Iowa official results
Counts exactly as Iowa Secretary of State reports them, with a link to the official source.
Unofficial results until certified. These are counts as published by the official state election authority on election night. Counts change as ballots are counted. Vote Files does not call races or project winners. Where news organizations' projections are shown, each is labeled as that outlet's and kept apart from the official record.
Election Week: how news outlets are covering the count, beside the official record
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Official results source: Iowa Secretary of State
Official data feed identified (checked Sep 25, 2026). Clarity ENR on the state domain: elections.json, current_ver.txt, summary.json and electionsettings.json verified on the June 2, 2026 primary.
Certification and canvass: Iowa
Not yet certified. No official certification has been found at this time. We are watching for updates.
- County canvass deadline: Tuesday, November 10, 2026. (Iowa Code § 50.24(1): official text) The statute: “The county board of supervisors shall meet to canvass the vote on the first Tuesday after the day of each election” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- State certification deadline: No later than Monday, November 30, 2026 (state canvass); certificates then signed by the Governor (or Secretary of State if Governor absent). (Iowa Code § 50.38; Iowa Code § 50.41: official text) The statute: “Not later than twenty-seven days after the day of the election, the secretary of state shall present to the board of state canvassers abstracts of votes cast at the election” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Recount request deadline: 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 11, 2026 (day after the county canvass). Bond-free recount right when margin is under 0.15% (statewide/federal) or 1%/50 votes (other offices) — not a true automatic recount.. (Iowa Code § 50.48(1)(a), (1)(c): official text) The statute: “a written request for a recount is made not later than 5:00 p.m. on the day following the county board's canvass...difference...is less than fifteen hundredths of one percent for...a statewide elected office or federal office” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Election contest filing deadline: Set by rule, not a fixed date. The statute: “Within twenty days after the board of supervisors declares a winner from the canvass of an election, the contestant shall file with the commissioner a written statement of intention to contest the election” (Iowa Code § 62.5(1): official text) Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Mail and military ballot receipt and cure deadlines: Ballot must be received before polls close Nov 3, 2026 UNLESS postmarked (or traced into federal mail system) by Monday, Nov 2, 2026, in which case it may be received up to the official canvass (Nov 10, 2026). (Iowa Code § 53.17(2); Iowa Code § 53.17A(3): official text) The statute: “An absentee ballot received after the polls close on election day but prior to the official canvass shall be counted if the commissioner determines that the ballot entered the federal mail system by the deadline specified in section 53.17 or 53.22” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
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