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Trump Rallies With Ashley Hinson in Sioux City as Iowa Senate Race Tightens
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Trump holds rally in Sioux City to boost Hinson in Iowa's open Senate seat. Hinson previously pledged to be Trump's top ally but faces pushback from some GOP candidates.
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Trump and Hinson in Iowa
President Donald Trump is set to rally Thursday with Rep. Ashley Hinson in Iowa as the Senate race in the state tightens, with Hinson seeking to boost Republican candidates in the final weeks before Election Day.
Hinson recounted to supporters that when she dropped off her boys at school, the initials "DJT" flashed on her phone and Trump introduced himself: "Ashley, it’s your favorite president," as she tried to win over undecided voters.
Hinson told supporters she would be President Trump’s ally when it is important for Iowa, but she would push back on him, and she said she would be at the rally in Sioux City because she called it "a contrast election."
Hinson also said she was relying on Trump’s loyalists to show up for her, even as she described Iowa as hamstrung by manufacturing job losses, health care clinic closures and shrunken farm profits since Trump returned to the White House.
Trump is expected to visit the state again Nov. 1, and Iowa Republican Party Chair Jeff Kaufmann said the president was "anxious for Iowans to hear his message before they vote."
Pushback, tariffs, and war
Hinson adjusted her commitment to Trump after she and Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek went head-to-head at a debate earlier this month, when she said she would be Mr. Trump's ally when it’s "important for Iowa" and would "push back on him" when it’s needed.
Hinson told reporters she would challenge Trump if he said something wrong, and she said, "If he's going to say something that's wrong, I'm going to challenge him on it."
Turek told reporters he was happy for Trump to visit to see how his tariffs and the Iran war have "hurt Iowa more than any other state," while he called Hinson a rubber stamp for the president’s bad policies.
Hinson criticized Trump’s decision to ease sanctions on Russia in exchange for diesel fuel, and she said Tuesday that the U.S. needs to make sure "dictators aren't allowed to win wars."
Hinson also said she hadn’t talked with the president about the Russia issue and added, "Maybe I'll have a chance to come have a conversation with him at the rally."
What is at stake
The Iowa Senate race is framed as a contest that could come down to rural and undecided voters, with NewsNation saying farm incomes are down 53% in the last three years and Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies have more than doubled in the past two years. NewsNation also said Decision Desk HQ numbers show Democrat Josh Turek leading by less than a point at 46.7% and Ashley Hinson at 46.3%, while prediction markets are leaning towards Hinson. Hinson’s campaign message emphasizes bipartisanship and contrast with Trump, and she told Semafor that Trump’s visit will help remind Iowans why they voted so strongly for him in 2024, saying, "Look back to where things were two years ago, before we had President Trump securing our border."
Turek told Semafor that it is good for Trump to see what policies like the tariffs and the war in Iran have done to Iowa, saying, "It's good. … He needs to see what the policies, like the tariffs and the war in Iran, cuts to healthcare, have done to a state like Iowa." The stakes for Republicans are tied to the state’s economic pressures, and NewsNation said the fallout from the tariff war and the war in Iran does not bode well for Republicans as Iowa grapples with the consequences of those two conflicts.