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Scott County, Iowa

2026 election results. Rob Sand (D) got 58% of the vote for governor in Scott County. The margin is 20.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 11 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Scott County

U.S. Senate

Josh Turek
54.6%40,169
Ashley Hinson
42.3%31,152
Thomas Laehn
3.1%2,273
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Rob Sand
58.3%42,971
Zach Lahn
41.7%30,708
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 1st District

Christina Bohannan
54.3%39,980
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
41.5%30,520
Michael Bridgford
4.2%3,087
100% counted

Whole district: Christina Bohannan wins. Called.

The leader in Scott 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.

11 local contests in Scott County

Judges on Scott 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
Yes39,41672.4%
No15,06127.6%

Yes ahead with 72.4% in Scott 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
Yes37,16869.6%
No16,27030.4%

Yes ahead with 69.6% in Scott 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
Yes39,88873.5%
No14,38326.5%

Yes ahead with 73.5% in Scott County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 7 Judge - Joel William Barrows

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes39,00772.6%
No14,69127.4%

Yes ahead with 72.6% in Scott County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 62,950 (71.8%), No 24,713 (28.2%).

District 7 Judge - Henry William Latham II

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes37,75469.9%
No16,28030.1%

Yes ahead with 69.9% in Scott County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 61,061 (69.4%), No 26,948 (30.6%).

District 7 Judge - Mark Ray Lawson

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes36,91168.7%
No16,85131.3%

Yes ahead with 68.7% in Scott County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 60,107 (68.0%), No 28,324 (32.0%).

District 7 Judge - Jeffrey McDaniel

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes38,74871.2%
No15,69128.8%

Yes ahead with 71.2% in Scott County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 61,839 (70.1%), No 26,323 (29.9%).

District 7 Judge - Patrick A. McElyea

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes39,20672.8%
No14,63727.2%

Yes ahead with 72.8% in Scott County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 62,847 (71.7%), No 24,773 (28.3%).

District 7 Judge - Elizabeth O'Donnell

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes40,61874.7%
No13,78525.3%

Yes ahead with 74.7% in Scott County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 65,355 (73.7%), No 23,276 (26.3%).

District 7 Judge - Tamra J. Roberts

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes39,32073.0%
No14,56327.0%

Yes ahead with 73.0% in Scott County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 63,877 (72.5%), No 24,283 (27.5%).

District 7 Associate Judge - Cheryl E. Traum

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes39,77874.0%
No13,94026.0%

Yes ahead with 74.0% in Scott County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 64,697 (73.5%), No 23,327 (26.5%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateD +12.6R +4.0D +16.6
IA GovernorD +16.6R +4.0D +20.6
IA-01D +13.4R +4.0D +17.4

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 Scott County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris47.1%Donald Trump51.0%R +3.990,133
2020Joe Biden50.7%Donald Trump47.2%D +3.592,598
2016Hillary Clinton46.9%Donald Trump45.4%D +1.586,220
2012Barack Obama56.1%Mitt Romney42.4%D +13.790,263
2008Barack Obama56.6%John McCain42.1%D +14.586,371
2004John Kerry50.9%George W. Bush48.3%D +2.682,722
2000Al Gore50.8%George W. Bush46.5%D +4.370,568

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 +8.2.

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.