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Washington County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 52% of the vote for governor in Washington County. The margin is 20.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 12 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Washington County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
54.2%5,235
Josh Turek
42.6%4,114
Thomas Laehn
3.1%304
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
52.2%5,045
Rob Sand
47.8%4,629
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 1st District

Mariannette Miller-Meeks
53.4%5,151
Christina Bohannan
42.9%4,140
Michael Bridgford
3.7%356
100% counted

Whole district: Christina Bohannan wins. Called.

The leader in Washington 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.

12 local contests in Washington County

Local measures and judges on Washington 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

Fairfield School - Public Measure LR

ChoiceVotesShare
No2100.0%
Yes00.0%

No ahead with 100.0% in Washington County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 4,220 (67.7%), No 2,011 (32.3%).

Keota School - Public Measure ML

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes12960.3%
No8539.7%

Yes ahead with 60.3% in Washington County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Yes 470 (54.9%), No 386 (45.1%).

Kirkwood Community College - Public Measure NC

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes5,28063.8%
No2,99236.2%

Yes ahead with 63.8% in Washington County. The contest crosses into 17 other counties; across all of them: Yes 147,362 (69.8%), No 63,690 (30.2%).

Mid-Prairie School - Public Measure VF

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,97767.3%
No96132.7%

Yes ahead with 67.3% in Washington County. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Yes 2,448 (66.6%), No 1,228 (33.4%).

Pekin School - Public Measure MN

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1866.7%
No933.3%

Yes ahead with 66.7% in Washington County. The contest crosses into 3 other counties; across all of them: Yes 751 (54.9%), No 618 (45.1%).

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes5,04074.8%
No1,69925.2%

Yes ahead with 74.8% in Washington 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
Yes4,97174.4%
No1,70825.6%

Yes ahead with 74.4% in Washington 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
Yes5,08275.8%
No1,62124.2%

Yes ahead with 75.8% in Washington County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 8A Judge - Dustin Hite

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4,91973.8%
No1,74526.2%

Yes ahead with 73.8% in Washington County. The contest crosses into 9 other counties; across all of them: Yes 31,857 (71.9%), No 12,455 (28.1%).

District 8A Judge - Amber L. Thompson

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes5,09076.0%
No1,60724.0%

Yes ahead with 76.0% in Washington County. The contest crosses into 9 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,954 (74.3%), No 11,413 (25.7%).

District 8A Associate Judge - Susan Cole

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes5,06175.8%
No1,61424.2%

Yes ahead with 75.8% in Washington County. The contest crosses into 9 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,070 (73.3%), No 11,672 (26.7%).

District 8A Associate Judge - Jennifer Nicole Jensen

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes5,07576.4%
No1,56523.6%

Yes ahead with 76.4% in Washington County. The contest crosses into 9 other counties; across all of them: Yes 32,413 (73.9%), No 11,431 (26.1%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateR +12.0R +24.7D +12.7
IA GovernorR +4.3R +24.7D +20.4
IA-01R +10.9R +24.7D +13.8

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 Washington County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris37.1%Donald Trump61.4%R +24.411,588
2020Joe Biden38.8%Donald Trump59.3%R +20.511,763
2016Hillary Clinton36.1%Donald Trump56.5%R +20.410,929
2012Barack Obama46.5%Mitt Romney50.5%R +4.111,004
2008Barack Obama48.7%John McCain49.4%R +0.710,626
2004John Kerry43.0%George W. Bush55.9%R +12.910,688
2000Al Gore43.2%George W. Bush53.1%R +9.89,094

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 +14.5.

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.