Des Moines Register: Zach Lahn “Embraces Reynolds Legacy,”  Cast Himself as “Heir” to Failures 

Des Moines Register: Zach Lahn “Embraces Reynolds Legacy,”  Cast Himself as “Heir” to Failures 

New reporting from the Des Moines Register delivered more proof that Kansas carpetbagger and career political operative Zach Lahn would continue the failed status quo in Iowa. The Des Moines Register reported how Lahn enthusiastically “cast himself as the heir” to Governor Kim Reynolds, who is one of the most unpopular governors in the country after a decade of one-party rule has left Iowans hurting from a failing economy, attacks on public schools, rural hospitals and clinics closing, and the highest cancer growth rate in the country.

Despite this, Lahn said he was excited to “[build] off of the work” of Reynolds at the event. He previously said he was thankful for her leadership.

Des Moines Register: Zach Lahn embraces Reynolds legacy ahead of ‘toss-up’ governor’s race

• GOP governor nominee Zach Lahn cast himself as the heir to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ conservative legacy, pledging to keep Iowa growing as Republicans celebrated the outgoing governor.
• Addressing hundreds of Iowa Republicans at the downtown Hilton hotel in the state’s capital, Lahn said he considered himself to be “standing on the shoulders” of those who came before him.
• “Our campaign is different,” Lahn said. “It’s about not just what’s at risk, but even more so what the opportunity is. And the opportunity that’s been given to me is not one that I take lightly. It’s building off of the work of the people that have came before me — Gov. Reynolds, Gov. Branstad, the legislature, the people that have taken the arrows.”
• Reynolds, who headlined the party’s key annual fundraiser as part of her “Legacy Tour,” said she was excited for Lahn’s candidacy.
• Iowa is in the national spotlight with a slate of competitive races this midterm election cycle, putting the state’s incumbent Republicans on defense as midterms historically favor the minority party.
• More than three-dozen Iowa Democrats protested outside the hotel against the state’s direction under Republican leadership, with Iowa Democratic Party spokesperson Terra Hernandez saying in a statement Lahn would “give Iowans four more years of Kim Reynolds’ failed status quo.
• “A Lahn-Wulf administration would mean more economic decline, underfunded public schools, record cancer growth rates and higher costs,” Hernandez said. “Iowans are ready to turn the page on the last decade of one-party rule, and it’s why they will send Lahn packing back to Kansas in November.”

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