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Dubuque County, Iowa

2026 election results. Josh Turek (D) got 51% of the U.S. Senate vote in Dubuque County. The margin is 14.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 8 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Dubuque County

U.S. Senate

Josh Turek
51.5%22,477
Ashley Hinson
46.1%20,150
Thomas Laehn
2.4%1,057
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Rob Sand
56.5%24,679
Zach Lahn
43.5%18,982
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 2nd District

Lindsay James
51.5%22,312
Joe Mitchell
44.9%19,453
Rick Stewart
2.3%1,004
Dave Bushaw
1.2%534
100% counted

Whole district: Lindsay James wins. Called.

The leader in Dubuque 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, 8:41 AM.

8 local contests in Dubuque County

Local measures and judges on Dubuque 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
Yes150.0%
No150.0%

Tied in the current count. 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
Yes23,43775.7%
No7,51924.3%

Yes ahead with 75.7% in Dubuque 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
Yes23,30376.0%
No7,36724.0%

Yes ahead with 76.0% in Dubuque 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
Yes25,21079.3%
No6,58420.7%

Yes ahead with 79.3% in Dubuque 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
Yes24,20577.9%
No6,85022.1%

Yes ahead with 77.9% in Dubuque 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
Yes23,97477.3%
No7,04822.7%

Yes ahead with 77.3% in Dubuque 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
Yes23,55076.4%
No7,27823.6%

Yes ahead with 76.4% in Dubuque 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
Yes24,53777.8%
No7,01122.2%

Yes ahead with 77.8% in Dubuque 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 SenateD +5.5R +8.7D +14.2
IA GovernorD +13.0R +8.7D +21.8
IA-02D +6.8R +8.7D +15.5

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 Dubuque County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris44.9%Donald Trump53.5%R +8.652,770
2020Joe Biden47.6%Donald Trump50.5%R +2.953,923
2016Hillary Clinton46.0%Donald Trump47.2%R +1.249,721
2012Barack Obama56.5%Mitt Romney41.8%D +14.750,894
2008Barack Obama59.7%John McCain38.9%D +20.847,953
2004John Kerry56.5%George W. Bush42.7%D +13.747,043
2000Al Gore55.4%George W. Bush40.8%D +14.640,323

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 +23.1.

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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.