RFK Jr. Campaigns in Iowa for 2026 GOP Candidates as MAHA Seeks Midterm Test
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Updated · POLITICO · Oct 30
RFK Jr. Campaigns in Iowa for 2026 GOP Candidates as MAHA Seeks Midterm Test
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Oct 30
Summary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent this week in Iowa rallying with Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn and House candidate Joe Mitchell ahead of next week’s midterm elections.
In Des Moines and elsewhere, the health secretary also visited an addiction recovery center and met local providers on maternal health, tying his official portfolio to his Make America Healthy Again push.
Iowa is a key battleground where Republicans are defending the governorship, 1 Senate seat and multiple House seats, making the state a high-stakes test of Kennedy’s political pull.
A strong GOP showing could hand Kennedy partial credit and revive a splintering MAHA movement, even as some supporters openly float a 2028 presidential run despite his public denials.
Kennedy has already made several Iowa trips this year, and skeptics inside the state GOP say MAHA remains too small to add or subtract many votes.