All 66 counties · General election Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026
South Dakota has 66 counties. In 2026 counties elect county commissioners, the auditor (or finance officer), sheriff and register of deeds, and some fill other offices. A few cities and conservation districts also elect on Nov 3. Party nominees were chosen in the June 2 primary.
Every county page is copied from the Secretary of State's official 2026 General Election Candidate List, which includes county contests for all 66 counties.
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State, 2026 General Election Candidate List (accessed Oct 19, 2026). Each page names its own source. Find your exact ballot at South Dakota Voter Information Portal (Secretary of State; shows your sample ballot).
| County | What's on the page |
|---|---|
| Aurora County | 0 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Beadle County | 1 contested · 7 unopposed |
| Bennett County | 2 contested · 4 unopposed |
| Bon Homme County | 1 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Brookings County | 5 contested · 2 unopposed |
| Brown County | 2 contested · 2 unopposed |
| Brule County | 1 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Buffalo County | 1 contested · 4 unopposed |
| Butte County | 2 contested · 7 unopposed |
| Campbell County | 1 contested · 5 unopposed |
| Charles Mix County | 1 contested · 4 unopposed |
| Clark County | 3 contested · 4 unopposed |
| Clay County | 1 contested · 3 unopposed |
| Codington County | 1 contested · 5 unopposed |
| Corson County | 1 contested · 5 unopposed |
| Custer County | 2 contested · 3 unopposed |
| Davison County | 0 contested · 7 unopposed |
| Day County | 3 contested · 4 unopposed |
| Deuel County | 1 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Dewey County | 0 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Douglas County | 0 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Edmunds County | 1 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Fall River County | 2 contested · 2 unopposed |
| Faulk County | 1 contested · 4 unopposed |
| Grant County | 2 contested · 5 unopposed |
| Gregory County | 0 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Haakon County | 0 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Hamlin County | 1 contested · 5 unopposed |
| Hand County | 0 contested · 8 unopposed |
| Hanson County | 0 contested · 5 unopposed |
| Harding County | 1 contested · 5 unopposed |
| Hughes County | 1 contested · 3 unopposed |
| Hutchinson County | 0 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Hyde County | 2 contested · 5 unopposed |
| Jackson County | 0 contested · 5 unopposed |
| Jerauld County | 0 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Jones County | 2 contested · 4 unopposed |
| Kingsbury County | 0 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Lake County | 3 contested · 3 unopposed |
| Lawrence County | 1 contested · 4 unopposed |
| Lincoln County | 1 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Lyman County | 1 contested · 2 unopposed |
| McCook County | 1 contested · 6 unopposed |
| McPherson County | 0 contested · 7 unopposed |
| Marshall County | 2 contested · 5 unopposed |
| Meade County | 3 contested · 4 unopposed |
| Mellette County | 3 contested · 1 unopposed |
| Miner County | 2 contested · 4 unopposed |
| Minnehaha County | 8 contested · 2 unopposed |
| Moody County | 0 contested · 7 unopposed |
| Oglala Lakota County | 1 contested · 3 unopposed |
| Pennington County | 3 contested · 1 unopposed |
| Perkins County | 1 contested · 5 unopposed |
| Potter County | 0 contested · 7 unopposed |
| Roberts County | 3 contested · 4 unopposed |
| Sanborn County | 1 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Spink County | 0 contested · 7 unopposed |
| Stanley County | 0 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Sully County | 0 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Todd County | 2 contested · 1 unopposed |
| Tripp County | 0 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Turner County | 0 contested · 6 unopposed |
| Union County | 0 contested · 7 unopposed |
| Walworth County | 0 contested · 5 unopposed |
| Yankton County | 2 contested · 2 unopposed |
| Ziebach County | 1 contested · 2 unopposed |
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