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Absentee ballots, district by district and county by county

Newest state report: Oct 21 (provisional), 13 days before election day; today is Oct 24, 10 days before election day.

125,287 absentee ballots returned statewide by Oct 21, 13 days before election day: ahead of 2022's pace and behind 2024's pace at the same point.

2026 · Oct 21, provisional 125,287 returned of 258,117 requested (49%)
2022 · Oct 26 99,413 returned of 239,857 requested (41%)
2024 · Oct 23 214,870 returned of 375,485 requested (57%)

Returned ballots at 13 days out in each year, on one scale from zero. 2026 against 2022: +25,874 (+26%). 2026 against 2024: −89,583 (−42%).

Returned, by registered party, statewide (registration, not a vote)

2026 R 30% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 53%
2022 R 32% · No Party 13% · Other <1% · D 54%
2024 R 39% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 44%

Absentee ballots here are every ballot cast before election day, by mail or in person (auditor's office or satellite site). "Returned" means back at the county auditor, not counted. Each year is compared at the same number of days before its own election day; 2022, the last midterm, is the closer comparison and 2024 was a presidential year. Both ran under the 2021 law (a 20-day voting window) that 2026 runs under. The newest reports are provisional: counties may still be entering ballots received by then.

Statewide, day by day

Voters registered as

Party is the voter's registered party, not how they voted.

Absentee ballots requested, statewide, all voters
0400K800Kballots21147Election daydays before election daymail-request deadline, Oct 19today, Oct 24202420222026
Absentee ballots returned, statewide, all voters
0400K800Kballots21147Election daydays before election daytoday, Oct 24202420222026

202620222024Same scale in both panels. Each point is one SOS report, placed by the days before that year's election day printed on it. A line runs on across a weekend day with no report; a break is a weekday with no usable report. Hollow dots: the two newest 2026 reports, provisional (counties may still be entering ballots received by then).

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Absentee ballots statewide, all voters, by days before election day
Days before election day2026 requested2026 returned2022 requested2022 returned2024 requested2024 returned
29——115,539228——
28——120,237252——
27——125,376376——
26——130,299456——
25——137,704498——
22——144,149539——
21——153,489616——
20——157,223700——
19150,14517,385173,90511,206234,41028,102
18 (2026 provisional)176,01233,418188,70920,799265,95349,618
15——206,60635,956327,210112,312
14——228,41470,879348,049165,819
13 (2026 provisional)258,117125,287239,85799,413375,485214,870
12——249,836136,616402,289272,010
11——259,432167,105428,174317,952
8——273,573199,358483,809401,760
7——288,131238,979510,897451,219
6——296,548250,126532,131480,383
5——308,420272,469558,354517,525
4——321,003292,506588,385556,265
3————628,176603,985
1——359,734341,237655,916634,836
Election day————692,386675,464
1 after——381,654371,132694,017680,297
2 after——381,660371,223——
8 after——381,661371,575——

Source: Iowa Secretary of State, Daily Absentee Statistics, report of October 21, 2026; 2022 and 2024 from the SOS's files for those elections (2022, 2024). Data pulled 08:00 on October 21, 2026. Absentee ballots are cast by mail or in person (auditor's office or satellite site) before election day. Party is registration, not a vote; returned is not counted.

Absentee ballots requested, statewide, voters registered Republican
0150K300Kballots21147Election daydays before election daymail-request deadline, Oct 19today, Oct 24202420222026
Absentee ballots returned, statewide, voters registered Republican
0150K300Kballots21147Election daydays before election daytoday, Oct 24202420222026

202620222024Same scale in both panels. Each point is one SOS report, placed by the days before that year's election day printed on it. A line runs on across a weekend day with no report; a break is a weekday with no usable report. Hollow dots: the two newest 2026 reports, provisional (counties may still be entering ballots received by then).

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Absentee ballots statewide, voters registered Republican, by days before election day
Days before election day2026 requested2026 returned2022 requested2022 returned2024 requested2024 returned
29——18,60367——
28——20,18274——
27——21,947104——
26——23,868128——
25——26,961139——
22——29,508145——
21——33,653155——
20——35,300171——
1948,3124,99041,9184,20290,83311,245
18 (2026 provisional)59,62210,03747,9697,911103,94519,403
15——55,18212,871129,12244,507
14——64,66023,526137,20165,046
13 (2026 provisional)89,71838,06169,24632,267147,18283,116
12——73,28343,401157,862106,365
11——77,02652,486168,720125,243
8——82,12662,397189,857157,463
7——88,22875,803200,982177,649
6——91,48879,701209,560189,449
5——96,35887,527220,884205,343
4——101,39594,674233,266221,183
3————250,032241,011
1——115,762111,584259,904252,139
Election day————273,336267,103
1 after——124,674122,496273,946268,899
2 after——124,680122,526——
8 after——124,680122,586——

Source: Iowa Secretary of State, Daily Absentee Statistics, report of October 21, 2026; 2022 and 2024 from the SOS's files for those elections (2022, 2024). Data pulled 08:00 on October 21, 2026. Absentee ballots are cast by mail or in person (auditor's office or satellite site) before election day. Party is registration, not a vote; returned is not counted.

Absentee ballots requested, statewide, voters registered Democrat
0150K300Kballots21147Election daydays before election daymail-request deadline, Oct 19today, Oct 24202420222026
Absentee ballots returned, statewide, voters registered Democrat
0150K300Kballots21147Election daydays before election daytoday, Oct 24202420222026

202620222024Same scale in both panels. Each point is one SOS report, placed by the days before that year's election day printed on it. A line runs on across a weekend day with no report; a break is a weekday with no usable report. Hollow dots: the two newest 2026 reports, provisional (counties may still be entering ballots received by then).

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Absentee ballots statewide, voters registered Democrat, by days before election day
Days before election day2026 requested2026 returned2022 requested2022 returned2024 requested2024 returned
29——83,091137——
28——85,476151——
27——88,056233——
26——90,311281——
25——93,299308——
22——96,073333——
21——99,699384——
20——101,153443——
1977,9879,811108,7315,548102,77112,243
18 (2026 provisional)88,25118,026115,06410,066115,19421,787
15——122,70518,151138,36148,286
14——131,26638,014146,58172,397
13 (2026 provisional)124,72465,950136,38354,178158,34094,399
12——140,67475,244168,749117,702
11——144,94792,306177,904135,437
8——151,270109,389198,413167,734
7——157,163129,263207,764185,671
6——160,694134,501214,871195,818
5——165,437145,027222,672207,442
4——170,405154,052231,908219,848
3————243,021233,735
1——186,133175,337252,095243,902
Election day————262,707256,023
1 after——194,213187,706263,241257,634
2 after——194,218187,759——
8 after——194,204187,970——

Source: Iowa Secretary of State, Daily Absentee Statistics, report of October 21, 2026; 2022 and 2024 from the SOS's files for those elections (2022, 2024). Data pulled 08:00 on October 21, 2026. Absentee ballots are cast by mail or in person (auditor's office or satellite site) before election day. Party is registration, not a vote; returned is not counted.

Absentee ballots requested, statewide, voters registered No Party
0100K200Kballots21147Election daydays before election daymail-request deadline, Oct 19today, Oct 24202420222026
Absentee ballots returned, statewide, voters registered No Party
0100K200Kballots21147Election daydays before election daytoday, Oct 24202420222026

202620222024Same scale in both panels. Each point is one SOS report, placed by the days before that year's election day printed on it. A line runs on across a weekend day with no report; a break is a weekday with no usable report. Hollow dots: the two newest 2026 reports, provisional (counties may still be entering ballots received by then).

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Absentee ballots statewide, voters registered No Party, by days before election day
Days before election day2026 requested2026 returned2022 requested2022 returned2024 requested2024 returned
29——13,65820——
28——14,38223——
27——15,16135——
26——15,90243——
25——17,21347——
22——18,32357——
21——19,86573——
20——20,48982——
1923,3972,54622,9401,43139,3514,514
18 (2026 provisional)27,6135,27225,3182,77145,2178,250
15——28,3104,85057,78119,082
14——32,0059,18662,20427,681
13 (2026 provisional)42,87520,93333,71012,76367,78136,408
12——35,32017,69173,36746,706
11——36,87321,97479,12055,802
8——39,54527,14492,77974,558
7——42,06333,37699,21285,540
6——43,66735,362104,62692,561
5——45,87939,291111,540101,908
4——48,41343,096119,743112,110
3————131,364125,739
1——56,88953,450139,924135,024
Election day————151,939148,117
1 after——61,70359,918152,404149,470
2 after——61,69859,926——
8 after——61,71160,005——

Source: Iowa Secretary of State, Daily Absentee Statistics, report of October 21, 2026; 2022 and 2024 from the SOS's files for those elections (2022, 2024). Data pulled 08:00 on October 21, 2026. Absentee ballots are cast by mail or in person (auditor's office or satellite site) before election day. Party is registration, not a vote; returned is not counted.

Absentee ballots requested, statewide, voters registered Other
02.5K5Kballots21147Election daydays before election daymail-request deadline, Oct 19today, Oct 24202420222026
Absentee ballots returned, statewide, voters registered Other
02.5K5Kballots21147Election daydays before election daytoday, Oct 24202420222026

202620222024Same scale in both panels. Each point is one SOS report, placed by the days before that year's election day printed on it. A line runs on across a weekend day with no report; a break is a weekday with no usable report. Hollow dots: the two newest 2026 reports, provisional (counties may still be entering ballots received by then).

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Absentee ballots statewide, voters registered Other, by days before election day
Days before election day2026 requested2026 returned2022 requested2022 returned2024 requested2024 returned
29——1874——
28——1974——
27——2124——
26——2184——
25——2314——
22——2454——
21——2724——
20——2814——
1944938316251,455100
18 (2026 provisional)52683358511,597178
15——409841,946437
14——4831532,063695
13 (2026 provisional)8003435182052,182947
12——5592802,3111,237
11——5863392,4301,470
8——6324282,7602,005
7——6775372,9392,359
6——6995623,0742,555
5——7466243,2582,832
4——7906843,4683,124
3————3,7593,500
1——9508663,9933,771
Election day————4,4044,221
1 after——1,0641,0124,4264,294
2 after——1,0641,012——
8 after——1,0661,014——

Source: Iowa Secretary of State, Daily Absentee Statistics, report of October 21, 2026; 2022 and 2024 from the SOS's files for those elections (2022, 2024). Data pulled 08:00 on October 21, 2026. Absentee ballots are cast by mail or in person (auditor's office or satellite site) before election day. Party is registration, not a vote; returned is not counted.

By district and county

The SOS House report of October 21, 2026 (provisional: counties may still be entering ballots received by then), 13 days before election day (data pulled 08:00 on October 21, 2026). Ballots returned and requested by voters living in each House district. The registration column splits returned ballots by the voter's registered party, not how anyone voted; the upper bar is 2026, the lower 2022 at the same point. Open a row for its trend.

House district Requested Returned
Oct 21, provisional		 Returned, % of
requested		 Change from
2022, 13 days out		 Returned, by
registered party		 2022, 13 days out
Oct 26
1,382 662 48% −19 (−3%) R 27% · No Party 15% · Other <1% · D 58% 681 of 1,455
47%
2,035 986 48% +56 (+6%) R 31% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 54% 930 of 2,040
46%
2,148 999 47% +381 (+62%) R 63% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 23% 618 of 1,495
41%
1,784 471 26% +131 (+39%) R 71% · No Party 11% · D 17% 340 of 1,120
30%
1,960 893 46% +306 (+52%) R 60% · No Party 11% · Other <1% · D 29% 587 of 1,425
41%
2,131 1,252 59% +410 (+49%) R 46% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 37% 842 of 1,585
53%
1,968 776 39% +162 (+26%) R 49% · No Party 17% · D 34% 614 of 1,730
35%
1,913 924 48% +436 (+89%) R 35% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 51% 488 of 1,736
28%
2,167 1,042 48% +292 (+39%) R 44% · No Party 17% · D 39% 750 of 1,890
40%
3,772 2,184 58% +796 (+57%) R 51% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 33% 1,388 of 2,552
54%
2,632 1,306 50% +409 (+46%) R 43% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 39% 897 of 2,052
44%
1,980 925 47% +354 (+62%) R 48% · No Party 12% · D 40% 571 of 1,596
36%
1,952 771 39% +182 (+31%) R 50% · No Party 16% · Other 1% · D 34% 589 of 1,790
33%
2,367 974 41% −63 (−6%) R 36% · No Party 18% · D 45% 1,037 of 2,470
42%
2,563 1,364 53% +686 (+101%) R 45% · No Party 13% · Other <1% · D 42% 678 of 1,935
35%
1,961 920 47% +298 (+48%) R 53% · No Party 11% · Other <1% · D 35% 622 of 1,534
41%
2,469 1,152 47% +273 (+31%) R 51% · No Party 13% · Other 1% · D 36% 879 of 2,128
41%
2,108 934 44% +297 (+47%) R 48% · No Party 12% · Other <1% · D 39% 637 of 1,772
36%
2,192 1,297 59% +682 (+111%) R 33% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 52% 615 of 1,697
36%
1,424 812 57% +381 (+88%) R 32% · No Party 14% · Other 1% · D 54% 431 of 1,261
34%
3,562 2,188 61% +909 (+71%) R 36% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 48% 1,279 of 2,819
45%
3,663 1,867 51% +1,156 (+163%) R 32% · No Party 20% · Other <1% · D 48% 711 of 2,651
27%
2,514 1,371 55% +329 (+32%) R 46% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 37% 1,042 of 2,462
42%
2,017 1,155 57% +231 (+25%) R 48% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 37% 924 of 2,036
45%
1,860 1,165 63% +470 (+68%) R 32% · No Party 13% · Other <1% · D 55% 695 of 1,914
36%
2,246 1,066 47% +211 (+25%) R 47% · No Party 13% · Other <1% · D 40% 855 of 2,055
42%
3,588 1,286 36% +223 (+21%) R 31% · No Party 20% · Other <1% · D 49% 1,063 of 3,404
31%
3,505 1,386 40% +271 (+24%) R 34% · No Party 19% · Other 1% · D 47% 1,115 of 3,375
33%
1,376 434 32% −154 (−26%) R 21% · No Party 11% · Other <1% · D 68% 588 of 1,674
35%
1,567 578 37% −195 (−25%) R 20% · No Party 10% · Other 1% · D 69% 773 of 1,961
39%
2,720 734 27% −277 (−27%) R 24% · No Party 16% · D 60% 1,011 of 3,298
31%
2,794 1,126 40% −1 (−<1%) R 22% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 64% 1,127 of 3,201
35%
1,329 531 40% −15 (−3%) R 12% · No Party 13% · Other <1% · D 75% 546 of 1,601
34%
1,487 843 57% +229 (+37%) R 10% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 75% 614 of 1,648
37%
2,615 1,444 55% +125 (+9%) R 13% · No Party 12% · Other <1% · D 75% 1,319 of 3,250
41%
3,113 1,681 54% +257 (+18%) R 9% · No Party 12% · Other <1% · D 79% 1,424 of 3,425
42%
2,842 957 34% +304 (+47%) R 44% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 39% 653 of 2,056
32%
2,665 1,423 53% +228 (+19%) R 32% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 52% 1,195 of 2,357
51%
1,884 648 34% −105 (−14%) R 21% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 63% 753 of 2,109
36%
2,346 661 28% −62 (−9%) R 27% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 56% 723 of 2,541
28%
3,793 1,352 36% +287 (+27%) R 26% · No Party 22% · Other 1% · D 52% 1,065 of 3,389
31%
3,303 1,150 35% +224 (+24%) R 26% · No Party 18% · Other 1% · D 55% 926 of 3,201
29%
3,041 969 32% −53 (−5%) R 27% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 54% 1,022 of 3,238
32%
2,588 639 25% −420 (−40%) R 22% · No Party 16% · Other 1% · D 61% 1,059 of 3,049
35%
2,901 1,320 46% +717 (+119%) R 28% · No Party 23% · Other <1% · D 49% 603 of 1,969
31%
3,744 1,430 38% +615 (+75%) R 30% · No Party 22% · Other <1% · D 49% 815 of 3,112
26%
2,271 1,037 46% +30 (+3%) R 40% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 43% 1,007 of 2,542
40%
2,958 1,501 51% +580 (+63%) R 33% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 48% 921 of 2,704
34%
1,417 599 42% +9 (+2%) R 18% · No Party 20% · D 63% 590 of 1,617
36%
2,703 1,073 40% +284 (+36%) R 20% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 60% 789 of 2,696
29%
2,598 1,289 50% +452 (+54%) R 32% · No Party 20% · Other <1% · D 48% 837 of 2,324
36%
2,599 1,397 54% +538 (+63%) R 32% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 52% 859 of 2,232
38%
2,449 1,148 47% +302 (+36%) R 26% · No Party 20% · Other <1% · D 55% 846 of 2,393
35%
2,713 1,001 37% +52 (+5%) R 46% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 38% 949 of 2,481
38%
2,361 1,108 47% +247 (+29%) R 41% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 42% 861 of 2,200
39%
2,085 908 44% +319 (+54%) R 47% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 35% 589 of 1,835
32%
3,012 1,495 50% +378 (+34%) R 31% · No Party 22% · Other <1% · D 47% 1,117 of 2,547
44%
2,915 1,406 48% +319 (+29%) R 35% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 46% 1,087 of 2,895
38%
2,454 1,542 63% +290 (+23%) R 25% · No Party 18% · Other 1% · D 56% 1,252 of 2,352
53%
2,443 1,260 52% +414 (+49%) R 36% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 47% 846 of 2,226
38%
2,542 1,552 61% −29 (−2%) R 24% · No Party 15% · Other <1% · D 61% 1,581 of 2,724
58%
1,802 1,083 60% −80 (−7%) R 16% · No Party 12% · Other <1% · D 71% 1,163 of 2,042
57%
3,585 2,332 65% +786 (+51%) R 28% · No Party 21% · Other <1% · D 51% 1,546 of 3,128
49%
2,306 1,151 50% +328 (+40%) R 38% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 45% 823 of 2,527
33%
3,629 1,609 44% +481 (+43%) R 32% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 52% 1,128 of 3,311
34%
2,982 1,402 47% +353 (+34%) R 40% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 41% 1,049 of 2,557
41%
2,760 1,512 55% +313 (+26%) R 39% · No Party 20% · Other <1% · D 42% 1,199 of 2,561
47%
2,277 989 43% +39 (+4%) R 34% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 47% 950 of 2,556
37%
3,433 2,279 66% +819 (+56%) R 29% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 53% 1,460 of 2,676
55%
2,819 1,322 47% +223 (+20%) R 34% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 47% 1,099 of 2,358
47%
3,062 1,809 59% +349 (+24%) R 22% · No Party 11% · Other <1% · D 66% 1,460 of 2,787
52%
3,885 2,046 53% +207 (+11%) R 25% · No Party 11% · Other <1% · D 64% 1,839 of 3,641
51%
3,271 1,342 41% +78 (+6%) R 21% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 60% 1,264 of 3,133
40%
2,642 1,223 46% −24 (−2%) R 22% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 59% 1,247 of 2,677
47%
2,829 1,548 55% −79 (−5%) R 20% · No Party 21% · Other <1% · D 58% 1,627 of 2,942
55%
2,938 1,502 51% −84 (−5%) R 31% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 52% 1,586 of 3,089
51%
2,018 835 41% −140 (−14%) R 17% · No Party 22% · Other <1% · D 61% 975 of 2,146
45%
2,332 1,286 55% +5 (+<1%) R 11% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 72% 1,281 of 2,554
50%
2,415 1,130 47% −71 (−6%) R 17% · No Party 16% · Other 1% · D 66% 1,201 of 2,525
48%
2,719 1,358 50% −9 (−1%) R 22% · No Party 21% · Other 1% · D 57% 1,367 of 2,910
47%
2,603 1,127 43% −250 (−18%) R 20% · No Party 21% · Other <1% · D 59% 1,377 of 2,458
56%
2,579 1,083 42% +265 (+32%) R 35% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 45% 818 of 2,164
38%
2,066 869 42% −44 (−5%) R 26% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 55% 913 of 2,342
39%
2,000 970 49% +54 (+6%) R 40% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 43% 916 of 2,132
43%
3,157 1,746 55% +579 (+50%) R 15% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 69% 1,167 of 2,878
41%
3,554 2,293 65% +937 (+69%) R 12% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 70% 1,356 of 2,844
48%
2,422 1,262 52% −185 (−13%) R 25% · No Party 12% · Other <1% · D 62% 1,447 of 2,583
56%
2,137 977 46% +88 (+10%) R 48% · No Party 15% · Other <1% · D 37% 889 of 1,857
48%
3,003 2,216 74% +811 (+58%) R 8% · No Party 15% · Other <1% · D 77% 1,405 of 2,617
54%
3,807 2,828 74% +1,003 (+55%) R 8% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 78% 1,825 of 3,148
58%
2,826 1,484 53% +441 (+42%) R 27% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 53% 1,043 of 2,514
41%
2,709 1,443 53% +504 (+54%) R 34% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 50% 939 of 2,255
42%
4,488 2,273 51% +468 (+26%) R 31% · No Party 23% · Other <1% · D 46% 1,805 of 3,537
51%
3,514 1,815 52% +105 (+6%) R 29% · No Party 21% · Other <1% · D 50% 1,710 of 3,124
55%
2,050 858 42% +160 (+23%) R 41% · No Party 15% · Other <1% · D 44% 698 of 1,882
37%
2,480 1,431 58% +558 (+64%) R 34% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 52% 873 of 2,029
43%
2,161 1,135 53% +33 (+3%) R 16% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 67% 1,102 of 2,003
55%
2,124 911 43% −90 (−9%) R 21% · No Party 20% · Other <1% · D 58% 1,001 of 1,963
51%
2,708 1,250 46% +378 (+43%) R 23% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 62% 872 of 2,408
36%
2,534 1,194 47% +426 (+55%) R 28% · No Party 15% · Other <1% · D 57% 768 of 2,173
35%

The SOS Senate report of October 21, 2026 (provisional: counties may still be entering ballots received by then), 13 days before election day (data pulled 08:00 on October 21, 2026). Ballots returned and requested by voters living in each Senate district. The registration column splits returned ballots by the voter's registered party, not how anyone voted; the upper bar is 2026, the lower 2022 at the same point. Every Senate district is counted every year, whether or not its seat is on that year's ballot. Open a row for its trend.

Senate district Requested Returned
Oct 21, provisional		 Returned, % of
requested		 Change from
2022, 13 days out		 Returned, by
registered party		 2022, 13 days out
Oct 26
3,417 1,648 48% +37 (+2%) R 29% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 56% 1,611 of 3,495
46%
3,932 1,470 37% +512 (+53%) R 66% · No Party 13% · Other <1% · D 21% 958 of 2,615
37%
4,091 2,145 52% +716 (+50%) R 52% · No Party 15% · Other <1% · D 34% 1,429 of 3,010
47%
3,881 1,700 44% +598 (+54%) R 41% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 43% 1,102 of 3,466
32%
5,939 3,226 54% +1,088 (+51%) R 49% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 35% 2,138 of 4,442
48%
4,612 2,231 48% +763 (+52%) R 45% · No Party 15% · Other <1% · D 39% 1,468 of 3,648
40%
4,319 1,745 40% +119 (+7%) R 42% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 40% 1,626 of 4,260
38%
4,524 2,284 50% +984 (+76%) R 48% · No Party 12% · Other <1% · D 39% 1,300 of 3,469
37%
4,577 2,086 46% +570 (+38%) R 50% · No Party 13% · Other 1% · D 37% 1,516 of 3,900
39%
3,616 2,109 58% +1,063 (+102%) R 32% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 53% 1,046 of 2,958
35%
7,225 4,055 56% +2,065 (+104%) R 34% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 48% 1,990 of 5,470
36%
4,531 2,526 56% +560 (+28%) R 47% · No Party 15% · Other <1% · D 37% 1,966 of 4,498
44%
4,106 2,231 54% +681 (+44%) R 39% · No Party 13% · Other <1% · D 48% 1,550 of 3,969
39%
7,093 2,672 38% +494 (+23%) R 32% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 48% 2,178 of 6,779
32%
2,943 1,012 34% −349 (−26%) R 20% · No Party 11% · Other <1% · D 69% 1,361 of 3,635
37%
5,514 1,860 34% −278 (−13%) R 23% · No Party 15% · Other <1% · D 63% 2,138 of 6,499
33%
2,816 1,374 49% +214 (+18%) R 11% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 75% 1,160 of 3,249
36%
5,728 3,125 55% +382 (+14%) R 11% · No Party 12% · Other <1% · D 77% 2,743 of 6,675
41%
5,507 2,380 43% +532 (+29%) R 37% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 46% 1,848 of 4,413
42%
4,230 1,309 31% −167 (−11%) R 24% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 59% 1,476 of 4,650
32%
7,096 2,502 35% +511 (+26%) R 26% · No Party 20% · Other 1% · D 53% 1,991 of 6,590
30%
5,629 1,608 29% −473 (−23%) R 25% · No Party 17% · Other 1% · D 57% 2,081 of 6,287
33%
6,645 2,750 41% +1,332 (+94%) R 29% · No Party 22% · Other <1% · D 49% 1,418 of 5,081
28%
5,229 2,538 49% +610 (+32%) R 36% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 46% 1,928 of 5,246
37%
4,120 1,672 41% +293 (+21%) R 19% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 61% 1,379 of 4,313
32%
5,197 2,686 52% +990 (+58%) R 32% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 50% 1,696 of 4,556
37%
5,162 2,149 42% +354 (+20%) R 35% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 47% 1,795 of 4,874
37%
4,446 2,016 45% +566 (+39%) R 44% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 39% 1,450 of 4,035
36%
5,927 2,901 49% +697 (+32%) R 33% · No Party 21% · Other <1% · D 46% 2,204 of 5,442
40%
4,897 2,802 57% +704 (+34%) R 30% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 52% 2,098 of 4,578
46%
4,344 2,635 61% −109 (−4%) R 20% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 65% 2,744 of 4,766
58%
5,891 3,483 59% +1,114 (+47%) R 31% · No Party 20% · Other <1% · D 49% 2,369 of 5,655
42%
6,611 3,011 46% +834 (+38%) R 36% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 47% 2,177 of 5,868
37%
5,037 2,501 50% +352 (+16%) R 37% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 44% 2,149 of 5,117
42%
6,252 3,601 58% +1,042 (+41%) R 31% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 51% 2,559 of 5,034
51%
6,947 3,855 55% +556 (+17%) R 24% · No Party 11% · Other <1% · D 65% 3,299 of 6,428
51%
5,913 2,565 43% +54 (+2%) R 21% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 59% 2,511 of 5,810
43%
5,767 3,050 53% −163 (−5%) R 25% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 55% 3,213 of 6,031
53%
4,350 2,121 49% −135 (−6%) R 13% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 68% 2,256 of 4,700
48%
5,134 2,488 48% −80 (−3%) R 19% · No Party 19% · Other 1% · D 61% 2,568 of 5,435
47%
5,182 2,210 43% +15 (+1%) R 27% · No Party 20% · Other <1% · D 52% 2,195 of 4,622
47%
4,066 1,839 45% +10 (+1%) R 34% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 49% 1,829 of 4,474
41%
6,711 4,039 60% +1,516 (+60%) R 13% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 70% 2,523 of 5,722
44%
4,559 2,239 49% −97 (−4%) R 35% · No Party 13% · Other <1% · D 51% 2,336 of 4,440
53%
6,810 5,044 74% +1,814 (+56%) R 8% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 78% 3,230 of 5,765
56%
5,535 2,927 53% +945 (+48%) R 31% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 51% 1,982 of 4,769
42%
8,002 4,088 51% +573 (+16%) R 30% · No Party 22% · Other <1% · D 48% 3,515 of 6,661
53%
4,530 2,289 51% +718 (+46%) R 37% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 49% 1,571 of 3,911
40%
4,285 2,046 48% −57 (−3%) R 19% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 63% 2,103 of 3,966
53%
5,242 2,444 47% +804 (+49%) R 25% · No Party 15% · Other <1% · D 60% 1,640 of 4,581
36%

The SOS county report of October 21, 2026 (provisional: counties may still be entering ballots received by then), 13 days before election day (data pulled 08:00 on October 21, 2026). Ballots returned and requested by voters living in each county. The registration column splits returned ballots by the voter's registered party, not how anyone voted; the upper bar is 2026, the lower 2022 at the same point. Open a row for its trend.

County Requested Returned
Oct 21, provisional		 Returned, % of
requested		 Change from
2022, 13 days out		 Returned, by
registered party		 2022, 13 days out
Oct 26
576 324 56% +93 (+40%) R 52% · No Party 18% · D 29% 231 of 599
39%
284 133 47% −9 (−6%) R 49% · No Party 18% · Other 1% · D 32% 142 of 295
48%
1,093 621 57% +143 (+30%) R 43% · No Party 15% · Other <1% · D 41% 478 of 1,186
40%
1,010 383 38% +64 (+20%) R 45% · No Party 13% · Other <1% · D 42% 319 of 905
35%
487 232 48% +94 (+68%) R 48% · No Party 13% · D 39% 138 of 340
41%
1,528 784 51% +34 (+5%) R 44% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 40% 750 of 1,657
45%
10,616 6,026 57% −255 (−4%) R 23% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 59% 6,281 of 11,333
55%
2,637 1,389 53% +567 (+69%) R 34% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 47% 822 of 2,344
35%
2,442 1,283 53% +392 (+44%) R 29% · No Party 23% · Other <1% · D 48% 891 of 2,013
44%
1,678 943 56% +225 (+31%) R 33% · No Party 23% · Other <1% · D 44% 718 of 1,581
45%
1,111 654 59% +266 (+69%) R 42% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 39% 388 of 796
49%
1,127 429 38% +66 (+18%) R 43% · No Party 19% · Other 1% · D 38% 363 of 1,058
34%
619 231 37% +18 (+8%) R 48% · No Party 22% · D 30% 213 of 581
37%
1,805 908 50% +242 (+36%) R 40% · No Party 20% · Other <1% · D 39% 666 of 1,445
46%
940 506 54% +184 (+57%) R 50% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 35% 322 of 701
46%
1,635 705 43% +144 (+26%) R 39% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 42% 561 of 1,421
39%
3,522 2,091 59% +439 (+27%) R 28% · No Party 18% · Other 1% · D 53% 1,652 of 3,277
50%
961 601 63% +194 (+48%) R 60% · No Party 10% · Other <1% · D 30% 407 of 763
53%
1,321 675 51% +74 (+12%) R 38% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 45% 601 of 1,365
44%
625 403 64% +101 (+33%) R 43% · No Party 12% · Other <1% · D 44% 302 of 608
50%
1,322 760 57% +200 (+36%) R 50% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 34% 560 of 1,014
55%
1,161 519 45% +179 (+53%) R 33% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 49% 340 of 1,258
27%
4,787 2,795 58% +934 (+50%) R 30% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 51% 1,861 of 3,689
50%
832 315 38% +85 (+37%) R 44% · No Party 13% · D 43% 230 of 692
33%
10,277 3,715 36% +636 (+21%) R 33% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 48% 3,079 of 9,931
31%
526 329 63% +78 (+31%) R 52% · No Party 9% · D 39% 251 of 488
51%
429 207 48% +7 (+4%) R 52% · No Party 11% · Other <1% · D 36% 200 of 441
45%
1,437 720 50% −16 (−2%) R 43% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 39% 736 of 1,401
53%
3,261 1,477 45% +448 (+44%) R 26% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 59% 1,029 of 2,877
36%
2,588 1,603 62% +621 (+63%) R 54% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 29% 982 of 1,636
60%
10,855 5,605 52% +1,146 (+26%) R 26% · No Party 13% · Other <1% · D 61% 4,459 of 10,021
44%
477 294 62% +83 (+39%) R 44% · No Party 15% · D 41% 211 of 448
47%
1,367 523 38% +60 (+13%) R 40% · No Party 16% · Other 1% · D 43% 463 of 1,587
29%
1,169 571 49% +179 (+46%) R 29% · No Party 20% · Other <1% · D 51% 392 of 1,147
34%
612 303 50% +86 (+40%) R 47% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 37% 217 of 583
37%
412 181 44% +31 (+21%) R 54% · No Party 9% · D 37% 150 of 348
43%
705 437 62% +75 (+21%) R 39% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 41% 362 of 732
49%
1,034 341 33% +48 (+16%) R 50% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 34% 293 of 810
36%
969 387 40% +16 (+4%) R 44% · No Party 16% · D 40% 371 of 1,069
35%
1,213 612 50% +135 (+28%) R 42% · No Party 16% · D 42% 477 of 1,044
46%
661 248 38% +62 (+33%) R 48% · No Party 14% · D 38% 186 of 579
32%
1,357 510 38% +9 (+2%) R 47% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 36% 501 of 1,334
38%
756 391 52% +150 (+62%) R 50% · No Party 12% · Other <1% · D 38% 241 of 580
42%
780 89 11% −704 (−89%) R 45% · No Party 12% · D 43% 793 of 1,394
57%
609 330 54% +146 (+79%) R 26% · No Party 25% · D 49% 184 of 547
34%
727 392 54% +157 (+67%) R 46% · No Party 17% · D 36% 235 of 601
39%
367 137 37% +35 (+34%) R 45% · No Party 15% · D 39% 102 of 337
30%
1,364 715 52% +224 (+46%) R 38% · No Party 22% · Other <1% · D 40% 491 of 1,210
41%
1,762 887 50% +32 (+4%) R 41% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 44% 855 of 1,608
53%
3,120 1,611 52% +290 (+22%) R 33% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 50% 1,321 of 2,708
49%
1,788 1,102 62% +252 (+30%) R 21% · No Party 12% · Other <1% · D 66% 850 of 1,605
53%
15,745 10,319 66% +3,684 (+56%) R 11% · No Party 15% · Other <1% · D 73% 6,635 of 13,442
49%
1,911 932 49% +366 (+65%) R 35% · No Party 22% · Other <1% · D 42% 566 of 1,612
35%
573 229 40% +49 (+27%) R 46% · No Party 14% · D 39% 180 of 504
36%
1,336 645 48% +209 (+48%) R 45% · No Party 16% · D 39% 436 of 1,142
38%
2,736 1,274 47% +454 (+55%) R 27% · No Party 15% · Other <1% · D 57% 820 of 2,360
35%
18,001 8,247 46% −198 (−2%) R 19% · No Party 19% · Other <1% · D 62% 8,445 of 18,845
45%
699 394 56% +224 (+132%) R 42% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 41% 170 of 483
35%
590 358 61% +89 (+33%) R 47% · No Party 18% · Other 1% · D 34% 269 of 587
46%
621 205 33% +104 (+103%) R 64% · No Party 14% · D 22% 101 of 388
26%
1,413 782 55% +156 (+25%) R 47% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 37% 626 of 1,369
46%
1,674 731 44% +40 (+6%) R 51% · No Party 15% · Other <1% · D 34% 691 of 1,343
51%
3,272 1,349 41% +465 (+53%) R 39% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 42% 884 of 2,387
37%
3,214 1,691 53% +627 (+59%) R 33% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 51% 1,064 of 2,792
38%
1,020 509 50% +163 (+47%) R 54% · No Party 11% · Other <1% · D 35% 346 of 776
45%
819 454 55% +197 (+77%) R 40% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 44% 257 of 734
35%
558 311 56% +159 (+105%) R 46% · No Party 14% · Other 1% · D 40% 152 of 438
35%
585 288 49% +60 (+26%) R 44% · No Party 16% · Other 1% · D 39% 228 of 535
43%
693 284 41% +89 (+46%) R 46% · No Party 9% · Other <1% · D 44% 195 of 551
35%
3,259 1,780 55% +778 (+78%) R 33% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 53% 1,002 of 2,569
39%
763 233 31% +47 (+25%) R 64% · No Party 11% · D 25% 186 of 529
35%
310 95 31% +28 (+42%) R 62% · No Party 18% · D 20% 67 of 247
27%
896 343 38% +77 (+29%) R 55% · No Party 10% · Other <1% · D 35% 266 of 913
29%
740 357 48% +113 (+46%) R 42% · No Party 15% · Other 1% · D 43% 244 of 568
43%
2,069 881 43% +312 (+55%) R 56% · No Party 17% · Other <1% · D 27% 569 of 1,496
38%
514 202 39% +57 (+39%) R 50% · No Party 17% · D 32% 145 of 462
31%
38,368 14,894 39% +1,030 (+7%) R 21% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 63% 13,864 of 40,563
34%
6,026 3,340 55% +1,719 (+106%) R 37% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 49% 1,621 of 4,794
34%
1,772 835 47% +244 (+41%) R 23% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 59% 591 of 1,693
35%
459 274 60% +105 (+62%) R 53% · No Party 9% · Other 1% · D 36% 169 of 325
52%
559 239 43% +72 (+43%) R 49% · No Party 15% · D 36% 167 of 458
36%
16,070 7,800 49% +288 (+4%) R 26% · No Party 21% · Other <1% · D 53% 7,512 of 14,173
53%
1,047 611 58% +291 (+91%) R 52% · No Party 12% · D 36% 320 of 765
42%
1,985 623 31% +152 (+32%) R 76% · No Party 9% · D 15% 471 of 1,342
35%
6,879 2,937 43% +700 (+31%) R 24% · No Party 20% · Other <1% · D 56% 2,237 of 6,895
32%
957 390 41% +63 (+19%) R 32% · No Party 26% · D 43% 327 of 972
34%
349 119 34% +22 (+23%) R 51% · No Party 17% · D 32% 97 of 300
32%
1,076 475 44% +108 (+29%) R 45% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 41% 367 of 952
39%
427 221 52% +76 (+52%) R 52% · No Party 11% · D 37% 145 of 336
43%
2,050 1,260 61% +487 (+63%) R 33% · No Party 13% · Other <1% · D 54% 773 of 2,106
37%
6,015 3,378 56% +1,812 (+116%) R 34% · No Party 18% · Other <1% · D 48% 1,566 of 4,587
34%
1,941 976 50% +367 (+60%) R 42% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 42% 609 of 1,602
38%
367 191 52% +39 (+26%) R 53% · No Party 16% · D 31% 152 of 387
39%
2,187 1,028 47% +451 (+78%) R 36% · No Party 14% · Other <1% · D 50% 577 of 1,965
29%
647 245 38% +34 (+16%) R 42% · No Party 18% · D 40% 211 of 540
39%
2,773 1,901 69% +606 (+47%) R 27% · No Party 21% · Other <1% · D 52% 1,295 of 2,372
55%
6,210 2,727 44% −50 (−2%) R 32% · No Party 16% · Other <1% · D 51% 2,777 of 6,477
43%
425 200 47% +54 (+37%) R 33% · No Party 14% · Other 1% · D 53% 146 of 426
34%
776 303 39% +95 (+46%) R 49% · No Party 18% · Other 1% · D 32% 208 of 768
27%

Source: Iowa Secretary of State, Daily Absentee Statistics, from the SOS election results page. House and Senate districts: the reports of October 21, 2026 (data pulled 08:00 on October 21, 2026). Counties: the county report of October 21, 2026 (data pulled 08:00 on October 21, 2026). Iowa Ledger archives a county report only when its 99 counties add up to the same statewide totals as the House report of the same date; a day that does not is left out, not estimated. The county series holds 2 daily reports, the first saved October 16, 2026. Iowa Ledger has no saved county report for 4 days in that span (October 17, 2026; October 18, 2026; October 19, 2026; October 20, 2026); the state may not have posted one, or we failed to save it. The SOS county report of October 16, 2026 prints that date on its first page and October 15, 2026 on the other 39 pages; its totals equal the House report of October 16, 2026, so Iowa Ledger dates it October 16, 2026. 2022 and 2024 by county: the SOS's county file for each election (2022: 33 reports; 2024: 16 reports), checked against the copies of it the Internet Archive saved during each season, holding the reports dated October 20, 2022; November 7, 2022; November 9, 2022; October 25, 2024; each matched the report of the same date in the file exactly. Not used from the 2022 county file: October 3, 2022; October 4, 2022; October 5, 2022 (only Democrat and Republican registrants are listed, with no No Party or Other line in any county, so the totals leave the others out). Not used from the 2022 county file: October 6, 2022; November 8, 2022; November 15, 2022 (the date is printed on 2 county reports, so which report it belongs to cannot be told). 2022 and 2024 by district: the SOS's House and Senate files for each election, as on the district comparison, which lists the dates not used. Each report gives that election's totals to date, not that day's activity; a total can be lower than in the report before it. Same point means the report dated the same number of days before that election's day; all three elections fell on a Tuesday. A dash means no figure: no report from that day, or nothing returned to take a share of. "Returned" means the ballot reached the county auditor, not that it has been counted. Party is the voter's registered party, not how they voted. Absentee ballots are cast by mail or in person (auditor's office or satellite site). The statewide figures are the House and Senate reports' Grand Total. All three elections use the same district maps, the 2021 plan.