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RandySF

(87,748 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 01:59 AM 7 hrs ago

IA-SEN: Turek (D) leads Hinson (R) in Iowa Senate poll of likely general election voters

Iowa Democratic Senate nominee Josh Turek has a narrow lead over GOP rival Ashley Hinson in a new internal poll of likely general-election voters.

Turek leads Hinson 47 percent to 45 percent in the poll, conducted by Global Strategy Group from June 8-11 among 1,000 likely general election voters. The poll shows that Republicans have a 10-point edge in voter registration (42 percent to 32 percent) and an electorate that voted for Donald Trump by 9 points (50 percent for Trump to 41 percent for Kamala Harris).

But the polling also shows Trump’s favorabilities underwater across the electorate, with 45 percent favorable and 52 percent unfavorable. Among registered independents, Trump is upside down 28 points.

Turek is “significantly outperforming the state’s underlying partisan dynamics,” Global Strategy Group’s Matt Canter & Ramzi Ebbini write in a memo first obtained by POLITICO. “Republicans maintain substantial advantages in voter registration and party identification, yet Turek enters the general election ahead of Republican Ashley Hinson, with stronger personal favorability ratings, overperforming a generic Democrat, and with clear opportunities to expand his coalition as more voters become familiar with him.”



https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/22/congress/iowa-senate-turek-hinson-poll-00969578

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IA-SEN: Turek (D) leads Hinson (R) in Iowa Senate poll of likely general election voters (Original Post) RandySF 7 hrs ago OP
Let's get it done Iowa Dems. Turek gives us oasis 6 hrs ago #1
make iowa blue again nt msongs 6 hrs ago #2
Good news BlueWaveNeverEnd 6 hrs ago #3
Tureks got the message that appeals across working class Iowans... the charisma, and the fundraising acumen SSJVegeta 4 hrs ago #4
The Argentina effect? peppertree 4 hrs ago #5

oasis

(54,292 posts)
1. Let's get it done Iowa Dems. Turek gives us
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:27 AM
6 hrs ago

a good chance of having the numbers we need to take over the U.S. Senate.
Knock on doors and make phone calls. Most of all,
VOTE.

SSJVegeta

(3,409 posts)
4. Tureks got the message that appeals across working class Iowans... the charisma, and the fundraising acumen
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 04:32 AM
4 hrs ago

Im optimistic!

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