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Iowa Secretary of State

2026 results by county, from Iowa's official results file. Paul D. Pate 53.1%, Ryan Peterman 46.8% statewide.

Statewide

Paul D. Pate
53.1%712,520
Ryan Peterman
46.8%627,864
Write-in
0.1%1,218

The state's unofficial totals. Winners aren't marked here.

By county

99 counties: Paul D. Pate has the most votes in 91, Ryan Peterman has the most votes in 8. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyPaul D. PateRyan PetermanVotes
Adair County72.1%27.9%3,120
Adams County69.4%30.6%1,623
Allamakee County64.4%35.5%5,718
Appanoose County67.3%32.6%4,819
Audubon County67.6%32.2%2,376
Benton County66.1%33.7%11,771
Black Hawk County45.1%54.8%51,358
Boone County57.5%42.4%12,396
Bremer County60.4%39.5%11,848
Buchanan County62.7%37.2%8,447
Buena Vista County60.3%39.6%5,883
Butler County70.5%29.4%6,228
Calhoun County71.1%28.9%3,775
Carroll County69.5%30.4%8,760
Cass County68.8%31.2%5,257
Cedar County58.7%41.2%8,498
Cerro Gordo County52.3%47.6%18,288
Cherokee County70.2%29.6%4,701
Chickasaw County66.4%33.5%4,824
Clarke County67.3%32.7%3,470
Clay County67.8%32.1%6,570
Clayton County65.7%34.3%7,258
Clinton County54.1%45.9%18,259
Crawford County65.3%34.7%4,884
Dallas County50.6%49.3%54,866
Davis County72.2%27.7%2,917
Decatur County70.6%29.3%2,737
Delaware County69.5%30.5%7,923
Des Moines County51.7%48.1%14,766
Dickinson County68.6%31.3%9,343
Dubuque County51.2%48.7%42,756
Emmet County66.5%33.5%3,549
Fayette County64.2%35.7%7,712
Floyd County58.8%41.2%6,000
Franklin County69.6%30.3%3,815
Fremont County66.9%33.0%2,645
Greene County65.4%34.5%3,677
Grundy County70.6%29.3%5,731
Guthrie County69.8%30.2%5,190
Hamilton County63.3%36.7%5,847
Hancock County72.0%27.9%4,567
Hardin County68.5%31.5%6,601
Harrison County65.8%34.0%5,746
Henry County63.9%36.0%7,475
Howard County63.0%36.9%3,692
Humboldt County72.8%27.1%3,802
Ida County75.2%24.8%2,739
Iowa County63.0%37.0%7,775
Jackson County62.3%37.6%8,234
Jasper County61.3%38.6%16,093
Jefferson County49.4%50.5%6,867
Johnson County27.0%72.9%75,394
Jones County63.8%36.2%8,559
Keokuk County72.8%27.0%3,852
Kossuth County71.8%28.2%6,609
Lee County55.9%44.0%11,896
Linn County44.9%55.0%105,165
Louisa County64.5%35.4%3,872
Lucas County71.9%28.0%3,434
Lyon County82.9%17.0%5,284
Madison County67.7%32.1%7,962
Mahaska County73.0%26.9%8,348
Marion County67.8%32.1%15,870
Marshall County53.1%46.8%14,304
Mills County64.4%35.6%6,159
Mitchell County63.2%36.8%4,397
Monona County68.3%31.6%3,388
Monroe County71.2%28.8%3,077
Montgomery County66.3%33.6%3,684
Muscatine County49.5%50.4%15,076
O'Brien County77.4%22.5%5,520
Osceola County79.5%20.4%2,339
Page County67.2%32.6%5,163
Palo Alto County70.0%29.9%3,978
Plymouth County73.8%26.1%10,730
Pocahontas County73.6%26.4%2,674
Polk County42.4%57.4%215,578
Pottawattamie County54.1%45.8%33,192
Poweshiek County56.3%43.7%8,014
Ringgold County75.2%24.8%2,104
Sac County73.3%26.6%4,155
Scott County46.2%53.7%72,670
Shelby County69.9%30.0%4,836
Sioux County84.2%15.8%15,053
Story County41.8%58.1%41,485
Tama County60.6%39.2%7,040
Taylor County75.4%24.5%2,198
Union County64.6%35.4%4,636
Van Buren County74.5%25.4%2,792
Wapello County58.2%41.7%11,040
Warren County58.4%41.5%27,204
Washington County61.4%38.5%9,467
Wayne County73.8%26.0%2,252
Webster County60.5%39.4%12,551
Winnebago County63.7%36.3%4,441
Winneshiek County53.1%46.8%10,160
Woodbury County54.4%45.5%33,047
Worth County61.2%38.6%3,378
Wright County65.8%34.1%4,379

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

Iowa's official results, file posted Nov 13, 3:23 PM. Unofficial until certified. Iowa's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.