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Tripp County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 83% of the vote for governor in Tripp County. The margin is 1.0 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Tripp County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
79.7%1,541
Brian Bengs
20.3%392
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
82.6%1,600
Dan Ahlers
17.4%338
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Tripp 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, 3:27 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +65.1R +64.1R +1.0
SD-ALR +66.9——

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 Tripp County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris17.7%Donald Trump81.0%R +63.32,654
2020Joe Biden18.4%Donald Trump80.2%R +61.82,696
2016Hillary Clinton17.6%Donald Trump78.7%R +61.12,630
2012Barack Obama27.4%Mitt Romney70.8%R +43.42,691
2008Barack Obama32.5%John McCain66.2%R +33.62,809
2004John Kerry30.0%George W. Bush68.7%R +38.83,245
2000Al Gore28.9%George W. Bush69.0%R +40.12,765

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 +23.2.

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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.