Iowa Senate race set between Democrat Josh Turek, Republican Ashley Hinson after projected primary wins
The wheelchair basketball gold medalist defeated Zach Wahls after more than $10 million in outside spending and high-profile endorsements shaped the race.
- On Tuesday, Republican Ashley Hinson and Democrat Josh Turek won their respective primary nominations for U.S. Senate, setting up a November general election showdown for the open seat.
- The race for this open seat began after incumbent U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst announced in September she would not seek a third term, leaving the position vacant for the first time since 2014.
- Hinson, a U.S. representative endorsed by President Donald Trump, defeated former state Sen. Jim Carlin and pledged to be the president's "strongest ally" in the Senate if elected.
- Overcoming state Sen. Zach Wahls, Turek emphasized plans to "protect and expand the Affordable Care Act" and reverse corporate influence in campaign financing.
- Democrats view the contest as a critical opportunity to flip the seat, while Republicans consider defending the chamber pivotal to maintaining their Senate majority in November.
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Turek wins Democratic Primary, Hinson GOP nominee for Iowa's US Senate seat
Iowa Democrats have selected State Representative Josh Turek to face Republican Ashley Hinson for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat. “Iowa sure does love an underdog and we have done it tonight,” Turek said, to cheers from a crowd at his campaign headquarters in Des Moines last night. “After 10 months traveling this state and hundreds […]
Analysis by Aaron Blake, CNN. Six states, from California to New Jersey, held primary elections Tuesday night. Many of the results from California will take time to come in, given the late closing of polls and the slow vote count in the state. But here are some of our findings so far. The Senate race in Iowa hasn't been considered a top-tier election. But the Democratic primary drew a lot of attention. The Democratic super PAC VoteVets spent abo…
In Iowa Senate race, Hinson-Turek matchup set for November
Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek, a two-time Paralympic gold medalist who bills himself as a “commonsense prairie populist,” won the Democratic nomination for the state’s open Senate seat Tuesday. Turek beat state Sen. Zach Wahls in a contest that symbolized some of the party’s ideological divisions. Wahls ran as an anti-establishment outsider who rejected Senate Democratic leadership and had the backing of progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. …
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