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Spink County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 72% of the vote for governor in Spink County. The margin is 3.8 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Spink County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
68.2%1,539
Brian Bengs
31.8%718
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
71.9%1,632
Dan Ahlers
28.1%639
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Spink 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, 8:45 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +43.7R +39.9R +3.8
SD-ALR +44.7——

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 Spink County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris29.3%Donald Trump68.3%R +39.03,139
2020Joe Biden31.6%Donald Trump66.5%R +35.03,163
2016Hillary Clinton31.1%Donald Trump62.8%R +31.72,951
2012Barack Obama42.7%Mitt Romney54.9%R +12.23,041
2008Barack Obama47.9%John McCain51.3%R +3.43,239
2004John Kerry39.2%George W. Bush59.9%R +20.73,774
2000Al Gore38.8%George W. Bush59.6%R +20.83,284

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 +18.2.

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.