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Moody County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 60% of the vote for governor in Moody County. The margin is 11.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Moody County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
61.9%1,517
Brian Bengs
38.1%933
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
60.4%1,495
Dan Ahlers
39.6%979
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Moody 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, 9:40 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +20.9R +32.6D +11.7
SD-ALR +30.4——

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 Moody County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris33.0%Donald Trump64.8%R +31.93,189
2020Joe Biden36.8%Donald Trump60.9%R +24.13,206
2016Hillary Clinton35.6%Donald Trump59.0%R +23.52,933
2012Barack Obama47.1%Mitt Romney50.6%R +3.53,033
2008Barack Obama51.9%John McCain47.1%D +4.83,203
2004John Kerry46.6%George W. Bush51.9%R +5.23,451
2000Al Gore48.2%George W. Bush49.8%R +1.62,735

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 +30.3.

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.