary I53326.4%
Joe Bechen I46623.0%
Kent E Terwilliger I29714.7%

Tim Neises, Mike Clary and Joe Bechen ahead in Miner 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 +46.8R +48.3D +1.5
SD-ALR +50.8——

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 Miner County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris25.1%Donald Trump72.1%R +47.01,167
2020Joe Biden28.1%Donald Trump69.2%R +41.01,138
2016Hillary Clinton26.4%Donald Trump66.4%R +39.91,064
2012Barack Obama42.0%Mitt Romney55.8%R +13.81,140
2008Barack Obama50.5%John McCain48.2%D +2.31,198
2004John Kerry43.6%George W. Bush55.1%R +11.51,470
2000Al Gore41.3%George W. Bush57.2%R +15.91,266

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 +31.1.

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.