Iowa 2026 Primary Elections

★ U.S. Senate Safe R

Incumbent: R Joni Ernst Open Seat

Democrat

Josh Turek Nominee $6,276,527 raised

Zach P Wahls $0 raised

L

Thomas Raymond Laehn $31,908 raised

Republican

Ashley Hinson Nominee

Jim Carlin $494,420 raised

Dollar figures are each campaign’s total funds raised, from FEC filings.

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Held June 2, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Josh Turek ✓	120,448	62.6%
Zach Wahls	71,884	37.4%

Republican Primary

Held June 2, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Ashley Hinson ✓	153,181	73.9%
Jim Carlin	54,178	26.1%

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★ Governor Likely R

Incumbent: R Kim Reynolds Term Limited

Democrat

Rob Sand Nominee

Republican

Zach Lahn Nominee

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Held June 2, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Rob Sand ✓	189,442	99.6%

Republican Primary

Held June 2, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Zach Lahn ✓	80,765	37.7%
Randy Feenstra	79,113	36.9%
Adam Steen	31,087	14.5%
Brad Sherman	15,076	7.0%
Eddie Andrews	7,694	3.6%

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★ U.S. House 4 districts

IA-01 District 1 Lean R R Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Christina Bohannan (D) ✓ Taylor Wettach (D) Travis Terrell (D) Michael Bridgford (I) Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks (R) ^* ✓ David Alfred Pautsch (R)

Democratic · Jun 2 Christina Bohannan 42,843 81.5% ✓ Travis Terrell 9,754 18.5%

Republican · Jun 2 Mariannette Miller-Meeks 35,165 71.6% ✓ David Pautsch 13,949 28.4%

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IA-02 District 2 Lean R R Ashley Hinson Open

Clint Twedt-Ball (D) Kathy Dolter (D) Kevin W Techau (D) Lindsay James (D) ✓ Dave Bushaw (I) Ashley Hinson Arenholz (R) ^* Charlie McClintock (R) Joe Mitchell (R) ✓ Rodney Blum (R) Shannon Lundgren (R)

Democratic · Jun 2 Lindsay James 28,005 57.3% ✓ Clint Twedt-Ball 11,850 24.3% Kathy Dolter 8,983 18.4%

Republican · Jun 2 Joe Mitchell 24,643 61.4% ✓ Charlie McClintock 15,501 38.6%

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IA-03 District 3 Likely R R Zach Nunn

Jennifer Konfrst (D) Sarah Trone Garriott (D) ✓ Zach Nunn (R) ^* ✓

Democratic · Jun 2 Sarah Trone Garriott 54,651 100.0% ✓

Republican · Jun 2 Zach Nunn 48,302 100.0% ✓

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IA-04 District 4 Safe R R Randy Feenstra Open

Ashley WolfTornabane (D) David Dawson (D) ✓ Ryan Michael Appleton Melton (D) Randall Feenstra (R) ^* Chris McGowan (R) ✓ Christian Schlaefer (R) Douglas Jensen (R) Matt Windschitl (R) Ryan Rhodes (R)

Democratic · Jun 2 David Dawson 11,261 39.1% ✓ Stephanie Steiner 8,803 30.5% Ashley WolfTornabane 8,767 30.4%

Republican · Jun 2 Chris McGowan 54,988 100.0% ✓

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📊 Primary Polls

Race	Pollster	Date	Sample	Results
Governor · Republican primary	JMC Analytics (R)	2026-05-28	550 A	Zach Lahn 24% · Randy Feenstra 22% · Adam Steen 15% · Brad Sherman 8% · Eddie Andrews 4% · Unsure 27%
Senate · Republican primary	JMC Analytics (R)	2026-05-28	550 A	Ashley Hinson 58% · Jim Carlin 19% · Unsure 23%
Senate · Democratic primary	Public Policy Polling (D) partisan·D ±2.0	2026-05-21	672 LV	Josh Turek 52% · Zach Wahls 31% · Unsure 17%
Senate · Democratic primary	Public Policy Polling (D) partisan·D ±2.0	2026-05-06	764 LV	Josh Turek 53% · Zach Wahls 27% · Unsure 20%
Senate · Democratic primary	FM3 Research (D) partisan·D	2026-04-23	600 LV	Josh Turek 48% · Zach Wahls 28% · Unsure 24%
Senate · Democratic primary	Public Policy Polling (D) partisan·D ±2.0	2026-04-23	— LV	Josh Turek 41% · Zach Wahls 23% · Unsure 36%
Governor · Republican primary	Victory Enterprises (R)	2026-04-15	500 LV	Randy Feenstra 41% · Adam Steen 9% · Zach Lahn 8% · Eddie Andrews 5% · Brad Sherman 5% · Unsure 32%

Primary polls are shown here only — they never enter the general-election averages. Pollster names link to track records.