What party is Josh Turek?

Josh Turek is running as a Democrat.

Who is Josh Turek running against?

Ashley Hinson, for Iowa U.S. Senate.

Should I vote for Josh Turek?

SpectrumVote doesn't endorse anyone or tell you how to vote. Compare Josh Turek's record, funding and endorsements with the other candidates in this race and decide based on what matters to you.

Josh Turek

Democrat · Candidate for Iowa U.S. Senate · November 3, 2026

Where they stand

Moderately left, from who donates to them (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford). From who donated to their 2022 campaign for state House.

Source: data · how scores are linked to one scale.

AI read of their current public record: moderately left.

Issue by issue

Economy & taxes	Slightly left
Abortion	Strongly left
Climate & energy	Center
Health care	Moderately left

AI-estimated from their own website and Wikipedia article, only where they state a position.

Outside spending

Independent groups reported $28M supporting and $65M opposing Josh Turek.

For
Votevets · Veterans / national security	$9.9M
Lower Costs Now · Unknown (no stated mission)	$8.5M
Government That Works PAC · Independent / cross-party candidates	$2.4M
Winsenate · Democratic Senate leadership super PAC	$2.3M
One for All Committee · Centrist / moderate advocacy	$1.3M
Cffe PAC · Progressive advocacy	$1.1M
Against
SLF PAC · Republican Senate leadership super PAC	$41M
Fight on Iowa · Single-candidate super PAC (supports Ashley Hinson)	$7.1M
Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc. (AFP Action) DBA CVA Action and DBA Libre Action · Libertarian / free-market	$5.8M
Win It Back PAC · Libertarian / free-market	$3.8M
America PAC · Conservative advocacy	$2.8M
Plains PAC · Republican Senate leadership super PAC	$1.8M

Source: FEC independent expenditures.

Endorsements

Executive branch officials: Pete Buttigieg, Martin O'Malley, Barack Obama
U.S. senators: Bob Casey Jr., Catherine Cortez Masto, Tammy Duckworth, Ruben Gallego, Tom Harkin, Maggie Hassan and 5 more
U.S. representatives: Tony Coelho, Ro Khanna, Jamie Raskin
Statewide officials: Tom Miller, Sally Pederson
State legislators: Robert Dvorsky, Michael Gronstal, Pam Jochum, Jennifer Konfrst, J. D. Scholten, 2 state senators and 3 more
Party officials: Andy McGuire
Individuals: Nathan Sage, Jon Bauman, Matthew Yglesias
Organizations: Defend The Vote, VoteVets, End Citizens United, Feminist Majority PAC, J Street, Jewish Democratic Council of America and 3 more
Labor unions: Heat and Frost Insulators Local 39, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 222IN, American Federation of Government Employees, Iowa Farmers Union, Iowa Professional Fire Fighters Association
Newspapers: The Gazette
Political parties: Iowa Democratic Party

More about Josh Turek

Campaign website · Wikipedia · Ballotpedia

Also running

Ashley Hinson · Republican

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Quick answers

What party is Josh Turek?: Josh Turek is running as a Democrat.
Who is Josh Turek running against?: Ashley Hinson, for Iowa U.S. Senate.
Is Josh Turek liberal or conservative?: On SpectrumVote's left–right scale, Josh Turek is moderately left, from who donates to them (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford). This comes from published research, not our opinion.
Should I vote for Josh Turek?: SpectrumVote doesn't endorse anyone or tell you how to vote. Compare Josh Turek's record, funding and endorsements with the other candidates in this race and decide based on what matters to you.

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