When will we know? · Iowa
When will we know Iowa’s 2026 election results?
We do not show Iowa’s statewide totals for that night. The results feed had no count for Story County, 3% of the state’s vote, until the next day, so every overnight total in it was too low. The counties that were reporting are below.
Linn came in last (past 90% by 1 AM ET). Polk, Scott and Black Hawk came in first.
Polls in Iowa close at 9 PM ET.
- These are 2024 counts. 2024 was a presidential year, and 2026 timing can differ. Nothing on this page predicts when any 2026 race will be known.
- Percentages are of each unit’s final 2024 count, not of the votes cast in 2026. A county’s share is of that county’s own final count.
- This page shows no results and no live data. Call the Map does not run an election-night results page.
The count by the hour, election night 2024
The biggest counties, and when each was in
| County | Of the state’s vote | By 9 PM | By 11 PM | By 1 AM | Past 90% by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk | 15% | none | 99% | 99% | 11 PM |
| Linn | 7% | none | 79% | 94% | 1 AM |
| Scott | 5% | none | 99% | 99% | 11 PM |
| Johnson | 5% | none | 47% | 99% | midnight |
| Black Hawk | 4% | none | 99% | 99% | 11 PM |
| Dallas | 4% | none | 96% | 99% | 11 PM |
| Dubuque | 3% | none | 99% | 99% | 11 PM |
| Story | 3% | not measured | not measured | not measured | not measured overnight |
Each percentage is of that county’s own final count, not of the state’s. “none” means the feed showed no votes yet; “not measured” means the feed did not carry the county’s count at that time, which is not the same as zero. A time after 2:37 AM is the first archived copy at that level; the archive has no copy between 2:37 AM and 2:37 PM on Nov. 6, so the count may have passed it earlier.
What comes late, and why
Fast. AP: about 82% of the 2020 vote was reported by midnight ET. Stewart's analysis found Iowa the fastest-reporting state four hours after polls closed in 2020.
Sources: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Iowa on Election Day (AP, syndicated by iNFOnews); Charles Stewart III, Election Updates: Looking back to 2020 for a guide to how fast the votes will be reported in 2024. These describe the 2020, 2022 and 2024 elections and the rules in force when they were read; they are not a statement about 2026.
The 2026 races here
- SenateTurek (D) vs. Hinson (R)
- GovernorSand (D) vs. Lahn (R)
- House IA-02James (D) vs. Mitchell (R)
- House IA-03Garriott (D) vs. Nunn (R)
See every race in Iowa, print the Election Night Guide to follow the count, or make your calls in the prediction game.
Sources and method
- Counts
- The New York Times presidential county results feed (Associated Press data), President only, as the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine kept it. Copies used: 7:59 PM ET Nov. 5 to 10:46 PM ET Dec. 5. The archive has no capture of this feed between 2:37 AM and 2:37 PM ET on Nov 6 2024; a state still counting at 2:37 AM is not measured again until the afternoon (and only the 16 states with an 'after' point carry later captures).
- Final count
- The same feed's last archived capture, 2025-01-06T22:21:00-05:00 (statewide 1,656,849). It is the feed’s last archived value, not a certified canvass.
- Capture times
- Kept to the minute (the research file kept capture times to the minute; the Wayback address resolves to the nearest capture).
The 15 archived copies behind this page
- 8 PM · statewide total not measured · taken 19:59 ET 11/05
- 9 PM · statewide total not measured · taken 20:59 ET 11/05
- 10 PM · statewide total not measured · taken 21:55 ET 11/05
- 11 PM · statewide total not measured · taken 22:59 ET 11/05
- midnight · statewide total not measured · taken 23:51 ET 11/05
- 1 AM · statewide total not measured · taken 00:59 ET 11/06
- 2 AM · statewide total not measured · taken 01:57 ET 11/06
- 2:37 AM · statewide total not measured · taken 02:37 ET 11/06
- 6:33 PM on Nov. 6 · 99% of the state’s final count in · taken 18:33 ET 11/06
- 5:15 AM on Nov. 7 · 99% of the state’s final count in · taken 05:15 ET 11/07
- 7:13 PM on Nov. 7 · 99% of the state’s final count in · taken 19:13 ET 11/07
- midnight on Nov. 11 · 99% of the state’s final count in · taken 00:00 ET 11/11
- 10:20 PM on Nov. 14 · 100% of the state’s final count in · taken 22:20 ET 11/14
- 2:51 AM on Nov. 22 · 100% of the state’s final count in · taken 02:51 ET 11/22
- 10:46 PM on Dec. 5 · 100% of the state’s final count in · taken 22:46 ET 12/05