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Johnson County, Iowa

2026 election results. Rob Sand (D) got 79% of the vote for governor in Johnson County. The margin is 19.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 13 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Johnson County

U.S. Senate

Josh Turek
75.5%58,095
Ashley Hinson
22.7%17,483
Thomas Laehn
1.8%1,380
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Rob Sand
78.8%60,766
Zach Lahn
21.2%16,315
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 1st District

Christina Bohannan
75.6%58,034
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
22.4%17,198
Michael Bridgford
2.0%1,572
100% counted

Whole district: Christina Bohannan wins. Called.

The leader in Johnson 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.

13 local contests in Johnson County

Local measures and judges on Johnson 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 Hills - Public Measure LZ

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes34968.4%
No16131.6%

Yes ahead with 68.4% in Johnson County. Hills's page.

Kirkwood Community College - Public Measure NC

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes55,20078.2%
No15,42721.8%

Yes ahead with 78.2% in Johnson County. The contest crosses into 17 other counties; across all of them: Yes 147,362 (69.8%), No 63,690 (30.2%).

Lone Tree School - Public Measure MA

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes72471.8%
No28528.2%

Yes ahead with 71.8% in Johnson County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Yes 758 (72.2%), No 292 (27.8%).

Mid-Prairie School - Public Measure VF

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes42765.6%
No22434.4%

Yes ahead with 65.6% in Johnson 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
Yes36,78873.2%
No13,49326.8%

Yes ahead with 73.2% in Johnson 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
Yes34,38669.4%
No15,19030.6%

Yes ahead with 69.4% in Johnson 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
Yes37,78574.2%
No13,10625.8%

Yes ahead with 74.2% in Johnson 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
Yes35,87172.5%
No13,58327.5%

Yes ahead with 72.5% in Johnson 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
Yes34,47569.4%
No15,20130.6%

Yes ahead with 69.4% in Johnson 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
Yes35,90773.2%
No13,13726.8%

Yes ahead with 73.2% in Johnson 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
Yes37,53676.4%
No11,60423.6%

Yes ahead with 76.4% in Johnson 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
Yes37,28475.1%
No12,36924.9%

Yes ahead with 75.1% in Johnson 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
Yes34,07669.6%
No14,86830.4%

Yes ahead with 69.6% in Johnson 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 SenateD +53.7D +38.6D +15.2
IA GovernorD +57.7D +38.6D +19.1
IA-01D +54.3D +38.6D +15.7

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 Johnson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris67.9%Donald Trump30.1%D +37.886,644
2020Joe Biden70.6%Donald Trump27.3%D +43.283,852
2016Hillary Clinton65.2%Donald Trump27.4%D +37.976,940
2012Barack Obama66.7%Mitt Romney31.2%D +35.575,977
2008Barack Obama69.9%John McCain28.4%D +41.572,975
2004John Kerry64.0%George W. Bush34.7%D +29.365,373
2000Al Gore59.1%George W. Bush33.9%D +25.252,769

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 D +12.7.

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.