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Clarke County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 56% of the vote for governor in Clarke County. The margin is 30.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 6 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Clarke County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
59.2%2,071
Josh Turek
37.5%1,313
Thomas Laehn
3.3%116
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
56.0%1,962
Rob Sand
44.0%1,544
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Clarke 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.

6 local contests in Clarke County

Local measures and judges on Clarke 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

Interstate 35 School - Public Measure Z

ChoiceVotesShare
No10455.0%
Yes8545.0%

No ahead with 55.0% in Clarke County. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Yes 1,258 (50.3%), No 1,241 (49.7%).

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,86766.7%
No93133.3%

Yes ahead with 66.7% in Clarke 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
Yes1,89268.3%
No87931.7%

Yes ahead with 68.3% in Clarke 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
Yes1,93869.5%
No84930.5%

Yes ahead with 69.5% in Clarke 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
Yes2,25974.7%
No76425.3%

Yes ahead with 74.7% in Clarke 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
Yes2,02471.7%
No79928.3%

Yes ahead with 71.7% in Clarke 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 +22.4R +42.6D +20.2
IA GovernorR +11.9R +42.6D +30.6
IA-03R +28.8R +42.6D +13.8

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 Clarke County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris28.2%Donald Trump70.1%R +41.94,479
2020Joe Biden31.4%Donald Trump67.3%R +35.94,670
2016Hillary Clinton32.9%Donald Trump60.9%R +28.04,454
2012Barack Obama49.4%Mitt Romney47.9%D +1.54,430
2008Barack Obama49.9%John McCain47.7%D +2.34,443
2004John Kerry50.9%George W. Bush48.2%D +2.74,566
2000Al Gore49.8%George W. Bush47.5%D +2.34,176

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 +44.2.

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.