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Davis County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 62% of the vote for governor in Davis County. The margin is 32.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 8 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Davis County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
64.7%1,917
Josh Turek
30.3%897
Thomas Laehn
5.1%151
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
61.5%1,832
Rob Sand
38.5%1,146
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Davis 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.

8 local contests in Davis County

Local measures and judges on Davis 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

Van Buren County School - Public Measure US

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes650.0%
No650.0%

Tied in the current count. The contest crosses into 3 other counties; across all of them: No 1,719 (62.3%), Yes 1,040 (37.7%).

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,38562.1%
No84737.9%

Yes ahead with 62.1% in Davis 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
Yes1,37761.9%
No84638.1%

Yes ahead with 61.9% in Davis 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
Yes1,43164.3%
No79535.7%

Yes ahead with 64.3% in Davis County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 8A Judge - Dustin Hite

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,40263.2%
No81536.8%

Yes ahead with 63.2% in Davis County. The contest crosses into 9 other counties; across all of them: Yes 31,857 (71.9%), No 12,455 (28.1%).

District 8A Judge - Amber L. Thompson

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,42464.3%
No78935.7%

Yes ahead with 64.3% in Davis County. The contest crosses into 9 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,954 (74.3%), No 11,413 (25.7%).

District 8A Associate Judge - Susan Cole

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,44665.3%
No76934.7%

Yes ahead with 65.3% in Davis County. The contest crosses into 9 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,070 (73.3%), No 11,672 (26.7%).

District 8A Associate Judge - Jennifer Nicole Jensen

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,40363.7%
No79836.3%

Yes ahead with 63.7% in Davis County. The contest crosses into 9 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,413 (73.9%), No 11,431 (26.1%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +36.2R +55.0D +18.8
IA GovernorR +23.0R +55.0D +32.0
IA-03R +42.4R +55.0D +12.7

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 Davis County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris22.2%Donald Trump76.6%R +54.43,954
2020Joe Biden24.7%Donald Trump73.9%R +49.24,102
2016Hillary Clinton25.2%Donald Trump70.1%R +45.03,882
2012Barack Obama40.3%Mitt Romney56.7%R +16.43,773
2008Barack Obama44.0%John McCain53.2%R +9.13,815
2004John Kerry44.2%George W. Bush54.8%R +10.63,918
2000Al Gore45.0%George W. Bush52.0%R +7.13,758

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 +47.3.

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.