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Union County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 67% of the vote for governor in Union County. The margin is 7.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Union County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
67.0%3,862
Brian Bengs
33.0%1,902
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
67.0%3,894
Dan Ahlers
33.0%1,920
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Union 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, 8:35 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +34.0R +41.5D +7.5
SD-ALR +34.6——

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 Union County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris28.7%Donald Trump69.4%R +40.78,876
2020Joe Biden30.8%Donald Trump67.1%R +36.48,855
2016Hillary Clinton28.2%Donald Trump67.0%R +38.87,897
2012Barack Obama36.6%Mitt Romney61.8%R +25.27,596
2008Barack Obama42.6%John McCain56.6%R +14.07,620
2004John Kerry42.6%George W. Bush56.6%R +14.07,048
2000Al Gore40.9%George W. Bush56.6%R +15.75,772

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 +25.0.

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.