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Cedar County, Iowa

2026 election results. Rob Sand (D) got 51% of the vote for governor in Cedar County. The margin is 24.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 13 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Cedar County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
51.2%4,444
Josh Turek
45.6%3,961
Thomas Laehn
3.2%281
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Rob Sand
51.4%4,477
Zach Lahn
48.6%4,232
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 1st District

Mariannette Miller-Meeks
50.2%4,333
Christina Bohannan
46.6%4,023
Michael Bridgford
3.3%283
100% counted

Whole district: Christina Bohannan wins. Called.

The leader in Cedar 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.

13 local contests in Cedar County

Local measures and judges on Cedar 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.

Local measures

Kirkwood Community College - Public Measure NC

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,97964.6%
No2,18035.4%

Yes ahead with 64.6% in Cedar County. The contest crosses into 17 other counties; across all of them: Yes 147,362 (69.8%), No 63,690 (30.2%).

Tipton School - Public Measure A

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,46965.3%
No78234.7%

Yes ahead with 65.3% in Cedar County.

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,84171.5%
No1,53328.5%

Yes ahead with 71.5% in Cedar 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
Yes3,77970.8%
No1,55929.2%

Yes ahead with 70.8% in Cedar 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
Yes4,08874.4%
No1,40325.6%

Yes ahead with 74.4% in Cedar County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 7 Judge - Joel William Barrows

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,75972.3%
No1,43727.7%

Yes ahead with 72.3% in Cedar County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 62,950 (71.8%), No 24,713 (28.2%).

District 7 Judge - Henry William Latham II

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,63470.2%
No1,54329.8%

Yes ahead with 70.2% in Cedar County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 61,061 (69.4%), No 26,948 (30.6%).

District 7 Judge - Mark Ray Lawson

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,49667.9%
No1,65232.1%

Yes ahead with 67.9% in Cedar County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 60,107 (68.0%), No 28,324 (32.0%).

District 7 Judge - Jeffrey McDaniel

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,55869.4%
No1,56730.6%

Yes ahead with 69.4% in Cedar County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 61,839 (70.1%), No 26,323 (29.9%).

District 7 Judge - Patrick A. McElyea

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,64271.3%
No1,46928.7%

Yes ahead with 71.3% in Cedar County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 62,847 (71.7%), No 24,773 (28.3%).

District 7 Judge - Elizabeth O'Donnell

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4,03074.6%
No1,37025.4%

Yes ahead with 74.6% in Cedar County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 65,355 (73.7%), No 23,276 (26.3%).

District 7 Judge - Tamra J. Roberts

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4,09974.5%
No1,40525.5%

Yes ahead with 74.5% in Cedar County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 63,877 (72.5%), No 24,283 (27.5%).

District 7 Associate Judge - Cheryl E. Traum

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,94074.7%
No1,33325.3%

Yes ahead with 74.7% in Cedar County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 64,697 (73.5%), No 23,327 (26.5%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +5.7R +22.1D +16.4
IA GovernorD +2.8R +22.1D +24.9
IA-01R +3.7R +22.1D +18.4

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 Cedar County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris38.3%Donald Trump60.0%R +21.710,644
2020Joe Biden40.5%Donald Trump57.6%R +17.010,703
2016Hillary Clinton37.7%Donald Trump55.5%R +17.89,541
2012Barack Obama51.5%Mitt Romney46.9%D +4.69,649
2008Barack Obama54.0%John McCain44.4%D +9.69,665
2004John Kerry49.0%George W. Bush50.2%R +1.39,694
2000Al Gore48.3%George W. Bush48.3%Even8,344

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 +21.8.

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.