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Tama County, Iowa

2026 election results. Rob Sand (D) got 51% of the vote for governor in Tama County. The margin is 28.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 10 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Tama County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
53.6%3,802
Josh Turek
42.8%3,035
Thomas Laehn
3.6%255
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Rob Sand
50.6%3,599
Zach Lahn
49.4%3,516
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 2nd District

Joe Mitchell
53.5%3,741
Lindsay James
41.1%2,872
Rick Stewart
3.5%246
Dave Bushaw
1.9%134
100% counted

Whole district: Lindsay James wins. Called.

The leader in Tama 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, 9:19 PM.

10 local contests in Tama County

Local measures and judges on Tama 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

Kirkwood Community College - Public Measure NC

ChoiceVotesShare
No9950.5%
Yes9749.5%

No ahead with 50.5% in Tama County. The contest crosses into 17 other counties; across all of them: Yes 147,362 (69.8%), No 63,690 (30.2%).

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,57468.5%
No1,64531.5%

Yes ahead with 68.5% in Tama 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
Yes3,43066.8%
No1,70833.2%

Yes ahead with 66.8% in Tama 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
Yes3,60169.8%
No1,56030.2%

Yes ahead with 69.8% in Tama County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 6 Judge - Jason D. Besler

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,46467.2%
No1,69232.8%

Yes ahead with 67.2% in Tama County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 106,464 (71.2%), No 42,972 (28.8%).

District 6 Judge - Mark Fisher

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,50967.2%
No1,71432.8%

Yes ahead with 67.2% in Tama County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 102,636 (68.5%), No 47,280 (31.5%).

District 6 Judge - Michael Harris

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,46267.7%
No1,64832.3%

Yes ahead with 67.7% in Tama County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 107,354 (71.8%), No 42,258 (28.2%).

District 6 Associate Judge - Angie Johnston

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,56069.3%
No1,58030.7%

Yes ahead with 69.3% in Tama County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 109,552 (73.2%), No 40,124 (26.8%).

District 6 Associate Judge - Casey D. Jones

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,70071.1%
No1,50528.9%

Yes ahead with 71.1% in Tama County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 110,358 (73.3%), No 40,254 (26.7%).

District 6 Associate Judge - Kristin Schneider

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,46867.8%
No1,64932.2%

Yes ahead with 67.8% in Tama County. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Yes 102,733 (68.9%), No 46,426 (31.1%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +11.2R +27.3D +16.1
IA GovernorD +1.2R +27.3D +28.5
IA-02R +13.1R +27.3D +14.2

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 Tama County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris35.6%Donald Trump62.4%R +26.88,616
2020Joe Biden39.5%Donald Trump58.6%R +19.19,048
2016Hillary Clinton36.5%Donald Trump56.8%R +20.38,752
2012Barack Obama52.9%Mitt Romney45.4%D +7.49,017
2008Barack Obama55.4%John McCain43.2%D +12.28,850
2004John Kerry49.9%George W. Bush49.5%D +0.39,001
2000Al Gore48.6%George W. Bush48.5%D +0.18,315

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 +26.9.

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.