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Randy Feenstra loss delivers blow to Trump-endorsed candidate success rate
“Iowa has the fastest-growing cancer rate in the world. We all know something is terribly wrong, but too many politicians from Washington, D.C., to Des Moines have had their heads stuck in the sand while big ag and big pharma printed money. This will not go on when I’m governor,” Lahn said during his Tuesday evening victory speech.
Lahn’s victory is a major win for the MAHA movement, as advocates look to gain more fighters in agricultural states such as Iowa who will take on the fight against glyphosate and pesticide use.
Lahn, who had been polling as an underdog against Feenstra for much of the race in the limited polls, will take on the Democratic candidate, Rob Sand, in the November general election.
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With Sand, the current state auditor, Democrats are hoping to put the formerly purple Hawkeye state into play in November, with the head of the Democratic Governors Association, Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY), boasting that he believes Iowa is in play for a blue flip.
Trump won Iowa in the 2024 presidential election by over 13 percentage points. Iowa last had a Democratic governor in 2011, under Gov. Chet Culver.