{"id":83435,"date":"2026-06-03T07:05:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/zach-lahn-projected-to-win-iowa-gop-governor-primary-upsetting-trumps-pick-in-a-state-democrats-hope-to-flip\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T07:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:05:57","slug":"zach-lahn-projected-to-win-iowa-gop-governor-primary-upsetting-trumps-pick-in-a-state-democrats-hope-to-flip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/zach-lahn-projected-to-win-iowa-gop-governor-primary-upsetting-trumps-pick-in-a-state-democrats-hope-to-flip\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Lahn projected to win Iowa GOP governor primary, upsetting Trump&#8217;s pick in a state Democrats hope to flip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Zach Lahn will win the Republican primary for Iowa governor, CBS News projects, overcoming a Trump-backed congressman and setting up a November contest against Democrat Rob Sand that could be one of this year&#8217;s most competitive gubernatorial races.<\/p>\n<p>Lahn \u2014 a farmer and businessman who has touted his ties to the &#8220;Make America Healthy Again&#8221; movement \u2014 prevailed over a crowded GOP field on Tuesday. Sand, who serves as state auditor, ran for the Democratic nomination unopposed.<\/p>\n<p>His victory bucks the recent winning streak of Trump-backed candidates and marks an upset over Rep. Randy Feenstra, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktiv.com\/2026\/05\/27\/feenstra-skips-debates-because-i-want-hear-iowans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">didn&#8217;t attend any primary debates<\/a> and was viewed by many observers as a frontrunner. President Trump endorsed Feenstra last week, calling him &#8220;MAGA all the way,&#8221; and several top Iowa GOP figures backed him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Feenstra conceded late Tuesday night, saying in a speech surrounded by his family that the outcome &#8220;wasn&#8217;t what I wanted.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Describing himself as a sixth-generation Iowan, Lahn owns a family farm and runs the agriculture, real estate and technology investment firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintontoday.com\/articles\/Government\/article1043744.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homeplace Ventures<\/a>. He previously worked for the conservative group Americans for Prosperity. He&#8217;s running on a populist-inflected platform that he branded &#8220;Iowa First&#8221; and has said he wants to boost local ownership of farmland, stem the flow of younger Iowans out of the state and address Iowa&#8217;s high cancer rate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I fear every day we are losing the Iowa we love,&#8221; Lahn said in his victory speech Tuesday, castigating out-of-state investors that he says &#8220;treat Iowa land like it&#8217;s a commodity instead of our inheritance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lahn was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MAHA_Action\/status\/1996356649540583665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsed<\/a> last year by MAHA Action, a group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2026\/03\/27\/tony-lyons-profile-rfk-jr-maha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">founded<\/a> by allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZachLahn\/status\/2060423365370740927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">picked up support<\/a> from the late Charlie Kirk&#8217;s Turning Point Action last week. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2026\/04\/24\/steve-king-endorses-zach-lahn-iowa-governor\/89756030007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also endorsed<\/a> by former Rep. Steve King, who was known for <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/republican-steve-king-loses-iowa-primary-election-voters\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">incendiary comments<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/steve-king-stripped-of-house-committee-assignments-over-white-supremacy-comments\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">about race<\/a><\/span> before Feenstra ousted him in a 2020 primary.<\/p>\n<p>Three other candidates also ran: former Iowa Department of Administrative Services Director Adam Steen, state Rep. Eddie Andrews and former state Rep. Brad Sherman.<\/p>\n<p>Lahn will now face Sand, a two-term state auditor who defeated a GOP incumbent in 2018 after working in the state attorney general&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>Sand has focused his campaign on government accountability and faulted Republicans for the state&#8217;s economic issues, while pitching <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs2iowa.com\/news\/local\/governor-candidate-rob-sand-holds-health-care-roundtable-discussion-in-iowa-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">universal pre-K<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kimt.com\/news\/iowa\/state-auditor-says-iowas-school-voucher-program-is-flawed-two-state-departments-say-hes-politically\/article_7ab4651e-ee2c-11ef-be08-2b368d9a80cd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticizing a school<\/a> voucher program introduced by GOP officials. He has also sought to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacapitaldispatch.com\/2025\/06\/25\/gubernatorial-candidate-rob-sand-emphasizes-moderate-stance-at-town-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cultivate a moderate image<\/a>\u00a0on social issues, as Republicans try to cast him as a liberal in centrist&#8217;s clothing.<\/p>\n<p>In a campaign video late Tuesday, Sand said Republican voters are &#8220;welcome in this campaign,&#8221; adding that the state&#8217;s political system is &#8220;broken&#8221; and &#8220;all you would get with Zach Lahn it is more of the same.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Once considered a swing state, Iowa has trended sharply red in recent years as Democrats increasingly struggle on rural Midwestern terrain. Mr. Trump won the state three times in a row, including by a 13-point margin in 2024, and GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds won reelection by 18 points four years ago. Iowa hasn&#8217;t elected a Democratic governor in two decades, and Sand is the only statewide elected Democrat, after he won reelection by <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.iowa.gov\/elections\/pdf\/2022\/general\/canvsummary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fewer than 3,000 votes<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats are hopeful that a challenging political environment for Republicans, both nationally and in Iowa, could make them more competitive in the midwestern state. The Cook Political Report has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/governor-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rated<\/a> the Iowa gubernatorial race a tossup, one of five states with that distinction this year, and the University of Virginia&#8217;s Center for Politics says the race leans red.<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds \u2014 who has led the state since 2017 \u2014 has <a href=\"https:\/\/intel.morningconsult.com\/mc-content\/trackers\/governor-approval-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the lowest approval ratings<\/a> of any governor nationwide. Iowa farmers also <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iowa-farmers-feeling-strain-hope-for-positive-outcome-from-trump-china-summit\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">struggled<\/a><\/span> last year after the trade war with China caused Beijing to cut American soybean imports, pushing down prices of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nass.usda.gov\/Statistics_by_State\/Iowa\/Publications\/Rankings\/IA-Rankings-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of Iowa&#8217;s most widely grown crops<\/a>, and the war with Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov\/filerepo\/sites\/default\/files\/2863\/2026-05-11\/1324740\/ams_2863_00162_01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has caused<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov\/filerepo\/sites\/default\/files\/2863\/2025-05-12\/1244703\/ams_2863_00138.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a run-up<\/a> in fuel and fertilizer prices.<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds declined to run for reelection this year, setting up Iowa&#8217;s first gubernatorial election without an incumbent in the race since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Lahn <a href=\"https:\/\/iecdbblobstorage.blob.core.windows.net\/reports-prod\/SWGA51409_DR2_Summary_03-24-2026T15.00.01.742.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lent his campaign<\/a> $2 million last year, but is heading into the general election at a fundraising disadvantage. His campaign had <a href=\"https:\/\/iecdbblobstorage.blob.core.windows.net\/reports-prod\/SWGA51409_DR2_Summary_05-19-2026T22.00.22.781.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just over $700,000<\/a> on hand as of mid-May, compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/iecdbblobstorage.blob.core.windows.net\/reports-prod\/5185_DR2_Summary_05-19-2026T17.02.06.485.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nearly $18.3 million<\/a> for the Sand campaign. Sand&#8217;s wife runs a sizable food and health products company founded by her family called the Lauridsen Group, and the Democrat&#8217;s campaign coffers have been bolstered by millions in contributions from his in-laws.<\/p>\n<p>Sand raised about $9.7 million between the start of the year and mid-May, just over $3 million of which came from members of his wife&#8217;s family. Lahn raised just under $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the governor&#8217;s race, Iowa also has an open Senate contest after Ernst <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/joni-ernst-wont-seek-reelection-to-senate-in-2026-sources-say\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">declined to seek reelection<\/a><\/span>, drawing interest from Democrats, though Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/senate\/race\/488566\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">likely have a sizable edge<\/a>. Democrats are also heavily targeting two of Iowa&#8217;s four House seats, including the 1st District, where incumbent GOP Rep. 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