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Delaware County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 57% of the vote for governor in Delaware County. The margin is 25.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 8 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Delaware County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
61.5%4,920
Josh Turek
35.9%2,874
Thomas Laehn
2.6%204
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
57.1%4,582
Rob Sand
42.9%3,436
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 2nd District

Joe Mitchell
61.4%4,864
Lindsay James
33.6%2,664
Rick Stewart
2.8%221
Dave Bushaw
2.2%171
100% counted

Whole district: Lindsay James wins. Called.

The leader in Delaware 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 Delaware County

Local measures and judges on Delaware 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

Kirkwood Community College - Public Measure NC

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes9756.4%
No7543.6%

Yes ahead with 56.4% in Delaware County. The contest crosses into 17 other counties; across all of them: Yes 147,362 (69.8%), No 63,690 (30.2%).

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4,38376.8%
No1,32123.2%

Yes ahead with 76.8% in Delaware 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
Yes4,43878.3%
No1,23021.7%

Yes ahead with 78.3% in Delaware 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
Yes4,63379.5%
No1,19520.5%

Yes ahead with 79.5% in Delaware County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 1A Judge - Alan Heavens

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4,68679.9%
No1,18220.1%

Yes ahead with 79.9% in Delaware County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 42,876 (78.6%), No 11,685 (21.4%).

District 1A Associate Judge - Mark T. Hostager

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4,56078.9%
No1,21821.1%

Yes ahead with 78.9% in Delaware County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 41,497 (77.5%), No 12,033 (22.5%).

District 1A Associate Judge - Stephanie C. Rattenborg

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4,36774.1%
No1,52525.9%

Yes ahead with 74.1% in Delaware County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 40,911 (76.2%), No 12,749 (23.8%).

District 1A Associate Juvenile Judge - Thomas J. Straka

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4,69380.3%
No1,14919.7%

Yes ahead with 80.3% in Delaware County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 42,455 (78.1%), No 11,924 (21.9%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +26.3R +40.2D +14.0
IA GovernorR +14.3R +40.2D +25.9
IA-02R +29.2R +40.2D +11.0

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 Delaware County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris29.4%Donald Trump68.9%R +39.510,138
2020Joe Biden31.6%Donald Trump66.6%R +35.110,005
2016Hillary Clinton32.0%Donald Trump61.6%R +29.69,241
2012Barack Obama49.2%Mitt Romney49.4%R +0.29,378
2008Barack Obama52.2%John McCain46.2%D +6.08,901
2004John Kerry45.9%George W. Bush53.3%R +7.49,200
2000Al Gore45.6%George W. Bush51.2%R +5.68,349

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 +33.9.

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.