Iowa Senate Race Tests Trump Tariff Backlash as Hinson and Turek Battle for 1 Seat
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 7
Iowa Senate Race Tests Trump Tariff Backlash as Hinson and Turek Battle for 1 Seat
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 7
Summary
Iowa’s 1 Senate contest has emerged as a midterm test of whether economic pain can erode Republican strength in a state Donald Trump has carried three straight times.
Trump’s tariffs are central to that question, with Democrats arguing they have hurt Iowa’s farm and manufacturing base while fertilizer and gasoline costs have climbed sharply during the Iran war.
Ashley Hinson has defended Trump-era tax cuts and says the tariffs were needed to pressure trade partners, even as she has at times pushed back on his trade policies.
Josh Turek is making high costs and farmers’ struggles the core of his case, turning the race into a broader gauge of how voters judge Trump’s economic agenda in rural conservative states.