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Dallas County, Iowa

2026 election results. Rob Sand (D) got 59% of the vote for governor in Dallas County. The margin is 23.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 10 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Dallas County

U.S. Senate

Josh Turek
54.3%30,330
Ashley Hinson
43.6%24,334
Thomas Laehn
2.1%1,193
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Rob Sand
59.5%33,305
Zach Lahn
40.5%22,672
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Dallas 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.

10 local contests in Dallas County

Local measures and judges on Dallas 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

City of Urbandale - Public Measure U

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4,48961.2%
No2,84738.8%

Yes ahead with 61.2% in Dallas County. Urbandale's page. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Yes 14,340 (62.2%), No 8,719 (37.8%).

Madrid School - Public Measure BQ

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes5983.1%
No1216.9%

Yes ahead with 83.1% in Dallas County. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Yes 1,366 (72.7%), No 514 (27.3%).

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes27,27871.6%
No10,84428.4%

Yes ahead with 71.6% in Dallas 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
Yes26,63270.7%
No11,06129.3%

Yes ahead with 70.7% in Dallas 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
Yes28,55574.0%
No10,03726.0%

Yes ahead with 74.0% in Dallas County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 5A Judge - Nicholas Bailey

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes27,26572.9%
No10,14927.1%

Yes ahead with 72.9% in Dallas County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 64,752 (71.9%), No 25,276 (28.1%).

District 5A Judge - Michael K. Jacobsen

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes27,03771.7%
No10,65928.3%

Yes ahead with 71.7% in Dallas County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 63,513 (70.2%), No 26,928 (29.8%).

District 5A Judge - Thomas P. Murphy

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes27,05472.3%
No10,36527.7%

Yes ahead with 72.3% in Dallas County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 64,128 (71.1%), No 26,021 (28.9%).

District 5A Associate Judge - Steven W. Guiter

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes26,84271.9%
No10,48728.1%

Yes ahead with 71.9% in Dallas County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 64,153 (71.2%), No 25,908 (28.8%).

District 5A Associate Judge - Mark F. Schlenker

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes25,48868.4%
No11,79331.6%

Yes ahead with 68.4% in Dallas County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 61,600 (68.5%), No 28,374 (31.5%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateD +11.0R +4.8D +15.8
IA GovernorD +19.0R +4.8D +23.8
IA-03D +5.8R +4.8D +10.6

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 Dallas County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris46.7%Donald Trump51.4%R +4.762,961
2020Joe Biden48.0%Donald Trump50.0%R +2.056,018
2016Hillary Clinton41.0%Donald Trump50.6%R +9.538,252
2012Barack Obama43.5%Mitt Romney55.1%R +11.638,116
2008Barack Obama46.4%John McCain51.9%R +5.532,640
2004John Kerry41.5%George W. Bush57.7%R +16.226,293
2000Al Gore44.3%George W. Bush53.3%R +9.019,330

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 D +4.3.

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.