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2026 Iowa gubernatorial election
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Nominee Zach Lahn Rob Sand
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Derek Wulf Dave Muhlbauer
Incumbent governor

Kim Reynolds
Republican


The 2026 Iowa gubernatorial election will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Iowa. Republican businessman Zach Lahn and Democratic state auditor Rob Sand are the nominees for their respective parties. Republican incumbent Kim Reynolds is not seeking a third term.[1]

Primary elections were held on June 2, 2026.[2] In the Republican primary, congressman Randy Feenstra emerged as the frontrunner after being endorsed by President Donald Trump, but Zach Lahn won the nomination in an upset with 37.65% of the vote. Sand was the only candidate to qualify for the ballot in the Democratic primary.

This is the first open gubernatorial election in Iowa since 2006 and the first to be held at the same time as the open Senate election since 1968.[3] The 2006 gubernatorial election is the most recent won by Democrats in Iowa.

Background

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Iowa is considered to be a red state, with both chambers of its state legislature controlled by the Republican Party which failed to achieve a supermajority in 2024 by one Iowa Senate seat. The last time the Democratic Party won a gubernatorial election in Iowa was in 2006. All 4 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa have been Republicans since 2022 and Republicans have won all U.S. Senate elections in Iowa since 2010, making Iowa's congressional delegation entirely Republican. Iowa has voted for Republican presidents since 2016, trending in favor of the Republican Party increasingly since then.[4]

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Randy Feenstra
Executive branch officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Zach Lahn
U.S. representatives
Individuals
Organizations
Brad Sherman
Executive branch officials
State legislators
Adam Steen
State legislators
Individuals
Organizations
Mike Bousselot (declined)
Executive branch officials
Declined to endorse
Statewide officials
Newspapers

Debates

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2026 Iowa Republican gubernatorial primary debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee W  Withdrawn
Feenstra Lahn Sherman Steen Andrews
1 April 28, 2026 Iowa PBS Kay Henderson PBS A A P P P
2[51] May 19, 2026 KCCI Amanda Rooker
Dave Price		 KCCI A P P P P

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Eddie
Andrews		 Randy
Feenstra		 Zach
Lahn		 Brad
Sherman		 Adam
Steen		 Undecided
JMC Analytics (R)[52] May 27–28, 2026 550 (A) ± 4.2% 4% 22% 24% 8% 15% 27%
Victory Enterprises (R)[53][A] April 14–15, 2026 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 5% 41% 8% 5% 9% 32%

Results

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County results
  Lahn
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Feenstra
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Steen
  •   30–40%
  Sherman
  •   30–40%
Congressional district results
  Lahn
  •   30–40%
  Feenstra
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results[54]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Zach Lahn 80,765 37.7
Republican Randy Feenstra 79,113 36.9
Republican Adam Steen 31,087 14.5
Republican Brad Sherman 15,076 7.0
Republican Eddie Andrews 7,694 3.6
Write-in 794 0.4
Total votes 214,529 100.0

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Disqualified

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Did not file

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  • Paul Dahl, bus driver and perennial candidate[58]

Endorsements

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Rob Sand
Statewide officials
Labor unions
Organizations

Results

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Democratic primary results[54]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rob Sand 189,442 99.6
Write-in 751 0.4
Total votes 190,193 100.0

Libertarian primary

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Candidates

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Disqualified

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Results

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On June 2, the Gluba campaign submitted over 8,000 signatures to the Iowa Secretary of State, satisfying the 3,500 signature requirement to qualify for the ballot.[67]

General election

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Campaign

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Though originally from Iowa, Zach Lahn faced controversy over reporting from The Des Moines Register that he was a resident of Kansas until 2023 when he allegedly moved back to the state.[68] On October 17, 2024, Lahn registered as a voter in Iowa to vote in the 2024 election.[69] The reporting found flight records suggesting that from October 2025 to spring 2026, Lahn spent 75 nights in Wichita, Kansas rather than Iowa, commuting with his private plane.[70] According to Lahn, he commutes to Kansas due to custody agreements involving his children who live there. Rob Sand has criticized Lahn as a "part-time Iowan", due weekly trips to Kansas. Sand labeled him a carpetbagger for claiming an "Iowa First" campaign despite allegedly spending more time in Kansas. Sand has been criticized during the campaign and throughout his time as state auditor by Governor Kim Reynolds and state Republicans for using audits and claims of fraud to bolster his public profile.[71][72]

Candidates

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Declared

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Disqualified

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[78] Lean D (flip) August 20, 2026
Fox News[79] Lean D (flip) July 23, 2026
Inside Elections[80] Tilt D (flip) August 6, 2026
Race to the WH[81] Lean D (flip) August 19, 2026
RealClearPolitics[82] Tossup June 5, 2026
Sabato's Crystal Ball[83] Tossup August 26, 2026
Silver Bulletin[84] Likely D (flip) August 25, 2026

Post-primary endorsements

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Zach Lahn (R)
Executive branch officials
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Individuals
Organizations
Political parties
Rob Sand (D)
Executive branch officials
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
Political parties

Polling

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Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregation		 Dates
administered		 Dates
updated		 Zach
Lahn (R)		 Rob
Sand (D)		 Other/Undecided
[b]		 Margin
270toWin[100] August 6–26, 2026 August 26, 2026 43.5% 48.0% 8.5% Sand +4.5%
FiftyPlusOne[101] through August 22, 2026 August 26, 2026 43.6% 48.8% 7.6% Sand +5.2%
Race to the WH[102] through August 4, 2026 August 6, 2026 44.2% 48.6% 7.2% Sand +4.4%
RealClearPolitics[103] June 15 – August 23, 2026 August 26, 2026 44.2% 49.0% 6.8% Sand +4.8%
Average 43.9% 48.6% 7.5% Sand +4.7%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Zach
Lahn (R)		 Rob
Sand (D)		 Other Undecided
Suffolk University[104] August 20–23, 2026 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 44% 48% – 8%
Emerson College[105] August 2–4, 2026 712 (LV) ± 3.7% 43% 48% 2%[c] 7%
Beacon Research (D)/
Shaw & Co. Research (R)[106][B]		 June 23–27, 2026 1,003 (RV) ± 3.0% 44% 53% – 3%
New York Times/
Siena University[107]		 June 15–27, 2026 600 (LV) ± 4.7% 47% 48% – 5%
Cygnal (R)[108][C] June 16–19, 2026 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 43% 48% – 9%
Hypothetical polling

Randy Feenstra vs. Rob Sand

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Randy
Feenstra (R)		 Rob
Sand (D)		 Undecided
Echelon Insights[109] April 3–9, 2026 377 (LV) ± 6.6% 39% 51% 10%
GBAO (D)[110][D] March 10–16, 2026 1,200 (LV) ± 2.8% 42% 50% 8%
Z to A Research (D)[111][112] October 9–13, 2025 1,351 (LV) ± 2.7% 43% 45% 12%

See also

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Notes

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  1. 1 2 3 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  3. ↑ "Someone else" with 2%

Partisan and media clients

  1. ↑ Poll sponsored by Feenstra's campaign
  2. ↑ Poll conducted for Fox News
  3. ↑ Poll sponsored by Iowans for Tax Relief
  4. ↑ Poll sponsored by Josh Turek's campaign, who is a Democratic candidate in the Iowa U.S. Senate election

References

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  2. ↑ "State of Iowa Election Calendar 2026" (PDF). Secretary of State of Iowa. January 1, 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2026. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Could Iowa Democrats Win 2026's Gubernatorial and US Senate Races?". Smart Politics. June 3, 2026. Retrieved June 6, 2026.
  4. ↑ McCue, Dan. "Des Moines Register Poll Reconfirms Iowa's Shift From Swing to Red State". Retrieved July 27, 2026.
  5. ↑ Allen, Jonathan (June 2, 2026). "MAHA-backed Zach Lahn defeats Trump-backed Randy Feenstra in Iowa GOP primary for governor". NBC News.
  6. ↑ Carpenter, Tim (May 29, 2026). "Co-founder of Wichita private school contending for Iowa GOP's gubernatorial nomination". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
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