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Jones County, Iowa

2026 election results. Ashley Hinson (R) got 54% of the U.S. Senate vote in Jones County. The margin is 14.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 10 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Jones County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
54.4%4,702
Josh Turek
42.2%3,651
Thomas Laehn
3.4%291
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
50.1%4,328
Rob Sand
49.9%4,309
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 1st District

Mariannette Miller-Meeks
52.9%4,554
Christina Bohannan
43.4%3,735
Michael Bridgford
3.8%323
100% counted

Whole district: Christina Bohannan wins. Called.

The leader in Jones 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.

10 local contests in Jones County

Local measures and judges on Jones 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
Yes4,76462.8%
No2,81737.2%

Yes ahead with 62.8% in Jones 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
Yes4,82671.7%
No1,90128.3%

Yes ahead with 71.7% in Jones 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
Yes4,69970.3%
No1,98129.7%

Yes ahead with 70.3% in Jones 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
Yes4,86072.6%
No1,83627.4%

Yes ahead with 72.6% in Jones 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
Yes4,85772.3%
No1,86427.7%

Yes ahead with 72.3% in Jones 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
Yes4,65369.8%
No2,01430.2%

Yes ahead with 69.8% in Jones 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
Yes4,72770.8%
No1,94729.2%

Yes ahead with 70.8% in Jones 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
Yes4,86273.0%
No1,80227.0%

Yes ahead with 73.0% in Jones 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
Yes4,89673.4%
No1,77826.6%

Yes ahead with 73.4% in Jones 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
Yes4,75471.4%
No1,90328.6%

Yes ahead with 71.4% in Jones 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 +12.6R +26.7D +14.2
IA GovernorR +0.2R +26.7D +26.5
IA-01R +9.9R +26.7D +16.9

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 Jones County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris35.9%Donald Trump62.1%R +26.210,980
2020Joe Biden38.3%Donald Trump59.8%R +21.510,989
2016Hillary Clinton37.4%Donald Trump56.4%R +19.110,133
2012Barack Obama53.0%Mitt Romney45.2%D +7.810,449
2008Barack Obama54.4%John McCain44.0%D +10.410,004
2004John Kerry50.7%George W. Bush48.4%D +2.29,978
2000Al Gore51.3%George W. Bush45.9%D +5.39,143

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 +31.6.

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.