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Stanley County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 77% of the vote for governor in Stanley County. The margin is 5.5 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Stanley County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
74.0%981
Brian Bengs
26.0%344
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
76.6%1,020
Dan Ahlers
23.4%312
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Stanley 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, 10:00 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +53.2R +47.6R +5.5
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 Stanley County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris25.8%Donald Trump72.6%R +46.91,735
2020Joe Biden25.5%Donald Trump72.8%R +47.31,652
2016Hillary Clinton21.0%Donald Trump73.3%R +52.31,567
2012Barack Obama28.2%Mitt Romney69.0%R +40.81,540
2008Barack Obama33.1%John McCain66.0%R +32.91,540
2004John Kerry28.6%George W. Bush69.6%R +41.01,623
2000Al Gore29.1%George W. Bush69.2%R +40.01,381

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 +6.8.

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.