Republican U.S. representative and Iowa Senate candidate
9 stories from The GOP Files, newest first. Last in the news Oct 26.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has campaigned in at least nine states in the weeks before Nov. 3 to protect a 53-47 Republican majority. He says that if Rep. Ashley Hinson loses in Iowa, Republicans won't hold the Senate.
Diesel has roughly doubled in eight months because of the Iran war, and Iowa farmers are feeling it. Both of Iowa's open top races are competitive for the first time in over a decade.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says control of the Senate 'must run through' Iowa, a state Trump won by 13 points in 2024. Polls show Republican Ashley Hinson and Democrat Josh Turek tied 10 days before the election.
Trump said Thursday he has a right to seek a third term because he claims, falsely, that the 2020 election was stolen. The 22nd Amendment says no one may be elected president more than twice.
A new poll shows Trump's approval among rural voters back above water after a bad September. Republicans still face close Senate races in Iowa, Kansas and Alaska, and the poll did not find that rural voters had turned against him.
Trump promised $8 billion in diesel relief at a Sioux City rally, in a state where Iran war fuel costs have made once-safe Republican races competitive. Polls show the Senate race tied.
At an Iowa rally, the president admitted the Constitution appears to bar a third term, then said the false claim that 2020 was stolen gives him grounds to run anyway. The remarks come less than two weeks before the Nov. 3 midterms.
Republican Senate candidate Ashley Hinson has shifted from promising to be Trump's "top ally" to saying she will challenge him. The change shows how tight Iowa's open Senate race has become.
Trump's August order to let in more cheaper beef barely dented grocery prices, NPR reports. It has angered ranchers in states that could decide control of Congress on November 3.
