Biography
Thomas Laehn is the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in Iowa. An attorney with graduate degrees from Louisiana State University, he was elected Greene County Attorney in 2018 and says he was the first Libertarian elected to a partisan office in Iowa. He says he is running on ending eminent domain abuse, stopping undeclared wars and reducing the national debt.[1][2][3]
Laehn grew up in Allison, Iowa, and graduated from Allison-Bristow High School.[3][4] 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.[3][4]
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.[2][3][4] KCRG reported that he says he created new rehabilitation opportunities for nonviolent offenders in that role.[4] He launched his U.S. Senate campaign in October 2025, saying he is "running against the two-party system itself."[4] The Libertarian Party of Iowa advanced him as its nominee at the party's state convention on May 2, 2026.[1][3] Laehn lives in Jefferson, Iowa, with his wife, Susan, and their two children, according to his Ballotpedia survey response.[3]
- 1.United States Senate election in Iowa, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
- 2.Thomas Laehn – For County Attorney · Citizens of Greene County for Thomas Laehn (campaign site) · 2026-09-25 Candidate's own words
- 3.Thomas Laehn · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words
- 4.Iowa Libertarian attorney running against two-party system in campaign for U.S. Senate · KCRG · 2025-10-07 News report
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.
