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2026 Iowa U.S. Senate — General Election · November 3, 2026

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Overview

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2026 Iowa U.S. Senate — General Election on November 3, 2026
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Official candidacy
U.S. Senate · Libertarian · Candidate
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Iowa Secretary of State — Candidate List, November 3, 2026 General Election

For the Office Of: U.S. Senate

Party: Libertarian

Ballot Name(s): Thomas Laehn

Filing Date: 2026-06-02

Email: [email protected]

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FEC committee ID: C00872903

FEC committee name: THOMAS LAEHN EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE, INCORPORATED

Published email: [email protected]

Published website: https://www.laehn4iowa.org/

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Candidate biography

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Both parties have worked tirelessly to take power away from the people and to concentrate it in their own hands. Once in office, members of Congress of both parties are more responsive to the monied elites who fund their campaigns than to the people they were elected to serve. I am not running against a Democrat or a Republican; I am running against the two-party system itself.

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Both parties have worked tirelessly to take power away from the people and to concentrate it in their own hands. Once in office, members of Congress of both parties are more responsive to the monied elites who fund their campaigns than to the people they were elected to serve. I am not running against a Democrat or a Republican; I am running against the two-party system itself.

Candidate biography

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As a prosecutor, I have seen firsthand how our nation’s drug laws do more harm than good. The cost to taxpayers to investigate, prosecute, and incarcerate individuals for using marijuana far outweighs the benefits of these laws.

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As a prosecutor, I have seen firsthand how our nation’s drug laws do more harm than good. The cost to taxpayers to investigate, prosecute, and incarcerate individuals for using marijuana far outweighs the benefits of these laws.

Preacher’s Kid. Professor. Prosecutor. Populist.

Source-published biography

As a professor, Thomas studied the Constitution. As a prosecutor, he applied it. And as a populist, he is painfully aware of how our nation’s two major parties have corrupted it. It is time to save our Republic before it is too late. It is time to take political power from the two major parties and to restore it to the People themselves. It is time for real change. It is time for a real choice. It is time for Thomas Laehn.

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As a professor, Thomas studied the Constitution. As a prosecutor, he applied it. And as a populist, he is painfully aware of how our nation’s two major parties have corrupted it. It is time to save our Republic before it is too late. It is time to take political power from the two major parties and to restore it to the People themselves. It is time for real change. It is time for a real choice. It is time for Thomas Laehn.

Preacher’s Kid. Professor. Prosecutor. Populist.

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Thomas grew up in the small, farming community of Allison, Iowa, where his father served as the pastor at a local church. His mother worked as a school librarian in a neighboring town.

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Thomas grew up in the small, farming community of Allison, Iowa, where his father served as the pastor at a local church. His mother worked as a school librarian in a neighboring town.

Preacher’s Kid. Professor. Prosecutor. Populist.

Source-published biography

After teaching for four years, Thomas decided to return to rural Iowa to start a family and to begin a career in public service as a prosecuting attorney. He earned his law degree at the University of Iowa and moved to Jefferson, Iowa, where he was elected Greene County Attorney. He is the first Libertarian in the history of our State to win an elective partisan office. And he did it twice, winning reelection as a Libertarian in 2022.

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After teaching for four years, Thomas decided to return to rural Iowa to start a family and to begin a career in public service as a prosecuting attorney. He earned his law degree at the University of Iowa and moved to Jefferson, Iowa, where he was elected Greene County Attorney. He is the first Libertarian in the history of our State to win an elective partisan office. And he did it twice, winning reelection as a Libertarian in 2022.

Thomas Laehn, Iowa Libertarian, Elected As Greene County Attorney

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Thomas Laehn, Iowa Libertarian, Elected As Greene County Attorney

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Thomas Laehn, Iowa Libertarian, Elected As Greene County Attorney

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Restoring Political Power to the People

Candidate position
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Reduce the influence of the two-party system and campaign money by restoring more political power to voters.

  • Would sponsor legislation aimed at eliminating PACs and super PACs from the electoral system.
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As a U.S. Senator, I will work tirelessly to restore to the people of Iowa the political power that the parties have taken from them. I will also sponsor legislation to eliminate the corrupting role of PACs and super PACs in our electoral system.

Ending Eminent Domain Abuse

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Prohibit private companies from using eminent-domain power to seize private property for commercial gain.

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As a U.S. Senator, I will work to pass legislation prohibiting private companies from harnessing the coercive power of the state to seize property for commercial gain, ending eminent domain abuse in our nation.

Stopping Wasteful Wars

Candidate position
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Restrict presidential war-making without congressional consent and conserve military force for conflicts involving vital national interests.

  • Supports bringing U.S. forces home from wars he views as unauthorized or unnecessary.
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Stopping wasteful wars

Restoring Balance of Powers

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Restore legislative authority to Congress and reduce unilateral presidential policymaking through executive orders and agreements.

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Restoring balance of powers Our presidency has assumed imperial proportions. Presidents now make laws unilaterally through executive orders and executive agreements; members of Congress sit back and watch because they know leaving the difficult task of governing to the president enhances their reelection prospects. As a U.S. Senator, I will fight to restore the constitutional balance of powers across the three branches of our national government, and to return the legislative power to Congress where it rightfully belongs.

Fighting Against National Debt

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Oppose funding measures that increase the national debt except during extreme national emergencies and support a balanced-budget constitutional amendment.

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As a U.S. Senator, I will vote against every funding measure that would result in an increase in our national debt, except in cases of extreme national emergency. I will also fight for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution to bring Congress within its limits.

Securing Borders with Humane Immigration Policies

Candidate position
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Combine stronger border security with expanded legal immigration pathways.

  • Supports raising or eliminating numerical caps on legal immigration to reduce pressure on the border.
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I will fight for a secure border. I will also fight to raise or to eliminate artificial caps on the number of people who can legally immigrate to remove the pressure on our nation’s borders.

Leaving Abortion to the States

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Keep abortion regulation at the state level rather than having Congress set national abortion policy.

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Congress should have no role in the regulation of abortion. As a U.S. Senator, I will work to uphold the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2021) that abortion policy is a matter reserved for the states under our Constitution.

Decriminalizing Marijuana to Benefit Taxpayers

Candidate position
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Decriminalize federal possession and use of marijuana.

  • States that this would be the first bill he introduces if elected.
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The very first bill I will introduce upon being elected to the U.S. Senate will be to decriminalize the possession and use of marijuana.

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Campaign finance

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FEC candidate totals January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026.

Total receipts
$54,429.48
Total disbursements
$46,095.11
Cash on hand
$8,334.37
Committee debt
$0.00
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Candidate ID: S6IA00181

Name: LAEHN, THOMAS RAYMOND DR.

Office: Senate

State: IA

District: 00

Coverage start: 2024-01-01

Coverage end: 2026-06-30

Total receipts: $54429.48

Total disbursements: $46095.11

Cash on hand: $8334.37

Debts owed by committee: $0.00

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  1. Election record

    2026 Iowa general-election candidate record — Thomas Laehn

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  2. Candidate-owned primary source

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  5. Official campaign contact filing

    THOMAS LAEHN EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE, INCORPORATED — current FEC Statement of Organization

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  6. Campaign-finance record

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