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Union County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 53% of the vote for governor in Union County. The margin is 31.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 5 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Union County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
55.8%2,588
Josh Turek
40.9%1,896
Thomas Laehn
3.3%155
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
52.8%2,493
Rob Sand
47.2%2,233
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Union 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 6, 11:34 AM.

5 local contests in Union County

Judges on Union 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
Yes2,42670.8%
No99929.2%

Yes ahead with 70.8% in Union 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
Yes2,44071.2%
No98828.8%

Yes ahead with 71.2% in Union 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
Yes2,56373.4%
No92726.6%

Yes ahead with 73.4% in Union County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 5B Judge - Elisabeth S. Reynoldson

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,61374.5%
No89625.5%

Yes ahead with 74.5% in Union County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 14,715 (73.4%), No 5,331 (26.6%).

District 5B Associate Judge - Andrew Zimmerman

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,65275.1%
No87724.9%

Yes ahead with 75.1% in Union County. The contest crosses into 8 other counties; across all of them: Yes 14,694 (73.8%), No 5,217 (26.2%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +15.4R +36.7D +21.2
IA GovernorR +5.5R +36.7D +31.2
IA-03R +24.1R +36.7D +12.6

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 Union County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris31.2%Donald Trump67.3%R +36.16,013
2020Joe Biden33.3%Donald Trump64.8%R +31.56,184
2016Hillary Clinton33.0%Donald Trump60.4%R +27.55,832
2012Barack Obama51.1%Mitt Romney47.2%D +3.95,957
2008Barack Obama50.8%John McCain47.1%D +3.75,909
2004John Kerry46.0%George W. Bush52.9%R +7.05,978
2000Al Gore44.3%George W. Bush52.3%R +8.15,740

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 +28.0.

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.