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Perkins County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 87% of the vote for governor in Perkins County. The margin is 2.3 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Perkins County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
77.9%985
Brian Bengs
22.1%280
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
86.6%1,102
Dan Ahlers
13.4%170
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Perkins 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, 10:25 PM.

1 local contest in Perkins County

County offices on Perkins 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

Sheriff - Perkins

CandidateVotesShare
William Merchen I89370.5%
Matthew R Kindsvogel R37429.5%

William Merchen ahead in Perkins 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 +73.3R +71.0R +2.3
SD-ALR +69.9——

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 Perkins County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris14.3%Donald Trump84.3%R +70.01,591
2020Joe Biden14.3%Donald Trump83.9%R +69.61,669
2016Hillary Clinton11.7%Donald Trump83.0%R +71.31,606
2012Barack Obama20.1%Mitt Romney75.8%R +55.71,590
2008Barack Obama30.1%John McCain66.5%R +36.41,656
2004John Kerry23.1%George W. Bush73.3%R +50.21,813
2000Al Gore18.4%George W. Bush76.6%R +58.21,614

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 +11.8.

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.