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Unofficial 2026 midterm election results for Iowa and Illinois

Scott County Auditor's Office

Unofficial election results for the 30 counties in the WVIK listening area with contested races.

The races included are contested. Please visit your county clerk or auditor's website for full results on every race. Some Iowa and Illinois House and Senate districts span multiple counties; therefore, being ahead in a county does not mean a candidate won the race.

For Illinois statewide races, click here.
For Iowa statewide races, click here.

For local races, select any county to jump to that part of the page.

BENTON

BUCHANAN

BUREAU

CARROLL

CEDAR

CLINTON

DELAWARE

DES MOINES

DUBUQUE

HANCOCK

HENRY

IOWA

JACKSON

JEFFERSON

JO DAVIESS

JOHNSON

JONES

KEOKUK

LINN

LOUISA

MERCER

MCDONOUGH

MUSCATINE

PUTNAM

ROCK ISLAND

SCOTT

STEPHENSON

WARREN

WASHINGTON

WHITESIDE


BENTON

66.81% voter turnout

County Board of Supervisors District 2 

Republican, Bethany Hantz 6,523

Democrat, Terry Hertle 5,042

County Treasurer 

Republican, Melinda Schoettmer 9,889

County Recorder 

Republican, Lexa S. Speidel 7,890

Democrat, Allison Hicks 3,688

State Representative District 76
Democrat, Calvin Horn 126

Republican, Matt Reisetter 364

State Representative District 84
Democrat, Polly Denison 4,026

Republican, Thomas Gerhold 7,075

County Agricultural Extension Council (Vote for 5)

Scott Rathje 7,012

Kelsey Brecht 6,474

Jessica Melby 5,922

Tressa Walton 6,132

Emily LeGrand 6,052

Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioner
Cory Cronbaugh 6,627

Steven Thompson 6,768

Independence School District Director to fill a vacancy
Ranger Reed, 2
Erika Schmitt 4

BUCHANAN

64.50% voter turnout

Board of Supervisors (Vote for 2)

Republican, Dawn Vogel 4,909

Republican, John Lynch 3,253

Democrat, Rick Wulfekuhle 5,237

Nonpartisan, Ben Trumblee 1,068

Independence School District Director 1 to fill a vacancy

Ranger Reed, 1,536

Erika Schmitt 2,086

BUREAU

59% voter turnout

Bureau County Sheriff

Republican, Tom Kammerer 7,259

Democrat, Michael Wittig 4,786

State Senate 38th District

Republican, Sue Rezin 1,598

Democrat, Ernie R. Marcelain 1,435

State House 73rd District

Republican, Ryan Spain 5,937

Democrat, Nicole Dopler 2,735

State House 76th District

Republican, Liz Bishop 1,373

Democrat, Amy "Murri" Briel 1,643

Judge of the Appellate Court Third Judicial District

Republican, Jason A. Helland 6,926

Democrat, Margaret "Peggy" O'Connell 4,786

Judge of the Circuit Court Thirteenth Judicial Circuit

Republican, Michelle A. Vescogni 6,711

Democrat, Melissa Olivero 5,004

La Moille Community Unit School District Number 303 High School Deactivation - Shall the Board of Education of La Moille Community Unit School District No. 303, Bureau County, Illinois, and Lee County, Illinois, be authorized to deactivate the La Moille High School Facility and to send pupils in or entering La Moille High School to Mendota High School District 280, Hall High School District 502, and Amboy Community Unit School District 272?

Yes 494

No 198

Mineral-Gold Fire Protection District Corporate Tax Rate Increase - "Shall the maximum allowable tax rate for Mineral-Gold Fire Protection District be increased from 0.30% to 0.40% of the value of all taxable property within the District as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue?"

Yes 83

No 74

Mineral-Gold Fire Protection District Ambulance Service Tax Rate Increase - "Shall the Mineral-Gold Fire Protection District levy a special tax at a rate not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all taxable property within the district as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue for the purpose of providing an ambulance service?"

Yes 98

No 59

CARROLL

57% voter turnout
State Senate 45th District

Republican, Andrew S. Chesney 4,202

Democrat, Joseph H. "Joe" Berning 1,917

Member of County Board District 3

Republican, William Iske 1,569

Republican, Jason T. Beyers 1,384

Shall the Board of Education of Chadwick-Milledgeville Community Unit School District Number 399, Carroll and Whiteside Counties, Illinois, alter, repair and equip the Milledgeville School Building, including constructing a secured entrance and a new gymnasium and expanding early childhood and career and technical education programming space, and issue bonds of said School District to the amount of $12,370,000 for the purpose of paying the costs thereof?

Yes 327

No 845

CEDAR

67% voter turnout

State Senator District 41
Republican, Kerry Gruenhagen 4,799
Democrat, Tom Wieck 3,658

State Representative District 82
Democrat, James Behrmann 3,446
Republican, Bobby Kaufmann 5,098

CLINTON

58% voter turnout

State Senate District 35

Republican, Joe Stutting 9,244

Democrat, Mike Zimmer 9,099

State Representative District 69

Republican, Tom Determann 5,565

Democrat, Randy Meier 5,956

State Representative District 70

Republican, Norlin Mommsen 3,379

Democrat, George Pickup 3,457

Board of Supervisors (Vote for 2)

Republican, Steve Cundiff 9,871

Republican, Jim Irwin Jr. 8,685

Democrat, Charles Hunter 8,568

County Treasurer

Republican, Dustin Johnson 9,792

Democrat, Joe Brown 8,389

DELAWARE

65% voter turnout

State Representative District 67
Democrat, Michael Coonrad 2,595
Republican, Craig Johnson 5,198

DES MOINES

County Supervisor

Republican, Brian Thie 7,873

Democrat, Bob Bartles 6,889

State Representative District 95

Republican, Taylor Collins 2,602

Democrat, Carrie Trevino 1,256

State Representative District 99

Republican, Matthew Rinker 4,768

Democrat, Jennifer Kirkman 6,150

DUBUQUE

63% voter turnout

Dubuque County Attorney

Republican, Scott J. Nelson 20,071

Democrat, Steve Drahozal 22,230

Dubuque County Recorder

Democrat, Ann E. Sweeney 27,748

Nonpartisan, Michael Rabagia 8,014

Dubuque County Board of Supervisors (Vote for 2)

Republican, Wayne Kenniker 18,086

Republican, Jason Davis 18,941

Democrat, Kristin Dietzel 22,076

Democrat, Rick Dickinson 19,576

County Agricultural Extension Council (Vote for 5)
Scott Hendricks 19,705
Madison Simon 18,954
Sandi Helgerson 18,252
Lisa Mescher 18,229
Timothy Nieman 17,531
LaMetra Murdock 11,106

HANCOCK

46% voter turnout

Judge of the Circuit Court 9th Judicial Circuit

Republican, Carissa Bryant 3,084

Independent, Chad M. Long 1,910

HENRY

55% voter turnout

State Senate 36th District

Republican, Brad Beekman 2,611

Democrat, Michael W. Halpin 2,097

General Assembly 71st District

Republican, Dan Swanson 3,035

Democrat, Kermit Thomas 1,685

General Assembly 73rd District

Republican, Ryan Spain 3,242

Democrat, Nicole Dopler 1,988

County Board District 1 (Vote for no more than 5)

Republican, Kippy Breeden 6,031

Republican, Jill Darin 6,089

Republican, Rex Kiser 5,931

Republican, Carmen Sedlock 6,046

Republican, Bob Wachtel 6,370

Democrat, Rhiannon Atkisson 3,736

Democrat, Scott A. Briney 3,907

Democrat, Thomas J. Carr 3,839

Democrat, Heath Hancock 3,755

Democrat, Bill Preston 3,759

County Board District 2

Republican, Kevin Brown 4,413

Republican, Deborah Casteel 4,786

Republican, Marshall Jones 4,996

Republican, Mike Rabas 3,966

Republican, David Tomsic 4,438

Democrat, Van A Devilder 3,277

Democrat, Maggie Jo Marin-Wheeler 3,264

IOWA

66% voter turnout

State Representative District 91
Democrat, Mark Divitt 2,986
Republican, Judd Lawler 4,688

JACKSON

63% voter turnout

State Senator District 33
Republican, Carrie Koelker 3,463
Democrat, Mary Ungs-Sogaard 1,1732

State Senator District 35
Democrat, Miker Zimmer 1,536
Republican, Joe Stutting 1,539

State Representative District 66
Democrat, Matt English 1,754
Republican, Steven Bradley 3,484

State Representative District 70
Democrat, George Pickup 1,760
Republican, Norlin Mommsen 1,339

JEFFERSON

65% voter turnout

State Representative District 87
Democrat, Thomas R. O'Donnell 3,346
Republican, Jeff Shipley 2,136

JO DAVIESS

60% voter turnout

State Senate 45th District

Republican, Andrew S. Chesney 6,105

Democrat, Joseph H. "Joe" Berning 4,116

County Treasurer

Republican, Tori I. Offenheiser 4,878

Independent, Jodi Einsweiler 5,108

County Sheriff

Republican, Klaus D. Kretschmer 7,028

Independent, Tony Colatorti 2,974

Member of County Board District 3

Republican, John B. Lang 300

Democrat, Tiffany Highland 226

Member of County Board District 8

Republican, Michael Holt 493

Democrat, Jill Powers 410

Member of County Board District 11

Republican, Adam Mostert 249

Democrat, Lynn L. Gallagher 354

Member of County Board District 16

Republican, Tony Jones 342

Democrat, Jane Vanhamme 182

Shall the limiting rate under the property tax extension limitation law for the Dunleith Park District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, be increased by an additional amount equal to 0.13000% above the limiting rate for levy year 2025 for park purposes and be equal to 0.17598% of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein for levy year 2026?

Yes 838

No 435

JOHNSON

64% voter turnout

State Representative District 89
Democrat, Elinor Levin 10,686
Nonpartisan, Daniel Arch 1,111

State Representative District 91
Democrat, Mark Divitt 4,942
Republican, Judd Lawler 4,180

State Representative District 92
Democrat, Brittany Erickson 2,201
Republican, Heather Hora 1,554

County Board of Supervisors District 1
Democrat, Lisa Green-Douglass 10,004
Republican, Greg Erceg 5,666

County Board of Supervisors District 2

Democrat, Jon Green 10,438
Republican, Phil Hemingway 5,535

County Board of Supervisors District 3

Democrat, Sue Dvorsky 10,537
Republican, Jennie Wunderlich 4,153

County Board of Supervisors District 4

Democrat, V Fixmer-Oraiz 11,443
Republican, Wanda Foster 1,974

County Board of Supervisors District 5

Democrat, Mandi Remington 9,487
Republican, Donna Dane 2,365

Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioner (Vote for 2)
Travis Spevacek 21,711
Alexander Schmidt 25,614
Corey Johnson 27,844

JONES

64% voter turnout

County Board of Supervisors District 4

Republican, Darrick Hall 4,844

Democrat, Bob Gertsen 3,514

County Treasurer

Republican, Amy L. Picray 6,185

Independent, Brian Wolken 2,043

County Agricultural Extension Council (Vote for 5)
Sarah Fishwild 3,798
Rachel Zumbach Manternach 4,444
John Carlson 3,697
Jami Schlarmann 4,137
Meranda Buck 2,661
Shirlee Brunchscheen 3,544
Jessica Sparks 3,168

State Senator District 33
Democrat, Mary Ungs-Sogaard 3,383
Republican, Carrie Koelker 4,864

State Representative District 66
Democrat, Matt English 3,888
Republican, Steven Bradley 4,653

KEOKUK

63% voter turnout

County Hospital Trustee (Vote for 5)
Ron Kurtz, 1,179
Allison Pence, 1,183
Judy Striegel, 1,225
Alan Sellers, 1,820
Dustin R. Bensmiller, 1,213
Jodi Greiner, 1,564
Terry Fogle, 604
Kathy Utterback, 1,494
Candy Breon, 673
John Dumont, 1,033
David J. Peterson, 633

LINN

66% voter turnout

County Treasurer

Republican, Paul Talley 37,835

Democrat, Brent C. Oleson 66,336

County Board of Supervisors District 2
Democrat, Sami Scheetz 22,372
Republican, Rex W. Meyer 11,395

Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioner (Vote for 2)
Emma Renshaw, 39,116
Sean Stokes, 33,256
Joshua O'Connell, 37,028

State Senator District 37
Democrat, Molly Donahue 18,833
Republican, Randy Marzen 11,350

State Senator District 39
Democrat, Liz Bennett 17,122
Republican, Edward Bernie Hayes 7,084

State Representative District 79
Democrat, Tracy Ehlert 8,845
Republican, Barclay Woerner 4,399

State Representative District 83
Democrat, Mike Bergman 8,504
Republican, Cindy Golding 8,740

State Representative District 84
Democrat, Polly Denison 1,716
Republican, Thomas Gerhold 1,928

LOUISA

57% voter turnout

State Representative District 95
Democrat, Carrie Trevino 1,430
Republican, Taylor Collins 2,434

MERCER

56% voter turnout

State Senate 36th District
Democrat, Michael Halpin 747
Republican, Brad Beekman 1,075

State Representative 71st District
Democrat, Kermit Thomas 542
Republican, Dan Swanson 1,283

MUSCATINE

61% voter turnout

State Senator District 41
Democrat, Tom Wieck 1,451
Republican, Kerry Gruenhagen 1,262

State Representative District 82
Democrat, James Behrmann 1,433
Republican, Bobby Kaufmann 1,260

State Representative District 95
Democrat, Carrie Trevino 686
Republican, Taylor Collins, 1,114

State Representative District 96
Democrat, Nick Salazar 5,685
Republcian, Mark Cisneros 5,195

Montpelier Township Trustee (Vote for 2)
Terry Ferkel 181
Clyde Gibson 103
Martin Paul 183
Antonio D. Harrington Jr. 62

County Agricultural Extension Council (Vote for 5)

Nonpartisan, Mary Ann Danner 7,579

Nonpartisan, Katelyn W. Ellenberg 6,307

Nonpartisan, Tyler Feldman 6,813

Nonpartisan, Sara Fitzer-Huston 6,445

Nonpartisan, Amber Marolf 7,107

Nonpartisan, Kelsey Meyers 7,681

ROCK ISLAND

53% voter turnout

State Senate 36th District

Republican, Brad Beekman 13,366

Democrat, Michael W. Halpin 28,203

General Assembly 71st District

Republican, Dan Swanson 3,555

Democrat, Kermit Thomas 4,280

General Assembly 73rd District

Republican, Ryan Spain 1,738

Democrat, Nicole Dopler 1,251

Rock Island County - County Clerk

Republican, Steven G Rugh 17,157

Democrat, Maggie (McGrath) Crouch 30,178

Rock Island County - Sheriff

Republican, Jamie M. Shoemaker 18,378

Democrat, Marcus Herbert 29,078

Rock Island County Board - District 07

Republican, John W Bohlander Jr 937

Democrat, Carla Enburg 1,793

Rock Island County Board - District 08

Republican, Drue Mielke 1,392

Democrat, James Mountain 1,436

Shall the members of the Board of Education of Orion Community Unit School District No. 223 be elected at large rather than by area of residence within the district?

Yes 79

No 93

Shall the members of the Board of Education of Rockridge Community Unit School District No. 300 be elected at large rather than by area of residence within the district?

Yes 1,204

No 2,057

SCOTT

59% voter turnout

County Recorder

Republican, Michael E Wulf 33,893

Democrat, Toby Paone 37,610

County Supervisor (Vote for 3)

Republican, Jean Dickson 29,779

Republican, John Maxwell 30,894

Republican, Luana Stoltenberg 30,409

Democrat, Tim Carr 35,588

Democrat, Stephen Doerscher 32,991

Democrat, Kevin Randle 33,475

Nonpartisan, Wendy Walljasper 7,050

County Treasurer

Republican, Gregory T Guy 34,476

Democrat, Samuel Samara 37,293

Soil and Water Commissioner (Vote for 2)

Nonpartisan, Christine Bolte 28,643

Nonpartisan, Alexandra Dermody 20,136

Nonpartisan, Chad Dexter 23,986

Nonpartisan, Marty Larson 21,399

State Senate District 47

Republican, Scott Webster 15,777

Democrat, Nikhil Wagle 15,928

State House District 93

Republican, Gary M Moore 9,171

Democrat, Keith Soko 7,790

State House District 81

Republican, Dillon Fillion 5,032

Democrat, Dan Gosa 7,203

State Senate District 41

Republican, Kerry Gruenhagen 7,470

Democrat, Tom Wieck 7,658

State Senate District 49

Republican, Cynthia Mensendick 7,287

Democrat, Cindy Winckler 13,816

State House District 97

Republican, Charlie Helmick 3,262

Democrat, Adam Peters 7,388

State Senate District 35

Republican, Joe Stutting 2,725

Democrat, Mike Zimmer 1,886

State House District 70

Republican, Norlin Mommsen 2,730

Democrat, George Pickup 1,803

State House District 82

Republican, Bobby Kaufmann 1,838

Democrat, James Behrmann 1,001

State House District 94

Republican, Mike Vondran 7,438

Democrat, Karen Roebuck 7,196

State House District 98

Republican, Nathan Ramker 4,141

Democrat, Andrew Fitzgerald 6,359

STEPHENSON

56% voter turnout

State Senate 45th District

Republican, Andrew S. Chesney 9,438

Democrat, Joseph H. "Joe" Berning 6,328

County Clerk and Recorder

Republican, Jazmin L. Wingert 9,878

Democratic, Suzanne M. Cook 5,747

For Member of the County Board District C (for a 4-year term)

Republican, Lou Hayes 550

Democrat, Joseph R. Cardoso Jr. 748

For Member of the County Board District C (for an unexpired 2-year term)

Republican, Larry Pittsley 547

Democrat, Casey Marie Jacobs Heneghan 745

For Member of the County Board District D

Republican, Troy Barr 1,243

Democrat, Roxane Rice 1,181

For Member of the County Board District E

Republican, Joshua Libby 967

Democrat, Adam I. Moderow 1,169

For Member of the County Board District I

Republican, Cynthia J. Lawfer 1,555

Democrat, Edward Klein 733

Pecatonica Fire Protection District Proposition to Increase the Limiting Rate: Shall the limiting rate under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law for the Pecatonica Fire Protection District, Winnebago and Stephenson Counties, Illinois, be increased by an additional amount equal to 0.3739% above the limiting rate for the purpose of fire protection and ambulance services including additional EMS staffing for levy year 2026 and be equal to 0.6500% of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein for levy year 2026?

Yes 65

No 94

WARREN

51% voter turnout

State Senate 36th District

Democrat, Michael W. Halpin 2,086

Republican, Brad Beekman 2,820

State House 71st District

Republican, Dan Swanson 3,187

Democrat, Kermit Thomas 1,720

For Members of the County Board District 1 (Vote for not more than two)

Republican, J Frank Doyle 618

Republican, Mark Crain 500

For Members of the County Board District 2

Republican, Sean Cavanaugh 721

Republican, Michael Pearson 636

For Members of the County Board District 2 (To serve an unexpired 2-year term)

Republican, Court Hopkins 528

Democrat, Jeffery D. Rankin 693

For Members of the County Board District 4 (Vote for not more than two)

Republican, William Thompson 1,345

Democrat, Daniel D. Byers 1,026

For Judge of the Circuit Court Ninth Judicial Circuit (To fill the vacancy of Hon. Raymond A. Cavanaugh)

Republican, Carissa Bryant 2,536

Independent, Chad M. Long 2,892

WASHINGTON

66% voter turnout

Board of Supervisors - District 3

Republican, Marcus Fedler 1,122

Democrat, JoAnn Whitmore 920

Board of Supervisors - District 5

Republican, Brendan DeLong 1,004

Democrat, Lynette Lles 644

State Senator District 92
Democrat, Brittany Erickson 3,732
Republican, Heather Hora 5,753

WHITESIDE

51% voter turnout

State House 73rd District

Republican, Ryan Spain 4,829

Democrat, Nicole Dopler 2,784

State House 74th District

Republican, Bradley J. Fritts 5,993

Democrat, Nolan Kemp 5,654

Members of the County Board District One (Vote for not more than five)

Republican, Kurt Glazier 2,885

Republican, Thomas P. Witmer 2,593

Republican, Steve Elgin 2,469

Democratic, James C. Duffy 3,380

Democratic, Alex Regalado 3,313

Democratic, Fidencio Hooper-Campos 2,993

Democratic, Ernie Smith 3,223

Democratic, Vincent Joseph Vaughn 2,917

Members of the County Board District Two (Vote for not more than five)

Republican, Douglas Wetzell 3,441

Republican, Linda Pennell 2,966

Democratic, Glenn C. Truesdell 2,840

Democratic, Shawn Dowd 2,902

Democratic, Arnie Topp 2,586

Democratic, Paul J. Cunniff 2,756

Members of the County Board District Three (Vote for not more than four)

Republican, Edward Weeks Jr. 4,243

Republican, Marci Bohnert 3,984

Republican, Kenneth Stralow 4,600

Democratic, Mark S. Woods 3,444

Democratic, Paula M. Schares 2,652

Democratic, Jan Pels 2,426

CHADWICK-MILLEDGEVILLE COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 399 PROPOSITION TO ISSUE $12,370,000 SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS: Shall the Board of Education of Chadwick-Milledgeville Community Unit School District Number 399, Carroll and Whiteside Counties, Illinois, alter, repair and equip the Milledgeville School Building, including constructing a secured entrance and a new gymnasium and expanding early childhood and career and technical education programming space, and issue bonds of said School District to the amount of $12,370,000 for the purpose of paying the costs thereof?

Yes 53

No 118

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Brady is a 2021 Augustana College graduate majoring in Multimedia Journalism-Mass Communication and Political Science. Over the last eight years, he has reported in central Illinois at various media outlets, including The Peoria Journal Star, WCBU Peoria Public Radio, Advanced Media Partners, and WGLT Bloomington-Normal's Public Media.