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Sac County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 63% of the vote for governor in Sac County. The margin is 25.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 10 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Sac County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
64.8%2,769
Josh Turek
31.1%1,326
Thomas Laehn
4.1%175
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
63.5%2,726
Rob Sand
36.5%1,568
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Sac 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.

10 local contests in Sac County

Judges on Sac 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
Yes2,01073.0%
No74527.0%

Yes ahead with 73.0% in Sac 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
Yes2,13275.5%
No69224.5%

Yes ahead with 75.5% in Sac 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
Yes2,16777.2%
No64022.8%

Yes ahead with 77.2% in Sac County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 2B Judge - Bethany Currie

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,07475.3%
No68024.7%

Yes ahead with 75.3% in Sac County. The contest crosses into 12 other counties; across all of them: Yes 62,023 (72.5%), No 23,572 (27.5%).

District 2B Judge - Angela L. Doyle

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,05574.9%
No68825.1%

Yes ahead with 74.9% in Sac County. The contest crosses into 12 other counties; across all of them: Yes 62,754 (72.9%), No 23,333 (27.1%).

District 2B Judge - Amy Moore

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,04774.9%
No68725.1%

Yes ahead with 74.9% in Sac County. The contest crosses into 12 other counties; across all of them: Yes 61,960 (71.9%), No 24,251 (28.1%).

District 2B Judge - Christopher Polking

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,08674.6%
No71125.4%

Yes ahead with 74.6% in Sac County. The contest crosses into 12 other counties; across all of them: Yes 62,087 (71.8%), No 24,345 (28.2%).

District 2B Judge - Ashley Sparks

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,10175.8%
No67124.2%

Yes ahead with 75.8% in Sac County. The contest crosses into 12 other counties; across all of them: Yes 62,040 (72.4%), No 23,668 (27.6%).

District 2B Associate Judge - Stephen A. Owen

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,07075.3%
No67924.7%

Yes ahead with 75.3% in Sac County. The contest crosses into 11 other counties; across all of them: Yes 58,681 (71.2%), No 23,715 (28.8%).

District 2B Associate Judge - Joseph L. Tofilon

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,02373.6%
No72426.4%

Yes ahead with 73.6% in Sac County. The contest crosses into 12 other counties; across all of them: Yes 60,802 (71.3%), No 24,530 (28.7%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +35.2R +52.2D +16.9
IA GovernorR +27.0R +52.2D +25.2
IA-04R +40.4R +52.2D +11.7

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 Sac County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris23.6%Donald Trump75.1%R +51.55,460
2020Joe Biden25.1%Donald Trump73.4%R +48.35,535
2016Hillary Clinton24.4%Donald Trump71.0%R +46.75,212
2012Barack Obama40.1%Mitt Romney58.5%R +18.45,291
2008Barack Obama44.6%John McCain53.5%R +8.95,053
2004John Kerry41.2%George W. Bush58.2%R +17.05,374
2000Al Gore41.7%George W. Bush55.2%R +13.55,033

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 +38.0.

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.