Ashley Hinson
Republican
U.S. Representative from northeast Iowa since 2021 (2nd district since 2023); former Iowa state representative and TV news anchor
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U.S. Senate · Nov 3, 2026
Open seat. Held by Joni Ernst, who is not running.
Open seat: Sen. Joni Ernst, first elected in 2014, is not seeking reelection.
U.S. Representative from northeast Iowa since 2021 (2nd district since 2023); former Iowa state representative and TV news anchor
Iowa state representative from Council Bluffs since 2023; two-time Paralympic gold medalist in wheelchair basketball
Greene County Attorney since 2019; former university instructor in American government and constitutional law
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RepublicanAshley Hinson
Supports securing the southern border, enforcing immigration laws and deporting dangerous criminals who are in the country illegally; supports cracking down on fentanyl traffickers.
DemocraticJosh Turek
Supports bipartisan legislation to strengthen the border and simplify an earned path to citizenship, deporting people who come illegally and commit crimes, stopping fentanyl at the border, and regulation and accountability for ICE agents.
LibertarianThomas Laehn
Supports a secure border and raising or eliminating the caps on the number of people who can immigrate legally.
RepublicanAshley Hinson
Supports banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks and betting on prediction markets, lobbying bans, and moving federal agencies out of Washington.
“Ban Members of Congress from trading individual stocks and betting on prediction markets.”
DemocraticJosh Turek
Supports banning members of Congress and their spouses from trading stock, banning corporate PAC money in campaigns, a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United, and term limits for members of Congress and Supreme Court justices.
LibertarianThomas Laehn
Says he would sponsor legislation to eliminate what he calls the corrupting role of PACs and super PACs in elections, and says he is running against the two-party system.
RepublicanAshley Hinson
Supports letting first-time homebuyers save tax-free for a down payment through the First Home Savings Opportunity Act, and barring large institutional investors from buying single-family homes in Iowa neighborhoods.
DemocraticJosh Turek
Supports banning private equity firms from buying single-family homes and farmland, and simplifying permitting so affordable housing can be built faster.
LibertarianThomas Laehn
No published position found.
RepublicanAshley Hinson
Supports lowering prescription drug costs through price transparency and oversight of pharmacy benefit managers, expanding over-the-counter birth control, and supporting rural hospitals, the rural health workforce and maternal care.
DemocraticJosh Turek
Supports restoring the Medicaid funding cut by the 2025 tax law, protecting and expanding the Affordable Care Act, adding a public option, expanding Medicare drug price negotiation, and capping prescription drug costs.
LibertarianThomas Laehn
No published position found.
RepublicanAshley Hinson
Supports passing a Farm Bill, expanding export markets, year-round E15 and other biofuels, and voluntary conservation programs; opposes farm regulations such as California's Proposition 12.
DemocraticJosh Turek
Supports passing a Farm Bill, ending the current tariffs, a federal right-to-repair law, mandatory country-of-origin labeling, and action against monopolies in agribusiness and meatpacking.
LibertarianThomas Laehn
No published position found.
RepublicanAshley Hinson
No published position found.
DemocraticJosh Turek
Supports restoring the abortion rights of Roe v. Wade nationwide and protecting access to contraception and IVF.
“Make Roe v. Wade the law of the land again and protect access to contraception and IVF.”
LibertarianThomas Laehn
Says Congress should have no role in regulating abortion and supports the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision leaving abortion policy to the states.
“Congress should have no role in the regulation of abortion.”
RepublicanAshley Hinson
Supports lowering taxes for working families, expanding tax relief for child care, cutting wasteful spending and lowering inflation, and expanding career and technical education.
DemocraticJosh Turek
No published position found.
LibertarianThomas Laehn
No published position found.
RepublicanAshley Hinson
Says she will defend Social Security and Medicare benefits while rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in the programs.
DemocraticJosh Turek
No published position found.
LibertarianThomas Laehn
No published position found.
RepublicanAshley Hinson
No published position found.
DemocraticJosh Turek
Supports cutting taxes for the middle class and working families and closing tax loopholes for billionaires and large corporations.
LibertarianThomas Laehn
No published position found.
RepublicanAshley Hinson
No published position found.
DemocraticJosh Turek
No published position found.
LibertarianThomas Laehn
Supports legislation prohibiting private companies from using eminent domain to take private property for commercial gain.
RepublicanAshley Hinson
No published position found.
DemocraticJosh Turek
No published position found.
LibertarianThomas Laehn
Says presidents now make law through executive orders and agreements, and says he would work to return legislative power to Congress and restore the balance of powers among the three branches.
RepublicanAshley Hinson
No published position found.
DemocraticJosh Turek
No published position found.
LibertarianThomas Laehn
Says he would work to bring U.S. troops home and to block wars started by presidents without the consent of Congress.
RepublicanAshley Hinson
No published position found.
DemocraticJosh Turek
No published position found.
LibertarianThomas Laehn
Says he would vote against every funding measure that would increase the national debt, except in an extreme national emergency, and supports a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
RepublicanAshley Hinson
No published position found.
DemocraticJosh Turek
No published position found.
LibertarianThomas Laehn
Says the first bill he would introduce would decriminalize the possession and use of marijuana.