Josh Turek, Ashley Hinson Closing Messages to Iowa Voters Compared
Summary
Iowa Senate candidates Josh Turek, a Democrat, and Ashley Hinson, a Republican, made affordability central to their final appeals to voters before Election Day. They outlined different proposals on costs, while healthcare also ranked as a major concern in a poll of likely Iowa voters.Key Facts
- Turek said Iowans were struggling with rising costs in a Monday post on X.
- Hinson said families faced high costs for gas, groceries, housing, healthcare and childcare in a Sunday post on X.
- Turek proposed middle-class tax cuts, a federal ban on food price gouging and a higher minimum wage.
- Hinson proposed making tax breaks on tips, overtime and Social Security permanent, expanding year-round E15 fuel availability, and protecting child tax credit and childcare provisions.
- Turek said he would restore full Medicaid funding for Iowans at risk of losing healthcare access, cap prescription drug costs and restore abortion protections that existed under Roe v. Wade.
- An Emerson Polling survey of 650 likely Iowa voters, conducted October 5–6, found healthcare was a leading concern after the economy.
- The article said Iowa had not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 2008 and had voted for Donald Trump in all three of his presidential campaigns, including by 13 points in 2024.
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