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Decatur County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 60% of the vote for governor in Decatur County. The margin is 27.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Decatur County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
61.4%1,722
Josh Turek
34.7%972
Thomas Laehn
3.9%109
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
59.9%1,689
Rob Sand
40.1%1,129
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Decatur 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 7, 6:28 AM.

7 local contests in Decatur County

Local measures and judges on Decatur 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

Central Decatur School - Public Measure GA

ChoiceVotesShare
No91759.6%
Yes62240.4%

No ahead with 59.6% in Decatur County.

Lamoni School - Public Measure GB

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes51765.6%
No27134.4%

Yes ahead with 65.6% in Decatur County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Yes 522 (65.2%), No 279 (34.8%).

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,43070.1%
No60929.9%

Yes ahead with 70.1% in Decatur 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
Yes1,49472.8%
No55927.2%

Yes ahead with 72.8% in Decatur 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
Yes1,48172.2%
No56927.8%

Yes ahead with 72.2% in Decatur 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
Yes1,59974.7%
No54225.3%

Yes ahead with 74.7% in Decatur 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
Yes1,53374.3%
No53125.7%

Yes ahead with 74.3% in Decatur 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 +27.8R +47.8D +20.0
IA GovernorR +19.9R +47.8D +27.9
IA-03R +36.4R +47.8D +11.4

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 Decatur County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris25.6%Donald Trump72.5%R +46.93,739
2020Joe Biden29.4%Donald Trump68.7%R +39.33,804
2016Hillary Clinton32.2%Donald Trump61.5%R +29.33,734
2012Barack Obama46.7%Mitt Romney50.8%R +4.13,833
2008Barack Obama48.4%John McCain49.2%R +0.84,102
2004John Kerry46.3%George W. Bush52.1%R +5.74,011
2000Al Gore45.1%George W. Bush51.3%R +6.23,709

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 +40.7.

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.