Hinson Targets Turek Over 58% Missed Votes as Iowa Senate Poll Shows 46%-50% Race
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 21
Hinson Targets Turek Over 58% Missed Votes as Iowa Senate Poll Shows 46%-50% Race
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 21
Summary
Josh Turek missed 261 Iowa House votes during the 2026 session—58% of the total—while collecting $20,100 in taxpayer-funded per diem payments, giving Ashley Hinson a new line of attack in the Senate race.
Iowa lawmakers receive a $201 tax-free daily per diem, and Hinson said Turek skipped votes on veterans funding and the Iowa Farm Bill while attending campaign events and fundraisers during his Democratic primary.
Turek’s campaign countered that Hinson also missed votes to fundraise and used $50,000 in taxpayer reimbursements for a Washington apartment, pointing to her absence from part of the House defense bill markup.
The exchange lands in a tight contest for Joni Ernst’s open seat: a July Fox News poll had Turek ahead 50% to 46%, within the margin of error, while Cook rates the race Lean Republican.