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Adams County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 58% of the vote for governor in Adams County. The margin is 28.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 5 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Adams County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
62.0%1,001
Josh Turek
33.6%542
Thomas Laehn
4.5%72
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
58.5%960
Rob Sand
41.5%682
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Adams 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 Adams County

Judges on Adams 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
Yes92969.1%
No41530.9%

Yes ahead with 69.1% in Adams 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
Yes91469.6%
No40030.4%

Yes ahead with 69.6% in Adams 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
Yes94871.4%
No38028.6%

Yes ahead with 71.4% in Adams 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
Yes96871.8%
No38028.2%

Yes ahead with 71.8% in Adams 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
Yes1,17481.5%
No26618.5%

Yes ahead with 81.5% in Adams 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 +29.7R +45.0D +15.2
IA GovernorR +16.9R +45.0D +28.0
IA-03R +33.8R +45.0D +11.2

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 Adams County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.0%Donald Trump71.1%R +44.12,135
2020Joe Biden27.3%Donald Trump70.8%R +43.52,161
2016Hillary Clinton26.8%Donald Trump66.2%R +39.42,106
2012Barack Obama47.0%Mitt Romney50.7%R +3.72,185
2008Barack Obama50.7%John McCain47.4%D +3.32,206
2004John Kerry42.0%George W. Bush56.6%R +14.62,325
2000Al Gore41.8%George W. Bush54.5%R +12.72,145

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 +31.3.

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.