2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 20
Summary
Katie Britt joined Ashley Hinson in Des Moines on Tuesday, using a family-focused pitch to bolster the Republican Senate nominee in an Iowa race that has become a tossup.
Trump's weak approval ratings have rattled Republicans in the conservative-leaning state, prompting a flood of party advertising, visits from national officials and a planned Trump stop in Sioux City on Thursday.
Hinson and Britt, both among the few members of Congress with school-age children, stressed parenting, contraception access, IVF affordability and rural health grants rather than culture-war themes.
That softer message underscored a broader GOP effort to shore up support for Hinson against Democrat Josh Turek while limiting the drag from voter dissatisfaction with Trump.
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