2026 Iowa gubernatorial election

Candidates Declared • Randy Feenstra, U.S. representative from (2021–present) • Zach Lahn, farmer • Brad Sherman, former state representative from the 91st district (2023–2025) • Adam Steen, former director of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services (2021–2025) • Eddie Andrews, state representative from the 43rd district (2021–present) Declined • Brenna Bird, attorney general of Iowa (2023–present) (running for re-election) • Mike Bousselot, state senator from the 21st district (2023–present) (running for re-election) • Chris Cournoyer, lieutenant governor of Iowa (2024–present) (running for state auditor; endorsed Feenstra) • Ashley Hinson, U.S. representative from (2021–present) (running for U.S. Senate) • Bobby Kaufmann, state representative from the 82nd district (2013–present) (running for re-election) • Kari Lake, senior advisor to the U.S. Agency for Global Media (2025–present) and nominee for governor of Arizona in 2022 and U.S. senator in 2024 • Mariannette Miller-Meeks, U.S. representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district (2021–present) (running for re-election; endorsed Feenstra) • Zach Nunn, U.S. representative from (2023–present) (running for re-election) • Kim Reynolds, incumbent governor (2017–present) • Bob Vander Plaats, CEO of The Family Leader, nominee for lieutenant governor in 2006, and candidate for governor in 2002, 2006, and 2010 (endorsed Steen) Endorsements Polling == Democratic primary ==