Iowa — U.S. Senate

Josh Turek

Supports middle-class tax cuts and housing restrictions

Turek advocates for cutting taxes for working families while closing tax loopholes for corporations and billionaires. To address housing affordability, he supports banning Wall Street private equity firms from purchasing single-family homes and farmland, alongside federal bans on food price gouging and raising the minimum wage.

• Impose a federal ban on price gouging on food
• Ban Wall Street private equity firms from purchasing single-family homes and farmland
• Pass the PRO Act to strengthen unions and protect collective bargaining

“Cut taxes for the middle class and working families and close loopholes for billionaires and big corporations.”

Ashley Hinson

Supports tax relief and spending cuts

Hinson emphasizes cutting government spending, reducing inflation, and enabling tax-free savings for first-time homebuyers through the First Home Savings Opportunity Act. She also advocates expanding child care tax relief and prohibiting large institutional investors from buying single-family homes in local neighborhoods.

• Enact the First Home Savings Opportunity Act for first-time homebuyers
• Expand tax relief for working families to make child care affordable
• Ban institutional investors from buying up single-family homes

“Help more families become homeowners by allowing first-time homebuyers to save tax-free for a down payment through the First Home Savings Opportunity Act and ensuring large institutional investors cannot buy up single-family homes in Iowa neighborhoods.”

Josh Turek

Supports expanding ACA and public option

Turek views healthcare as a fundamental human right and supports introducing a public option while protecting the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid funding. He also supports capping prescription drug prices, protecting rural hospitals, and banning insurance companies from denying doctor-prescribed care.

• Restore full funding for Medicaid for Iowans at risk from federal cuts
• Protect and expand the Affordable Care Act
• Introduce a public option for universal coverage access

“Health care is a human right. All Americans deserve access to basic care.”

Ashley Hinson

Supports rural healthcare and PBM oversight

Hinson focuses on expanding healthcare access in rural communities, supporting local hospitals, and lowering prescription costs by increasing transparency for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). She also champions expanded over-the-counter access to birth control and maternal care.

• Increase transparency and hold pharmacy benefit managers accountable
• Support community hospitals and expand the rural health workforce
• Expand over-the-counter birth control access

“Lower prescription drug costs by increasing transparency and holding pharmacy benefit managers accountable.”

Josh Turek

Supports federal Right to Repair and trade reform

Turek promises to pass a Farm Bill, enact a federal Right to Repair law for agricultural equipment, and end tariffs that harm Iowa exports. He also advocates for mandatory country-of-origin labeling and cracking down on agribusiness monopolies.

• Pass a federal Right to Repair law for farm equipment
• End chaotic tariffs hurting Iowa agriculture
• Pass Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling legislation

“Pass a Right to Repair law at the federal level.”

Ashley Hinson

Supports biofuels and regulatory relief

Hinson emphasizes protecting family farms from federal regulatory burdens and opposing state-level restrictions like California's Proposition 12. She advocates for year-round E15 biofuel sales, expanding foreign export markets, and enacting a comprehensive Farm Bill.

• Champion year-round E15 and strengthen biofuels
• Fight policies like California's Proposition 12 that impact Iowa livestock producers
• Expand export markets and pass a new Farm Bill

“Keep Iowa at the forefront of American energy by championing year-round E15, strengthening biofuels, and investing in homegrown energy production.”

Josh Turek

Supports banning congressional stock trading and PACs

Turek advocates banning stock trading by members of Congress and their spouses, eliminating corporate PAC money, and enacting term limits for Congress and Supreme Court Justices. He also supports reversing Citizens United and requiring annual town halls.

• Ban Members of Congress and spouses from trading stock
• Ban corporate PAC money in political campaigns
• Pass a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United

“Ban Members of Congress and their spouses from trading stock.”

Ashley Hinson

Supports stock trading bans and agency decentralization

Hinson supports banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks and betting on prediction markets. She also advocates for lobbying bans, moving federal administrative agencies closer to the public outside of Washington, D.C., and rooting out government waste.

• Ban Members of Congress from trading individual stocks and betting on prediction markets
• Enact lobbying bans and move federal agencies closer to the public
• Root out waste, fraud, and abuse in federal spending

“Ban Members of Congress from trading individual stocks and betting on prediction markets.”

Josh Turek

Supports bipartisan reform with earned citizenship

Turek supports bipartisan legislation that strengthens border enforcement, deports undocumented individuals who commit crimes, and establishes a simplified, earned pathway to citizenship. He also emphasizes regulatory oversight and accountability for ICE agents.

• Pass bipartisan immigration legislation strengthening borders and establishing earned citizenship
• Deport illegal immigrants who commit crimes and stop fentanyl trafficking
• Ensure regulation and accountability for ICE agents

“Pass bipartisan immigration legislation that strengthens our borders and simplifies an earned pathway to citizenship.”

Ashley Hinson

Supports strict border enforcement and deportations

Hinson emphasizes strict enforcement of existing immigration laws, securing the southern border, and deporting criminal illegal immigrants. She supports expanding border infrastructure and providing additional funding for law enforcement to combat fentanyl trafficking.

• Enforce immigration laws and deport dangerous criminal illegal immigrants
• Combat fentanyl trafficking through law enforcement partnerships
• Increase funding for border security infrastructure

“Secure the southern border by enforcing America’s immigration laws and deporting dangerous criminal illegal immigrants.”

Josh Turek

Supports expanding VA healthcare and PACT Act

Turek advocates for fully funding and staffing the Department of Veterans Affairs, expanding PACT Act toxic exposure care, and addressing veteran homelessness. In the Iowa legislature, he passed legislation strengthening the veterans homestead tax credit.

• Protect the Department of Veterans Affairs and reverse staffing cuts
• Expand the PACT Act for toxic exposure healthcare
• Protect Iowa National Guardsmen from undeclared active combat deployments

“Protect the Department of Veterans Affairs and reverse cuts to VA staffing and health care.”

Ashley Hinson

Supports rural veteran healthcare access

Hinson supports fully funding the Department of Veterans Affairs and expanding access to medical and mental health services, with a focus on veterans residing in rural communities.

• Expand healthcare and mental health services for rural veterans
• Fully fund the Department of Veterans Affairs
• Provide direct advocacy and casework assistance for Iowa veterans

“Expand access to healthcare and mental health services, particularly for veterans living in rural communities.”

Josh Turek

Opposes school vouchers and supports public funding

Turek advocates for repealing private school voucher programs, restoring funding to the federal Department of Education, and protecting Area Education Agencies (AEAs). He argues that public tax dollars should remain in public schools.

• Repeal school vouchers that redirect public dollars
• Restore Department of Education funding
• Increase public school funding and protect AEAs

“End school vouchers that waste taxpayer dollars and benefit the richest.”

Ashley Hinson

Supports parents' rights and school transparency

Hinson advocates for parents' rights in education, curriculum transparency, and expanding career and technical education to connect students directly with local jobs. She also opposes school policies regarding unnotified gender transitions.

• Protect parents' rights and increase school transparency
• Oppose school policies allowing hidden gender identity transitions
• Expand career and technical education programs

“Protect parents’ rights by giving families a stronger voice in their children’s education and increasing transparency in schools, especially as some Iowa schools have pushed policies that allow kids to secretly change their gender identity at school.”

Josh Turek

Supports water quality sensors and cancer research funding

Turek connects Iowa's high cancer rates to agricultural water quality issues, proposing federal funding for water quality sensors and penalties for corporate polluters. He also opposes funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health.

• Fund water quality sensors and penalize corporate water polluters
• Stop NIH cuts and expand pediatric cancer research funding
• Prohibit health insurers from denying medically necessary cancer care

“Address the water quality crisis that is at the core of our cancer crisis by funding water quality sensors and cracking down on chemical companies that pollute our water supply.”

Ashley Hinson

Supports cancer research funding

Hinson supports federal investment in cancer research and expanding access to preventive healthcare services as part of her healthcare platform.

• Support cancer research funding
• Expand access to preventive healthcare services

“Improve the health of Iowa families by expanding maternal healthcare access, supporting cancer research, and expanding access to preventive care.”

Josh Turek

Supports codifying Roe v. Wade

Turek advocates for restoring federal abortion protections by codifying Roe v. Wade, safeguarding access to contraception and IVF, and repealing Iowa's near-total abortion ban.

• Make Roe v. Wade federal law
• Protect access to contraception and IVF treatment
• Repeal state-level abortion restrictions

“Make Roe v. Wade the law of the land again and address the OB-GYN crisis in Iowa.”

Josh Turek

Supports ending subminimum wage and protecting ADA

Drawing on his experience as a disabled legislator, Turek wrote and passed state legislation on wheelchair repair rights and service animals. Federally, he supports ending 14C subminimum wage certificates and raising Social Security asset limits for individuals with disabilities.

• Eliminate 14C subminimum wage certificates nationwide
• Raise Social Security income and asset limits for disabled Americans
• Defend Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act

“End 14C certificates on the federal level, which allow for-profit companies to pay individuals with disabilities a subminimum wage.”