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Mills County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 61% of the vote for governor in Mills County. The margin is 18.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 12 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Mills County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
59.0%3,629
Josh Turek
37.1%2,282
Thomas Laehn
4.0%244
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
60.7%3,794
Rob Sand
39.3%2,458
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Mills 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.

12 local contests in Mills County

Judges on Mills 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
Yes2,96168.8%
No1,34031.2%

Yes ahead with 68.8% in Mills 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
Yes2,89868.0%
No1,36432.0%

Yes ahead with 68.0% in Mills 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
Yes3,04171.0%
No1,24029.0%

Yes ahead with 71.0% in Mills County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 4 Judge - Donna Bothwell

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,88368.3%
No1,33631.7%

Yes ahead with 68.3% in Mills County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 33,214 (67.7%), No 15,816 (32.3%).

District 4 Judge - Craig Michael Dreismeier

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,92868.7%
No1,33231.3%

Yes ahead with 68.7% in Mills County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,934 (67.4%), No 15,946 (32.6%).

District 4 Judge - Michael Donn Hooper

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,86768.5%
No1,32131.5%

Yes ahead with 68.5% in Mills County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,831 (67.3%), No 15,940 (32.7%).

District 4 Judge - Margaret J. Reyes

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,87966.7%
No1,43933.3%

Yes ahead with 66.7% in Mills County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,276 (65.5%), No 17,034 (34.5%).

District 4 Judge - Justin R. Wyatt

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,08471.3%
No1,24028.7%

Yes ahead with 71.3% in Mills County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 33,088 (68.0%), No 15,581 (32.0%).

District 4 Judge - Amy L. Zacharias

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,93769.6%
No1,28230.4%

Yes ahead with 69.6% in Mills County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 34,602 (69.7%), No 15,026 (30.3%).

District 4 Associate Judge - Matthew A. Schuling

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,88769.1%
No1,29030.9%

Yes ahead with 69.1% in Mills County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,681 (67.6%), No 15,697 (32.4%).

District 4 Associate Judge - Scott Strait

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,86568.5%
No1,31731.5%

Yes ahead with 68.5% in Mills County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,816 (67.5%), No 15,776 (32.5%).

District 4 Associate Judge - Ashley N. West-Joons

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,74365.2%
No1,46634.8%

Yes ahead with 65.2% in Mills County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 31,980 (65.3%), No 16,968 (34.7%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +22.8R +39.6D +16.8
IA GovernorR +21.4R +39.6D +18.2
IA-04R +27.1R +39.6D +12.5

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 Mills County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris29.8%Donald Trump68.7%R +39.08,253
2020Joe Biden30.3%Donald Trump67.5%R +37.28,269
2016Hillary Clinton27.1%Donald Trump65.8%R +38.77,698
2012Barack Obama39.5%Mitt Romney58.5%R +19.07,212
2008Barack Obama40.9%John McCain57.4%R +16.67,282
2004John Kerry33.3%George W. Bush65.6%R +32.46,940
2000Al Gore34.5%George W. Bush62.3%R +27.85,915

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 +11.1.

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.