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Lucas County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 58% of the vote for governor in Lucas County. The margin is 33.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 5 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Lucas County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
64.6%2,237
Josh Turek
32.4%1,121
Thomas Laehn
3.1%107
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
57.9%2,124
Rob Sand
42.1%1,542
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Lucas 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 12, 11:18 AM.

5 local contests in Lucas County

Judges on Lucas 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.

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,74367.5%
No84032.5%

Yes ahead with 67.5% in Lucas 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
Yes1,80770.6%
No75129.4%

Yes ahead with 70.6% in Lucas 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
Yes1,77669.8%
No77030.2%

Yes ahead with 69.8% in Lucas County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 5B Judge - Elisabeth S. Reynoldson

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,83670.8%
No75729.2%

Yes ahead with 70.8% in Lucas County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 14,715 (73.4%), No 5,331 (26.6%).

District 5B Associate Judge - Andrew Zimmerman

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,80069.4%
No79430.6%

Yes ahead with 69.4% in Lucas County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 14,694 (73.8%), No 5,217 (26.2%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +33.2R +48.8D +15.6
IA GovernorR +15.9R +48.8D +33.0
IA-03R +38.0R +48.8D +10.9

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 Lucas County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris25.2%Donald Trump73.2%R +48.04,646
2020Joe Biden27.7%Donald Trump71.0%R +43.34,630
2016Hillary Clinton28.5%Donald Trump66.1%R +37.64,354
2012Barack Obama46.0%Mitt Romney52.1%R +6.24,323
2008Barack Obama45.4%John McCain52.1%R +6.74,471
2004John Kerry43.5%George W. Bush55.6%R +12.24,571
2000Al Gore44.9%George W. Bush52.6%R +7.64,303

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 +40.4.

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.