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Lee County, Iowa

2026 election results. Rob Sand (D) got 50% of the vote for governor in Lee County. The margin is 28.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 6 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Lee County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
50.7%6,087
Josh Turek
44.4%5,329
Thomas Laehn
4.9%589
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Rob Sand
50.1%6,040
Zach Lahn
49.9%6,008
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 1st District

Mariannette Miller-Meeks
51.2%6,128
Christina Bohannan
44.8%5,368
Michael Bridgford
4.0%480
100% counted

Whole district: Christina Bohannan wins. Called.

The leader in Lee 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.

6 local contests in Lee County

Local measures and judges on Lee 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

Van Buren County School - Public Measure US

ChoiceVotesShare
No7373.7%
Yes2626.3%

No ahead with 73.7% in Lee County. The contest crosses into 3 other counties; across all of them: No 1,719 (62.3%), Yes 1,040 (37.7%).

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes6,77175.0%
No2,26025.0%

Yes ahead with 75.0% in Lee 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
Yes6,95975.8%
No2,21724.2%

Yes ahead with 75.8% in Lee 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
Yes7,02677.0%
No2,09823.0%

Yes ahead with 77.0% in Lee County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 8B Judge - Wyatt P. Peterson

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes7,19177.4%
No2,09922.6%

Yes ahead with 77.4% in Lee County. The contest crosses into 3 other counties; across all of them: Yes 22,731 (77.8%), No 6,489 (22.2%).

District 8B Associate Judge - Emily S. Dean

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes7,47077.0%
No2,23223.0%

Yes ahead with 77.0% in Lee County. The contest crosses into 3 other counties; across all of them: Yes 22,667 (76.8%), No 6,830 (23.2%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +6.6R +28.4D +21.8
IA GovernorD +0.3R +28.4D +28.7
IA-01R +6.6R +28.4D +21.8

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 Lee County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris34.9%Donald Trump62.7%R +27.716,198
2020Joe Biden39.1%Donald Trump58.4%R +19.316,735
2016Hillary Clinton38.5%Donald Trump54.5%R +16.016,151
2012Barack Obama56.7%Mitt Romney41.2%D +15.518,911
2008Barack Obama57.0%John McCain41.0%D +16.017,224
2004John Kerry56.8%George W. Bush41.8%D +15.017,858
2000Al Gore58.1%George W. Bush38.3%D +19.916,572

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 +47.6.

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.