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Louisa County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 56% of the vote for governor in Louisa County. The margin is 29.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Louisa County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
58.2%2,245
Josh Turek
37.7%1,456
Thomas Laehn
4.1%158
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
56.3%2,214
Rob Sand
43.7%1,719
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 1st District

Mariannette Miller-Meeks
57.6%2,228
Christina Bohannan
38.0%1,470
Michael Bridgford
4.4%172
100% counted

Whole district: Christina Bohannan wins. Called.

The leader in Louisa 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 3, 8:44 PM.

7 local contests in Louisa County

Local measures and judges on Louisa 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
Yes3073.2%
No1126.8%

Yes ahead with 73.2% in Louisa 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
Yes3482.9%
No717.1%

Yes ahead with 82.9% in Louisa County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Yes 758 (72.2%), No 292 (27.8%).

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,14270.5%
No89829.5%

Yes ahead with 70.5% in Louisa 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
Yes2,15070.4%
No90629.6%

Yes ahead with 70.4% in Louisa 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
Yes2,28573.4%
No82826.6%

Yes ahead with 73.4% in Louisa 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
Yes2,31174.1%
No80925.9%

Yes ahead with 74.1% in Louisa 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
Yes2,23172.0%
No86728.0%

Yes ahead with 72.0% in Louisa 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 +21.3R +41.5D +20.2
IA GovernorR +12.6R +41.5D +29.0
IA-01R +20.5R +41.5D +21.1

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 Louisa County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris28.8%Donald Trump69.7%R +40.95,142
2020Joe Biden32.4%Donald Trump65.6%R +33.35,334
2016Hillary Clinton32.9%Donald Trump61.3%R +28.45,008
2012Barack Obama49.4%Mitt Romney48.7%D +0.64,968
2008Barack Obama51.3%John McCain47.0%D +4.24,920
2004John Kerry46.7%George W. Bush52.3%R +5.64,916
2000Al Gore49.5%George W. Bush47.6%D +1.94,637

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 +42.8.

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.