Josh Turek flips Iowa’s open Senate seat stories

Nov 4, 2026

Democrats flip Iowa Senate seat as Josh Turek defeats Ashley Hinson

Democrat Josh Turek, a state representative and former wheelchair basketball star, defeated Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson in Iowa's U.S. Senate race, flipping a Republican-held seat and marking Iowa's first Democratic senator in more than a decade.

Nov 4, 20264 sources

Top claims

▪Josh Turek campaigned against President Donald Trump's tax and health legislation, highlighting proposed cuts to Medicaid and food assistance programs
▪The final New York Times/Siena poll released before the November 3, 2026 election showed Josh Turek leading Ashley Hinson 48 percent to 47 percent
▪Ashley Hinson condemned an ad by Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy that featured the mother of Democratic opponent Amy Acton accusing her of being a liar

People involved

Vivek Ramaswamy Ashley Hinson Tim Scott Barack Obama John Thune Josh Turek Donald Trump

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2026 U.S. midterm elections1 Democratic Party1 Elections1 New York Times1 Republican Party1 Senate races1 U.S. election results1 U.S. House of Representatives1 U.S. Senate politics1 U.S. swing states & battlegrounds1 US midterm elections1 US Senate1

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