Iowa US Senate 2026
Election day is November 3, 2026. A statewide contest in Iowa.
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What the Iowa US Senate election decides
The Senate confirms federal judges and cabinet officers, ratifies treaties, and can stop legislation the House passes. With a six-year term and a hundred-member chamber, a single seat is a larger share of the institution than any House district, which is why Senate races draw national money into state contests.
Each state sends two senators regardless of population, so this seat carries the same weight as California's or Wyoming's. Iowa voters fill it alongside all 4 of the state's House seats and the governorship, and a Senate term runs six years, spanning two future Congresses and, in this case, the next presidential election.
How Iowa votes
Iowa's politics run through its farm economy, small cities and a long tradition of retail campaigning. Once a national bellwether, it has trended Republican in recent cycles while remaining competitive in the right conditions. That backdrop is the ground any Iowa campaign fights on, and it is what the Electorate HQ simulation reads first when it weighs a ticket's platform against this contest.
About this race
The 2026 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Iowa. Democratic state representative Josh Turek defeated Republican representative Ashley Hinson. Republican incumbent Joni Ernst did not seek a third term.
Primary elections were held on June 2. Endorsed by President Donald Trump, Hinson won the Republican nomination with 73.9% of the vote over former state senator Jim Carlin. Turek won the Democratic nomination with 62.6% of the vote over state senator Zach Wahls.
Turek is the first Democrat to win a Senate election in Iowa since 2008
Latest coverage of the Iowa US Senate race
Live Results: Josh Turek wins Senate election in IowaIowa voter guide: Candidates running in the 2026 electionsElection 2026: Iowa Senate race tightens with less than two weeks to Election DayIowa 2026 U.S. Senate Race SummaryElection Results: Josh Turek defeats Ashley Hinson in Iowa Senate race'All eyes are on Iowa this year' as Democrats hope to turn red seats blueJosh Turek delivers flips control of Senate with Iowa upsetIowa U.S. Senate Election 2026: Latest PollsThe rest of the Iowa ballot
Every Iowa House district, the counties inside each one, and an address lookup that resolves your exact districts are on the Iowa state page.
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Analysis covering Iowa
Twenty-six states elect a senator and a governor on the same day in 2026
The overlap between the Senate class and the gubernatorial cohort is a coincidence of two unrelated calendars, and it decides where money goes.
The 2026 Senate map covers 62% of the country and 70% of the states
Thirty-five of fifty states vote for Senate this year. Weighted by people rather than states the share drops, and that gap is the design of the chamber.