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549 ads analyzed · 192 use a rhetorical technique, most often loaded language and name calling.
The words doing the persuading
From the Hinson side · Paid for by SLF PAC“Liberal politician Josh Turek’s plan?
Grant AMNESTY to CRIMINALS. Josh Turek backs a bill to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants convicted…”Loaded LanguageSee this ad →
From the Turek side · Paid for by AB PAC“Ashley Hinson Betrayed Iowans. She voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill. Those cuts could slash Medicaid coverage for…”Loaded LanguageSee this ad →
Ashley Hinson (Republican) and Josh Turek (Democrat) are the nominees for Iowa's U.S. Senate seat in the November 3, 2026 general election. By their latest FEC reports, Ashley Hinson's campaign had raised $14.1 million (through October 14, 2026) and Josh Turek's campaign $24.3 million (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $19.0 million for Ashley Hinson and $69.7 million against; $43.9 million for Josh Turek and $77.6 million against. Semblen has analyzed 549 ads in this race; 192 used at least one rhetorical technique, most often loaded language and name calling. Their October 13, 2026 debate (Nexstar / WHO 13) is analyzed answer by answer on its own page. Their October 7, 2026 debate (Iowa PBS) is analyzed answer by answer on its own page.
Ashley Hinson (REP), Josh Turek (DEM).
6 others filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 549 ads analyzed, 192 with at least one technique in the copy.
Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing. Updated 2026-11-07. 1 ad from other advertisers shown separately below.
Also on every Iowa ballot: 1 statewide ballot measure →The ballot wording and the official arguments, read for rhetorical techniques.
How to vote in Iowa
From Iowa's official election office. Each line links to the official page it came from.
Registration
Register by Mon, Oct 19 (5 p.m. 15 days before; mail counts if postmarked by the 15th day; DOT/agency forms by 11:59 p.m.). Same-day registration: at your correct polling place, with proof of identity and residence (or an attester) (passed)Source: sos.iowa.gov ↗Source: legis.iowa.gov ↗
Anyone can vote by mail; request a ballot by Mon, Oct 19 (received by county auditor by 5 p.m., 15 days before); return it by Tue, Nov 3 (received by county auditor by close of polls (8 p.m.); cannot be dropped at polling place) (passed)Source: sos.iowa.gov ↗
ID required (IA license/non-op ID, US passport, military/veteran ID, tribal ID; or Voter ID Card); else attester or provisionalSource: legis.iowa.gov ↗
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Where they stand
From each campaign's own website, summarised in plain English, with a quote where they gave one; under an issue, Senate votes for those who have cast them. Full detail and sources on each profile: Ashley Hinson · Josh Turek.
Economy and cost of livingHinson: stated · Turek: stated
Ashley Hinson (REP)
Hinson says she wants to lower inflation and cut wasteful spending, help first-time homebuyers save tax-free for a down payment, and keep large investors from buying up single-family homes. She also says she would cut regulations and expand career and technical education.
Turek says he wants to raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation, ban price gouging on food, ban Wall Street firms from buying single-family homes and farmland, simplify permitting for affordable housing, and pass the PRO Act to protect collective bargaining. He also says he would crack down on monopolies and lower child care costs.
“Impose a federal ban on price gouging on food so Iowans pay less at the grocery store.”
Taxes and government spendingHinson: stated · Turek: stated
Ashley Hinson (REP)
Hinson says she wants to make no tax on tips, overtime and Social Security permanent, protect the enhanced child tax credit, and defend the tax cuts for small businesses. She says she wants to root out waste, fraud and abuse in federal spending and supports the Department of Government Efficiency.
“Ashley has always believed it is YOUR money, not the government’s money.”
Turek says he wants to cut taxes for the middle class and working families and close loopholes for billionaires and big corporations. He also says he would address waste, fraud, and abuse in government.
Hinson says she wants to lower prescription drug costs by holding pharmacy benefit managers accountable, and to make birth control available over the counter for adult women. She also wants to require insurers to publish claim delays and denials, protect rural health funding, and protect people with pre-existing conditions.
Turek says health care is a human right. He says he would restore Medicaid funding, protect and expand the Affordable Care Act, introduce a public option, cap prescription drug prices, and crack down on pharmacy benefit managers. He would also bar insurers from denying care a doctor prescribes and eliminate surprise medical bills.
“Health care is a human right. All Americans deserve access to basic care.”
Social Security and MedicareHinson: stated · Turek: stated
Ashley Hinson (REP)
Hinson says she would defend Social Security and Medicare benefits while rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in those programs. She also says she would make no tax on Social Security permanent.
Turek says he wants to strengthen Social Security by making billionaires pay their fair share, and to raise Social Security income and asset limits for disabled people. He says he would protect Medicare and expand its ability to negotiate lower prescription drug prices.
Immigration and the borderHinson: stated · Turek: stated
Ashley Hinson (REP)
Hinson says she wants to secure the southern border, enforce immigration laws, and deport dangerous criminal illegal immigrants. She voted for the SAVE Act, which prevents noncitizens from registering to vote in federal elections.
Turek says he would pass bipartisan legislation that strengthens border security and creates an earned pathway to citizenship. He says he would deport people who come illegally and commit crimes, stop fentanyl at the border, and put regulation and accountability on ICE agents.
“Pass bipartisan immigration legislation that strengthens our borders and simplifies an earned pathway to citizenship.”
Hinson says she is pro-life and wants to protect the unborn. She says taxpayer dollars should not fund abortion providers or abortions, and should instead support family planning and women's health services such as community health centers.
“Taxpayer dollars should not fund abortion providers or abortions.”
Turek says women, not politicians, should make decisions about reproductive health care. He says he would make Roe v. Wade the law of the land again and protect access to contraception and IVF. He wrote legislation to repeal Iowa's near-total abortion ban.
Hinson says she wants to make year-round E15 the law, restore the $1 per gallon biodiesel tax credit, and temporarily suspend the state and federal gas tax. She also supports permitting reform to allow more refining capacity and domestic energy production.
Turek says he supports strong environmental protection, especially for air, food, and water. He says he would fund water quality sensors and crack down on chemical companies that pollute water supplies.
Hinson says public safety starts with enforcing laws and supporting law enforcement. She wants to crack down on fentanyl traffickers, hold violent offenders accountable, and has secured federal funding for local law enforcement communications.
Hinson says she wants to expand school choice so families can pick the right school regardless of zip code. She also wants to give parents a stronger voice and more transparency in schools, and to expand technical education.
Turek says he wants to end school vouchers, increase funding for public schools, restore Department of Education funding, and protect funding for Area Education Agencies. He also supports job training programs and apprenticeships as an alternative to college.
“End school vouchers that waste taxpayer dollars and benefit the richest.”
Foreign policy and defenseHinson: stated · Turek: stated
Ashley Hinson (REP)
Hinson says she supports a policy of peace through strength, with a military that has the resources to counter China, Russia and Iran. She also wants to hold China accountable on trade practices and farmland purchases, and to fully fund the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Turek says he wants to end unnecessary wars that put American lives at risk, and to end tariffs he says are harming farmers. He also says he would stop bailouts to foreign countries that make it harder for American farmers to compete. For veterans, he says he would protect the VA, expand the PACT Act, and address veteran homelessness.
Elections and ethics in governmentHinson: stated · Turek: stated
Ashley Hinson (REP)
Hinson says she wants to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks and betting on prediction markets. She also supports lobbying bans and moving federal agencies out of DC, and voted for a bill barring noncitizens from registering to vote in federal elections.
Turek says he takes no corporate PAC money and wants to ban it in campaigns. He says he would ban stock trading by Members of Congress and their spouses, pass the DISCLOSE Act, and push a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United. He also backs term limits for Congress and Supreme Court Justices and ethics standards for the Court.
“Ban Members of Congress and their spouses from trading stock.”
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Ratings and endorsements
How groups that score Congress rate each candidate, exactly as each group published it, with the year. Below the ratings, each group's 2026 endorsements and the anti-tax pledge, labelled as such. We don't combine or adjust them; the list of groups is fixed and the same in every race. Each is marked national or state: all are national except the state AFL-CIO federations and police lodges. Sources and what each group is on each profile: Ashley Hinson · Josh Turek.
Josh Turek has not served in Congress, so the groups that score votes in Congress have no rating for them. They show as "Not rated" below.
Taxes and spending
Group
Ashley Hinson (REP)
Josh Turek (DEM)
National Taxpayers Union(national)A taxpayer group that favors lower taxes and less spending. Scores every Senate and House roll call on taxes, spending and regulation, weighted by importance; a higher score means more votes the way NTU wanted.
Taxpayer Protection Pledge (Americans for Tax Reform)(national)A written promise to Americans for Tax Reform, an anti-tax group, to oppose any increase in income tax rates. Taken almost only by Republicans; signers from ATR's own list.
Not signed
Not signed
Government and civil liberties
Group
Ashley Hinson (REP)
Josh Turek (DEM)
Heritage Action for America(national)The advocacy arm of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. Scores votes and co-sponsorships it picks; a higher score means more often siding with Heritage Action.
ACLU(national)The American Civil Liberties Union, a civil-liberties group. Scores votes it picks on civil rights and liberties; a higher score means more often voting the way the ACLU wanted.
American Energy Alliance(national)A free-market energy group that supports oil, gas and coal and opposes climate regulation. Scores energy and climate votes it picks; a higher score means more often siding with AEA.
League of Conservation Voters(national)An environmental group. Scores votes it picks on the environment, climate, energy and public lands; a higher score means more often voting the way LCV wanted.
LCV Action Fund(national)The political arm of the League of Conservation Voters, an environmental group. Endorses candidates it judges pro-environment, mostly Democrats.
ClearPath Action Fund(national)A clean-energy group that backs nuclear, natural gas, hydropower and faster permitting, and endorses Republicans only. The closest energy-side group that publishes endorsements; not a mirror of LCV.
SBA Pro-Life America(national)An anti-abortion group. Grades A+ to F on abortion-related votes it picks; A+ means most often voting the way SBA wanted.
Reproductive Freedom for All(national)An abortion-rights group, formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America. Scores abortion and reproductive-health votes it picks; a higher score means more often voting the way it wanted.
Endorsed2026, national (SBA Pro-Life America Candidate Fund)
Not endorsed
Reproductive Freedom for All (2026 endorsements)(national)The abortion-rights group formerly called NARAL Pro-Choice America. Endorses candidates who support abortion rights; listed here from its own 2026 list.
AFL-CIO Legislative Scorecard(national)The AFL-CIO, the largest federation of U.S. labor unions. Scores key votes it picks on workers and the economy; a higher score means more often voting the way the unions wanted.
Club for Growth(national)A free-market group that favors lower taxes, less spending and less regulation. Scores economic votes it picks (17 Senate and 19 House votes in 2025); a higher score means more often voting the way the Club wanted.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce(national)The largest U.S. business lobby. Endorses candidates it judges pro-business, mostly Republicans.
Not endorsed
Not endorsed
AFL-CIO (state federation)(state)State federations of the AFL-CIO, the largest U.S. union federation, endorse in their state's Senate race, mostly Democrats.
NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF)(national)The National Rifle Association's political arm, which opposes most gun restrictions. Grades A+ to F from voting records, public statements and its own questionnaire, without publishing what each grade rests on; AQ means a grade from the questionnaire alone.
Brady(national)Brady (the Brady Campaign and Brady PAC), a gun-violence-prevention group. Endorses candidates who back gun-safety laws; it does not publish a rating of every member.
Not endorsed
Not endorsed
Giffords PAC(national)The political arm of Giffords, a gun-violence-prevention group founded by former Rep. Gabby Giffords. Endorses candidates who back gun-safety laws; it does not publish a rating of every member.
Not endorsed
Not endorsed
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Findings
As of 2026-11-07. Counts are of distinct ads; the same text run many times is one ad.
Ads analyzed
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How Iowa compares
35% of the ads here use at least one rhetorical technique, 2nd lowest of 14 Senate races.
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Each side is the campaign plus the groups backing it. How a group is placed is explained below the table.
Side
Ads
With at least one technique
Most common
Hinson (R)
123
70 of 123 (57%)
Loaded Language (50), Name Calling (39), Appeal to Prejudice (18)
Hinson's campaign
32
9 of 32 (28%)
Loaded Language (5), Glittering Generalities (4), Name Calling (4)
6 groups backing Hinson
91
61 of 91 (67%)
Loaded Language (45), Name Calling (35), Appeal to Fear (17)
Turek (D)
338
96 of 338 (28%)
Loaded Language (67), Name Calling (46), Glittering Generalities (31)
Turek's campaign
197
62 of 197 (31%)
Loaded Language (41), Name Calling (35), Glittering Generalities (30)
12 groups backing Turek
141
34 of 141 (24%)
Loaded Language (26), Card Stacking (12), Name Calling (11)
Not placed on a side (17 sponsors)
88
26 of 88 (30%)
Loaded Language (17), Name Calling (14), Glittering Generalities (10)
Read this before comparing the sides. Ads that attack an opponent use these techniques far more often than ads that introduce a candidate, whoever runs them, so the side running more attack ads shows a higher share. A technique is about wording, not about whether an ad is true. These are online ads only (Meta and YouTube), not television.
How a group is placed: by its own filings with the Federal Election Commission. A group is with a candidate when it reported spending to support that candidate, or to oppose the other one in the general election. The parties' own committees are with their nominee. Spending against a candidate in a primary places a group nowhere, and neither does our reading of its ads: a group with no such filing is listed as not placed. The sponsor table gives the reason for each.
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35% of the 549 ads here use at least one of the techniques ticked below (192 ads).
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Money in this race
From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.
WINSENATE— $42.5M opposing Hinson
· 47 ads on this pageLargest donors:
SMP $4.1M (100%) (its largest donors: MAJORITY FORWARD $61.0M, an organization; Fred Eychaner $9.0M; DEMOCRACY PAC $9.0M)VOTEVETS— $9.9M opposing Hinson
· 1 ad on this pageLargest donors:
GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS PAC $6.9M (20%); GLOBAL IMPACT SOCIAL WELFARE FUND $3.0M (9%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); BETTER WORLD CIVIC TRUST $1.6M (5%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); DEMOCRACY MATTERS $1.4M (4%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Joshua Bekenstein $1.2M (3%), Bain Capital, InvestorAMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION— $8.0M supporting Hinson
· 6 ads on this pageLargest donors:
KOCH INC $30.0M (33%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); STAND TOGETHER INC. $20.0M (22%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Jim C Walton $7.0M (8%), Self-Employed, Philanthropist; S Robson Walton $7.0M (8%), Retired, Retired; STAND TOGETHER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC $6.5M (7%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC)FIGHT ON IOWA— $4.6M supporting HinsonLargest donors:
Kenneth Griffin $1.5M (83%), Citadel Investment Group LLC, CEO; A PUBLIC VOICE INC. $115K (6%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); William Duhamel $100K (6%), Route ONE Inventment CO LP, Investment ManagementAB PAC— $4.3M opposing Hinson
· 1 ad on this pageLargest donors:
AB FOUNDATION $13.0M (30%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); DEMOCRACY MATTERS $5.6M (13%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Deborah Simon $5.0M (11%), Retired; DEMOCRACY PAC $4.0M (9%); Lynn S Stern $1.0M (2%), Self Employed, Photographerand 36 more
SLF PAC— $48.7M opposing Turek
· 42 ads on this pageLargest donors:
ONE NATION $70.7M (28%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Miriam Adelson $30.0M (12%), Adelson Drug Clinic, Physician; Stephen A Schwarzman $17.0M (7%), Blackstone, Chairman & CEO; Paul Elliott Singer $14.5M (6%), EMC, President; Elon Musk $10.0M (4%), Space Exploration Technologies Corp., CEOLOWER COSTS NOW— $18.4M supporting TurekFIGHT ON IOWA— $10.1M opposing TurekLargest donors:
Kenneth Griffin $1.5M (83%), Citadel Investment Group LLC, CEO; A PUBLIC VOICE INC. $115K (6%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); William Duhamel $100K (6%), Route ONE Inventment CO LP, Investment ManagementVOTEVETS— $9.8M supporting Turek
· 1 ad on this pageLargest donors:
GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS PAC $6.9M (20%); GLOBAL IMPACT SOCIAL WELFARE FUND $3.0M (9%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); BETTER WORLD CIVIC TRUST $1.6M (5%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); DEMOCRACY MATTERS $1.4M (4%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Joshua Bekenstein $1.2M (3%), Bain Capital, InvestorAMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION— $6.3M opposing Turek
· 6 ads on this pageLargest donors:
KOCH INC $30.0M (33%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); STAND TOGETHER INC. $20.0M (22%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Jim C Walton $7.0M (8%), Self-Employed, Philanthropist; S Robson Walton $7.0M (8%), Retired, Retired; STAND TOGETHER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC $6.5M (7%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC)and 40 more
Bundled through PACs
$43K through 2 PACs · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01JSTREETPAC— $41K from 57 giftsLobbyist/registrant PACPAC FOR GOOD— $2,500 from 1 gift
64 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
A NEW DIRECTION PAC $1,000
ABLE DEMS PAC $3,500
ADVANCING DEMOCRACY AND MOBILIZATION PAC $10K
ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY LEADERSHIP PAC $10K
ALSOPAC $5,000
AMERICA WORKS FEDERAL PAC $5,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $5,000
AMERICAN MOBILIZATION PAC $5,000
BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS PAC $1,000
BLUE HEN FEDERAL PAC $10K
BLUE WAVE PROJECT $10K
CARROLL COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE $450
COMMON GROUND PAC $10K
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $5,000
DEFEND THE DREAM $5,000
DEFEND THE VOTE $5,000
FIGHT PAC $7,000
FOLLOW THE NORTH STAR FUND $5,000
FORWARD TOGETHER PAC $10K
GRANITE VALUES PAC $10K
HAWAII PAC $5,000
HEALTH JOBS JUSTICE $5,000
HOOPS PAC $5,000
I GOT YOUR BACK PAC $10K
IMPACT $10K
IN OUR HANDS $5,000
IN THIS TOGETHER PAC $5,000
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
JENNIFER KONFRST FOR CONGRESS $2,000
JUNTOS PAC $10K
KEVIN TECHAU FOR CONGRESS $4,000
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $50
LEGPAC $10K
LIFTOFF PAC $5,000
LOBO PAC $10K
M-PAC $5,000
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS $5,000
MAPLE PAC $5,000
MELTON FOR IOWA $402
MITTEN PAC $10K
MODERATE DEMOCRATS PAC $10K
MONTGOMERY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE $500
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Thank you, Iowa
Paid for by Josh Turek for Iowavideo · 1:35from 2026-11-06
I know that for far too long DC has been broken, that the Senate has been broken, but but I believe to my core that the United States Senate is the single greatest vehicle to make societal change. And I believe that ability for a a good senator to change lives. I've seen it because one senator changed mine.
Today, Congress opens the doors to all Americans with disabilities. That today we say no to fear, that we say no to ignorance, and that we say no to prejudice. The great Tom Harkin changed my life and gave me and so many other disabled Americans an on-ramp on society.
Had it not been for this man who represents the epitome of what is good and what is good in public service, my life would have looked very, very different. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. Wow.
This guy not only has grit, but he's got the heart to go along with it. I tell you, this guy has got heart.
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Josh Turek Votes
Paid for by Josh Turek for Iowavideo · 0:59from 2026-11-03
Hello everyone. Good morning. How are you?
Good, how are you? Hey, thank you. Good.
How do you feel? Good. Uh the confidence comes from the preparation and for 450 days uh worked as absolutely as hard as I could and put my heart and my soul into this and I think it's a a a real clear choice.
Someone that's like Ashley Hinson that's enriching herself and fighting for billionaires and large corporations and someone like me that's going to go and uh and fight for the people of Iowa. One for the future state senator. Good morning.
Good morning. You write in here. All right.
Halfway the screen changes when it's in far enough. There it is. Was 91 you said on 92.
Good luck to you. Thank you. I appreciate it.
I'll give you a hug. Good to see you. Good to see you, Josh.
Thank you.
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Josh Turek in Sioux City
Paid for by Josh Turek for Iowavideo · 0:24from 2026-11-03
450 days all 99 counties, every large community, small community, mid-size community. Iowans are hurting and they deserve something better. So, let's get out there, talk to folks, make sure you vote, bring some people to the polls.
We are going to change this state and change this country. Thank you all. All right.
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Paid for by Josh Turek for Iowavideo · 1:19from 2026-11-03
Josh, I'm I am a Republican, but I voted for you. Thank you. Okay.
Absolutely. Thanks for coming. Wish you all the luck in the world.
I appreciate it. Have you voted? Yes.
Excellent. This may very well be the closest election on the entire US Senate map. And so, every single person you get to vote may be the difference between us winning and losing.
And I'm telling you, I'm feeling the momentum everywhere we're going. Knock some doors, talk to family, talk to friends, make sure everybody's getting out there to vote. If we all do that, we're going to we're going to do something historic.
We got people power. Last weekend, we knocked 90,000 doors. This weekend, I think we got over a 100,000 doors.
And I believe it's going to be something truly beautifully poetic that the man that is coming to get Senator Harkin seat back is only there because of the work that he did on the ADA so that we can once again from Iowa have a senator that is fighting for the people fighting for Iowa and Ians for social and economic justice for social safety nets like Medicare, Medicaid and social security not just looking out for the billionaires and the large corporations and with your help we're going to do it. So thank you all. He's the real deal.
Yep. The real deal. My god.
That's crazy. Wow.
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Vote for Change
Paid for by Josh Turek for Iowavideo · 0:33from 2026-11-03
What Iowans want and what Iowans deserve is what we had for 30 years here in this state with the great Senator Harkin. We want to once again have a common sense straight populist that is fighting for the people. For Iowa and Iowans, for the middle class, for working families, for rural communities, for small family farms, not just the billionaires and large corporations.
And now we're going to be able to DO IT. WOO! WOO!
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Josh Turek Victory Speech
Paid for by Josh Turek for Iowavideo · 1:41from 2026-11-03
Iowa, we have done it. What they said was impossible. Together, Iowa, we have proven that the impossible was possible.
And as we said in the primary, and I'll say it again, Iowa, you sure do love an underdog. After 448 days of hard work, pushing up hills, knocking doors, visiting all 99 counties, visiting small and midsize communities all across this state, and preaching the message of a better future for Iowa. Together, we have made history.
For the first time in 20 years, Iowa will have representation in the United States Senate for the people of Iowa. As I have said all along, my story is truly the American dream. Only in America could someone born into a workingclass family in council bless Iowa who went through the economic and healthc care struggle that I went through ultimately be able to represent my country in four parolympic games win two gold medals represent my community in the Iowa legislature and as of tonight be elected to represent the state I was born and raised in in the United States Senate.
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Josh Turek Hometown Rally in Council Bluffs
Paid for by Josh Turek for Iowavideo · 1:55from 2026-11-02
Now is time for a new chapter, a new generation of leadership from Iowa in the United States Senate. And what I see in Josh is a senator from Iowa who will do more good, who will start to move this country forward and who will keep in contact and in touch with his base here in Iowa to make sure that he keeps oriented towards people. He's not for the billionaires, but he's for all of you.
And that's why I have been so proud to support him and to endorse him and to introduce your next United States Senator Josh Turek. What Ians want is what we had for 30 years with Senator Harkin is a common sense prairie populist that is going to go up to the US Senate and fight for the people for Iowa and Ians for social and economic justice for social safety nets like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, not the billionaires and the large corporations. So we know the stakes.
They couldn't be higher. The truth is this may be the closest election on the entire Senate map. I know about close elections.
Won the first one by six votes. Truth is this may come down to a few hundred or a few thousand votes. So here's my ask.
I leave it each and every one of you with a six vote initiative. In the next two days, make six touch points. Make six calls.
Talk to six family. Talk to six friends. Talk to six neighbors.
Bring six people to the polls. If each and every one of us here that cares about this state, that cares about this country, that cares about democracy, it's going to be the difference between us winning and losing this election. Thank you all.
Let's go win this thing.
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Josh Turek Visits Grinnell Farmer
Paid for by Josh Turek for Iowavideo · 1:35from 2026-11-02
I mean between the tariffs, between diesel prices. Yeah. What are What are What are you seeing?
What are you feeling? Uncertainty. Yeah.
And I mean, certainty that expenses are going up. Yeah. And uncertainty with the future holds.
Um yeah, not sure what the future affirming really is. Mhm. Well, the markets have been hugely disrupted.
Yes. And I yeah, don't know what that's going to look like. What they're going to settle back to.
They're not going back to where they were. What would you like to see from someone like me up in DC? Cuz hopefully here in 5 days Yeah.
we're going to win this thing. Yeah. One thing I see is small communities are struggling.
Our school systems are getting hurt at state and federal level. Number one in education when I was in high school is no longer there in Iowa. And it's hurting communities this size.
Point of personal pride for all Iowans, including being on the quarter, foundation in education. Yeah. Uh we've closed 18 rural schools because of the public money going to the private schools.
And on and on, I mean, you're seeing grocery stores close out here. And then, you know, leading the nation in farm foreclosures, seeing all these rural communities being hollowed out. But it's because of bad federal policy.
I mean, the the the the Medicaid cuts have disproportionately hurt these rural communities. Then you add in the tariffs, then you add in bailing out Argentina, then you add in this war. Mhm.
It is It is just a perfect storm for a farmageddon. And I'm really I'm genuinely concerned we're going to lose a way of life. We're going to lose what remains of our small family farmers.
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Josh Turek in Cedar Rapids
Paid for by Josh Turek for Iowavideo · 1:17from 2026-11-02
And that's what I see in Josh Turek who practices people type politics, not the corporate type stuff, but the kind of people politics that we're missing so much of today. So to me, it's going to be a wonderful day next Tuesday evening when the polls close and they announce that the next senator from Iowa is going to be Josh Turek. With that, won my first election by six votes.
This election may come down to six votes. This isn't about me as a candidate. This is about each and every one of you.
For 30 years, we had the amazing honor to be represented by Senator Tom Harkin here in this country. I just say I'll tell you this is a generational opportunity to once again have a common sense prey populace that is going to be out there fighting for the people fighting for Ian Ians fighting for social and economic justice fighting for social safety nets like Medicare Medicaid and social security it's going to be something beautifully poetic that the man that is coming to get his seat back is only there because of the work that he did on the American with Disabilities Act. Thank you everybody.
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Josh Turek Speech
Paid for by Josh Turek for Iowavideo · 1:32from 2026-11-01
I can't think of a better person to take this seat to carry on in the great traditions that we've had in the past here in Iowa. I watched him drag that wheelchair up and down those stairs and council buffs. I knocked on doors with him in a tumba.
This guy not only has grit, but he's got the heart to go along with it. I tell you, this guy has got heart. And I'm telling you, I feel it.
The momentum is there. We are two days away from winning this Senate seat and changing the state of Iowa and changing this country with all of your help. I am only here because of the work of Senator Harkin.
His work on the American with Disabilities Act in the Senate provided me and so many other disabled Americans an on-ramp onto society. And this is you did and this is our opportunity to once again have a senator from Iowa that is going to be fighting for the people fighting for Iowa and Ians fighting for social and economic justice. Fighting for social safety nets like Medicare, Medicaid and social security not just looking out for the billionaires and the large corporations.
That's the opportunity that we have this year.
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