{"id":600,"date":"2026-06-03T04:19:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600"},"modified":"2026-06-03T04:19:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:19:46","slug":"trump-backed-randy-feenstra-concedes-to-maha-backed-zach-lahn-in-iowa-gop-primary-for-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600","title":{"rendered":"Trump-backed Randy Feenstra concedes to MAHA-backed Zach Lahn in Iowa GOP primary for governor"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Rep. Randy Feenstra conceded to businessman Zach Lahn in Iowa\u2019s Republican primary for governor Tuesday night as party voters rejected President Donald Trump\u2019s late endorsement in the race.<\/p>\n

Read more Los Angeles prosecutors reviewing sex assault allegations against Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs<\/a><\/p>\n

NBC News has not projected a result. But Billy Fuerst, a spokesperson for Feenstra\u2019s campaign, confirmed that he has conceded to Lahn.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Up to this point, no Trump-backed candidate for governor, the House or the Senate has lost a primary in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n

With 98% of the expected vote counted, Lahn had 37.8% of the vote to 37% for Feenstra.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly a Randy problem. Barely won his own district,\u201d a Trump world strategist said in a text message. \u201cBut, it is what it is. So we go with Lahn. That\u2019s fine. He did well.\u201d<\/p>\n

If no candidate had won at least 35% of the vote, the contest would have been thrown to a state convention later in the month.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Lahn aligned himself with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s \u201cMake America Healthy Again\u201d movement, and an outside group supporting him painted Feenstra as soft on immigration.<\/p>\n

He also appeared to benefit from an endorsement of his own \u2014 that of former Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, who lost to Feenstra in a bitter 2020 House primary. Lahn was leading Feenstra in 16 of the 19 counties King won in that contest when the race was called.<\/p>\n

Feenstra portrayed himself as a loyal ally of Trump, using Trump\u2019s late endorsement in his closing argument ad after he received it last week. He had also gone after Lahn for investing in a company that sells sex toys.<\/p>\n

Read more Sen. Dan Sullivan accuses Democrats of recruiting Alaska Senate candidate with the same name<\/a><\/p>\n

Former state government official Adam Steen was in a distant third place with about 15%.<\/p>\n

Now Lahn will face Rob Sand, the Democratic nominee, who already has been able to focus his energy on November\u2019s general election because he did not have a primary opponent.<\/p>\n

Sand, the state auditor, has generated attention inside and outside the state with an anti-establishment message that takes shots at both parties and has him promising to be a governor \u201cfor all of Iowa.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Even some Republicans in the state say Sand has run a strong campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a toss-up, tight race,\u201d said Will Rogers, a former GOP chairman for Polk County, which includes Des Moines. \u201cRob Sand is no dummy. He\u2019s a sharp political operator, and I know they\u2019ve already been doing a lot of ground-game work here in central Iowa and other parts of the state that had been neglected or outright ignored\u201d by previous Democrats.<\/p>\n

Sand is the only statewide elected Democrat in Iowa. The last Democrat to win a top-of-the-ticket race for president, senator or governor in Iowa was Barack Obama in 2012, and Trump has won the state three times since then. He won by the largest margin, 56% to 43%, in 2024.<\/p>\n

While Trump retains the support of the vast majority of Iowa Republicans, some are struggling with his economic policies, including tariffs that have hurt farmers. They may be less motivated to go to the polls \u2014 especially without him on the ballot \u2014 and some may choose to send a message by voting for Democrats.<\/p>\n

The GOP lost a proven vote-getter when Gov. Kim Reynolds decided not to seek a third full term this year. Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, who is finishing her second term, made the same choice.<\/p>\n

With the governor\u2019s race, the Senate race and the races in three of the four Republican-held House seats all considered competitive, Republicans are counting on newer candidates to step up.<\/p>\n

Read more Teen rider accused of stabbing 3 horses at Las Vegas race was \u2018stalker,\u2019 injured horse\u2019s owner says<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rep. Randy Feenstra conceded to businessman Zach Lahn in Iowa\u2019s Republican primary for governor as party voters rejected President Donald Trump\u2019s late endorsement in the race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-election"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump-backed Randy Feenstra concedes to MAHA-backed Zach Lahn in Iowa GOP primary for governor - Trusted Moving Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump-backed Randy Feenstra concedes to MAHA-backed Zach Lahn in Iowa GOP primary for governor - Trusted Moving Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rep. Randy Feenstra conceded to businessman Zach Lahn in Iowa\u2019s Republican primary for governor as party voters rejected President Donald Trump\u2019s late endorsement in the race.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Trusted Moving Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-03T04:19:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=600#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=600\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98cd83efb686ecde03e082abca618eaa\"},\"headline\":\"Trump-backed Randy Feenstra concedes to MAHA-backed Zach Lahn in Iowa GOP primary for governor\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-03T04:19:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=600\"},\"wordCount\":646,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=600#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/bbba7f609db5633571e7d92895006c6e.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"2026 Election\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=600#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=600\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=600\",\"name\":\"Trump-backed Randy Feenstra concedes to MAHA-backed Zach Lahn in Iowa GOP primary for governor - Trusted Moving Group\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=600#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=600#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/bbba7f609db5633571e7d92895006c6e.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-03T04:19:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98cd83efb686ecde03e082abca618eaa\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=600#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=600\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=600#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/bbba7f609db5633571e7d92895006c6e.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/bbba7f609db5633571e7d92895006c6e.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=600#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trump-backed Randy Feenstra concedes to MAHA-backed Zach Lahn in Iowa GOP primary for governor\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Trusted Moving Group\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98cd83efb686ecde03e082abca618eaa\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump-backed Randy Feenstra concedes to MAHA-backed Zach Lahn in Iowa GOP primary for governor - Trusted Moving Group","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trump-backed Randy Feenstra concedes to MAHA-backed Zach Lahn in Iowa GOP primary for governor - Trusted Moving Group","og_description":"Rep. Randy Feenstra conceded to businessman Zach Lahn in Iowa\u2019s Republican primary for governor as party voters rejected President Donald Trump\u2019s late endorsement in the race.","og_url":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600","og_site_name":"Trusted Moving Group","article_published_time":"2026-06-03T04:19:46+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/#\/schema\/person\/98cd83efb686ecde03e082abca618eaa"},"headline":"Trump-backed Randy Feenstra concedes to MAHA-backed Zach Lahn in Iowa GOP primary for governor","datePublished":"2026-06-03T04:19:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600"},"wordCount":646,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bbba7f609db5633571e7d92895006c6e.webp","articleSection":["2026 Election"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600","url":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600","name":"Trump-backed Randy Feenstra concedes to MAHA-backed Zach Lahn in Iowa GOP primary for governor - Trusted Moving Group","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bbba7f609db5633571e7d92895006c6e.webp","datePublished":"2026-06-03T04:19:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/#\/schema\/person\/98cd83efb686ecde03e082abca618eaa"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bbba7f609db5633571e7d92895006c6e.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bbba7f609db5633571e7d92895006c6e.webp","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=600#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trump-backed Randy Feenstra concedes to MAHA-backed Zach Lahn in Iowa GOP primary for governor"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/","name":"Trusted Moving Group","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/#\/schema\/person\/98cd83efb686ecde03e082abca618eaa","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com"],"url":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}