Within recount rangeUnofficial results

Iowa Auditor

Name: Iowa Auditor
Start: 2026-11-03
Location: Iowa

Auditor · Iowa

Taylor Wettach leads Chris Cournoyer by 0.49 points in the state's complete count, within recount range. The race is not called until the state certifies its results.

Taylor WettachDemocrat · leading

50.2%666,632

Chris CournoyerRepublican

49.7%660,159

Write-inOther party

0.1%1,375

1,328,166 votes

Source: Iowa Secretary of State unofficial resultsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 1:35 PM ET

Where the race moved

Against the 2024 presidential vote

Every county, 2024 to 2026

Each dot is a county, sized by votes cast and colored by who carried it in 2026. Dots above the line moved toward Wettach compared with the 2024 presidential vote; 99 of 99 did. The largest shift among the bigger counties: Muscatine, +23.1 points.

Source: civicAPI county results (unofficial); 2024 president: MEDSL precinct returnsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 1:34 PM ET

The seat's recent races

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

By county

CountyShareMarginShift

PolkD+23.6+12.7

LinnD+23.0+13.1

JohnsonD+51.5+13.7

ScottD+7.3+11.2

DallasD+5.8+10.5

Black HawkD+17.8+16.7

DubuqueD+4.4+13.0

StoryD+23.8+13.5

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WoodburyR+6.3+16.6

PottawattamieR+7.4+12.5

WarrenR+9.0+11.6

ClintonR+10.2+8.6

Cerro GordoR+0.2+11.4

JasperR+14.8+12.7

MarionR+29.5+8.1

MuscatineD+8.2+23.1

SiouxR+66.9+3.8

Des MoinesD+0.1+15.1

MarshallD+1.1+16.6

WebsterR+15.4+15.7

BooneR+6.6+14.9

LeeR+9.5+18.2

BremerR+11.2+10.9

BentonR+18.7+14.4

WapelloR+11.7+19.7

PlymouthR+45.7+8.4

WinneshiekD+5.8+15.1

WashingtonR+12.0+12.3

DickinsonR+33.2+6.6

CarrollR+30.7+11.2

JonesR+13.8+12.4

BuchananR+10.9+17.3

CedarR+6.9+14.9

MahaskaR+40.5+11.0

JacksonR+21.3+11.2

PoweshiekR+4.9+11.9

DelawareR+26.6+12.9

IowaR+15.4+12.2

FayetteR+15.0+15.4

MadisonR+28.1+10.3

HenryR+17.4+18.5

ClaytonR+20.2+14.2

TamaR+11.6+15.2

JeffersonD+7.0+13.8

KossuthR+37.2+6.8

HardinR+27.1+11.1

ClayR+32.1+11.0

ButlerR+32.4+12.9

MillsR+30.2+8.8

FloydR+12.3+13.4

HamiltonR+18.8+14.4

Buena VistaR+15.1+18.0

HarrisonR+30.7+11.0

GrundyR+32.5+9.2

AllamakeeR+22.1+12.2

O'BrienR+53.4+7.3

LyonR+65.3+4.3

CassR+32.8+7.8

PageR+33.2+9.0

GuthrieR+31.0+6.7

CrawfordR+27.8+15.6

AppanooseR+28.7+17.8

ChickasawR+22.5+14.7

ShelbyR+36.6+6.3

CherokeeR+37.0+8.7

UnionR+21.2+14.9

HancockR+40.4+7.0

WinnebagoR+23.6+7.0

MitchellR+21.3+9.8

WrightR+24.4+12.0

SacR+40.9+10.6

Palo AltoR+35.4+9.5

LouisaR+22.1+18.8

HumboldtR+40.6+9.3

KeokukR+36.4+15.0

FranklinR+32.1+9.4

CalhounR+35.9+10.8

HowardR+19.4+12.4

MontgomeryR+33.0+6.0

GreeneR+20.9+12.1

EmmetR+29.8+14.2

ClarkeR+27.7+14.2

LucasR+36.6+11.4

WorthR+17.2+11.0

MononaR+33.0+12.1

AdairR+34.8+10.0

MonroeR+34.9+15.6

DavisR+38.6+15.8

Van BurenR+45.2+10.2

DecaturR+35.0+11.9

IdaR+47.2+6.1

PocahontasR+43.2+10.7

FremontR+31.2+13.3

AudubonR+26.9+11.4

OsceolaR+56.7+7.3

WayneR+41.4+15.7

TaylorR+44.6+11.1

RinggoldR+39.3+12.0

AdamsR+33.0+11.1

Bar: share of the state's vote. Shift: change in margin from the 2024 presidential vote, + toward Democrats.

Source: civicAPI county results (unofficial); 2024 president: MEDSL precinct returnsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 1:34 PM ET

Pre-election forecast (final, Nov 3)

Our model's last run before Election Day, Nov 3, 2026. It no longer updates.

Taylor Wettach: 33%
Chris Cournoyer: 67%
Projected margin: R+2.8

How the forecast works →

The candidates

Taylor Wettach (D)
Attorney (previously ran for U.S. House)Chris Cournoyer (R)
Lieutenant governor of Iowa (2024–present)

Also on the ballot: Write-in (Other party), 0.1%

Also on this ballot here

U.S. Senate	D+4.1
Governor	D+11.0
Attorney General	D+1.8
Secretary of State	R+6.4
Treasurer	R+0.7

Results within this state. Source: Results and race calls: Iowa Secretary of State (unofficial)Updated Nov 7, 2026, 1:35 PM ET