# Josh Turek Flips Iowa Senate Seat

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/josh-turek-flips-iowa-senate-seat/
- Published: 2026-11-04T04:29:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T05:41:38+00:00
- Original publisher: Mother Jones (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/11/josh-turek-hinson-iowa-senate-election-congress-democrats-flip/
- Topics: Elections, Government, Politics

## Key points

- Democrat Josh Turek is projected to win Iowa’s US Senate seat.
- He defeated Republican Ashley Hinson in a close race.
- Medicaid cuts and Trump’s endorsement featured in the campaign.

## Summary

Josh Turek, a Democratic Iowa state representative and Paralympian, has won the state’s US Senate race against Republican Ashley Hinson, according to projections by NBC News and Decision Desk HQ. His victory flips a closely contested seat and could help Democrats gain ground in the Senate.

Turek campaigned as a moderate, focusing in part on the effects of Republican cuts to Medicaid under President Donald Trump. The candidates were nearly even in the final New York Times/Siena poll, at 48 per cent for Turek and 47 per cent for Hinson. Turek, who was born with spina bifida and has had 21 surgeries by age 12, was endorsed by former senator Tom Harkin and former president Barack Obama; Hinson had Trump’s backing.

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