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Iowa

6 electoral votes

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Trump (R) has won. An estimated 99 percent of votes have been counted.

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Biden
44.9%
759,061
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Trump
53.1%
897,672
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U.S. Senate

Sen. Joni Ernst (R) is projected to defeat Theresa Greenfield (D) and leads by 110,138 votes.

VotesPct.
ErnstGOP
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864,997
51.8%
GreenfieldDEM754,859
45.2

U.S. House District 1

Ashley Hinson (R) is projected to defeat Abby Finkenauer (D) and leads by 10,741 votes.

VotesPct.
HinsonGOP
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212,088
51.3%
FinkenauerDEM201,347
48.7

Iowa has four U.S. House races. Jump to results

How much of the vote has been counted?

The Post estimates 99% of votes cast have been counted here.

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Polls closed (3 months ago)

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Note: Maps on this page won’t indicate a leading candidate in each county until an estimated 35 percent of the vote has been reported there.

Updated Dec 5, 2020 at 6:39 p.m. ET

Presidential results

In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won Iowa by a margin of 9.4 points, adding six electoral college votes to his total. See early exit poll results from Iowa.

Des Moines

Davenport

Cedar Rapids

Council Bluffs

Waterloo

LEAD/WON

Trump

Biden

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Donald Trump *Trump *GOP		897,67253.1%
Joe Biden Biden DEM		759,06144.9
Jo Jorgensen Jorgensen LIB		19,6371.2
Write-ins Write-ins WRI		4,3370.3
Kanye West West IND		3,2100.2
Howie Hawkins Hawkins GRN		3,0750.2
Don Blankenship Blankenship CST		1,7070.1
Rocky De La Fuente De La Fuente ALI		1,0820.1
Ricki Sue King King OTH		5460.0
Brock Pierce Pierce IND		5440.0
An estimated 99% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent
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U.S. Senate results

In the Iowa U.S. Senate race, the incumbent Joni Ernst (R) is running against Theresa Greenfield (D). Ernst has represented Iowa in the Senate since 2015. The state's other Senate seat is held by Charles Grassley (R).

Des Moines

Davenport

Cedar Rapids

Council Bluffs

Waterloo

LEAD/WON

Ernst

Greenfield

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Joni Ernst *Ernst *GOP		864,99751.8%
Theresa Greenfield Greenfield DEM		754,85945.2
Rick Stewart Stewart LIB		36,9612.2
Suzanne Herzog Herzog IND		13,8000.8
An estimated 98% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

U.S. House results

Des Moines

Davenport

Cedar Rapids

Council Bluffs

Waterloo

LEAD/WON

Democrat

Republican

Seat

Current leader

* Incumbent

Statewide ballot measures

Question 1

Hold a state constitutional convention

ResponseVotes Pct.
Yes Yes 		408,74629.6%
No No 		972,93070.4
1,381,676 votes reported from 100% of precincts.

Results by state

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Sources: Edison Research, Associated Press, ProPublica, U.S. Census Bureau, National Center for Health Statistics, Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, Cook Political Report. Illustrations by Ben Kirchner for The Washington Post.