Candidates

Our Republican candidates advancing to the General election for 2026 are:

Federal:

Ashley Hinson (US Senate)
Chris McGowan (US House District 4)

State:

Zach Lahn (Governor) https://www.zachlahn.com/
Chris Cournoyer (Iowa Auditor)
Brenna Bird (Iowa Attorney General)
Mike Naig (Iowa Secretary of Agriculture)
Paul Pate (Iowa Secretary of State)
Roby Smith (Iowa State Treasurer)
Rep John H. Wills (Iowa House District 10)
David Rowley (Iowa Senate District 5)

Our Republican candidates profiles for the 2026 primary are at
https://www.rightsidecommunications.com/palo-alto-2026-primary-election

Direct link to Palo Alto County Republican candidates

Iowa Palo Alto County Caucus results from Feb 2, 2026:

We had a fantastic team of volunteers. It was a good meeting hearing from the candidates, electing delegates and Central Committee members. We had 60 registered voters across 8 precincts. 24 signed up as delegates for the County Convention on March 7th -and- we also have a junior delegate!

** Strawpoll results **

Governor: tie with Brad Sherman (17) and Adam Steen (17). Randy Feenstra (5), Eddie Andrews (4), Zach Lahn (3)

US Senate: Jim Carlin (29), Ashley Hinson (18)

US House District 4: Christian Schlaefer (20), Matt Windschitl (11), Chris McGowen (9), Ryan Rhodes (6)

Iowa Auditor: Chris Cournoyer (30), Abigail Maas (14)

Iowa Senate District 5: Stacy Besch (38), Dave Rowley (19)

All other candidates are running unopposed in the primary on June 2nd, so no votes taken.

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