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Todd County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Dan Ahlers (D) got 76% of the vote for governor in Todd County. The margin is 0.5 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Todd County

U.S. Senate

Brian Bengs
74.8%1,202
Mike Rounds
25.2%404
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Dan Ahlers
75.7%1,244
Larry Rhoden
24.3%399
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Todd 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 4, 12:30 AM.

2 local contests in Todd County

County offices on Todd 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 - Todd - Todd-1

CandidateVotesShare
Thomas S Carr D16036.7%
Daniel Gudgel R14132.3%
Kyra Willcuts I5713.1%
Marshal R Tinant I5211.9%
Dean Stiefel I266.0%

Thomas S Carr ahead in Todd County.

County Commissioner - Todd - Todd-5

CandidateVotesShare
Patsy Valandra D17062.7%
Craig Lafferty I10137.3%

Patsy Valandra ahead in Todd County.

South Dakota's official results, these figures first read Nov 12, 4:13 AM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorD +51.4D +51.9R +0.5
SD-ALD +49.4——

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 Todd County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris73.8%Donald Trump23.4%D +50.52,126
2020Joe Biden77.3%Donald Trump21.0%D +56.42,539
2016Hillary Clinton70.8%Donald Trump22.9%D +47.92,125
2012Barack Obama79.1%Mitt Romney19.9%D +59.22,497
2008Barack Obama78.7%John McCain20.3%D +58.32,807
2004John Kerry72.2%George W. Bush25.2%D +46.93,524
2000Al Gore66.5%George W. Bush32.0%D +34.51,494

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 D +16.0.

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.