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Zach Lahn is a Republican Governor for Iowa and holds an OppScore of +3.95. OppScore is a nonpartisan political rating system that scores politicians from -5.00 to +5.00 across the Five Points of Opportunity, using published voting records and public disclosures.
Zach Lahn is a sixth-generation Iowa farmer and businessman from Belle Plaine who won the 2026 Republican primary for governor by defeating a Trump-endorsed incumbent congressman. He campaigns on an 'Iowa First' platform focused on protecting family farms from corporate and foreign ownership, confronting the state's high cancer rates through scrutiny of agricultural chemicals, and prioritizing local control over land, education, and economic development.
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