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U.S. Senate · IA · Democratic candidate · 2026

Josh Turek

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Iowa

Council Bluffs state representative and Paralympic champion focused on affordable health care, workers, family farms and congressional ethics.

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StateIowa
OfficeU.S. Senate
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Josh stands.

Campaign position

Raise wages with inflation

  • Supports raising the federal minimum wage, tying regular increases to inflation and passing the PRO Act to protect collective bargaining

Campaign position

Restrict Wall Street home purchases

  • Would bar private equity firms from purchasing single-family homes and farmland and simplify affordable-housing permits

Campaign position

Expand coverage with a public option

  • Supports a public insurance option, restoring Medicaid funding, protecting ACA coverage and expanding rural and mental health services

Campaign position

Ban congressional trading and corporate PACs

  • Supports stock-trading bans for lawmakers and spouses, banning corporate PAC money and stronger campaign-finance disclosure

Campaign position

Protect farmers and repair rights

  • Supports a federal right-to-repair law, mandatory country-of-origin labeling and stronger action against agribusiness monopolies

Campaign position

Restore reproductive health protections

  • Would restore federal Roe v. Wade protections and protect access to contraception and IVF

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. 2016 and 2021

    Accomplishment

    Won two Paralympic gold medals

    Won wheelchair basketball gold with Team USA at Rio 2016 and the Tokyo Games held in 2021.

  • Experience

    Iowa state representative

    Represents Council Bluffs in the Iowa House after first winning election in 2022.

  • Experience

    Professional wheelchair basketball player

    Played professional wheelchair basketball and represented the United States at four Paralympic Games.

  • Experience

    Ryan Martin Foundation volunteer director

    Worked as volunteer director for a foundation offering free sports opportunities to children with disabilities.

  • Experience

    Mobility equipment worker

    Worked with patients and doctors to provide wheelchairs, mobility devices and complex rehabilitation technology.

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