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Crawford County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 57% of the vote for governor in Crawford County. The margin is 30.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 9 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Crawford County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
56.5%2,799
Josh Turek
39.3%1,946
Thomas Laehn
4.2%210
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
56.7%2,863
Rob Sand
43.3%2,184
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Crawford 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 3, 10:38 PM.

9 local contests in Crawford County

Judges on Crawford 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
Yes2,60174.7%
No87925.3%

Yes ahead with 74.7% in Crawford 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
Yes2,73576.2%
No85423.8%

Yes ahead with 76.2% in Crawford 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
Yes3,33082.9%
No68817.1%

Yes ahead with 82.9% in Crawford County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 3B Judge - Tod J. Deck

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,60475.0%
No86825.0%

Yes ahead with 75.0% in Crawford County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 37,373 (77.7%), No 10,726 (22.3%).

District 3B Judge - Zachary S. Hindman

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,61375.8%
No83224.2%

Yes ahead with 75.8% in Crawford County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 38,263 (79.2%), No 10,070 (20.8%).

District 3B Associate Judge - Mark C. Cord

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,53974.3%
No88025.7%

Yes ahead with 74.3% in Crawford County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 36,197 (76.1%), No 11,340 (23.9%).

District 3B Associate Judge - John C. Nelson

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,55775.1%
No84624.9%

Yes ahead with 75.1% in Crawford County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 36,559 (77.0%), No 10,943 (23.0%).

District 3B Associate Judge - Daniel P. Vakulskas

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,45773.1%
No90326.9%

Yes ahead with 73.1% in Crawford County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 36,604 (76.2%), No 11,405 (23.8%).

District 3B Associate Judge - Melinda Wicks

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,51074.8%
No84725.2%

Yes ahead with 74.8% in Crawford County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 36,047 (76.6%), No 11,006 (23.4%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +18.0R +43.9D +26.0
IA GovernorR +13.5R +43.9D +30.5
IA-04R +24.8R +43.9D +19.2

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 Crawford County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.7%Donald Trump71.1%R +43.46,545
2020Joe Biden31.0%Donald Trump67.9%R +36.87,154
2016Hillary Clinton28.7%Donald Trump66.6%R +37.96,935
2012Barack Obama45.4%Mitt Romney53.2%R +7.86,752
2008Barack Obama51.7%John McCain46.5%D +5.17,191
2004John Kerry44.5%George W. Bush54.6%R +10.17,242
2000Al Gore43.3%George W. Bush53.1%R +9.86,555

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 +33.6.

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.