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Iowa Democrat who quit race wins seat anyway
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Eric Armstrong will fill the state House seat previously held by Josh Turek, the Democratic state lawmaker who won the Iowa Senate race on Tuesday evening.
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On the eve of Election Day, Democrat Josh Turek made a final push across rural Iowa as he and Republican Ashley Hinson campaigned on affordability in a tightly contested Senate race. Polls showed the candidates effectively tied, while prediction markets gave Turek a narrow edge and Hinson remained f…
Democrat Josh Turek and Republican Ashley Hinson are locked in a toss-up Iowa Senate race, with national stakes, competing turnout efforts and control of the chamber at issue.
Iowa Democratic state Representative Josh Turek won his state’s Senate race Tuesday, defeating Republican Representative Ashley Hinson. Turek beat Hinson with 51–45, at 79 percent reporting, according to Decision Desk HQ. He will replace retiring GOP Senator Joni Ernst.
Paralympian Josh Turek has won his latest match—a victory against Iowa GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson to become the state’s junior senator–elect, NBC News and Decision Desk HQ projected Tuesday night: Turek, a Iowa state legislator long seen as a prime candidate to help flip the Senate for Democrats, campai…
Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek defeated GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson in the Iowa Senate race, CBS News projects, in a major pickup for Democrats as they seek to take control of the upper chamber.
Ashley Hinson loses heated contest in former swing state, a sign Republicans may be losing rural voters US midterm elections – live updates Track live results from all 50 states Democrat Josh Turek has won the US Senate race in Iowa , handing his party a significant victory in a Republican-led state…
Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek defeated Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson in a major upset Tuesday, becoming the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Iowa since 2008, the AP projected and sealing Democratic control of the chamber.
Iowa Democrat Josh Turek has won the U.S. Senate seat left open by departing Republican senator Joni Ernst, according to projections by the Associated Press. Turek was elected to the Iowa House in 2022 and won reelection in 2024 to House District 20.
Democrat Josh Turek defeated Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) in a tightly contested race for Iowa’s open Senate seat, giving Democrats the 51st seat in the upper chamber. The race was called for Turek by the Associated Press at 11:35 p.m., with Turek leading Hinson by 50.8% to 46.
(ABC 6 News) — Iowa’s U.S. Senate race has been called by the Associated Press in favor of Josh Turek. As of 10:39 p.m., Turek led with 51% of the vote compared to Ashley Hinson’s 46% with 90% reporting. Libertarian Thomas Laehn also had 3% of the vote. You can track all of Iowa’s election […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — Josh Turek won Iowa’s rare open U.S. Senate race in Tuesday’s midterm elections, flipping a Republican-held seat and becoming the first Democrat since Barack Obama to win a federal race in the state.
The race for the open Senate seat was surprisingly competitive in a state Trump won three times, carrying Iowa by 13 percentage points over Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024.
Josh Turek won Iowa's rare open U.S. Senate race in Tuesday's midterm elections, flipping a Republican-held seat and becoming the first Democrat since Barack Obama to win a federal race in the state. Turek defeated Republican Ashley Hinson to succeed retiring two-term Republican Sen.
By Eric Bradner Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek will flip Iowa’s open Senate seat, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, defeating GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson and renewing the state’s battleground status. The two were vying to replace retiring Republican Sen.
