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Ida County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 67% of the vote for governor in Ida County. The margin is 20.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 9 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Ida County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
67.6%1,862
Josh Turek
29.2%803
Thomas Laehn
3.2%88
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
66.6%1,857
Rob Sand
33.4%931
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Ida 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 3, 9:23 PM.

9 local contests in Ida County

Judges on Ida 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.

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,45274.4%
No49925.6%

Yes ahead with 74.4% in Ida 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
Yes1,47075.7%
No47224.3%

Yes ahead with 75.7% in Ida 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
Yes1,56278.3%
No43421.7%

Yes ahead with 78.3% in Ida County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 3B Judge - Tod J. Deck

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,45075.5%
No47024.5%

Yes ahead with 75.5% in Ida County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 37,373 (77.7%), No 10,726 (22.3%).

District 3B Judge - Zachary S. Hindman

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,48276.6%
No45223.4%

Yes ahead with 76.6% in Ida County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 38,263 (79.2%), No 10,070 (20.8%).

District 3B Associate Judge - Mark C. Cord

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,45476.1%
No45623.9%

Yes ahead with 76.1% in Ida County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 36,197 (76.1%), No 11,340 (23.9%).

District 3B Associate Judge - John C. Nelson

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,45275.9%
No46124.1%

Yes ahead with 75.9% in Ida County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 36,559 (77.0%), No 10,943 (23.0%).

District 3B Associate Judge - Daniel P. Vakulskas

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,41974.4%
No48725.6%

Yes ahead with 74.4% in Ida County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 36,604 (76.2%), No 11,405 (23.8%).

District 3B Associate Judge - Melinda Wicks

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,41274.3%
No48825.7%

Yes ahead with 74.3% in Ida County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 36,047 (76.6%), No 11,006 (23.4%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +39.7R +54.1D +14.3
IA GovernorR +33.2R +54.1D +20.9
IA-04R +44.8R +54.1D +9.3

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 Ida County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris22.6%Donald Trump75.8%R +53.23,655
2020Joe Biden23.8%Donald Trump74.8%R +51.03,850
2016Hillary Clinton21.9%Donald Trump73.5%R +51.63,612
2012Barack Obama36.1%Mitt Romney62.4%R +26.33,663
2008Barack Obama41.0%John McCain57.4%R +16.43,547
2004John Kerry37.5%George W. Bush62.1%R +24.63,774
2000Al Gore40.4%George W. Bush56.4%R +16.03,491

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 +37.3.

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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.