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Winner, unofficial result · U.S. Senate, IA
Joshua Turek
- Over
- Ashley Hinson (Republican), 46.4%
- Votes
- 688,302 (57,028 ahead)
- Term begins
- January 3, 2027
Unofficial result, not yet certified. Source: Wikipedia · read 2026-11-14
Called it. Before the polls closed, Vugol.Me called this race for the Democrat (D +0.4, a toss-up, from verified polls) and the Democrat won. Every call, frozen before polls closed
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The race
U.S. Senate, IA. Won with 50.5%, 4.2 points ahead over Ashley Hinson.
- Josh Turek Democratic · winner50.6%
- Josh Turek Democratic · winner50.5%
- Ashley Hinson Republican46.4%
- Ashley Hinson Republican46.4%
- Thomas Laehn L3.1%
- Thomas Laehn Libertarian3.1%
Source: Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-11-14 · unofficial until certified
Polls and models against the result
- Frozen call
- Democrat (D +0.4, a toss-up, from verified polls)
- Result
- D +4.2
- Difference
- 3.8 points
Source: Vugol.Me calls ledger, frozen before polls closed and never edited after. Margins are Republican minus Democrat.
Money
Principal campaign committee: JOSH TUREK FOR IOWA. Covers July 1, 2025 to October 14, 2026; latest report: Pre-General. Money raised after that date appears once the next report is filed. These are the two-year cycle totals; a Senate campaign runs six years, so money raised earlier in the term is not counted here.
Where the money came from
40.1% of the $21,987,600 from individuals came in contributions the FEC does not itemize (donors who gave $200 or less in total).
- Individuals, unitemized (donors giving $200 or less in total)36.3%$8,827,753
- Individuals, itemized54.2%$13,159,846
- Other political committees (PACs)2.4%$576,455
- Party committees0.3%$67,500
- Transfers, other loans and other receipts6.8%$1,658,966
Employers donors listed
- TRIAL LAWYERS FOR JUSTICE$35,00010 contributions
- JANE STREET$16,1225 contributions
- ADVANTAGE ADMINISTRATORS$14,0006 contributions
- Q PRIME$14,0004 contributions
- STATE OF IOWA$11,29745 contributions
- GOOGLE$9,2149 contributions
- GOOGLE LLC$7,8003 contributions
- ANALYSIS GROUP$7,5003 contributions
- INVARIANT$7,5003 contributions
- STUART TINLEY LAW FIRM$7,5003 contributions
Sum of itemized individual contributions by the employer the donor listed. These are employees giving as individuals, not donations by the companies. Entries such as retired, not employed or self-employed are left out of this list.
Source: Federal Election Commission (OpenFEC) · reports filed through October 14, 2026 · retrieved 2026-11-10 · filings can be amended · response hash 3bbe54308566
Industries
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Record
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Contact and links
- Website
- turek4iowa.com official
- Campaign email
- info@turek4iowa.com · source
- Social
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Timeline
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All sources
- Result: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa&oldid=1385596778
- Call time: Called by Wikipedia editors 11:27 PM ET (revision)
- Pre-election call: Vugol.Me calls ledger (frozen), /calls
- Term start: U.S. Constitution, 20th Amendment, section 1
- Campaign finance: Federal Election Commission
- Roster, FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S6IA00298/
- photo_gallery https://turek4iowa.com/about
- photo_headshot https://turek4iowa.com/about
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