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When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. jumped on Donald Trump’s bandwagon in 2024, he brought with him the wellness-obsessed, vaccine-rejecting, food-label-reading Make America Healthy Again voters—who’ve been credited with helping Trump take back the White House.

But there are signs the MAHA–MAGA alliance is wearing thin, from squabbles over inaction to a tense stand-off over regulating the herbicide glyphosate. In our MAHA and the Midterms series, a partnership between Mother Jones and the Food & Environment Reporting Network, we consider how MAHA is shaping the political landscape and upcoming elections. We start with a piece on the Iowa gubernatorial candidate harnessing MAHA’s power in farm country; stay tuned for more stories in coming weeks.

A photo collage in gray, tan with bits of red, pink and chartreuse that centers a smiling middle-aged man with dark hair, the statue of David wearing a "Make America Healthy Again" baseball cap, the molecular formula for Glyphosate, and microscopic cancer cells.

Zach Lahn Is MAHA’s Great Farm Country Hope. Is He the Populist Hero He Claims to Be?

He’s running for Iowa governor on promises to bust up Big Ag. But some farmers are questioning his authenticity.

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