Statewide Iowa (RI) – Four of the five Republicans running for governor say it’s time for action to reduce the alarming rate of new cancer cases among Iowans. The candidates appeared at a forum in Sioux Center.
Zach Lahn of Belle Plaine says Iowans know there’s something terribly wrong with the status quo.
Lahn was endorsed this week by MAHA Action, a group aligned with Robert F. Kennedy, Junior, a longtime critic of farm pesticides.
Pastor Brad Sherman of Williamsburg, a former state legislator, says it’s time for independent studies to confirm the reasons why Iowa’s cancer rate is so high.
Former Iowa Department of Administrative Services Director Adam Steen of Runnells says there had been no history of cancer in his family, but his father died of kidney cancer three years ago, and his mother just survived breast cancer.
Eddie Andrews of Johnston, a member of the Iowa House, says it was misguided for the Iowa Senate to pass a bill that would have provided liability protection to Monsanto, the maker of Roundup.
Congressman Randy Feenstra, the other Republican candidate in the 2026 race for governor, did not appear at the event; he spoke at a campaign event in a brewery in Sioux Center.
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