Johnson, Iowa (RI) — Three of the five candidates running in the Republican Primary for governor are appearing tonight in a televised debate.
The event will air live on Iowa PBS at 7 p.m.
Former Iowa Department of Administrative Services Director Adam Steen, State Representative Eddie Andrews of Johnston, and former State Representative Brad Sherman will be on stage, answering questions from three political journalists.
Congressman Randy Feenstra, the candidate who has raised the most money, is not participating. Businessman Zach Lahn, the other candidate in the GOP race for governor, announced earlier this month he would not be at tonight’s debate and called on Feenstra to agree to a series of one-on-one discussions with him instead.
The 2026 primary election is June 2nd. Voters have been able to submit absentee ballot requests for the past five weeks, but county auditors will not begin mailing those ballots until May 13th. Early in-person voting also begins May 13th at county auditors’ offices and other designated sites.
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