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Wayne County, Iowa

2026 election results. Zach Lahn (R) got 63% of the vote for governor in Wayne County. The margin is 31.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 5 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Wayne County

U.S. Senate

Ashley Hinson
65.8%1,483
Josh Turek
30.7%692
Thomas Laehn
3.5%79
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Zach Lahn
63.2%1,449
Rob Sand
36.8%845
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

The leader in Wayne 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, 8:14 PM.

5 local contests in Wayne County

Judges on Wayne 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
Yes1,22672.0%
No47628.0%

Yes ahead with 72.0% in Wayne 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
Yes1,30875.1%
No43424.9%

Yes ahead with 75.1% in Wayne 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
Yes1,26774.3%
No43825.7%

Yes ahead with 74.3% in Wayne 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
Yes1,28674.3%
No44525.7%

Yes ahead with 74.3% in Wayne 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
Yes1,26673.7%
No45226.3%

Yes ahead with 73.7% in Wayne 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 +36.4R +58.1D +21.7
IA GovernorR +26.3R +58.1D +31.8
IA-03R +44.0R +58.1D +14.0

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 Wayne County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris20.6%Donald Trump77.7%R +57.13,124
2020Joe Biden23.4%Donald Trump75.2%R +51.83,109
2016Hillary Clinton24.5%Donald Trump70.4%R +45.92,940
2012Barack Obama43.1%Mitt Romney54.6%R +11.42,900
2008Barack Obama45.5%John McCain52.5%R +7.02,980
2004John Kerry44.0%George W. Bush55.3%R +11.33,133
2000Al Gore43.0%George W. Bush55.1%R +12.13,021

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 +45.0.

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.