Zach Lahn’s record included attacks on Iowans’ health care, education, and reproductive rights, and support for Trump’s devastating tariffs. Lahn opposed Medicaid expansion and helped lead efforts to block health care coverage for low-income Americans, despite hundreds of thousands of Iowans relying on Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage today. He defended Trump's tariffs and downplayed the impacts on Iowa farmers even as farmers and economists warned they were increasing financial pressure on Iowa agriculture and driving up costs across the state. Lahn also backed taxpayer-funded private school vouchers while proposing to revoke teachers' licenses for alleged "indoctrination," despite co-founding an unaccredited private school that did not require licensed teachers. Lahn was an anti-abortion extremist who supported a total abortion ban, opposed abortion medication access, and backed restrictions that went beyond existing Iowa law. Lahn embraced anti-vaccine policies, opposed vaccine requirements, and aligned himself with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA movement. Lahn is a carpetbagger with deep ties to Kansas and other states, maintaining a residence in Kansas and flying frequently to Kansas while running for Iowa governor.
American Bridge 21st Century today released an opposition research profile on Iowa GOP gubernatorial nominee Zach Lahn, a candidate who only recently became an Iowa voter and won’t even commit to living in the state full-time, but is asking Iowans to entrust him with the state's highest office. Lahn has spent his campaign presenting himself as a farmer, businessman, and conservative outsider. But his record…