On Polymarket, Rob Sand (D) leads the 2026 Iowa governor's race at 87.5% against Zach Lahn (R) at 12.5%; $316K has traded on the race's winner market, $1.6K of it in the last 24 hours.
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Iowa Governor Election Winner
Iowa Governor Election Winner: price 30 days ago and now
Outcome
30 days ago
Now
Rob Sand (D)
82%
88%
Zach Lahn (R)
16%
13%
What happened
17 sources, last read 19:28 UTC
No headline in the news store names this room's people, places or question in the last 30 days.
Headlines sit at their own time. A headline near a move is not its cause.
Big money
Prints of $5,000 and more over 7 days in the room's busiest markets, or 1% of what rested within 2¢ of the touch when that is smaller, never under $1,000. The depth is read with the book now, not the book the print met. The price 10 minutes later comes from the 10-minute history.
The biggest positions in the two leading outcomes, valued at the current price. Each wallet's first trade in the market and what it did in the last 7 days are read from its own trades on Polymarket, as of 24 Oct, 19:28 UTC. Daily archive snapshots began on 20 October 2026; the weekly tags here still come from wallet trades. A position with no trade record (a split, a merge or a transfer) carries no tag.
User reads of each candidate's English Wikipedia article, 24 Sep 2026 to 23 Oct 2026 (30 days), beside “Iowa Governor Election Winner”. Shares are of the names listed here. A price far ahead of attention is a reason to look closer, not evidence of anything on its own.
NamePriceReadsReads, 30dShareShare of readsLast 7 days
How the favourite fared 30 days, 7 days and one day before the vote
Each row is a Polymarket winner market on this seat: the outcome priced highest 30 days, 7 days and one day before Election Day, and the eventual winner's price at the same moments. The 2026 readings are taken on 4 October, 27 October and 2 November as the days arrive.
Prices are Polymarket's daily closing prices from its public price history, read at the last close before each checkpoint; outcomes that traded less than $1,000 over their life are left out, and a new market's opening 50% placeholder is not counted as a price.
Questions
Iowa Governor Race 2026: questions and answers
When is the 2026 Iowa governor's race?
On Election Day, 3 November 2026 (10 days away), the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, with the rest of the 2026 midterms. Polymarket's market on the race stays open until the result is called.
How does the Polymarket market on this race resolve?
Polymarket's 2026 race markets resolve on the winner once the Associated Press, Fox News and NBC have all called the race for the same candidate, and on the official certification when they have not. Each market's rules, on its own page, are what count, including how it treats a replacement nominee or a runoff.
