Officials tied to President Donald Trump’s political operation are rallying around Chris McGowan in Iowa, as he runs for the open House seat vacated by Rep. Randy Feenstra, who is running for governor.
The seat is solidly Republican, but the primary is expected to be heated — having top Trump lieutenants join McGowan’s team is a sign that MAGA-world is starting to coalesce around him.
Tim Saler, Blaise Hazelwood and Juston Johnson — all partners at Grassroots Targeting — will run the Iowa Always super PAC backing McGowan, a source with knowledge of the group told NOTUS. Saler ran the data team for Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, while Hazelwood and Johnson are both former political directors at the Republican National Committee. Johnson also ran Iowa for Trump’s campaign in 2016.