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Cass County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 61% of the vote for governor in Cass County. The margin is 19.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 12 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Cass County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
61.6%3,253
Josh Turek
34.6%1,830
Thomas Laehn
3.8%201
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
60.8%3,274
Rob Sand
39.2%2,112
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Cass 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.

12 local contests in Cass County

Judges on Cass 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
Yes2,17562.9%
No1,28437.1%

Yes ahead with 62.9% in Cass 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
Yes2,30265.4%
No1,22034.6%

Yes ahead with 65.4% in Cass 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
Yes2,31866.3%
No1,17833.7%

Yes ahead with 66.3% in Cass County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 4 Judge - Donna Bothwell

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,15063.5%
No1,23836.5%

Yes ahead with 63.5% in Cass County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 33,214 (67.7%), No 15,816 (32.3%).

District 4 Judge - Craig Michael Dreismeier

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,14863.3%
No1,24336.7%

Yes ahead with 63.3% in Cass County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,934 (67.4%), No 15,946 (32.6%).

District 4 Judge - Michael Donn Hooper

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,34366.8%
No1,16333.2%

Yes ahead with 66.8% in Cass County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,831 (67.3%), No 15,940 (32.7%).

District 4 Judge - Margaret J. Reyes

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,16262.9%
No1,27537.1%

Yes ahead with 62.9% in Cass County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,276 (65.5%), No 17,034 (34.5%).

District 4 Judge - Justin R. Wyatt

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,20565.0%
No1,18635.0%

Yes ahead with 65.0% in Cass County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 33,088 (68.0%), No 15,581 (32.0%).

District 4 Judge - Amy L. Zacharias

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,20562.8%
No1,30537.2%

Yes ahead with 62.8% in Cass County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 34,602 (69.7%), No 15,026 (30.3%).

District 4 Associate Judge - Matthew A. Schuling

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,18564.6%
No1,19935.4%

Yes ahead with 64.6% in Cass County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,681 (67.6%), No 15,697 (32.4%).

District 4 Associate Judge - Scott Strait

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,21265.1%
No1,18634.9%

Yes ahead with 65.1% in Cass County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,816 (67.5%), No 15,776 (32.5%).

District 4 Associate Judge - Ashley N. West-Joons

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,13862.5%
No1,28537.5%

Yes ahead with 62.5% in Cass County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 31,980 (65.3%), No 16,968 (34.7%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +28.0R +41.4D +13.4
IA GovernorR +21.6R +41.4D +19.8
IA-03R +34.2R +41.4D +7.1

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 Cass County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris28.8%Donald Trump69.4%R +40.67,217
2020Joe Biden30.3%Donald Trump68.3%R +38.07,276
2016Hillary Clinton27.4%Donald Trump66.8%R +39.47,125
2012Barack Obama39.7%Mitt Romney58.5%R +18.97,205
2008Barack Obama43.7%John McCain54.5%R +10.87,350
2004John Kerry35.5%George W. Bush63.6%R +28.17,543
2000Al Gore36.1%George W. Bush61.1%R +25.16,880

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 +15.5.

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.