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Madison County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 54% of the vote for governor in Madison County. The margin is 31.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 9 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Madison County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
58.5%4,763
Josh Turek
37.6%3,064
Thomas Laehn
3.9%315
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
53.9%4,402
Rob Sand
46.1%3,767
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Madison 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.

9 local contests in Madison County

Local measures and judges on Madison 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

Interstate 35 School - Public Measure Z

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes67152.8%
No59947.2%

Yes ahead with 52.8% in Madison County. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Yes 1,258 (50.3%), No 1,241 (49.7%).

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,63465.4%
No1,92534.6%

Yes ahead with 65.4% in Madison 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
Yes3,79268.3%
No1,76331.7%

Yes ahead with 68.3% in Madison 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
Yes3,86768.6%
No1,77331.4%

Yes ahead with 68.6% in Madison County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 5A Judge - Nicholas Bailey

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,81469.5%
No1,67730.5%

Yes ahead with 69.5% in Madison County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 64,752 (71.9%), No 25,276 (28.1%).

District 5A Judge - Michael K. Jacobsen

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,73267.5%
No1,79732.5%

Yes ahead with 67.5% in Madison County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 63,513 (70.2%), No 26,928 (29.8%).

District 5A Judge - Thomas P. Murphy

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,69166.8%
No1,83833.2%

Yes ahead with 66.8% in Madison County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 64,128 (71.1%), No 26,021 (28.9%).

District 5A Associate Judge - Steven W. Guiter

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,63266.3%
No1,84533.7%

Yes ahead with 66.3% in Madison County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 64,153 (71.2%), No 25,908 (28.8%).

District 5A Associate Judge - Mark F. Schlenker

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,61465.4%
No1,91534.6%

Yes ahead with 65.4% in Madison County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 61,600 (68.5%), No 28,374 (31.5%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +21.7R +39.1D +17.4
IA GovernorR +7.8R +39.1D +31.3
IA-03R +28.2R +39.1D +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 Madison County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris30.0%Donald Trump68.4%R +38.510,028
2020Joe Biden31.9%Donald Trump66.2%R +34.39,826
2016Hillary Clinton31.0%Donald Trump62.1%R +31.18,636
2012Barack Obama42.9%Mitt Romney54.8%R +11.98,458
2008Barack Obama44.0%John McCain54.0%R +10.08,480
2004John Kerry42.2%George W. Bush56.7%R +14.58,004
2000Al Gore44.4%George W. Bush52.5%R +8.26,969

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 +30.3.

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.