All 99 counties · General election Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026
Iowa has 99 counties. The 2026 county ballot includes the board of supervisors, county treasurer, recorder and attorney, township trustees and clerks, agricultural extension council and soil and water conservation commissioners, and judges standing for retention. Party nominees were chosen in the June 2 primary.
The Secretary of State's candidate list covers federal, state and legislative offices; county candidates file with each county auditor. Until we check each auditor's official list, Vote Book uses Ballotpedia's county pages, labeled as a secondary source. Linn County has been checked against its official list.
Source: Iowa Secretary of State, Nov 3, 2026 General Election candidate list (federal, state and legislative) (accessed Oct 17, 2026) · Ballotpedia (secondary source, not the official ballot) (accessed Oct 17, 2026). Each page names its own source. Find your exact ballot at Iowa voter registration lookup (Secretary of State).
| County | What's on the page |
|---|---|
| Adair County | 2 contested · 12 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Adams County | 1 contested · 8 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Allamakee County | 2 contested · 42 unopposed (secondary source) |
| Appanoose County | 0 contested · 24 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Audubon County | 0 contested · 19 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Benton County | 2 contested · 33 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Black Hawk County | 4 contested · 36 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Boone County | 1 contested · 8 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Bremer County | 3 contested · 25 unopposed (secondary source) |
| Buchanan County | 2 contested · 6 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Buena Vista County | 1 contested · 24 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Butler County | 1 contested · 37 unopposed (secondary source) |
| Calhoun County | 0 contested · 32 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Carroll County | 0 contested · 6 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Cass County | 1 contested · 7 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Cedar County | 0 contested · 39 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Cerro Gordo County | 1 contested · 16 unopposed (secondary source) |
| Cherokee County | 0 contested · 12 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Chickasaw County | 4 contested · 20 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Clarke County | 1 contested · 23 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Clay County | 0 contested · 32 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Clayton County | 1 contested · 7 unopposed (secondary source) |
| Clinton County | 2 contested · 15 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Crawford County | 2 contested · 5 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Dallas County | 6 contested · 6 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Davis County | 2 contested · 26 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Decatur County | 0 contested · 30 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Delaware County | 0 contested · 7 unopposed (secondary source) |
| Des Moines County | 2 contested · 4 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Dickinson County | 0 contested · 10 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Dubuque County | 4 contested · 5 unopposed (secondary source) |
| Emmet County | 0 contested · 5 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Fayette County | 5 contested · 34 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Floyd County | 7 contested · 15 unopposed (secondary source) |
| Franklin County | 2 contested · 28 unopposed (secondary source) |
| Fremont County | 1 contested · 29 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Greene County | 0 contested · 33 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Grundy County | 0 contested · 6 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Guthrie County | 1 contested · 27 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Hamilton County | 0 contested · 25 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Hancock County | 0 contested · 34 unopposed (secondary source) |
| Hardin County | 1 contested · 7 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Harrison County | 5 contested · 31 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Henry County | 3 contested · 21 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Howard County | 4 contested · 30 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Humboldt County | 1 contested · 23 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Ida County | 0 contested · 29 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Iowa County | 0 contested · 7 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Jackson County | 1 contested · 39 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Jasper County | 4 contested · 37 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Jefferson County | 1 contested · 22 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Johnson County | 7 contested · 45 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Jones County | 3 contested · 32 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Keokuk County | 1 contested · 31 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Kossuth County | 1 contested · 8 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Lee County | 2 contested · 31 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Linn County | 3 contested · 13 unopposed · 2 retention list |
| Louisa County | 0 contested · 26 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Lucas County | 0 contested · 14 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Lyon County | 1 contested · 7 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Madison County | 0 contested · 32 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Mahaska County | 0 contested · 27 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Marion County | 0 contested · 29 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Marshall County | 2 contested · 33 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Mills County | 0 contested · 6 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Mitchell County | 1 contested · 37 unopposed (secondary source) |
| Monona County | 2 contested · 14 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Monroe County | 1 contested · 9 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Montgomery County | 2 contested · 8 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Muscatine County | 2 contested · 27 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| O'Brien County | 0 contested · 7 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Osceola County | 0 contested · 8 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Page County | 2 contested · 9 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Palo Alto County | 1 contested · 12 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Plymouth County | 2 contested · 9 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Pocahontas County | 3 contested · 33 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Polk County | 4 contested · 6 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Pottawattamie County | 3 contested · 47 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Poweshiek County | 1 contested · 33 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Ringgold County | 1 contested · 15 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Sac County | 0 contested · 15 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Scott County | 4 contested · 23 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Shelby County | 1 contested · 6 unopposed · 1 retention list (secondary source) |
| Sioux County | 1 contested · 6 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Story County | 3 contested · 36 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Tama County | 0 contested · 41 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Taylor County | 1 contested · 28 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Union County | 0 contested · 8 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Van Buren County | 1 contested · 25 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Wapello County | 1 contested · 31 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Warren County | 3 contested · 33 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Washington County | 2 contested · 6 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Wayne County | 0 contested · 38 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Webster County | 2 contested · 46 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Winnebago County | 1 contested · 6 unopposed (secondary source) |
| Winneshiek County | 3 contested · 46 unopposed (secondary source) |
| Woodbury County | 3 contested · 41 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
| Worth County | 2 contested · 24 unopposed (secondary source) |
| Wright County | 0 contested · 14 unopposed · 2 retention list (secondary source) |
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