Zach Wahls helped defeat a marriage ban in Iowa. Now he’s running against the ban’s sponsor.
n 2011, 19-year-old Zach Wahls gave a passionate and career-defining speech about his two moms at a hearing of the Iowa House Judiciary Committee, as the legislature considered an amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Iowa’s Constitution.
Zach Wahls says Iowans want change, need new generation of leaders as he announces his U.S. Senate campaign
DES MOINES — Calling for a new generation of political leaders — including new leadership for U.S. Senate Democrats — and saying national politicians in both parties “have been screwing over Iowa families for too long,” Iowa Democrat and state legislator Zach Wahls on Wednesday announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate.
Zach Wahls is running for U.S. Senate with plans to ‘challenge the establishment’ in both parties
Iowa Sen. Zach Wahls entered the race for Joni Ernst’s U.S. Senate seat on Wednesday. Wahls, who is in his second term in the Iowa Senate representing Coralville, North Liberty and other parts of Johnson County, is one of the state’s better-known Democrats and has often been mentioned as a potential candidate for U.S. House, Senate or the governorship in 2026.
