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Turner County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 74% of the vote for governor in Turner County. The margin is 4.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Turner County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
72.3%2,344
Brian Bengs
27.7%898
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
74.4%2,418
Dan Ahlers
25.6%833
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Turner 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, 9:30 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +48.8R +52.7D +4.0
SD-ALR +52.5——

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 Turner County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris23.0%Donald Trump74.3%R +51.34,538
2020Joe Biden25.0%Donald Trump72.3%R +47.34,548
2016Hillary Clinton23.2%Donald Trump70.8%R +47.64,150
2012Barack Obama33.5%Mitt Romney64.5%R +31.04,210
2008Barack Obama39.4%John McCain59.5%R +20.14,266
2004John Kerry34.1%George W. Bush63.8%R +29.74,834
2000Al Gore35.3%George W. Bush62.8%R +27.54,004

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 +23.9.

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.