GOTV Intel

Thomas Laehn

Candidate for Iowa U.S. Senate · Libertarian

On the 2026 ballotCandidate · Iowa U.S. Senate · Nov 3 General

Ballot status source: Iowa Secretary of State — Candidate List, November 3, 2026 General Election: United States Senator, Libertarian, 'Thomas Laehn' · read Sep 24, 2026

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Running for Iowa U.S. Senate, Class 2, Nov 3 General. The race page has 2 other candidates, 2 public polls, 1 certified result. See the race

Roles on File

Seats held and sought, elections and committees, newest first.

Key Votes

The record

  • No public voting record

    Thomas Laehn's public office was Greene County Attorney (elected 2018, re-elected 2022), an executive prosecutorial office that casts no roll-call votes. He has not served in a legislature. Checked 2026-09-24.

    Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Laehn for Iowa (campaign biography) · source

Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.

Their Money

Campaign finance

Last Change
Profile updated · Sep 24
Raised
$54,429cycle to date through Jun 30
Cash on Hand
$8,334cycle to date through Jun 30
Spent
$46,095cycle to date through Jun 30
Debts Owed
$0cycle to date through Jun 30
Next Report Due
Q3 Report · Oct 15

View on FEC.govFEC, cycle to date through Jun 30, 2026

Top Payees

Who the campaign paid most, as its filing reports it.

Campaign finance · Thomas Laehn Exploratory Committee, Inc: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026

Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission

Finance Reports

  • Campaign finance · Thomas Laehn Exploratory Committee, Inc: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026

    Raised $54,429.48 this cycle · spent $46,095.11 · cash on hand $8,334.37 · debts owed by the committee $0.00 — through Jun 30, 2026. Where the money came from (cycle to date, as reported): Individuals $52,933.52 (97%); The candidate (contributions) $1,495.96 (3%). Where it went (itemized operating expenditures this cycle, FEC-processed through Sep 20, 2026): individuals (staff, contractors, reimbursements) $11.1K; other $8,265; staff payroll $500; digital $391; media/ad buying $74.

    Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission

Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.

Advertising

Who is advertising for and against Thomas

  • Advertising summary · for and against (2026 cycle)

    For: own campaign $0 on Google; outside Google ads $0–$0; Snap $0; broadcast TV pending; FEC independent expenditures $0. Against: outside Google ads $0–$0; opponent campaign ads $0–$0; Snap $0; broadcast TV pending; FEC independent expenditures $0. 2026 cycle. ad data found. Broadcast TV: not yet searched — not yet counted. Meta not included.

    Official · Ads summary (2026 cycle)

Spend as each platform or filing reports it. Each line is a separate measure, and they are not added together.

In Their Words

What they have said, on the record

“Not only is this a project that doesn't do any good and wastes our taxpayer dollars, this private company has been vested with the power of eminent domain to take property from unwilling landowners along its proposed route.”
Iowa's U.S. Senate candidates make their case for electability at the state fairAug 18, 2026 · Press · Iowa Public Radio · source
“What is on the ballot is not simply a choice between a Republican, a Democrat and a Libertarian. The choice is between freedom and slavery, between a broken and corrupt two-party system and a new beginning of the American Republic.”
Iowa's U.S. Senate candidates make their case for electability at the state fairAug 18, 2026 · Press · Iowa Public Radio · source

In the News

Press coverage

Headlines link to the original reporting, captured on the date shown.

The Paper Trail

Filings, results and exhibits

  • On the Nov. 3, 2026 general election ballot for U.S. Senator (Iowa) · Libertarian

    Ballot name as certified: “Thomas Laehn”. Designation: Libertarian.

    Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Iowa Secretary of State · source

  • U.S. Senator · IA-SEN

    Libertarian · Candidate · On the 2026 ballot

    Sep 19, 2026 · Official · fec-cn26

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File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_f0f0e55xx.

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