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# Live results: South Dakota Republican governor runoff
- URL: https://www.sdnewswatch.org/south-dakota-republican-gop-governor-runoff-results-2026/
- Published: 2026-07-29T01:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-29T18:57:58.000Z
- Description: Updated vote numbers on the statewide election total and for each county in the contest between Toby Doeden and Gov. Larry Rhoden.
- Author: The Associated Press
- Tags: News/Investigations, Government/Politics

South Dakota Republican voters cast ballots Tuesday in the state's first runoff election, with Toby Doeden and Gov. Larry Rhoden vying for the chance to meet Democrat Dan Ahlers in the Nov. 3 general election.

Here are real-time Associated Press results of the statewide total and county-level results that can be viewed by hovering over each one. Numbers will be updated until all votes are counted. 

Click the story link below for South Dakota News Watch's coverage of Tuesday's runoff, including voter input, photos and candidate responses when those come in.

[Rhoden wins South Dakota Republican runoff for governorGov. Larry Rhoden took roughly a 71% to 29% lead early and maintained it over Toby Doeden.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cb/ab/cbabab5e-2dc6-462c-94a0-b72956c0d224/content/images/icon/SDNW-Logo-Vertical-dabeb6b8-31ec-4903-b40b-0ee86f2cb8bf.jpg)South Dakota News WatchMolly Wetsch![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cb/ab/cbabab5e-2dc6-462c-94a0-b72956c0d224/content/images/thumbnail/07-28-2026---Rhoden-at-end-of-speech-1-bce2b425-bb46-45fc-bee8-d1629dbdf150.jpg)](https://www.sdnewswatch.org/south-dakota-2026-republican-governor-runoff/)

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