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Grundy County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 59% of the vote for governor in Grundy County. The margin is 24.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 10 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Grundy County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
63.0%3,640
Josh Turek
33.8%1,954
Thomas Laehn
3.2%183
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
59.1%3,429
Rob Sand
40.9%2,373
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 2nd District

Joe Mitchell
63.7%3,628
Lindsay James
31.7%1,807
Rick Stewart
3.4%191
Dave Bushaw
1.3%73
100% counted

Whole district: Lindsay James wins. Called.

The leader in Grundy 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 Grundy County

Local measures and judges on Grundy 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 Dike - Public Measure IO

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes53573.9%
No18926.1%

Yes ahead with 73.9% in Grundy County. Dike's page.

City of Reinbeck - Public Measure IP

ChoiceVotesShare
No39751.0%
Yes38149.0%

No ahead with 51.0% in Grundy County. Reinbeck's page.

AGWSR School - Public Measure IR

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes37154.2%
No31445.8%

Yes ahead with 54.2% in Grundy County. The contest crosses into 3 other counties; across all of them: Yes 1,142 (57.6%), No 839 (42.4%).

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,24378.5%
No88621.5%

Yes ahead with 78.5% in Grundy 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
Yes3,12977.3%
No91822.7%

Yes ahead with 77.3% in Grundy 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
Yes3,20478.8%
No86121.2%

Yes ahead with 78.8% in Grundy County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 1B Judge - Joel A. Dalrymple

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,19677.6%
No92522.4%

Yes ahead with 77.6% in Grundy County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 45,128 (73.4%), No 16,337 (26.6%).

District 1B Associate Judge - Patrice Jaye Eichman

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,09477.1%
No92022.9%

Yes ahead with 77.1% in Grundy County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 44,422 (74.3%), No 15,385 (25.7%).

District 1B Associate Judge - Michelle Jungers

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,15578.2%
No87821.8%

Yes ahead with 78.2% in Grundy County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 45,184 (75.3%), No 14,845 (24.7%).

District 1B Associate Judge - Linnea M.N. Nicol

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,11577.4%
No90922.6%

Yes ahead with 77.4% in Grundy County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 44,396 (74.3%), No 15,381 (25.7%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +30.1R +42.5D +12.3
IA GovernorR +18.2R +42.5D +24.3
IA-02R +33.5R +42.5D +8.9

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 Grundy County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris28.3%Donald Trump69.9%R +41.77,146
2020Joe Biden30.3%Donald Trump67.7%R +37.47,278
2016Hillary Clinton27.0%Donald Trump65.9%R +38.96,872
2012Barack Obama37.8%Mitt Romney60.5%R +22.76,962
2008Barack Obama40.9%John McCain57.8%R +16.96,828
2004John Kerry34.8%George W. Bush64.7%R +29.86,849
2000Al Gore35.0%George W. Bush63.0%R +28.06,111

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 +13.7.

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.