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Jackson County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 53% of the vote for governor in Jackson County. The margin is 26.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 14 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Jackson County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
56.8%4,832
Josh Turek
39.2%3,337
Thomas Laehn
3.9%335
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
53.3%4,541
Rob Sand
46.7%3,978
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 1st District

Mariannette Miller-Meeks
47.8%4,581
Christina Bohannan
47.8%4,581
Michael Bridgford
4.3%415
100% counted

Whole district: Christina Bohannan wins. Called.

The leader in Jackson 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.

14 local contests in Jackson County

Local measures and judges on Jackson 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 Bellevue - Public Measure LI

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes94283.9%
No18116.1%

Yes ahead with 83.9% in Jackson County. Bellevue's page.

Easton Valley School - Public Measure LJ

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes92258.6%
No65241.4%

Yes ahead with 58.6% in Jackson County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Yes 1,003 (55.6%), No 802 (44.4%).

Kirkwood Community College - Public Measure NC

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4353.1%
No3846.9%

Yes ahead with 53.1% in Jackson County. 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
Yes3,74973.4%
No1,35726.6%

Yes ahead with 73.4% in Jackson 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
Yes3,74574.0%
No1,31826.0%

Yes ahead with 74.0% in Jackson 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
Yes4,05077.3%
No1,18622.7%

Yes ahead with 77.3% in Jackson County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 7 Judge - Joel William Barrows

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,68473.9%
No1,30026.1%

Yes ahead with 73.9% in Jackson County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 62,950 (71.8%), No 24,713 (28.2%).

District 7 Judge - Henry William Latham II

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,67573.2%
No1,34526.8%

Yes ahead with 73.2% in Jackson County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 61,061 (69.4%), No 26,948 (30.6%).

District 7 Judge - Mark Ray Lawson

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4,01270.1%
No1,71329.9%

Yes ahead with 70.1% in Jackson County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 60,107 (68.0%), No 28,324 (32.0%).

District 7 Judge - Jeffrey McDaniel

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,63372.8%
No1,35827.2%

Yes ahead with 72.8% in Jackson County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 61,839 (70.1%), No 26,323 (29.9%).

District 7 Judge - Patrick A. McElyea

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,67173.8%
No1,30226.2%

Yes ahead with 73.8% in Jackson County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 62,847 (71.7%), No 24,773 (28.3%).

District 7 Judge - Elizabeth O'Donnell

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,80975.6%
No1,22824.4%

Yes ahead with 75.6% in Jackson County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 65,355 (73.7%), No 23,276 (26.3%).

District 7 Judge - Tamra J. Roberts

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,72574.4%
No1,28025.6%

Yes ahead with 74.4% in Jackson County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 63,877 (72.5%), No 24,283 (27.5%).

District 7 Associate Judge - Cheryl E. Traum

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,85876.3%
No1,19623.7%

Yes ahead with 76.3% in Jackson County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 64,697 (73.5%), No 23,327 (26.5%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +18.3R +33.0D +14.7
IA GovernorR +6.6R +33.0D +26.3
IA-01EvenR +33.0D +33.0

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 Jackson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris33.0%Donald Trump65.5%R +32.510,801
2020Joe Biden36.2%Donald Trump62.3%R +26.111,135
2016Hillary Clinton37.2%Donald Trump56.5%R +19.310,310
2012Barack Obama57.7%Mitt Romney40.8%D +16.910,242
2008Barack Obama61.3%John McCain36.9%D +24.49,955
2004John Kerry56.5%George W. Bush42.4%D +14.110,011
2000Al Gore54.7%George W. Bush41.7%D +13.09,032

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 +45.5.

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.