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Winneshiek County, Iowa

2026 election results. Rob Sand (D) got 59% of the vote for governor in Winneshiek County. The margin is 27.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 9 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Winneshiek County

U.S. Senate

Josh Turek
50.4%5,221
Ashley Hinson
46.7%4,843
Thomas Laehn
2.9%301
100% counted

Statewide: Josh Turek wins. Called.

Governor

Rob Sand
59.0%6,139
Zach Lahn
41.0%4,272
100% counted

Statewide: Rob Sand wins. Called.

U.S. House: Iowa 2nd District

Lindsay James
47.5%4,859
Joe Mitchell
46.2%4,732
Dave Bushaw
4.3%440
Rick Stewart
2.0%205
100% counted

Whole district: Lindsay James wins. Called.

The leader in Winneshiek 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.

9 local contests in Winneshiek County

Local measures and judges on Winneshiek 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

City of Decorah - Public Measure WD

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,37461.6%
No1,48138.4%

Yes ahead with 61.6% in Winneshiek County. Decorah's page.

City of Spillville - Public Measure WE

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes14180.1%
No3519.9%

Yes ahead with 80.1% in Winneshiek County. Spillville's page.

Judges

Court of Appeals Judge - Sharon Soorholtz Greer

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes5,79677.0%
No1,72723.0%

Yes ahead with 77.0% in Winneshiek 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
Yes5,94178.3%
No1,64221.7%

Yes ahead with 78.3% in Winneshiek 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
Yes6,01479.4%
No1,55720.6%

Yes ahead with 79.4% in Winneshiek County. The contest crosses into 98 other counties; across all of them: Yes 707,287 (73.8%), No 251,442 (26.2%).

District 1A Judge - Alan Heavens

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes5,96578.7%
No1,61321.3%

Yes ahead with 78.7% in Winneshiek County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 42,876 (78.6%), No 11,685 (21.4%).

District 1A Associate Judge - Mark T. Hostager

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes5,94879.1%
No1,56720.9%

Yes ahead with 79.1% in Winneshiek County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 41,497 (77.5%), No 12,033 (22.5%).

District 1A Associate Judge - Stephanie C. Rattenborg

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes5,82077.4%
No1,69722.6%

Yes ahead with 77.4% in Winneshiek County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 40,911 (76.2%), No 12,749 (23.8%).

District 1A Associate Juvenile Judge - Thomas J. Straka

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes5,85377.8%
No1,67222.2%

Yes ahead with 77.8% in Winneshiek County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Yes 42,455 (78.1%), No 11,924 (21.9%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IA SenateD +3.8R +9.4D +13.2
IA GovernorD +17.9R +9.4D +27.3
IA-02D +1.3R +9.4D +10.7

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 Winneshiek County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris44.4%Donald Trump53.7%R +9.211,979
2020Joe Biden46.6%Donald Trump51.7%R +5.112,064
2016Hillary Clinton46.2%Donald Trump47.0%R +0.811,362
2012Barack Obama56.4%Mitt Romney41.7%D +14.711,084
2008Barack Obama60.5%John McCain37.9%D +22.711,280
2004John Kerry49.6%George W. Bush49.4%D +0.310,784
2000Al Gore46.1%George W. Bush49.3%R +3.39,417

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 +6.0.

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.