FACT CHECK: Longtime Kansan Zach Lahn Can’t Hide His Real Record
DES MOINES – Kansas carpetbagger and career political operative Zach Lahn’s new campaign ad tries — and fails — to paper over his real record and the lies he’s told Iowans. Here’s what you need to know about who Lahn really is:
- Lahn is lying to Iowans about where he lives: Lahn spends more time in Kansas than Iowa, only registered to vote in Iowa right before the deadline to run for governor, and “voted in Kansas in 2018, 2020 and 2022.” Lahn was exposed for using his private plane to travel weekly between Iowa and Kansas and said he would only “move to and live in Iowa” if elected.
- Lahn has a long career working in politics: Despite lying and claiming to be an outsider to politics, Lahn has actually worked as a paid political operative since 2009. Lahn spent “years on the campaign trail” as an out-of-state operative for D.C. politicians and got his “big break” as a fundraiser for a national dark-money political group.
From Iowa Democratic Party spokesperson Terra Hernandez:
“No amount of political spin can change the fact that Zach Lahn is a Kansas carpetbagger and career political operative who has lied to Iowans and refused to answer basic questions about where he lives since the start of his campaign. From his frequent flights to Kansas to lying about his long career in politics, Lahn has shown exactly why Iowans can’t trust him as governor.”
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