The person behind the name
Ashley Hinson’s public career runs from a Cedar Rapids television newsroom to two terms in the Iowa House and three in the U.S. House, where she sits on the Appropriations Committee and has one law with her name on it.
Hinson was born in 1983 in Des Moines, by the Iowa Legislature’s official register, and graduated from Valley High School in West Des Moines. Her House biography calls her an Iowa native and says she and her husband, Matt, are raising their two sons in Marion, the Linn County city she represented in the Iowa House. [3][1]
Education and professional preparation
She received a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Southern California, then returned to Iowa and spent more than a decade as a reporter at KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, where her official biography records two Midwest regional Emmy awards, an RTDNA Health Reporting Fellowship and a Waypoint Tribute to Women honor; Fox News describes her as a former television news anchor. The Legislature’s register lists her occupation during her House service as media consultant. Degree years and station employment dates were not part of this review. [1][3][44]
From the newsroom to the Statehouse
Hinson won Iowa House District 67 in November 2016 with 11,248 votes to Democrat Mark Seidl’s 6,749, or 62.4 percent, and took office on January 9, 2017; she held the seat in 2018, 8,593 to Eric Gjerde’s 7,932, or 52.0 percent. She sat on the Judiciary Committee for most of her service and chaired the House Transportation Committee in the 2019 session. [8][9][3][4]
In 2020 she challenged the Democratic incumbent, Representative Abby Finkenauer, in the First District and won by 10,741 votes, 212,088 to 201,347, a margin computed from the canvass. Her Iowa House service ended on January 2, 2021, by the Legislature’s register, as her first term in Congress began. Redistricting placed her in the Second District, which she carried against Liz Mathis in 2022, 172,181 to 145,940, and against Sarah Corkery in 2024, 233,340 to 169,740. [10][50][3][16][11][12]
On September 2, 2025, hours after Senator Joni Ernst announced she would not seek re-election, Hinson entered the race for the open Senate seat; President Trump endorsed her on September 5. In the June 2, 2026 Republican primary she defeated former state senator Jim Carlin, 153,059 votes to 53,196 — 74.0 percent of the votes cast for candidates and write-ins, computed from the canvass. On November 3, 2026 she faces Democratic state Representative Josh Turek, who won his primary with 120,287 votes to Zach Wahls’s 71,663, and Libertarian Thomas Laehn, whose record was not reviewed. [55][44][46][13][56]
Life & public service
From a television newsroom to the Iowa House, Congress and a statewide campaign, the documented milestones show how the record was built.
Born in Des Moines
Born in Des Moines, per the Iowa Legislature’s official register; graduated from Valley High School in West Des Moines and earned a broadcast journalism degree at the University of Southern California. [3]
KCRG-TV, Cedar Rapids
More than a decade as a reporter, with two regional Emmy awards, per her official House biography. [1]
Elected to the Iowa House
Won District 67 with 11,248 votes to Mark Seidl’s 6,749 (62.4 percent). [8]
Re-elected
Held the seat, 8,593 to Eric Gjerde’s 7,932 (52.0 percent). [9]
The plagiarism apology
After The New York Times identified passages on her campaign website copied from news outlets, she apologized on July 20 and said the staff responsible would be held accountable. See the fuller record. [50]
Accomplishments, in the record
Legislative documents, court records and roll calls establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where the measure was another official’s initiative.
Committee chair and floor manager
The Iowa Legislature’s record shows Hinson on the Judiciary Committee from January 2017 to November 2019, on Appropriations and State Government in 2019, and as chair of the House Transportation Committee from January 14 to November 15, 2019, after which she moved to the Economic Growth and Local Government committees while remaining on Transportation and the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals Appropriations Subcommittee. [4]
As a floor manager in the 2019–2020 session she carried Senate bills through the House, including SF 302 on vehicles operated by automated driving systems, SF 346 creating the criminal offense of female genital mutilation and SF 567 on licensing disqualifications for people with convictions, each effective July 1, 2019. Floor management is a documented role; authorship of those Senate bills is not claimed. [5]
Floor manager for the 24-hour waiting period
The Legislature lists Hinson as House floor manager, with Senator Schultz in the Senate, for House File 594. It began as HF 233, a bill on withdrawing life-sustaining procedures from a minor, on whose three-member House subcommittee she was first listed; the House passed it 58–36 on March 11, 2019. On June 13, 2020 House amendment H-8314, which the Iowa Supreme Court describes as adding a 24-hour abortion waiting period and revising the bill’s title, was ruled not germane on a point of order; the House suspended its rules, adopted it and passed the bill 53–42, the Senate agreed 31–16 early on June 14, and Governor Reynolds signed it on June 29, 2020. [6][7]
The Iowa Supreme Court’s opinion of June 17, 2022 in Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Reynolds describes the same sequence, including a point of order that the amendment was not germane, sustained by the chair and overcome on a motion to suspend the rules: “In 2020, in the waning hours of a legislative session that had been disrupted by COVID-19, the general assembly added a mandatory 24-hour waiting period for abortion to pending legislation limiting courts’ ability to withdraw life-sustaining procedures.” The court reversed the district court’s summary judgment for the plaintiffs and remanded. The opinion does not name the floor managers; the Legislature’s history does. [7]
The stillbirth prevention law
H.R. 4581, the Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act, which Hinson introduced on July 12, 2023 with Representative Alma Adams, passed the House under suspension 408–3 on May 15, 2024, passed the Senate by unanimous consent on June 11, 2024 and was signed on July 12, 2024 as Public Law 118-69. Her office says it clarifies that stillbirth prevention is an allowable use of Title V maternal and child health block-grant funds. [17][39]
Her statement on signing: “Today is a huge milestone in our fight to end stillbirth, the unexpected loss of a baby after more than 20 weeks of pregnancy.” GovTrack counts it as the one bill she has sponsored that became law. [39][16]
Ninety-five bills, one enacted
GovTrack records 95 bills and resolutions with Hinson as primary sponsor since January 2021: 28 in the 117th Congress, 33 in the 118th and 34 in the 119th. One was enacted in its own right. Four passed the House: the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act, 212–207 on January 18, 2024 and again 217–211 on January 22, 2026; and the Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act, by voice vote on December 3, 2024 and again on August 31, 2026. None of those four has passed the Senate. One failed on the floor: H.R. 2262, the Flexibility for Workers Education Act, 209–215 on January 13, 2026. [17][38][37]
GovTrack’s report card for the 118th Congress ranks her seventh among House Republicans, tied with three others, for bills with a Senate companion (13 of 33), records that 15 of her 33 measures had a cosponsor from another party, and ranks her 53rd most politically right of all Representatives by its cosponsorship analysis. [18]
Counting the states’ electors
On January 5, 2021 Hinson joined eleven House Republicans in a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Leader McCarthy: “The text of the Constitution is clear. States select electors. Congress does not.” On January 6 she voted Nay on the objection to Arizona’s electoral votes (failed 121–303) and on January 7 Nay on the Pennsylvania objection (failed 138–282). On January 13, 2021 she voted Nay on H.Res. 24, the impeachment of President Trump, which passed 232–197. [40][25][53][26][54][27]
Votes cast with, and against, the leadership
On four votes that split the Republican conference in the 118th Congress, the roll calls record Hinson voting as Speakers McCarthy and Johnson did: Aye on the Fiscal Responsibility Act on May 31, 2023 (314–117), Nay on the October 3, 2023 resolution declaring the Speaker’s office vacant (216–210), Aye on April 12, 2024 on H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, described in the Senate’s vote list as a bill to reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (273–147), and Yea on the Ukraine Security Supplemental on April 20, 2024 (311–112). [30][31][32][59][33]
Earlier, on three roll calls, she voted opposite Minority Leader McCarthy: he is recorded voting to sustain the January 2021 objections to the Arizona and Pennsylvania electors, which she opposed, and Nay on the Respect for Marriage Act, on which she voted Yea on December 8, 2022 (258–169), one of 39 Republicans to do so, counted from the roll. She voted Nay on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on November 5, 2021 (228–206). In the 119th Congress she voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act on January 22, 2025 (263–156), Aye on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 3, 2025 (218–214) and Aye on the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November 18, 2025 (427–1). These are recorded votes, not authorship. [25][53][26][54][28][29][34][35][36]
Appropriations, Ethics and the China committee
The Clerk of the House lists her in the 119th Congress on the Committee on Appropriations, with the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Financial Services and General Government; and Homeland Security subcommittees; on the Committee on Ethics; and on the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. [2]
At the Des Moines Register Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair in August 2026 she said Republicans and Democrats are both to blame for the national debt and pointed to her committee work: “I have a record on the appropriations committee working to cut spending wherever we can under the discretionary spending.” Appropriations bills are committee products; the individual cuts she credits were not itemized in the material reviewed. [49]
Attendance and ideology, measured
Hinson missed 33 of 2,915 roll-call votes from January 2021 to September 2026, 1.1 percent, against a median of 2.1 percent for sitting representatives; the largest lapse was November–December 2022, when she missed 12 of 72; she also missed 7 of 104 in January–March 2024 and 4 of 80 in November–December 2025. In the 118th Congress she missed 10 of 1,241. [16][18]
Voteview’s DW-NOMINATE score places her at 0.356 on the conservative–liberal dimension for the 119th Congress. Of the 227 House Republicans in that file, 186 score higher and 40 lower, a ranking computed from the file for this profile; the Republican median is 0.53. By that measure she sits in the less conservative fifth of her conference. [19]
What the ratings measure
Heritage Action scores her 87 percent for the 119th Congress and 77 percent lifetime. Club for Growth’s scorecard gives her 84 for 2025 and a lifetime score of 74, ranked 156th; its annual scores run 85 (2021), 89 (2022), 62 (2023), 49 (2024) and 84 (2025). The League of Conservation Voters scores her 0 percent for 2025 and 8 percent lifetime. SBA Pro-Life America grades her A+, and the NRA Political Victory Fund gives her an A+ for the 2026 Senate race against a C for Josh Turek. Each scorecard measures agreement with the organization’s chosen votes, not the record as a whole. [20][21][22][24][23]
Family & community
Her official House biography identifies her husband as Matt and says they are raising their two sons in Marion; the Iowa Legislature’s register lists the same family and gives her home county as Linn. [1][3]
The Legislature’s register records her as active with Antioch Christian Church, the March of Dimes and Junior Achievement and describes her as a classically trained musician; her House biography says she is “an active member of her community, regularly playing violin at Antioch Christian Church and volunteering with local charities.” [3][1]
Beyond naming the church where she plays, neither her official biography nor her campaign biography states a religious affiliation, and this profile makes no claim about one. The sources reviewed here document family, residence and community roles as the candidate’s own biographies state them; they do not supply a verified record of charitable board service, and none is asserted. [1][42]
Mission & priorities
“Ashley Hinson is a conservative mom on a mission to make Washington run more like the great state of Iowa.” {41}
The following summarizes the agenda on Hinson’s campaign website and in her public statements. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [43]
01Lower costs and taxes
“Ashley has always believed it is YOUR money, not the government’s money.” The campaign lists a First Home Savings Opportunity Act for tax-free down-payment savings, a bar on large institutional investors buying single-family homes, expanded child-care tax relief and more career and technical education. The record behind it is her Aye on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 3, 2025 (218–214), which she summarized at the State Fair: “So we delivered no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, reduced taxes for Social Security.” The bill’s Medicaid provisions are in the fuller record. [43][35][49]
02Health care and rural hospitals
The campaign proposes lower prescription drug costs through pharmacy-benefit-manager transparency, support for community hospitals and the rural health workforce, and expanded maternal care, adding that “Ashley has also been a champion for expanding over-the-counter birth control access.” The record shows the stillbirth prevention law of July 12, 2024 and the RNs for Rural Health Act, introduced in 2025 to let registered nurses conduct Medicare wellness visits in rural clinics, which has seen no action since introduction. [43][39][48]
03Agriculture and biofuels
“Keep Iowa at the forefront of American energy by championing year-round E15, strengthening biofuels, and investing in homegrown energy production.” The campaign also promises to fight California’s Proposition 12, expand export markets and pass a Farm Bill. She sits on the Appropriations subcommittee for agriculture, and GovTrack classes 19 percent of the bills she sponsors under agriculture and food, her second-largest subject after health. [43][2][16]
04Border security and public safety
“Secure the southern border by enforcing America’s immigration laws and deporting dangerous criminal illegal immigrants.” The campaign pairs that with cracking down on fentanyl traffickers and violent offenders. On January 22, 2025 she voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (263–156), and she sits on the Homeland Security appropriations subcommittee. [43][34][2]
05Government accountability
“Ban Members of Congress from trading individual stocks and betting on prediction markets.” The campaign adds lobbying bans, moving agencies out of Washington and rooting out waste, fraud and abuse. On May 7, 2026 she introduced H.Res. 1263 to bar members from prediction-market contracts; GovTrack records no action since its introduction. Her SWAMP Act of 2023 had a Senate companion and no floor action. [43][17][18]
06Veterans
The campaign promises to expand veterans’ health and mental-health services, particularly in rural communities, and to fully fund the Department of Veterans Affairs. Her Veterans to Advanced Manufacturing Plan Act, H.R. 9280, was introduced on June 11, 2026 and has not moved. [43][17]
07China, parents and entitlements
The campaign promises to “Hold Communist China accountable for ripping off American jobs and innovation, purchasing American farmland, and implementing unfair trade practices that hurt Iowa farmers, workers, and businesses,” to give parents a stronger voice in schools, and to “Defend Social Security and Medicare benefits that vulnerable Iowans depend on, while rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse that deplete these programs.” She sits on the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party; her trade-crimes bill passed the House by voice vote on August 31, 2026, and her ENDS Chinese Vapes Act, introduced May 7, 2026, shows no action since introduction. [43][2][17]
08Abortion
The campaign’s issues page does not address abortion. The record does: as House floor manager in 2020 she carried HF 594, the bill that added Iowa’s 24-hour waiting period, and in her January 5, 2021 statement she listed “protecting life” among the priorities she would keep advocating. SBA Pro-Life America grades her A+. [43][6][7][40][24]
How to assess a proposal. A campaign plan states an intention. Enactment, implementation costs, replacement revenue, and measured results are separate questions. These priorities should be read alongside the legislative and voting history above.
The fuller record
A useful profile includes policy tradeoffs, the limits of a claim, and responses to material criticism.
The 2020 plagiarism episode
On July 20, 2020 KCRG reported that a New York Times journalist had identified passages on Hinson’s campaign website copied word-for-word from that newspaper and other outlets, including the Des Moines Register and The Hill; on one page 91 of 642 words were copied. Hinson wrote: “I was unaware of the plagiarism when I reviewed drafts presented to me by staff. As a journalist I take this extremely seriously and am deeply sorry for the mistake,” adding that the staff responsible would be held accountable. Some of the passages were removed after the campaign was made aware of them, according to the Times as KCRG reported it. [50]
The Respect for Marriage Act vote and the primary challenge
Hinson voted Yea on the Respect for Marriage Act on December 8, 2022, one of 39 Republicans on the 258–169 concurrence vote. In the 2026 primary Jim Carlin made that vote a line of attack, along with her appearances with Nikki Haley in the 2024 caucus cycle, her 2021 support for Liz Cheney in a leadership vote and her decision not to debate him; Hinson’s 2022 statement said the measure “maintains the status quo” set by Obergefell. The primary result was 153,059 votes to 53,196. [29][46][13]
H.R. 1, Medicaid and the rural-hospital ads
A VoteVets advertisement says “Hinson voted to cut coverage for 100,000 Iowans.” KCRG’s fact check traced the figure to the Congressional Budget Office’s estimate that the law will add roughly 10 million to the uninsured by 2034 and to a Kaiser Family Foundation estimate of 60,000 to 100,000 Iowans; it confirmed that she voted against extending the Affordable Care Act premium credits in January 2026 and that Iowa marketplace premiums rose 12 to 27 percent this year; and it found the ad’s claim of 20 rural hospitals at risk rested on pre-enactment data, with a July 2026 update putting the number at 8 and blaming private-insurer payments, while noting the law’s $50 billion rural fund. The sources reviewed carry no direct response from Hinson to the ad; at the State Fair she cited the same bill’s tax provisions as her record on family costs. Her Aye on July 3, 2025 is the vote at issue. [47][49][35]
The “$9,000” claim in her favor
An advertisement from One Nation, an arm of the Senate Leadership Fund, says of Hinson: “She voted to increase families’ take-home pay by over $9,000.” KCRG found the figure in a White House projection for an Iowa family of four, and set it against the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis that households in the top tenth of earners gained $12,044 while the other 90 percent averaged $650 and the lowest 30 percent saw net resources fall. The same ad credits her with co-sponsoring the HELPERS Act and introducing the RNs for Rural Health Act; KCRG confirmed both — she signed on to the first and introduced the second in 2025 — and reported that neither has seen action since introduction. [48]
Endorsements, ratings and polls
President Trump endorsed Hinson on September 5, 2025 (“I know Ashley well, and she is a WINNER!”), after Senate Majority Leader John Thune and the National Republican Senatorial Committee; Senator Ernst endorsed her before the primary. KCRG reported on August 24, 2026 that the Cook Political Report had called the race a toss-up. The polls disagree: Emerson College Polling’s survey of August 31 to September 1, 2026, 750 likely voters with a credibility interval of 3.6 points, put Hinson at 50 percent and Turek at 45, with independents favoring Turek 46 to 44; Rasmussen Reports’ survey of September 8 to 10, 1,031 likely voters with a margin of error of 2 points, put Turek at 45 percent, Hinson at 40 and Libertarian Thomas Laehn at 4, with 11 percent not sure; and a YouGov survey of 2,169 registered voters taken September 3 to 8 had Turek 44 and Hinson 43, as the N’West Iowa REVIEW reported. Endorsements establish political support; polls are snapshots; neither evaluates the record above. [44][45][47][52][57][58]
A failed bill of her own
On January 13, 2026 the House rejected her Flexibility for Workers Education Act, H.R. 2262, 209–215, with Hinson voting Yea; the committee had ordered it reported 18–13 in April 2025. The roll shows 209 Republicans voting Yea and six Republicans joining 209 Democrats in voting Nay; it is recorded here as the roll call shows it. [37][17]
Questions & answers
Who is Ashley Hinson?
Ashley Hinson’s public career runs from a Cedar Rapids television newsroom to two terms in the Iowa House and three in the U.S. House, where she sits on the Appropriations Committee and has one law with her name on it. Hinson was born in 1983 in Des Moines, by the Iowa Legislature’s official register, and graduated from Valley High School in West Des Moines. Her House biography calls her an Iowa native and says she and her husband, Matt, are raising their two sons in Marion, the Linn County city she represented in the Iowa House. [3][1]
What office is Ashley Hinson running for in 2026?
Who is Ashley Hinson running against?
On September 2, 2025, hours after Senator Joni Ernst announced she would not seek re-election, Hinson entered the race for the open Senate seat; President Trump endorsed her on September 5. In the June 2, 2026 Republican primary she defeated former state senator Jim Carlin, 153,059 votes to 53,196 — 74.0 percent of the votes cast for candidates and write-ins, computed from the canvass. On November 3, 2026 she faces Democratic state Representative Josh Turek, who won his primary with 120,287 votes to Zach Wahls’s 71,663, and Libertarian Thomas Laehn, whose record was not reviewed. [55][44][46][13][56]
What are Ashley Hinson's stated priorities?
The following summarizes the agenda on Hinson’s campaign website and in her public statements. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [43] The campaign lists: Lower costs and taxes; Health care and rural hospitals; Agriculture and biofuels; Border security and public safety; Government accountability; Veterans; China, parents and entitlements; Abortion.
What does the public record show?
Legislative documents, court records and roll calls establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where the measure was another official’s initiative. The Iowa Legislature’s record shows Hinson on the Judiciary Committee from January 2017 to November 2019, on Appropriations and State Government in 2019, and as chair of the House Transportation Committee from January 14 to November 15, 2019, after which she moved to the Economic Growth and Local Government committees while remaining on Transportation and the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals Appropriations Subcommittee. [4]
How was this profile researched?
Reviewed September 17, 2026. This is a documented overview of publicly available biography, major actions, and stated priorities, not an exhaustive vote-by-vote record; fourteen House roll calls were read for it and the defining ones are cited. Vote shares and margins are computed from the Secretary of State’s canvasses, a share being a candidate’s votes divided by all votes cast for named candidates and write-ins in that contest; the count of Republicans voting for the Respect for Marriage Act and the Voteview ranking were likewise computed from the cited files. Numerical claims retain their original meaning and attribution. Historical sources do not imply current positions. A court’s findings and a fact-checker’s findings are labeled as such. Degree years, station employment dates, personal financial disclosures, the filings of outside groups spending in the race and the record of the Libertarian nominee, Thomas Laehn, were not part of this review. The source list provides direct links so readers can check the underlying material. Filings and campaign pages may change after this review.
Sources & methodology
Government records anchor the profile: the Clerk’s roll calls, the Iowa Legislature’s bill histories, the Iowa Supreme Court’s opinion, the Secretary of State’s canvasses and the FEC’s filings. Official biographies establish attributed background; original reporting supplies responses and scrutiny. Independent analyses (GovTrack, Voteview, the Emerson and Rasmussen polls) and advocacy ratings are labeled as such rather than as government records. Campaign materials are used for the candidate’s own priorities and claims.
- 01About | Representative Ashley Hinson (official House biography)hinson.house.gov · Accessed September 17, 2026
Official biography: Iowa native; KCRG-TV reporter for more than a decade; Emmy awards; USC degree; Iowa House District 67; husband Matt, two sons, Marion; violin at Antioch Christian Church.Government record - 02Member Profile: Ashley Hinson (H001091)Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · Accessed September 17, 2026
Hometown Marion; oath of office January 3, 2025; Appropriations subcommittees, Ethics and the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party in the 119th Congress.Government record - 03Ashley Hinson — State Representative, all years (personID 18049)Iowa Legislature · Accessed September 17, 2026
Born 1983 in Des Moines; Valley High School; USC broadcast journalism; media consultant; District 67, Linn County; service January 9, 2017 to January 2, 2021; family; Antioch Christian Church, March of Dimes, Junior Achievement.Government record - 04Representative Ashley Hinson — 88th General Assembly (committees)Iowa Legislature · Accessed September 17, 2026
Committee assignments with dates: Judiciary 2017–2019; Appropriations and State Government 2019; Transportation chair January 14 to November 15, 2019; Economic Growth, Local Government and Transportation thereafter.Government record - 05Bills by floor manager: Representative Ashley Hinson, 88th General AssemblyIowa Legislature · Accessed September 17, 2026
Bills she managed on the House floor, including SF 302, SF 346, SF 567 (effective July 1, 2019) and HF 594 (effective July 1, 2020).Government record - 06Bill History for House File 594 (88th General Assembly)Iowa Legislature · Accessed September 17, 2026
Floor managers Schultz and Hinson; House passage 58–36 on March 11, 2019; amendment H-8314 and passage 53–42 on June 13, 2020; Senate 31–16 on June 14; signed by the Governor June 29, 2020; Acts chapter 1110.Government record - 07Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc. v. Reynolds, No. 21-0856Iowa Supreme Court · June 17, 2022
The court’s account of HF 594’s 24-hour waiting-period amendment, the germaneness point of order, the 53–42 and 31–16 votes and the June 29, 2020 signing; district court reversed and remanded.Government record - 082016 General Election Canvass SummaryIowa Secretary of State · 2016
State Representative District 67: Hinson 11,248; Mark John Seidl 6,749; write-in 15.Government record - 092018 General Election Canvass SummaryIowa Secretary of State · 2018
State Representative District 67: Hinson 8,593; Eric Gjerde 7,932; write-in 12.Government record - 102020 General Election Canvass SummaryIowa Secretary of State · Canvass November 30, 2020
U.S. Representative District 1: Hinson 212,088; Abby Finkenauer 201,347; write-in 434.Government record - 112022 General Election Canvass SummaryIowa Secretary of State · 2022
U.S. Representative District 2: Hinson 172,181; Liz Mathis 145,940; write-in 278.Government record - 122024 General Election Canvass SummaryIowa Secretary of State · Canvass December 2, 2024
U.S. Representative District 2: Hinson 233,340; Sarah Corkery 169,740; Jody Madlom Puffett 5,381; write-in 341.Government record - 132026 Primary Election Canvass Summary (June 2, 2026 primary)Iowa Secretary of State · Canvass June 22, 2026
U.S. Senator, Republican: Hinson 153,059; Jim Carlin 53,196; write-in 531. Democratic: Josh Turek 120,287; Zach Wahls 71,663; write-in 186.Government record - 14Candidate overview: ARENHOLZ, ASHLEY HINSON (S6IA00314), U.S. Senate, Iowa, 2026Federal Election Commission · Accessed September 17, 2026
Principal campaign committee Ashley for Iowa; January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026: receipts $10,217,845.39, disbursements $5,396,429.30, cash on hand $6,749,491.49.Government record - 15Candidate overview: ARENHOLZ, ASHLEY HINSON (H0IA01174), U.S. House, Iowa 2Federal Election Commission · Accessed September 17, 2026
Her House candidacy under the same filing name; 2023–2024 receipts $5,600,532.30; sponsored leadership PAC Fight On PAC.Government record - 16Rep. Ashley Hinson — member page and missed-votes recordGovTrack.us · Accessed September 17, 2026
Served IA-1 2021–2022 and IA-2 since January 3, 2023; missed 33 of 2,915 roll calls January 2021 to September 2026 (1.1 percent; median 2.1), with the quarterly table; one enacted bill; subject areas of sponsored bills.Independent analysis or rating - 17Bills sponsored by Ashley Hinson, 2021–2026 (95 records, with actions)GovTrack.us (API) · Accessed September 17, 2026
Status of every sponsored measure: H.R. 4581 enacted (P.L. 118-69); H.R. 6914, H.R. 9151, H.R. 6359 and H.R. 1869 passed the House; H.R. 2262 failed 209–215; H.Res. 1263, H.R. 8687 and H.R. 9280 introduced in 2026.Independent analysis or rating - 182024 Report Card, Rep. Ashley Hinson (118th Congress)GovTrack.us · Updated February 13, 2025
33 bills introduced; 13 with Senate companions (seventh among House Republicans); 15 with a cosponsor from another party; ranked 53rd most politically right; missed 10 of 1,241 votes; SWAMP Act among companion bills.Independent analysis or rating - 19DW-NOMINATE member data, 119th Congress, House (H119_members.csv)Voteview (UCLA) · Accessed September 17, 2026
First-dimension score 0.356. Rankings among the 227 House Republicans in the file were computed from it for this profile.Independent analysis or rating - 20Scorecard: Rep. Ashley Hinson, 119th CongressHeritage Action for America · Accessed September 17, 2026
Session score 87 percent, lifetime 77 percent.Independent analysis or rating - 21Congressional Scorecard — Ashley Hinson (IA-02), legislator page H001091Club for Growth · Accessed September 17, 2026
2025 score 84, lifetime 74, rank 156; annual scores 85 (2021), 89 (2022), 62 (2023), 49 (2024).Independent analysis or rating - 22National Environmental Scorecard: Ashley HinsonLeague of Conservation Voters · Accessed September 17, 2026
2025 score 0 percent; lifetime 8 percent.Independent analysis or rating - 23Grades — Iowa, November 3, 2026 electionNRA Political Victory Fund · Accessed September 17, 2026
U.S. Senate: Ashley Hinson (R) A+; Josh Turek (D) C.Independent analysis or rating - 24House ScorecardSBA Pro-Life America · Accessed September 17, 2026
Ashley Hinson (IA-02) graded A+.Independent analysis or rating - 25Roll call 10, January 6, 2021 — objection to Arizona’s electoral votesClerk of the U.S. House · January 6, 2021
Hinson recorded Nay; the objection failed 121–303; Minority Leader McCarthy recorded Yea. The XML does not name the state.Government record - 26Roll call 11, January 7, 2021 — objection to Pennsylvania’s electoral votesClerk of the U.S. House · January 7, 2021
Hinson recorded Nay; the objection failed 138–282; Minority Leader McCarthy recorded Yea. The XML does not name the state.Government record - 27Roll call 17, January 13, 2021 — H.Res. 24, impeaching President TrumpClerk of the U.S. House · January 13, 2021
Hinson recorded Nay; passed 232–197.Government record - 28Roll call 369, November 5, 2021 — H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs ActClerk of the U.S. House · November 5, 2021
Hinson recorded Nay on concurring in the Senate amendment; passed 228–206.Government record - 29Roll call 513, December 8, 2022 — H.R. 8404, Respect for Marriage ActClerk of the U.S. House · December 8, 2022
Hinson recorded Yea; passed 258–169; 39 Republicans voted Yea and Minority Leader McCarthy voted Nay, read from the roll for this profile.Government record - 30Roll call 243, May 31, 2023 — H.R. 3746, Fiscal Responsibility ActClerk of the U.S. House · May 31, 2023
Hinson recorded Aye, as did Speaker McCarthy; passed 314–117.Government record - 31Roll call 519, October 3, 2023 — H.Res. 757, declaring the office of Speaker vacantClerk of the U.S. House · October 3, 2023
Hinson recorded Nay, as did Speaker McCarthy; the resolution passed 216–210.Government record - 32Roll call 119, April 12, 2024 — H.R. 7888, Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActClerk of the U.S. House · April 12, 2024
Hinson recorded Aye, as did Speaker Johnson; passed 273–147.Government record - 33Roll call 151, April 20, 2024 — H.R. 8035, Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations ActClerk of the U.S. House · April 20, 2024
Hinson recorded Yea, as did Speaker Johnson; passed 311–112.Government record - 34Roll call 23, January 22, 2025 — S. 5, Laken Riley ActClerk of the U.S. House · January 22, 2025
Hinson recorded Yea; passed 263–156.Government record - 35Roll call 190, July 3, 2025 — H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (motion to concur)Clerk of the U.S. House · July 3, 2025
Hinson recorded Aye; passed 218–214.Government record - 36Roll call 289, November 18, 2025 — H.R. 4405, Epstein Files Transparency ActClerk of the U.S. House · November 18, 2025
Hinson recorded Aye; passed 427–1.Government record - 37Roll call 19, January 13, 2026 — H.R. 2262, Flexibility for Workers Education ActClerk of the U.S. House · January 13, 2026
Hinson recorded Yea on her own bill; failed 209–215, with 209 Republicans voting Yea and six Republicans and 209 Democrats voting Nay, read from the roll.Government record - 38Roll call 47, January 22, 2026 — H.R. 6359, Pregnant Students’ Rights ActClerk of the U.S. House · January 22, 2026
Hinson recorded Yea on her own bill; passed 217–211.Government record - 39Hinson’s Stillbirth Prevention Bill Signed Into LawOffice of Rep. Ashley Hinson (press release) · July 12, 2024
Her statement on the signing and the office’s description of what the Title V clarification does; introduced July 2023 with Rep. Alma Adams.Government record - 40Hinson Joins Colleagues in Affirming States’ Authority in Election ProcessOffice of Rep. Ashley Hinson (press release) · January 5, 2021
The letter of twelve House Republicans that Congress must count the electoral votes submitted by the states, and her added statement on the Trump policies she would keep advocating, including protecting life.Government record - 41Ashley Hinson for Iowa — home pageHinson campaign · Accessed September 17, 2026
The campaign’s self-description quoted in this profile; the claim of Trump endorsements in every election since 2020; linked social accounts.Campaign or advocacy material - 42Meet Ashley | Ashley Hinson for IowaHinson campaign · Accessed September 17, 2026
Campaign biography: born and raised in Iowa; Iowa House District 67; committee memberships. Self-descriptions; states no religious affiliation.Campaign or advocacy material - 43Issues | Ashley Hinson for IowaHinson campaign · Accessed September 17, 2026
The seven campaign planks quoted in this profile. Proposals, not record.Campaign or advocacy material - 44Trump endorses Ashley Hinson for Iowa Senate seat as Joni Ernst retiresFox News (Paul Steinhauser) · September 5, 2025
Published September 5, 2025: the endorsement text; her campaign launch that Tuesday, hours after Ernst’s announcement; Thune and NRSC endorsements; describes her as a former TV news anchor.Independent reporting - 45Hinson wins Republican primary for Iowa U.S. Senate seatKCRG-TV9 · June 2, 2026
Primary-night result, Ernst’s endorsement of Hinson, and both candidates in their own words.Independent reporting - 46Carlin criticizes Hinson’s vote for same-sex marriage law in U.S. Senate primaryIowa Capital Dispatch (Robin Opsahl), published by KCRG · June 1, 2026
Carlin’s lines of attack; Hinson’s 2022 statement that the measure maintains the status quo; her launch hours after Ernst’s announcement; fundraising lead.Independent reporting - 47FACT CHECK: Ad claims Hinson voted for health care, rural hospital cutsKCRG-TV9 · August 24, 2026
The VoteVets ad’s three claims tested against CBO, KFF, Iowa Insurance Division and rural-hospital reports; her January 2026 vote against extending ACA credits; the single mention that Cook Political Report had called the race a toss-up.Independent reporting - 48FACT CHECK: Did Ashley Hinson vote to increase families’ take-home pay by thousands of dollars?KCRG-TV9 · September 1, 2026
The One Nation ad’s claim against CBO and Brookings figures; the HELPERS Act and RNs for Rural Health Act, neither acted on since introduction.Independent reporting - 49Hinson talks debt, spending at Iowa Des Moines Register SoapboxGray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau, published by KCRG · August 18, 2026
Her State Fair remarks on the debt, her appropriations record and the tax provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.Independent reporting - 50Hinson apologizes, blames staff after journalist uncovers plagiarismKCRG-TV9 · July 20, 2020
The New York Times findings as KCRG reported them, including 91 of 642 words on one page, and her apology in full.Independent reporting - 51Iowa PBS sets Oct. 7 U.S. Senate debate between Hinson and TurekCBS2 Iowa (Iowa’s News Now) · September 3, 2026
The October 7, 2026 debate in Johnston, moderated by Kay Henderson; Turek of Council Bluffs won the Democratic nomination in June.Independent reporting - 52Iowa 2026 Poll: Hinson Leads Turek for U.S. Senate, Sand Maintains Edge over Lahn for GovernorEmerson College Polling / Nexstar Media · September 3, 2026
August 31 to September 1, 2026; 750 likely voters; credibility interval 3.6 points; Hinson 50, Turek 45; independents Turek 46, Hinson 44.Independent analysis or rating - 53On Agreeing to the Objection — House roll call 10, January 6, 2021 (Arizona)GovTrack.us · January 6, 2021
Identifies roll call 10 as the vote on the objection to counting Arizona’s electoral votes; failed 121–303.Independent analysis or rating - 54On Agreeing to the Objection — House roll call 11, January 7, 2021 (Pennsylvania)GovTrack.us · January 7, 2021
Identifies roll call 11 as the vote on the objection to counting Pennsylvania’s electoral votes; failed 138–282.Independent analysis or rating - 55Ashley Hinson announces bid for Iowa Senate seat after Ernst retirementFox News (Paul Steinhauser) · September 2, 2025
Published the day of the launch: Ernst’s Tuesday announcement that she would not seek re-election and Hinson’s campaign launch a few hours later.Independent reporting - 56Candidate List, November 3, 2026 General ElectionIowa Secretary of State · 2026
United States Senator: Ashley Hinson (Republican), Josh Turek (Democratic) and Thomas Laehn (Libertarian), with filing dates.Government record - 57Election 2026: Iowa Senate — Turek Leads by 5 PointsRasmussen Reports · September 11, 2026
September 8–10, 2026; 1,031 likely voters; margin of sampling error 2 points: Turek 45, Hinson 40, Laehn 4, not sure 11.Independent analysis or rating - 58New poll has Iowa Democrats in the driver’s seatLe Mars Sentinel / N’West Iowa REVIEW (Kadin Luhmann) · September 11, 2026
Reports the YouGov survey of September 3–8, 2026 (2,169 registered voters: Turek 44, Hinson 43; 47–43 among those likely to vote) and a late-August Suffolk University poll (Hinson 45, Turek 41, Laehn 4).Independent reporting - 59Roll Call Votes, 118th Congress, 2nd Session (2024) — vote menuU.S. Senate · 2024
Describes H.R. 7888 as a bill to reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978; Senate passage April 19, 2024.Government record
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Voting in Iowa: official dates, deadlines and rules
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The dates and rules below were read from the Iowa Secretary of State; the authority's own page, linked beside each one, is the final word.
Dates and deadlines
- Voter registration deadline (pre-registration)October 19, 2026 is the pre-registration deadline. The Secretary of State's calendar for this election gives the deadline as 5:00 p.m.; online and mailed registrations have their own cutoffs (see the online and mail deadlines). After that date you may still register and vote through Election Day Registration, with proof of identity and residence. Read from: sos.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/2026%20General%20Candidate%27s%20Guide.pdf
- Online registration deadlineOctober 19, 2026, at or before 11:59 p.m. CT (fifteen days before the election), through the Iowa DOT online system. You need an Iowa driver's license or non-operator ID and the last five digits of your Social Security number. Read from: voterready.iowa.gov/registertovote
- Mail registration deadlineOctober 19, 2026: a registration form mailed to your county auditor must be received by 5:00 p.m. CT that day or be postmarked fifteen days prior to the election; the Secretary of State's calendar for this election says mailed forms postmarked on or before October 19, 2026 are on time even if they are received after the deadline. Read from: voterready.iowa.gov/registertovote
- Election Day registrationAvailable. On Election Day, November 3, 2026, you may register and vote at the polling place for your current address with proof of identity and residence; the same process is available during in-person absentee voting at your county auditor's office after the October 19, 2026 pre-registration deadline. Read from: voterready.iowa.gov/registertovote
- Absentee ballots start being mailedNo sooner than October 14, 2026: county auditors mail absentee ballots no sooner than 20 days before Election Day, and the Secretary of State lists October 14 as the first day of absentee voting. Read from: voterready.iowa.gov/voting-absentee
- Early voting (in-person absentee) beginsOctober 14, 2026, the first day of absentee voting. In-person absentee voting takes place at your county auditor's office or at a satellite location, if available. Read from: voterready.iowa.gov
- Early voting (in-person absentee) endsNovember 2, 2026, the day before the election; in-person absentee voting runs up to 5 p.m. Read from: voterready.iowa.gov
- Deadline to request an absentee ballot by mailOctober 19, 2026: your original, signed request form must be received by your county auditor before 5:00 p.m. CT. County auditors began accepting requests on August 25, 2026. Read from: voterready.iowa.gov
Rules to know
- What to bringPrecinct election officials must ask voters to show one of these IDs: Iowa driver's license or Iowa non-operator ID (not expired more than 90 days); U.S. passport (not expired); U.S. military ID or veteran ID (not expired); Iowa Voter ID PIN card (must be signed); Tribal ID card or document (signed, with photo, not expired). Without one, another registered voter in your precinct may attest to your identity, you may prove identity and residence with Election Day Registration documents, or you have the right to a provisional ballot; provisional voters receive a notice with the deadline to provide additional documentation. If you moved to a new precinct in the same county, also bring proof of residence with your name and correct address, current within 45 days. Read from: voterready.iowa.gov/voter-id-information
- Voting absentee by mailAny registered voter may vote absentee by mail. Send the original, signed Absentee Ballot Request Form to your county auditor; it does not need to be witnessed or notarized. It must give your name, date of birth, Iowa residential address, a voter verification number (Iowa driver's license or non-operator ID number, or the four-digit PIN on your Iowa Voter ID Card), the name or date of the election, and your signature and the date. The auditor must receive it before 5:00 p.m. CT on October 19, 2026. Return the ballot in the envelope the auditor supplies so that it is received before 8:00 p.m. CT on Election Day, by mail or by hand delivery to the county auditor. Only an immediate family member, a member of your household or, if you are disabled, a person you designate may return it for you. Read from: voterready.iowa.gov/voting-absentee
- Early voting (absentee in person)Iowa's early voting is in-person absentee voting. It is available beginning 20 days before the election (October 14, 2026) and runs up to 5 p.m. the day before the election (November 2, 2026), at your county auditor's office or at a satellite location, if available. You complete the absentee ballot request form, and election officials must ask you to show one of the accepted IDs. To find out whether a satellite station is planned, contact your county auditor. Read from: voterready.iowa.gov/voting-absentee
- Registering on Election DayYou may register and vote on Election Day at the correct polling place for your current address; you must prove both who you are and where you live. Identity: an Iowa driver's license, or another photo ID that is current, valid and has an expiration date: Iowa non-operator ID, out-of-state driver's license or non-operator ID, U.S. passport, U.S. military or veteran ID, ID card issued by an employer, student ID issued by an Iowa high school or college, or Tribal ID. If the ID lacks your current address, bring a paper or electronic document with your name and current address, current within 45 days: residential lease, utility bill (including a cell phone bill), bank statement, paycheck, government check or other government document, or property tax statement. If you cannot provide these, a registered voter from your precinct may attest for you; both of you must sign an oath. Read from: sos.iowa.gov/voters/election-day
- Track your absentee ballotYou can track the status of your absentee ballot with the Secretary of State's Track Your Absentee Ballot tool after the county auditor has received your request form. The search form has fields for your first name, last name, date of birth and ZIP code. Read from: voterready.iowa.gov/voting-absentee
Read from: Voter Ready | A Guide To Voting In Iowa · Register to Vote | Voter Ready | A Guide To Voting In Iowa · Voting Absentee | Voter Ready | A Guide To Voting In Iowa · Voting at the Polls | Voter Ready | A Guide To Voting In Iowa · Voter ID Information | Voter Ready | A Guide To Voting In Iowa · Elections & Voting | Iowa Secretary of State - Paul D. Pate — Rules and dates as of Sep 17, 2026
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