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Sanborn County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 72% of the vote for governor in Sanborn County. The margin is 11.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Sanborn County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
70.7%585
Brian Bengs
29.3%242
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
72.4%602
Dan Ahlers
27.6%229
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Sanborn 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, 8:15 PM.

1 local contest in Sanborn County

County offices on Sanborn 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 - Sanborn - Sanborn-1

CandidateVotesShare
Jeff Ebersdorfer D7951.3%
Phillip Hinker R7548.7%

Jeff Ebersdorfer ahead in Sanborn 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 +44.9R +56.4D +11.5
SD-ALR +45.2——

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 Sanborn County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris21.4%Donald Trump76.7%R +55.31,212
2020Joe Biden21.7%Donald Trump76.4%R +54.71,185
2016Hillary Clinton21.5%Donald Trump72.9%R +51.51,123
2012Barack Obama34.9%Mitt Romney61.7%R +26.81,115
2008Barack Obama42.3%John McCain56.6%R +14.31,181
2004John Kerry40.7%George W. Bush57.3%R +16.51,426
2000Al Gore36.9%George W. Bush60.5%R +23.61,268

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 +31.7.

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.