Randy Feenstra

Randy Feenstra is a Republican US Representative for Iowa's 4th Congressional District, first elected in 2020 after defeating long-serving incumbent Steve King in the Republican primary. Born in Hull, Iowa in 1969, Feenstra holds a PhD in business administration from Northcentral University and previously served as Hull City Administrator, Sioux County Treasurer, and as chairman of the Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee, where he authored the largest income tax cut in Iowa state history in 2017. He sits on the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Agriculture Committee.

In 2026 Feenstra ran for Iowa governor as the establishment favourite and secured the "complete and total" support of President Trump. He was defeated in the Republican primary on 2 June 2026 by Zach Lahn, a farmer and businessman endorsed by MAHA PAC . Lahn campaigned on regenerative farming and opposition to large agricultural corporations, positioning himself against the industrial-agriculture interests the MAHA movement regards as a Republican establishment proxy. Feenstra's loss was the clearest illustration in the 2026 cycle that Trump's endorsement in a statewide Republican primary is not sufficient against a MAHA-backed challenger with a credible agricultural-reform message.

Feenstra remains in Congress through the 2026 session. His primary defeat alters the trajectory of Iowa Republican politics: his 4th District seat becomes an open question for 2028, and the Iowa governor's race is now contested by a MAHA candidate rather than the Washington-aligned Republican the party apparatus had assembled behind .