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South Dakota State Auditor

2026 results by county, from South Dakota's official results file. Catherine Barranco 62.5%, Tom Cool 37.5% statewide.

Statewide

Catherine Barranco
62.5%182,694
Tom Cool
37.5%109,392

The state's unofficial totals. Winners aren't marked here.

By county

66 counties: Catherine Barranco has the most votes in 60, Tom Cool has the most votes in 6. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyCatherine BarrancoTom CoolVotes
Aurora County69.8%30.2%915
Beadle County67.7%32.3%4,650
Bennett County57.1%42.9%802
Bon Homme County71.7%28.3%2,037
Brookings County58.5%41.5%10,825
Brown County61.5%38.5%11,482
Brule County68.2%31.8%1,676
Buffalo County33.0%67.0%367
Butte County79.8%20.2%3,349
Campbell County86.6%13.4%576
Charles Mix County64.8%35.2%2,594
Clark County76.7%23.3%1,428
Clay County42.9%57.1%3,929
Codington County67.8%32.2%9,437
Corson County53.2%46.8%720
Custer County73.0%27.0%4,554
Davison County66.2%33.8%5,836
Day County62.8%37.2%2,145
Deuel County73.9%26.1%1,606
Dewey County39.9%60.1%1,247
Douglas County88.6%11.4%1,196
Edmunds County78.6%21.4%1,381
Fall River County74.2%25.8%3,209
Faulk County80.1%19.9%784
Grant County71.9%28.1%2,750
Gregory County75.8%24.2%1,515
Haakon County87.5%12.5%801
Hamlin County78.1%21.9%2,156
Hand County79.3%20.7%1,229
Hanson County76.3%23.7%1,092
Harding County92.5%7.5%638
Hughes County67.9%32.1%6,172
Hutchinson County77.1%22.9%2,450
Hyde County77.8%22.2%490
Jackson County67.7%32.3%747
Jerauld County71.3%28.7%668
Jones County87.1%12.9%434
Kingsbury County69.9%30.1%1,968
Lake County65.1%34.9%4,186
Lawrence County64.8%35.2%10,218
Lincoln County61.2%38.8%25,327
Lyman County66.0%34.0%1,068
Marshall County58.9%41.1%1,575
McCook County71.3%28.7%2,081
McPherson County86.9%13.1%964
Meade County74.1%25.9%9,688
Mellette County59.5%40.5%580
Miner County69.8%30.2%804
Minnehaha County53.4%46.6%63,622
Moody County61.8%38.2%2,366
Oglala Lakota County11.4%88.6%2,202
Pennington County61.4%38.6%35,884
Perkins County84.2%15.8%1,196
Potter County83.1%16.9%907
Roberts County57.2%42.8%2,835
Sanborn County71.6%28.4%797
Spink County69.0%31.0%2,170
Stanley County72.8%27.2%1,280
Sully County82.2%17.8%695
Todd County23.0%77.0%1,623
Tripp County82.5%17.5%1,882
Turner County73.6%26.4%3,123
Union County67.4%32.6%5,680
Walworth County79.3%20.7%1,597
Yankton County59.0%41.0%7,338
Ziebach County48.6%51.4%543

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

South Dakota's official results, these figures first read Nov 12, 4:13 AM. Unofficial until certified. South Dakota's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.