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Marion County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 58% of the vote for governor in Marion County. The margin is 22.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 10 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Marion County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
60.5%9,645
Josh Turek
36.2%5,775
Thomas Laehn
3.3%534
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
57.7%9,374
Rob Sand
42.3%6,865
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 1st District

Mariannette Miller-Meeks
60.7%9,658
Christina Bohannan
35.6%5,664
Michael Bridgford
3.7%586
100% counted

Whole district: Christina Bohannan wins. Called.

The leader in Marion 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, 8:55 PM.

10 local contests in Marion County

Local measures and judges on Marion 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

Knoxville School - Public Measure ON

ChoiceVotesShare
No2,78154.8%
Yes2,29245.2%

No ahead with 54.8% in Marion County.

PCM School - Public Measure LL

ChoiceVotesShare
No16556.7%
Yes12643.3%

No ahead with 56.7% in Marion County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: No 1,518 (51.5%), Yes 1,429 (48.5%).

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes7,86270.2%
No3,34529.8%

Yes ahead with 70.2% in Marion 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
Yes8,37374.1%
No2,92425.9%

Yes ahead with 74.1% in Marion 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
Yes8,45274.8%
No2,84425.2%

Yes ahead with 74.8% in Marion 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
Yes8,43675.5%
No2,74024.5%

Yes ahead with 75.5% in Marion 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
Yes7,96471.9%
No3,10728.1%

Yes ahead with 71.9% in Marion 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
Yes8,21774.2%
No2,85725.8%

Yes ahead with 74.2% in Marion 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
Yes8,90076.8%
No2,68523.2%

Yes ahead with 76.8% in Marion 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
Yes7,85571.3%
No3,16828.7%

Yes ahead with 71.3% in Marion 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 +25.1R +38.3D +13.2
IA GovernorR +15.5R +38.3D +22.9
IA-01R +26.1R +38.3D +12.2

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 Marion County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris30.3%Donald Trump67.9%R +37.619,566
2020Joe Biden32.1%Donald Trump65.8%R +33.719,232
2016Hillary Clinton30.8%Donald Trump61.5%R +30.817,816
2012Barack Obama42.4%Mitt Romney55.6%R +13.117,687
2008Barack Obama43.6%John McCain54.4%R +10.817,030
2004John Kerry39.4%George W. Bush59.8%R +20.516,696
2000Al Gore39.8%George W. Bush58.0%R +18.214,408

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 +19.5.

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.