Abortion:Opposes taxpayer funding for abortion providers and supports protecting the unborn.[1]
Agriculture and Farm Labor:Supports reforming H-2A agricultural labor programs and reducing regulatory burdens on farmers, while opposing amnesty for undocumented workers.[1]
Big Tech accountability:Supports federal action to require Big Tech to address algorithms exposing children to harmful social media content.[1]
Seats and incumbents from the public congress-legislators dataset; candidates from FEC filings and Wikipedia polling rosters; polls and aggregation averages via Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA) and public polling exports. The community pick is an unscientific reader poll. All active races →
🗳️ IJR community pollinfluence-weighted · not a scientific poll
Emerson CollegeAug 4Hinson 48 – Turek 45
Beacon Research (D)/Shaw & Co. Research (R)Jun 27Turek 50 – Hinson 46
New York Times/Siena UniversityJun 27Hinson 48 – Turek 46
Birthright citizenship:Opposes automatic birthright citizenship when parents are not citizens or lawful permanent residents.[1]
Border enforcement & immigration law:Supports excluding noncitizens from congressional apportionment counts and cracking down on illegal immigration.[1][2]
Child care:Supports policies to make child care more attainable and accessible for Iowa families.[1][2]
Child care access:Supports policies to strengthen the child care system as essential to workforce participation.[1]
Childcare:Supports policies to make child care more attainable for Iowa families.[1]
China & trade:Supports holding China accountable for trade violations and expanding market access through deals.[1][2]
Congressional Ethics:As a Senate candidate, has pushed for a ban on congressional stock trading.[1]
Congressional stock trading:Supports banning Members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks and participating in prediction markets.[1]
Congressional term limits:Supports adding term limits to the U.S. Constitution.[1]
Crime & policing:Opposes legislation to defund police and supports providing law enforcement with needed resources.[1][2]
EV mandates:Opposes EV mandates and supports preserving consumer choice for gas-powered vehicles.[1][2]
Election integrity: voter ID:Supports the SAVE Act requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.[1][2]
Elections and Voting:Supports the SAVE Act to require proof of citizenship for voting, citing election integrity concerns.[1]
Energy:Has been characterized as opposed to expanding renewable energy mandates, according to a political survey.[1]
Energy production:Supports expanding E-15 ethanol access and an all-of-the-above energy strategy including biofuels.[1]
Federal Spending:Opposed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act COVID-19 relief package.[1]
Fentanyl & drug enforcement:Supports reclassifying fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs to combat the crisis.[1]
Free speech & tech censorship:Supports requiring online platforms to adhere to First Amendment standards for Section 230 liability protection.[1]
Gun policy:Supports Second Amendment rights per voting record alignment.[1]
Health care:Supports requiring health insurers to disclose claim denial rates and reasons to increase transparency.[1]
Housing costs:Supports legislation to lower housing costs, expand supply, and limit investor purchases of single-family homes.[1]
Immigration:Supports strong border security, opposes amnesty for people in the country illegally, and disagreed with the Supreme Court ruling upholding birthright citizenship.[1][2][3]
Israel:Supports Israel and its right to defend itself against terrorist threats.[1]
Marijuana legalization:Supports a robust medical marijuana program while opposing free-for-all recreational legalization.[1]
Medical gender transition for minors:Opposes sex changes for kids and supports parental consent requirements in related policies.[1]
Parents' rights in education:Pioneered and supports the Parents Bill of Rights Act to advance parental rights in education.[1]
Regulation & permitting:Supports reducing federal regulations on small businesses and farmers.[1]
School choice:Supports expanding school choice to allow families to select the best educational options.[1]
Social Security & Medicare:Supports strengthening Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security for seniors.[1]
Student loan forgiveness:Opposes student loan forgiveness as it unfairly transfers costs to those who did not attend college or already repaid loans.[1][2]
Taxation and Economy:Supports extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts and eliminating taxes on tips and overtime pay to boost take-home income for workers.[1]
Taxes:Supports permanently extending 2017 Trump tax cuts, no tax on tips, and no tax on overtime.[1]
Ukraine aid:Supports Ukraine aid limited to military assistance.[1]
Veterans:Supports reforms to improve veterans' access to mental health care regardless of location.[1]
Veterans mental health:Supports reforms to improve veterans' access to mental health care regardless of location.[1]
Veterans mental health access:Supports reforms to improve veterans' access to mental health care regardless of location.[1]
Veterans' mental health:Supports reforms to improve veterans' access to mental health care regardless of location.[1]
Women's sports:Supports keeping transgender athletes out of women’s sports.[1]
Abortion:Supports deciding abortion fully at the state level and would support a total ban as a state-level official.[1]
Eminent domain abuse:Supports ending eminent domain abuse by prohibiting private companies from using state power to seize property for commercial gain, including carbon capture pipelines.[1][2][3]
Federal spending & debt:Supports fighting against the national debt and reducing excessive federal spending.[1]
Federalism:Supports keeping the national government out of policymaking spheres reserved for the states by the Constitution.[1]
Marijuana legalization:Supports decriminalization of marijuana possession and use and would introduce it as the first bill in the Senate.[1][2]
Restoring balance of powers:Supports restoring constitutional balance by curbing presidential power exercised through executive orders, agreements, and unilateral lawmaking.[1][2][3]
Stopping wasteful wars:Supports returning war-making power to Congress, bringing troops home from unnecessary conflicts, and conserving military strength for vital interests.[1]
Two-party system:Opposes the two-party system and seeks to restore political power to the people while eliminating the role of PACs and super PACs.[1][2][3]
