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A relatively unknown farmer who openly touted his ties to the Make America Healthy Again movement upset President Donald Trump\u2019s endorsed candidate in Iowa\u2019s GOP gubernatorial primary Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Father of seven Zach Lahn, running an insurgent campaign endorsed by Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Action and Turning Point Action, narrowly defeated Trump-backed Republican Iowa Rep. Randy Feenstra to win his party\u2019s nomination in the open race to succeed retiring Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. Lahn received 37.79% of the vote to Feenstra\u2019s 37.01% \u2014 a difference of under 2,000 votes \u2014 in the five-candidate GOP field, The Associated Press reported with over 95% of ballots counted.<\/p>\n

Lahn will face off against Democratic Iowa Auditor Rob Sand, who ran unopposed for his party\u2019s nomination, in what is expected to be a close November general election. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the open Iowa gubernatorial race as a \u201cToss Up,\u201d despite the fact that Trump carried the state by 13 percentage points in 2024. Sand was the only Iowa Democratic candidate to win statewide in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow about this? We the people!\u201d Lahn said\u00a0during his victory speech. \u201cI don\u2019t have to tell you this but nobody thought that this could be done. We were outspent, opposed by the establishment, told to wait our turn.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, tonight the people of Iowa had something to say about that. That we\u2019re not going to wait anymore!\u201d he emphasized. (RELATED: The 10 Biggest Election Upsets Of 2026 \u2014 So Far)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The farmer and businessman also alluded to his support for the MAHA-aligned policies in his election night remarks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIowa 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 have printed money,\u201d he said. \u201cThis will not go on when I\u2019m governor.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIowans are going to funerals for people dying at 60 whose parents lived to be 80. We are losing the wisdom of a generation. We have to use every resource we have to solve this,\u201d Lahn continued. \u201cWe have to find out what Big Ag and Big Pharma knew about the safety of their products and when they knew it. And we need to direct our great state universities to use every resource at their disposal to fight this cancer epidemic and end it.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his underdog primary bid, the candidate and his supporters railed against Feenstra highlighting his ties to the pharmaceutical industry, The Washington Post reported.<\/p>\n

Alex Clark, a MAHA podcaster who works for Turning Point USA (TPUSA), strongly supported Lahn over Feenstra, calling the latter a \u201cBAYER ENDORSED CANDIDATE\u201d in a Friday X post responding to Trump\u2019s endorsement of the congressman. \u201cRUN DON\u2019T WALK. VOTE LAHN!!!!!\u201d she added in the post.<\/p>\n

TPUSA President Erika Kirk congratulated Lahn on his primary victory in an X post Tuesday,<\/p>\n

\u201cCongratulations to Zach Lahn on his victory! He will be a great Governor for all Iowans. Iowa is one of the most important states in the nation,\u201d Kirk wrote in her post. \u201cProud of our team @TPAction <\/span>and the work ahead to deliver more MAGA and MAHA wins for the President.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Iowa is notably the No. 1 producer of corn and No. 2 producer of soy among U.S. states. These crops are used to make products that are heavily scrutinized by the MAHA movement such as high fructose corn syrup and seed oils.<\/p>\n

In his Truth Social endorsement of Feenstra, Trump called him \u201cMAGA all the way,\u201d adding that he \u201chas delivered strong results for the Hawkeye State\u201d during his career in public office.<\/p>\n

Feenstra has represented a heavily Republican northwestern Iowa-based House district for three terms and declined to run for a fourth, instead seeking the governor\u2019s mansion.<\/p>\n

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Republican gubernatorial candidate, U.S. Rep Randy Feenstra (R-IA) speaks to guests during a campaign event at the Silo City farm on May 30, 2026 near Sioux Rapids, Iowa. (Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cLahn has been a steadfast champion of personal health freedom, consistently standing against government and corporate intrusion into individual medical decisions. As a defender of liberty and family autonomy, he is committed to making Iowa a national leader in medical freedom,\u201d MAHA Action said in its December 2o25 endorsement of the outsider.<\/p>\n

Lahn sat down with Tucker Carlson for an hour-and-a-half-long interview posted on YouTube in February.<\/p>\n

During the discussion, Lahn and Carlson spoke about Iowa\u2019s skyrocketing cancer rates, globalism, the proliferation of artificial intelligence, rising land prices and alleged connections between pesticides and Parkinson\u2019s disease, among other issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re exposed to paraquat your chance of Parkinson\u2019s doubles,\u201d Lahn told Carlson during the interview, referring to a chemical herbicide widely used in commercial agriculture. \u201cIf you go on X and you type in, and you just look at paraquat, you\u2019ll find stories of farmers who just will not use it anymore. They\u2019ll tell stories of spraying it and immediately \u2026 that day getting uncontrollable bloody noses. It\u2019s a very, very harsh product.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s other endorsed statewide candidate in Iowa easily won her primary race Tuesday. Republican Iowa Rep. Ashley Hinson defeated former state Sen. Jim Carlin in the open GOP primary for the U.S. Senate by nearly a 3-to-1 margin, according to the AP.<\/p>\n

Hinson is now set to face Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek in the November general election to succeed retiring incumbent Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst. Cook Political Report has rated the race \u201cLean R.\u201d<\/p>\n

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