Josh Turek

Democratic Party (D)
U.S. Senator · Iowa, United States of America · 2026
PurposeJosh Turek, a state legislator and two-time Paralympic gold medalist, is running for Iowa's open Senate seat on healthcare, farm-policy, and cost-of-living issues.

Economy
On the economy, his platform backs middle-class tax cuts financed by closing loopholes for corporations and the wealthy, a federal ban on food price-gouging, an inflation-indexed minimum wage increase, and blocking private equity firms from buying up single-family homes and farmland.

Health
He frames healthcare as "a human right," with commitments to restore Medicaid funding cut for roughly 110,000 Iowans, protect ACA coverage for about 118,000 subscribers in the state, cap insulin costs, and add a public healthcare option.

Agriculture/Food
He backs a stable multi-year Farm Bill, federal right-to-repair rules for farm equipment, mandatory country-of-origin labeling on meat, and antitrust action against agricultural consolidation, while opposing tariff policy he says has hurt commodity exports.

Security
Separately from his immigration stance, he commits to expanded PACT Act coverage and homelessness and mental-health services for veterans.

Immigration
He supports pairing border-security funding with an earned pathway to citizenship, while opposing what he calls ICE abuses, and wants enforcement focused on stopping fentanyl trafficking.

Education
He calls for ending Iowa's school-voucher program, increasing public school funding, and protecting the state's Area Education Agencies, which provide services to students with disabilities.

Governance
He proposes refusing corporate PAC money, banning congressional stock trading, holding annual town halls, and imposing term limits on members of Congress and Supreme Court justices.

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