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Yankton County, South Dakota

2026 election results. Larry Rhoden (R) got 61% of the vote for governor in Yankton County. The margin is 3.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Yankton County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rounds
58.6%4,500
Brian Bengs
41.4%3,185
100% counted

Statewide: Mike Rounds wins. Called.

Governor

Larry Rhoden
61.5%4,738
Dan Ahlers
38.5%2,967
100% counted

Statewide: Larry Rhoden wins. Called.

The leader in Yankton 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 5, 2:47 PM.

2 local contests in Yankton County

County offices and local measures on Yankton 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

City Commissioner - Yankton 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Brian J Hunhoff2,99931.9%
Ben Brunick2,45626.1%
Charlie Gross2,09322.2%
Sam Hummel1,86219.8%

Brian J Hunhoff, Ben Brunick and Charlie Gross ahead in Yankton County. Yankton's page.

Local measures

Referendum : Road and Bridge Levy - Yankton

ChoiceVotesShare
No3,95053.2%
Yes3,48046.8%

No ahead with 53.2% in Yankton County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SD GovernorR +23.0R +26.3D +3.3
SD-ALR +24.7——

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 Yankton County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris35.8%Donald Trump61.4%R +25.510,832
2020Joe Biden36.8%Donald Trump60.4%R +23.510,900
2016Hillary Clinton34.3%Donald Trump58.8%R +24.59,623
2012Barack Obama42.4%Mitt Romney55.1%R +12.79,974
2008Barack Obama48.5%John McCain50.6%R +2.09,967
2004John Kerry40.6%George W. Bush57.5%R +16.910,431
2000Al Gore41.1%George W. Bush56.1%R +15.08,740

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 +10.6.

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.