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Appanoose County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 58% of the vote for governor in Appanoose County. The margin is 30.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Appanoose County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
60.0%2,882
Josh Turek
36.3%1,742
Thomas Laehn
3.7%178
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
58.4%2,859
Rob Sand
41.6%2,036
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Appanoose 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 10, 7:28 AM.

7 local contests in Appanoose County

Judges on Appanoose 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
Yes2,53969.2%
No1,12830.8%

Yes ahead with 69.2% in Appanoose 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
Yes2,58870.3%
No1,09329.7%

Yes ahead with 70.3% in Appanoose 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
Yes2,68571.8%
No1,05328.2%

Yes ahead with 71.8% in Appanoose County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 8A Judge - Dustin Hite

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,59370.7%
No1,07329.3%

Yes ahead with 70.7% in Appanoose County. The contest crosses into 9 other counties; across all of them: Yes 31,857 (71.9%), No 12,455 (28.1%).

District 8A Judge - Amber L. Thompson

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,62971.1%
No1,06828.9%

Yes ahead with 71.1% in Appanoose County. The contest crosses into 9 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,954 (74.3%), No 11,413 (25.7%).

District 8A Associate Judge - Susan Cole

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,73271.9%
No1,06928.1%

Yes ahead with 71.9% in Appanoose County. The contest crosses into 9 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,070 (73.3%), No 11,672 (26.7%).

District 8A Associate Judge - Jennifer Nicole Jensen

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,64871.6%
No1,04928.4%

Yes ahead with 71.6% in Appanoose County. The contest crosses into 9 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,413 (73.9%), No 11,431 (26.1%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +24.7R +47.2D +22.6
IA GovernorR +16.8R +47.2D +30.4
IA-03R +33.5R +47.2D +13.7

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 Appanoose County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris26.0%Donald Trump72.5%R +46.56,484
2020Joe Biden29.0%Donald Trump69.2%R +40.26,516
2016Hillary Clinton29.6%Donald Trump65.7%R +36.26,136
2012Barack Obama47.3%Mitt Romney50.6%R +3.46,245
2008Barack Obama48.1%John McCain50.0%R +1.96,176
2004John Kerry47.5%George W. Bush51.8%R +4.36,450
2000Al Gore44.9%George W. Bush52.5%R +7.65,704

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 +39.0.

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.