Shane Vander Hart

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Don't Misread the Iowa GOP Gubernatorial Primary

Zach Lahn's primary win over Randy Feenstra wasn't a rebuke of Trump — it was a rejection of a poor campaign.

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Shane Vander Hart
Jun 15, 2026
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The Iowa Republican gubernatorial primary is over, and the national political press has largely settled on a tidy narrative: Iowa Republicans rebuked Donald Trump, rejecting his endorsed candidate in favor of Make America Healthy Again-aligned businessman Zach Lahn. NPR called it "a rare rebuke to Trump's preferences." The Hill declared it "Iowa hands T…

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