Thomas Laehn
Background
- Current Greene County attorney, a Libertarian, listed as such on the Iowa Secretary of State's 2026 general-election candidate list.
- His campaign biography says he studied at Drake University, Louisiana State University, and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, taught American government, political philosophy, and constitutional law as a university professor, earned his law degree at the University of Iowa, and is the first Libertarian in Iowa to win an elective partisan office.
What they say they want to do
- Sponsor legislation to eliminate what he calls the corrupting role of PACs and super PACs.
- Prohibit private companies from using eminent domain to take property for commercial gain.
- Vote against funding measures that increase the national debt except in extreme national emergency, and push a balanced-budget amendment.
- Introduce, as his first bill, the decriminalization of marijuana possession and use.
- Return legislative power from the presidency to Congress and restore the constitutional balance of powers.
What the official record shows
- No legislative record: his current public office is county attorney. No like-for-like vote or sponsorship exists for comparison.
Campaign money from other committees, by type
| Transfers from joint fundraising committees (line 12) | $0 |
|---|---|
| Contributions from joint fundraising committees (line 11C) | $0 |
| Conduit entries for earmarked individual contributions | $0 |
| Corporation-connected PACs | $0 |
| Trade association PACs | $0 |
| Leadership PACs | $0 |
| Membership organization PACs | $0 |
| Labor organization PACs | $0 |
| Cooperative PACs | $0 |
| Party committees | $0 |
| Other candidates' committees | $0 |
| Other PACs (no organization type recorded) | $0 |
| Committees listed without an FEC id in the filing | $0 |
Source: Federal Election Commission
Itemized receipts from political committees in the 2025-2026 cycle filings through June 30, 2026, grouped by the FEC's recorded organization type or designation of the contributing committee. His committee reports no receipts from political committees. The FEC records $195.96 in candidate contributions; the itemized rows in his own name sum to $205.96, and the $10.00 difference is a 2025-04-07 row the FEC does not classify as a candidate contribution. No receipts from political committees; the FEC summary agrees. Not in the table: $205.96 in rows recorded from the candidate himself.