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Henry County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 55% of the vote for governor in Henry County. The margin is 25.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Henry County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
56.6%4,237
Josh Turek
38.6%2,889
Thomas Laehn
4.9%364
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
55.5%4,246
Rob Sand
44.5%3,408
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 1st District

Mariannette Miller-Meeks
56.2%4,235
Christina Bohannan
39.4%2,968
Michael Bridgford
4.4%331
100% counted

Whole district: Christina Bohannan wins. Called.

The leader in Henry 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 10, 7:28 AM.

7 local contests in Henry County

Local measures and judges on Henry 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

Fairfield School - Public Measure LR

ChoiceVotesShare
No266.7%
Yes133.3%

No ahead with 66.7% in Henry County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 4,220 (67.7%), No 2,011 (32.3%).

Van Buren County School - Public Measure US

ChoiceVotesShare
No4474.6%
Yes1525.4%

No ahead with 74.6% in Henry County. 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
Yes3,79972.3%
No1,45427.7%

Yes ahead with 72.3% in Henry 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
Yes3,75772.6%
No1,41627.4%

Yes ahead with 72.6% in Henry 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
Yes3,91775.0%
No1,30925.0%

Yes ahead with 75.0% in Henry County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 8B Judge - Wyatt P. Peterson

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4,46179.3%
No1,16520.7%

Yes ahead with 79.3% in Henry County. The contest crosses into 3 other counties; across all of them: Yes 22,731 (77.8%), No 6,489 (22.2%).

District 8B Associate Judge - Emily S. Dean

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4,05576.2%
No1,26823.8%

Yes ahead with 76.2% in Henry County. The contest crosses into 3 other counties; across all of them: Yes 22,667 (76.8%), No 6,830 (23.2%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +18.9R +36.5D +17.6
IA GovernorR +10.9R +36.5D +25.6
IA-01R +17.6R +36.5D +18.9

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 Henry County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris31.2%Donald Trump67.1%R +35.99,600
2020Joe Biden32.8%Donald Trump65.2%R +32.49,981
2016Hillary Clinton30.9%Donald Trump61.5%R +30.69,404
2012Barack Obama46.0%Mitt Romney51.9%R +5.99,697
2008Barack Obama46.4%John McCain51.4%R +5.09,377
2004John Kerry43.6%George W. Bush55.2%R +11.69,457
2000Al Gore45.1%George W. Bush51.6%R +6.68,671

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 +29.3.

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.