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Insider Advantage Poll Keeps Iowa Senate Race Toss-Up

By Drooid · Oct 30, 2026 · How we work

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Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek is airing border-security ads in Iowa.
Turek says he is a proud moderate and has no interest in impeachment.
Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) runs ads portraying Turek as liberal, featuring her sons in a food-fight.
Republicans air ads questioning Turek’s party loyalty, citing a “700+ votes with Republicans” claim.
An Insider Advantage poll shows Hinson with a narrow lead, keeping the race a toss-up.

History

In the 1994 midterms, the Republican Party, led by Newt Gingrich’s Contract with America, won a 54-seat House swing and eight Senate seats, seizing Congress for the first time since 1952. The NRCC spent $12 million on TV attack ads, a tactic echoed today as Rep. Ashley Hinson’s Iowa Senate campaign runs border-security ads against Democrat Josh Turek.

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In the 1994 midterms, the Republican Party, led by Newt Gingrich’s Contract with America, won a 54-seat House swing and eight Senate seats, seizing Congress for the first time since 1952. The NRCC spent $12 million on TV attack ads, a tactic echoed today as Rep. Ashley Hinson’s Iowa Senate campaign runs border-security ads against Democrat Josh Turek.

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