U.S. Senate · Iowa

• billSponsored legislation in the Iowa House to strengthen the veterans homestead tax credit.[5]
• billSponsored legislation to make it easier for Iowans with disabilities to repair wheelchairs and mobility devices.[5]
• billSponsored legislation to cap insulin costs at $25/month and to expand access to dental services under Medicaid.[5]
• billSponsored legislation to cut taxes for first-time homebuyers and to limit private equity purchases of Iowa homes.[5]
• actionServed on the Iowa House Human Resources, Natural Resources, State Government, and Veterans Affairs committees (2025-2026); ranking member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee (2023-2024).[6]

• ✓SupportsProtect legal access to abortion

  Turek says women should make decisions about their reproductive health care, not politicians, and sponsored legislation in the Iowa House to repeal Iowa's near-total abortion ban.[5]

• ✓SupportsRaise the minimum wage

  Turek's platform calls for raising the federal minimum wage and tying future increases to inflation.[5]

• ✓SupportsRaise taxes on high earners or corporations

  Turek's platform calls for closing tax loopholes for billionaires and large corporations and strengthening Social Security by requiring billionaires to pay their fair share.[5]

• ✓SupportsExpand public health coverage

  Turek's platform calls for restoring full Medicaid funding, expanding the Affordable Care Act, and introducing a public health insurance option.[5]

• ✓SupportsStronger rent regulation and tenant protections

  Turek's platform calls for banning private-equity firms from buying up single-family homes to make housing more affordable.[5]

• Cut taxes for the middle class and close loopholes for billionaires and large corporations; impose a federal ban on price gouging on food; raise the minimum wage and tie future raises to inflation.[5]
• Restore full funding for Medicaid, protect and expand the Affordable Care Act, and cap prescription drug costs.[5]
• Ban Wall Street private equity firms from purchasing single-family homes and farmland, and simplify permitting so more affordable housing can be built.[5]

• Turek was born with spina bifida after his father was exposed to Agent Orange during service in Vietnam, and underwent 21 surgeries by age 12.[2]
• He obtained a bachelor's degree from Southwest Minnesota State University and an MBA from DeVry University.[1]
• He played on the U.S. national wheelchair basketball team in four Paralympic Games and was a medalist in three.[1]
• He was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 2022, representing a district former President Trump carried twice, and was re-elected in 2024.[1]

Raised $6.3M · spent $3.9M · $2.4M cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗

• NoWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · H. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · 2026-06-03 roll call ↗The resolution directs the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran that Congress has not authorized, invoking the War Powers Resolution. It passed the House with support from Democrats and a number of Republicans.
• NoResolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · H.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · 2026-02-11 roll call ↗The resolution terminates the national emergency the President declared in February 2025 to justify a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada, ending that tariff if it becomes law. It passed with a bipartisan majority, including several Republicans who broke with the administration on trade policy.
• YesConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government funding · H.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · 2026-02-03 roll call ↗The bill provides full-year discretionary appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, replacing the stopgap funding enacted after the fall 2025 shutdown. It sets spending levels across defense and non-defense programs through September 2026.
• NoBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · H.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · 2026-01-08 roll call ↗The bill extends for additional years the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that were expanded in 2021 and had lapsed at the end of 2025, lowering health-insurance premiums for people who buy coverage on ACA marketplaces. It passed with support from nearly all Democrats and a small group of Republicans.
• NoWar Powers Resolution on Venezuela · H. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · 2025-12-17 roll call ↗The resolution would have directed the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities in or against Venezuela that Congress had not authorized. It failed after U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels off Venezuela had raised questions in Congress about the administration's legal authority for military action in the region.
• YesNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passage · S. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · 2025-12-10 roll call ↗The fiscal year 2026 NDAA authorizes roughly $900 billion in defense spending, including a pay raise for service members and funding for shipbuilding, munitions, and missile-defense programs. It also sets policy on military personnel, procurement, and other Defense Department programs for the year.
• YesEpstein Files Transparency Act · H.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · 2025-11-18 roll call ↗The bill directs the Department of Justice to publicly release its investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, while allowing redactions to protect victim identities, ongoing investigations, and law enforcement techniques. It passed with near-unanimous support.
• YesContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending vote · H.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · 2025-11-12 roll call ↗The bill reopened the federal government after a 43-day shutdown by funding most agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing full-year funding for a smaller group of agencies through September 2026. It also reversed shutdown-related federal layoffs and funded SNAP benefits retroactively.
• YesCLARITY Act — digital asset market structure · H.R. 3633 · Passed 294–134 · 2025-07-17 roll call ↗The CLARITY Act creates a regulatory framework dividing oversight of digital assets between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It sets registration and disclosure requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges and other digital-asset intermediaries.
• YesGENIUS Act — stablecoin regulation · S. 1582 · Passed 308–122 · 2025-07-17 roll call ↗The GENIUS Act creates a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, requiring issuers to hold reserves backing their tokens on a one-to-one basis and to comply with new disclosure and licensing rules. It was the first major piece of cryptocurrency legislation enacted into federal law.
• YesOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · H.R. 1 · Passed 218–214 · 2025-07-03 roll call ↗H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, extends and expands the 2017 tax cuts, adds new deductions for tips, overtime pay, and seniors, and raises the cap on state and local tax deductions. It increases border security and defense spending while cutting projected Medicaid and SNAP spending and adding new work requirements; President Trump signed it into law on July 4, 2025.
• YesRescissions Act of 2025 · H.R. 4 · Passed 214–212 · 2025-06-12 roll call ↗The Rescissions Act canceled about $9 billion in previously approved federal spending, mostly for foreign aid programs and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was the first rescissions package Congress had approved in decades.
• YesOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · H.R. 1 · Passed 215–214 · 2025-05-22 roll call ↗H.R. 1 extends and modifies the 2017 individual and business tax cuts, creates new deductions for tips and overtime pay, and increases spending on border security and defense. It also reduces projected spending on Medicaid and food-assistance programs and adds new work requirements for some recipients.
• YesSAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · H.R. 22 · Passed 220–208 · 2025-04-10 roll call ↗The SAVE Act would require individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in person when registering to vote in federal elections. It also directs states to establish procedures to remove noncitizens identified on voter rolls.
• YesFull-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 · H.R. 1968 · Passed 217–213 · 2025-03-11 roll call ↗The bill funded the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2025, largely at prior-year spending levels, averting a shutdown ahead of a March 14 deadline. It also extended several expiring health and other program authorizations.
• YesLaken Riley Act — final passage · S. 5 · Passed 263–156 · 2025-01-22 roll call ↗The Laken Riley Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain undocumented immigrants who are arrested, charged, or convicted for theft, burglary, or certain violent crimes. It also allows state attorneys general to sue the federal government over certain immigration enforcement decisions.
• YesSecure the Border Act of 2023 — House passage · H.R. 2 · Passed 219–213 · 2023-05-11 roll call ↗Would have resumed border-wall construction, restricted asylum eligibility, expanded detention, and mandated E-Verify for employers.
• NoInflation Reduction Act — final House passage · H.R. 5376 · Passed 220–207 · 2022-08-12 roll call ↗Enacted clean-energy and climate tax credits, a 15% minimum tax on large corporations' book income, a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks, and Medicare drug-price negotiation.
• NoAssault Weapons Ban of 2022 — House passage · H.R. 1808 · Passed 217–213 · 2022-07-29 roll call ↗Would have banned the sale, manufacture and import of many semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
• NoWomen's Health Protection Act of 2022 — House passage · H.R. 8296 · Passed 219–210 · 2022-07-15 roll call ↗Passed after Dobbs; would have created a federal statutory right to abortion services and limited state restrictions.
• NoBipartisan Safer Communities Act — final House passage · S. 2938 · Passed 234–193 · 2022-06-24 roll call ↗Expanded background checks for buyers under 21, funded state red-flag and crisis-intervention programs, and narrowed the "boyfriend loophole."
• NoBuild Back Better Act — House passage · H.R. 5376 · Passed 220–213 · 2021-11-19 roll call ↗Would have funded clean-energy tax credits, universal pre-kindergarten and child-care subsidies, and extended health-coverage subsidies; it did not pass the Senate.
• NoWomen's Health Protection Act of 2021 — House passage · H.R. 3755 · Passed 218–211 · 2021-09-24 roll call ↗Would have created a federal statutory right for providers to offer, and patients to receive, abortion services, limiting state restrictions.
• NoAmerican Dream and Promise Act of 2021 — House passage · H.R. 6 · Passed 228–197 · 2021-03-18 roll call ↗Would have created a path to permanent legal status for many undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and for certain TPS and DED holders.

• actionServes on the House Appropriations Committee (subcommittees on Agriculture-FDA, Homeland Security, and Financial Services-General Government), the Committee on Ethics, and the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (2025-2026).[2]

• ✓SupportsExpand immigration enforcement and deportationsFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on Laken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22). Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which funded expanded immigration enforcement, detention and border operations. Voted yes on Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2, 2023-05-11). Voted no on American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 (H.R. 6, 2021-03-18).[7][8][9][10][11][12]

  What they say: Hinson's platform calls for securing the southern border, enforcing immigration laws, and deporting criminal immigrants who are in the country without legal permission.[3]

• ✓SupportsBroad tariffs on imported goodsFrom recorded votes

  Voted no on Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada (H.J. Res. 72, 2026-02-11).[16]

  What they say: (their stated position — mixed — differs from their votes) Hinson's platform emphasizes support for Iowa biofuels and export markets for agriculture, without a stated general tariff position on her issues page.[3]

• ~MixedLoosen zoning rules to build more housing

  Hinson's platform proposes tax-advantaged savings to help first-time homebuyers and preventing institutional investors from buying single-family homes, without a stated position on zoning reform.[3]

• ✕OpposesExpand public health coverageFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements. Voted no on Breaking the Gridlock Act (H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08).[8][9][10][13]

  What they say: Hinson's platform focuses on lowering prescription drug costs and strengthening rural hospitals rather than expanding public coverage; she voted yes on the 2025 reconciliation law (H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act).[2]

• ✕OpposesFaster transition away from fossil fuelsFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits. Voted no on Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19; 2022-08-12), which would have funded clean-energy tax credits.[8][9][10][14][15]

• ✕OpposesRaise taxes on high earners or corporationsFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent. Voted no on Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376, 2022-08-12), which added a 15% minimum tax on large corporations and a stock-buyback excise tax.[8][9][10][15]

• ✕OpposesUniversal, publicly funded child careFrom recorded votes

  Voted no on Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19), which would have funded universal pre-K and child-care subsidies.[14]

• ✕OpposesStricter gun lawsFrom recorded votes

  Voted no on Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808, 2022-07-29). Voted no on Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938, 2022-06-24).[17][18]

• ✕OpposesProtect legal access to abortionFrom recorded votes

  Voted no on Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755, 2021-09-24). Voted no on Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 (H.R. 8296, 2022-07-15).[19][20]

• Lower taxes for working families, help more families become homeowners through a proposed First Home Savings Opportunity Act, and prevent institutional investors from buying up single-family homes.[3]
• Secure the U.S.-Mexico border, enforce immigration law, and combat fentanyl trafficking.[3]
• Lower prescription drug costs, strengthen rural health care, and support family farms and biofuels including year-round E15.[3]

• Hinson represented the 67th District in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021.[1]
• Before elected office, she was a reporter with Cedar Rapids television station KCRG-TV.[1]
• She was elected to the U.S. House in 2020 and has been re-elected in 2022 and 2024.[1]

• Laehn has served as an elected county attorney (local prosecutor) for Greene County, Iowa.[4]
• Laehn advanced as the Libertarian Party's nominee for U.S. Senate from the party's state convention on May 2, 2026.[1]

Raised $32K · spent $38K · $8,334 cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗