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Iowa County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 52% of the vote for governor in Iowa County. The margin is 23.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 11 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Iowa County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
55.4%4,364
Josh Turek
40.9%3,228
Thomas Laehn
3.7%292
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
52.3%4,125
Rob Sand
47.7%3,767
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 1st District

Mariannette Miller-Meeks
54.4%4,281
Christina Bohannan
42.0%3,308
Michael Bridgford
3.6%280
100% counted

Whole district: Christina Bohannan wins. Called.

The leader in Iowa 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 12, 11:18 AM.

11 local contests in Iowa County

Local measures and judges on Iowa 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
Yes4,02455.0%
No3,29345.0%

Yes ahead with 55.0% in Iowa County. The contest crosses into 17 other counties; across all of them: Yes 147,362 (69.8%), No 63,690 (30.2%).

Mid-Prairie School - Public Measure VF

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4450.6%
No4349.4%

Yes ahead with 50.6% in Iowa County. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Yes 2,448 (66.6%), No 1,228 (33.4%).

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,88370.9%
No1,59129.1%

Yes ahead with 70.9% in Iowa 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
Yes3,99872.3%
No1,52927.7%

Yes ahead with 72.3% in Iowa 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
Yes4,08574.1%
No1,43025.9%

Yes ahead with 74.1% in Iowa County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 6 Judge - Jason D. Besler

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,92272.2%
No1,51027.8%

Yes ahead with 72.2% in Iowa County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 106,464 (71.2%), No 42,972 (28.8%).

District 6 Judge - Mark Fisher

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,87871.6%
No1,54028.4%

Yes ahead with 71.6% in Iowa County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 102,636 (68.5%), No 47,280 (31.5%).

District 6 Judge - Michael Harris

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4,01073.8%
No1,42726.2%

Yes ahead with 73.8% in Iowa County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 107,354 (71.8%), No 42,258 (28.2%).

District 6 Associate Judge - Angie Johnston

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,94372.4%
No1,50027.6%

Yes ahead with 72.4% in Iowa County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 109,552 (73.2%), No 40,124 (26.8%).

District 6 Associate Judge - Casey D. Jones

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,99173.4%
No1,44826.6%

Yes ahead with 73.4% in Iowa County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 110,358 (73.3%), No 40,254 (26.7%).

District 6 Associate Judge - Kristin Schneider

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,91771.7%
No1,54628.3%

Yes ahead with 71.7% in Iowa County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 102,733 (68.9%), No 46,426 (31.1%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +15.0R +28.2D +13.2
IA GovernorR +4.5R +28.2D +23.6
IA-01R +12.8R +28.2D +15.4

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 Iowa County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris35.3%Donald Trump63.0%R +27.79,639
2020Joe Biden36.4%Donald Trump61.7%R +25.39,742
2016Hillary Clinton34.6%Donald Trump58.5%R +23.88,904
2012Barack Obama46.7%Mitt Romney51.5%R +4.88,866
2008Barack Obama49.2%John McCain49.0%D +0.28,546
2004John Kerry45.4%George W. Bush53.7%R +8.38,454
2000Al Gore43.6%George W. Bush52.5%R +9.07,413

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 +18.7.

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.