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Adair County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 57% of the vote for governor in Adair County. The margin is 32.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 5 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Adair County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
61.4%1,921
Josh Turek
34.1%1,066
Thomas Laehn
4.5%141
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
56.7%1,809
Rob Sand
43.3%1,384
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Adair 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 9, 3:50 PM.

5 local contests in Adair County

Judges on Adair County's ballots, from Iowa'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. Source delayed. The last usable results are shown.

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,72371.6%
No68428.4%

Yes ahead with 71.6% in Adair County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 679,101 (71.3%), No 273,907 (28.7%).

Court of Appeals Judge - John M. Sandy

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,74672.7%
No65627.3%

Yes ahead with 72.7% in Adair County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 673,328 (70.9%), No 277,019 (29.1%).

Court of Appeals Judge - Julie A. Schumacher

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,82474.7%
No61925.3%

Yes ahead with 74.7% in Adair County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 5B Judge - Elisabeth S. Reynoldson

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,80173.9%
No63726.1%

Yes ahead with 73.9% in Adair County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 14,715 (73.4%), No 5,331 (26.6%).

District 5B Associate Judge - Andrew Zimmerman

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,80374.0%
No63326.0%

Yes ahead with 74.0% in Adair County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 14,694 (73.8%), No 5,217 (26.2%).

Iowa's official results, file posted Nov 13, 3:23 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +28.6R +45.7D +17.1
IA GovernorR +13.3R +45.7D +32.4
IA-03R +35.3R +45.7D +10.4

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 Adair County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris26.6%Donald Trump71.5%R +44.94,080
2020Joe Biden28.7%Donald Trump69.8%R +41.24,177
2016Hillary Clinton29.7%Donald Trump64.6%R +34.83,811
2012Barack Obama44.8%Mitt Romney52.9%R +8.13,996
2008Barack Obama47.5%John McCain50.8%R +3.44,053
2004John Kerry43.1%George W. Bush56.1%R +13.04,278
2000Al Gore42.5%George W. Bush55.2%R +12.74,123

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 +32.2.

Other counties in Iowa

Iowa results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Iowa certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Iowa's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.