New Report: Bohannan’s “Republican” Supporter Is Actually a Registered Democrat
A new report exposes Christina Bohannan for lying to Iowans in her latest ad, which touts support from a supposed “Republican” who is actually a registered Democrat.
It gets worse: the voter featured in Bohannan’s ad only recently moved to Iowa from Michigan, raising even more questions about her campaign’s attempt to manufacture bipartisan support.
“Christina Bohannan is so desperate to hide her record that she’s resorted to deceiving Iowans with a phony narrative. Iowans are smarter than Bohannan gives them credit for, and they’ll see straight through the BS.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Emily Tuttle
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Iowa Democrat touts support from ‘Republican’ voter in new ad. He’s a registered DemocratHaley Bullis
Washington Examiner
October 2, 2026
A new ad from Iowa Democratic candidate Christina Bohannan features a voter identified as a Republican supporting the nominee, despite voting records showing he’s a registered Democrat.
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The ad labels the voter, identified as Dale Zahn, on the screen as a Republican.
But Zahn is not a Republican, according to voting records viewed by the Washington Examiner. He is a registered Democrat, and didn’t move to Iowa until 2024, per the records, when he migrated from Michigan. He also has never been a Republican in Iowa, registering first as an independent.
Zahn has voted in two Iowa elections after voting in Michigan for most of his life: the 2024 general election and the 2026 primary, meaning he likely would have voted for Miller-Meeks just once, in the 2024 election.
Miller-Meeks’s campaign criticized the ad as “fake.”
“Christina Bohannan couldn’t find one real Republican to vouch for her or her radical progressive record of voting against Iowans, so she slapped the label on a registered Democrat who moved to Iowa in 2024 and hoped nobody would notice the lie,” Peter Owens, Miller-Meeks’s campaign manager, told the Washington Examiner in a statement. “Fake endorsements won’t save a campaign built on a fake record.”
Zahn previously lived in Holland, Michigan, according to a LinkedIn account that appears to be his, which lists his job title as “CEO at West Michigan Lakeshore Association of REALTORS.”
A 2017 edition of the Michigan Gaming Newsletter shows Zahn was selected by then-Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) to serve as a Republican appointee to the five‐member Michigan Gaming Control Board.
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National Republican Congressional Committee spokeswoman Emily Tuttle said in a statement that “Christina Bohannan is so desperate to hide her record that she’s resorted to deceiving Iowans with a phony narrative.”
“Iowans are smarter than Bohannan gives them credit for, and they’ll see straight through the BS,” she continued.
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