Thomas Laehn

Laehn grew up in Allison, Iowa, and graduated from Allison-Bristow High School.[4][6] He earned a bachelor's degree from Drake University and a master's degree and Ph.D. from Louisiana State University, spent a year researching at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and received his law degree from the University of Iowa.[4][6]

Laehn works as an attorney and was elected Greene County Attorney, the county's local prosecutor, in 2018; he is finishing his second term and says he was the first Libertarian to hold an elective partisan office in Iowa.[3][4][6] KCRG reported that he says he created new rehabilitation opportunities for nonviolent offenders in that role.[6] He launched his U.S. Senate campaign in October 2025, saying he was "running against the two-party system itself."[6] The Libertarian Party of Iowa advanced him as its nominee at the party's state convention on May 2, 2026.[2][4] During the campaign, he said he was running on ending eminent domain abuse, stopping undeclared wars and reducing the national debt.[2][3][4] Laehn lives in Jefferson, Iowa, with his wife, Susan, and their two children, according to his Ballotpedia survey response.[4] He received 3.1% of the vote to Josh Turek's 50.5%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]