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Josh Turek

Current Iowa state representative for District 20. Campaign affiliation: Democratic.

Voter guide

Background, stated goals, record, and money

Goals come from the campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from official records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so; goals are summarized from the campaign's own platform and stay attributed; the record lines are official actions with the government source attached; money is shown as filed, with the filings it covers in the note under the table, and is not evidence of why any position was taken.

Josh Turek

Background

  • Current Iowa state representative for District 20, a Democrat, serving on the House Health and Human Services Committee.
  • His campaign describes him as the first and only permanently disabled member of the Iowa Legislature, born with spina bifida, and as an adaptive sports athlete.

What they say they want to do

  • Cut middle-class taxes, ban food price gouging, raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation, and bar private equity from buying single-family homes and farmland.
  • Protect and expand the Affordable Care Act, introduce a public option, and crack down on pharmacy benefit managers.
  • Ban corporate PAC money, pass the DISCLOSE Act, set term limits for Congress and the Supreme Court, and ban stock trading by members and their spouses.
  • Pass a Farm Bill, a federal right-to-repair law, and mandatory country-of-origin labeling, and prevent eminent domain for corporate use.
  • Restore public-school funding and end school vouchers.

What the official record shows

  • Sole sponsor of H.F. 349 (2025) and H.F. 404 (2023), bills relating to the state minimum hourly wage; both were introduced and referred to the Labor and Workforce Committee without further action.
  • Sole sponsor of H.F. 405 (2025) and H.F. 502 (2023) on insurance coverage for prescription insulin drugs; H.F. 405 was introduced and referred to the Commerce Committee on February 13, 2025, with no further action.
  • Sole sponsor of H.F. 2442 (right to repair farm equipment) and H.F. 2443 (country-of-origin labeling), both introduced February 16, 2026 and referred to the Agriculture Committee.
  • Sole sponsor of H.F. 286 and H.F. 288 (2025) and H.F. 2430 (2026), bills limiting campaign contributions; each was introduced and referred to the State Government Committee.
  • Listed among 32 sponsors of H.F. 697 (2023), the housing tax credit and first-time homebuyer bill (tenth in the list).

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers from joint fundraising committees (line 12)$0
Contributions from joint fundraising committees (line 11C)$0
Conduit entries for earmarked individual contributions 1 committee$2,377,439
Corporation-connected PACs$0
Trade association PACs$0
Leadership PACs 38 committees$274,000
Membership organization PACs 3 committees$5,275
Labor organization PACs 5 committees$25,000
Cooperative PACs$0
Party committees 2 committees$62,500
Other candidates' committees 4 committees$10,402
Other PACs (no organization type recorded) 12 committees$62,500
Committees listed without an FEC id in the filing 1 committee$450

Source: Federal Election Commission

Itemized receipts from political committees in the 2025-2026 cycle filings through June 30, 2026, grouped by the FEC's recorded organization type or designation of the contributing committee. Party rows: DSCC $62,000 on 2026-06-03 (line 11B) and Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee $500 on 2026-06-25 (line 11C); the $450 committee listed without an FEC id is the Carroll County Democratic Central Committee. Table rows other than the conduit row sum to $440,126.83, equal to the FEC summary's other-committee ($378,126.83) plus party ($62,000) contributions. The party row groups contributors by the FEC's recorded committee type, so it includes a county party committee whose $500 the filing reports on line 11C as an other-committee contribution; that is why the party row ($62,500) is $500 above the FEC summary's party line ($62,000). Not in the table: $4,000 itemized from organizations that are not political committees (Per4max Medical $3,500 and IDPAC $500) and a $547 line-14 offset from Employers Insurance. Excluded memo entries are $43,110 of individual contributions earmarked through conduits other than ActBlue (JStreetPAC and PAC for Good), which is individual money and appears in no row, and a $2,500 leadership PAC itemization already counted.

Words and record

What they say, and what the record shows

Each card gets one label from a fixed list and states its own limit.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says it is not taking any corporate PAC money and would ban corporate PAC money in campaigns.

What the record shows ·

His filings through June 2026 show no money from any committee the FEC lists as tied to a corporation or trade group; many PACs have no type recorded.

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What they say

His campaign says it is not taking any corporate PAC money and would ban corporate PAC money in campaigns.

“Josh is not taking any corporate PAC money, because this campaign is for Iowa and Iowans, not corporations.”

In their own words, dated

“In the U.S. Senate, I'll fight to get dark money out of politics and to increase the minimum wage”

“We need more leaders willing to take on powerful interests, and I am proud to announce that I will refuse corporate PAC money, support a stock trading ban for members of Congress, and crack down on dark money.”

What the record shows ·

His committee's filings through June 30, 2026 report $378,126.83 from other political committees and $62,000 from a party committee, against $6,276,526.90 in total receipts. By the FEC's recorded type of each contributing committee, that money came from 38 leadership PACs ($274,000), twelve PACs with no organization type recorded ($62,500), the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ($62,000) and one county party committee ($500), five labor organization PACs ($25,000), four other candidates' committees ($10,401.83), three membership organization PACs ($5,275), and a second county party committee listed without an FEC id ($450). No contributing committee is recorded by the FEC as connected to a corporation or a trade association.

What the filings show

Same as the record side; on this card the filing is the record.

The FEC's organization type is what the contributing committee filed; a membership or leadership PAC can itself receive corporate-connected money, which this check does not trace. Individual contributions are not classified. Filings after June 30 are not covered. Three receipts recorded from organizations rather than political committees are outside this table and this test: $3,500 from Per4max Medical and $500 from IDPAC, both itemized on line 11AI, and a $547 line-14 offset from Employers Insurance.

Limit: Leadership PACs are sponsored by other politicians, and the FEC's organization-type field is blank for many PACs, so "no corporate PAC money" is tested only against the FEC's recorded types. Individual contributions earmarked through conduits (ActBlue, $2,377,439.49 in memo entries; JStreetPAC and PAC for Good, $43,110) are individual money and are not counted here. Contributions are context, not evidence of why any position was taken.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he has sponsored bills to raise the minimum wage and would raise it federally and tie it to inflation.

What the record shows ·

He was sole sponsor of Iowa minimum wage bills in 2023 and 2025; neither made it out of committee.

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What they say

His campaign says he has sponsored bills to raise the minimum wage and would raise it federally and tie it to inflation.

“Josh also has a long record of fighting for workers' rights, from sponsoring bills to raise the minimum wage”

In their own words, dated

“That's why I've fought to lower costs, raise the minimum wage, and protect workers. I'll do exactly the same in the U.S. Senate.”

“Here are a few bills I am championing this session to make Iowans’ lives better: … A minimum wage increase”

What the record shows ·

He is the sole sponsor of H.F. 349 (introduced February 12, 2025, referred to Labor and Workforce) and H.F. 404 (introduced February 22, 2023, referred to Labor and Workforce), both relating to the state minimum hourly wage. Neither advanced out of committee.

Limit: Sponsorship is not enactment; the bill history shows introduction and referral only. The bills' proposed wage levels were not read for this card.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he sponsored legislation to cap insulin costs at $25 a month.

What the record shows ·

He was sole sponsor of Iowa insulin coverage bills in 2023 and 2025; neither passed, and the $25 figure was not checked against the bill text.

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What they say

His campaign says he sponsored legislation to cap insulin costs at $25 a month.

“He has sponsored legislation to cap insulin costs at $25/month”

What the record shows ·

He is the sole sponsor of H.F. 405 (2025), relating to insurance coverage for prescription insulin drugs, introduced and referred to the Commerce Committee on February 13, 2025 with no further action, and of H.F. 502 (2023) on the same subject.

Limit: The $25 figure is the campaign's description; the bill text was not read for this card. Neither bill was enacted. No public post on this topic appears in the collected packet, so the card carries no dated earlier words.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he championed a right-to-repair bill for farm equipment and mandatory country-of-origin labeling.

What the record shows ·

He was sole sponsor of Iowa bills on both in February 2026; neither has moved past committee.

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What they say

His campaign says he championed a right-to-repair bill for farm equipment and mandatory country-of-origin labeling.

“Josh has championed meaningful legislation for Iowa farmers, including fighting for a Right to Repair bill so farmers can fix their own equipment and Mandatory Country of Origin labeling”

In their own words, dated

“Here are a few bills I am championing this session to make Iowans’ lives better: … A Right to Repair bill for our farmers … Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling”

What the record shows ·

He is the sole sponsor of H.F. 2442 (repair of certain equipment associated with farm implements) and H.F. 2443 (country-of-origin labeling for certain products), both introduced February 16, 2026 and referred to the House Agriculture Committee.

Limit: Both bills were introduced in the 2026 session and show no action after referral.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he sponsored legislation to cap the amount of money that can be given to individual campaigns and political committees.

What the record shows ·

He was sole sponsor of three Iowa bills limiting campaign contributions in 2025 and 2026; none advanced.

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What they say

His campaign says he sponsored legislation to cap the amount of money that can be given to individual campaigns and political committees.

“Josh has sponsored legislation to cap the amount of money that can be given to individual campaigns and political committees”

In their own words, dated

“Did you know that the amount of money someone can donate to candidates and political party committees increases automatically every year based on inflation?”

“Here are a few bills I am championing this session to make Iowans’ lives better: … Stopping unlimited donations to state campaigns”

What the record shows ·

He is the sole sponsor of H.F. 286 and H.F. 288 (introduced February 10, 2025) and H.F. 2430 (introduced February 12, 2026), each limiting campaign contributions and referred to the State Government Committee.

Limit: Introduced and referred; none advanced.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he wrote and passed a right-to-repair bill for wheelchairs and mobility devices under Medicaid.

What the record shows ·

His bill and a similar committee bill he voted for both fell short of law; the repair change came through a state Medicaid policy change in July 2024.

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What they say

His campaign says he wrote and passed a right-to-repair bill for wheelchairs and mobility devices under Medicaid.

“Josh wrote and passed a "right to repair" bill that makes it far easier for people to repair wheelchairs and mobility devices covered under Medicaid.”

What the record shows ·

He is the sole sponsor of H.F. 2194 (2024), which would have barred the Medicaid program from requiring a prescription or prior authorization to reimburse a provider for repairing complex rehabilitation technology already prescribed and paid for under Medicaid; a House subcommittee recommended passage 3-0 on February 1, 2024, and the bill received no further action and did not become law. A bill with the same title that he did not sponsor, H.F. 2706, barring a prescription or a face-to-face visit rather than prior authorization, was introduced by the House Ways and Means Committee as successor to House Study Bill 744, was floor-managed by Rep. Best of Carroll, and passed the House 91-0 on April 19, 2024, the final day of the session, with Turek among the ayes; the Senate referred it to committee that day and took no further action, so it also did not become law. He filed his own bill again, word for word, as H.F. 425 (2025), which was referred to committee and went no further, and none of the 105 bills and resolutions the Legislature lists for him as sponsor or floor manager in the 90th and 91st General Assemblies was enacted on this subject. The report the campaign cites for the claim, an August 13, 2024 Iowa Capital Dispatch article, says the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services dropped the prescription and in-person visit requirements by a policy change beginning July 1, 2024, after the legislation did not advance, and quotes him: “ultimately we weren’t able to get it across the finish line legislatively, but because of the attention that we brought to it and the advocacy that we did, we’re able to get it done.”

Limit: He sponsored his own repair bill and voted for the committee version that passed the House 91-0. Neither became law; the repair change came through state Medicaid policy.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he passed legislation to strengthen the veterans homestead tax credit.

What the record shows ·

His own bill on the credit got no action; he voted for a 2023 tax law that raised a different veterans' property tax exemption to $4,000.

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What they say

His campaign says he passed legislation to strengthen the veterans homestead tax credit.

“passing meaningful legislation to strengthen the veterans homestead tax credit”

What the record shows ·

He is the sole sponsor of H.F. 79 (2023), which would have amended Iowa Code section 425.15, the disabled veteran homestead tax credit, to extend a partial credit to veterans with a service-connected disability rating below one hundred percent; it was introduced and referred to the Veterans Affairs Committee on January 20, 2023 and had no further action. Section 425.15 has not been amended since 2021 Acts, chapter 148, section 1, before his first legislative session. What the record does contain is a vote. On May 2, 2023 the House concurred in the Senate amendment to H.F. 718, a Ways and Means Committee bill floor-managed by Representatives Dawson and Kaufmann that he neither sponsored nor managed, and on the question "Shall the bill pass?" he was one of 94 ayes against one nay; it was signed May 4, 2023 as 2023 Acts, chapter 71, and among other provisions it raised a different benefit, the military service tax exemption in Iowa Code section 426A.11, to four thousand dollars of taxable value for assessment years beginning on or after January 1, 2023. The report the campaign cites, a May 2023 KMAland report, says he "was among Iowa House legislators supporting a property tax reform package" that "more than doubles a property tax exemption for veterans by increasing it to $4,000 in taxable value"; it names an exemption rather than the homestead credit, and describes him as supporting the package rather than writing it.

Limit: He voted for the 2023 law that raised the veterans' property-tax exemption from $1,852 to $4,000. It was a Ways and Means bill, not his; his own bill on the credit got no action.

Matches stated direction

What they say

At an Iowa State football tailgate, reported September 7, 2026, he said marijuana should be legalized, regulated and taxed, and that he would like to address it at the federal level.

What the record shows ·

He was one of 32 sponsors of a 2023 Iowa bill to license, regulate and tax retail marijuana at 10 percent; it never left committee.

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What they say

At an Iowa State football tailgate, reported September 7, 2026, he said marijuana should be legalized, regulated and taxed, and that he would like to address it at the federal level.

“I think it should be legalized and regulated, and let's tax it.”

What the record shows ·

He is one of 32 listed sponsors of H.F. 442 in the Iowa House, introduced February 24, 2023. The bill would license and regulate retail marijuana sales, set possession limits for people 21 and older, and tax each retail sale at 10 percent. The bill history lists no action after referral to the Public Safety Committee except one added sponsor.

Limit: This was a state bill; he has cast no federal vote. His words come from a news report of the campaign stop; his campaign platform states no position on marijuana.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 7 Iowa PBS debate, Turek said he was proud to vote for the special-session incentive package for a proposed steel mill in southeast Iowa.

What the record shows ·

The House Journal lists him among the 75 ayes on the October 2, 2026 bill that lets one rural-county business get tax credits worth up to 10 percent of its qualifying investment; it is law.

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What they say

In the October 7 Iowa PBS debate, Turek said he was proud to vote for the special-session incentive package for a proposed steel mill in southeast Iowa.

“I was proud to vote in favor of this.”

What the record shows ·

On October 2, 2026, in a one-day special session, the Iowa House passed House File 2801 75-17, with Turek among the ayes. The bill lets the state give one business in a rural county a tax credit of up to 10 percent of its qualifying investment, paid over ten years. Legislative staff's fiscal note, citing the governor's office, says the change is for a Mesabi Metallics steel plant. The Senate passed it 28-19 and the governor signed it the same day.

Limit: This checks his vote, not the plant or its job numbers. The credit is paid only once the project, or part of it, is in service and at least half the jobs it agreed to add are on the payroll.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 7 debate, Turek said he was one of three Democrats to vote with Republicans on an immigration bill, because people who come here illegally and commit violent crimes should not stay.

What the record shows ·

He, John Forbes and Kenan Judge were the only Democrats among the 64 ayes in March 2024 on the law making reentry after deportation a state crime.

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What they say

In the October 7 debate, Turek said he was one of three Democrats to vote with Republicans on an immigration bill, because people who come here illegally and commit violent crimes should not stay.

“I was one of three Democrats to vote with Republicans”

What the record shows ·

On March 19, 2024 the Iowa House passed Senate File 2340 64-30. The 64 ayes were 61 Republicans and three Democrats: Turek, John Forbes and Kenan Judge. The law makes it a state crime for a person who was refused entry to, or deported or removed from, the United States to enter or be found in Iowa, with stiffer penalties after some criminal convictions. The governor signed it on April 10, 2024.

Limit: He did not name the bill; this one fits what he described. The law covers anyone deported or refused entry before, not only people convicted of violent crimes.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 7 debate, Turek said that in the Iowa Legislature he voted with Republicans to cut people's taxes, including property taxes.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the 2024 law cutting Iowa's income tax to a flat 3.8 percent and the 2023 law limiting local property tax rates; he sponsored neither.

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What they say

In the October 7 debate, Turek said that in the Iowa Legislature he voted with Republicans to cut people's taxes, including property taxes.

“I voted with Republicans to reduce people's taxes. I also voted with Republicans on reducing property tax.”

What the record shows ·

On April 19, 2024 he voted for Senate File 2442, which passed the House 68-24; legislative staff say it lowers state income tax rates to a flat 3.8 percent starting in 2025. On May 2, 2023 he voted for House File 718, which passed 94-1; it put new limits on county and city property tax rates and created a property tax exemption for homeowners 65 and over. Both were signed into law.

Limit: He named no bills; these are two tax bills he voted for. Both were committee bills he did not sponsor.

Matches stated direction

What they say

In the October 7 debate, Turek said he agrees with President Trump that private equity should get out of housing, something he said he has fought for his whole time in the Iowa Legislature.

What the record shows ·

He filed a 2025 bill letting cities ban home purchases by private equity funds; it never left committee, and his 2023-2024 bills include none on this.

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What they say

In the October 7 debate, Turek said he agrees with President Trump that private equity should get out of housing, something he said he has fought for his whole time in the Iowa Legislature.

“something I've fought for in all of my time in the Iowa Legislature”

What the record shows ·

He filed House File 745 alone on March 5, 2025. It would let cities ban purchases of single-family homes by companies using private equity, hedge or real estate funds from July 2025 through June 2030. It was sent to the Local Government Committee and the bill history lists nothing after that. The Legislature's list of the bills he sponsored in 2023 and 2024 has none on private equity or home purchases.

Limit: "All of my time" goes beyond the record: the one bill we found was filed in 2025, and his 2023-2024 bills, checked by title, include none on this. The bill never left committee.

Matches stated direction

What they say

In the October13 debate, Turek said he had worked in the Iowa Legislature to expand cancer coverage for firefighters.

What the record shows ·

He served on the bill’s subcommittee and voted for the final 2025 law. Its scope is specified public-safety retirement benefits.

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What they say

In the October13 debate, Turek said he had worked in the Iowa Legislature to expand cancer coverage for firefighters.

What the record shows ·

Turek served on the subcommittee for HSB266, which became H.F.969, and voted yes on its final House passage on April15, 2025. The law, signed June6, broadened the cancer definition used in specified public-safety retirement benefits.

Limit: This concerns defined retirement, disability and death benefits, not a new health-insurance benefit for every firefighter or payment of every cancer claim. The bill’s sponsor was the State Government Committee; subcommittee service and a vote do not establish sole authorship.

Matches stated direction

What they say

In the October13 debate, Turek said he had worked on a state appropriation for cancer coverage.

What the record shows ·

He introduced a2025 proposal and voted for a separate2026 law. The law’s cancer-funding provision begins July2027, rather than proving money was already paid.

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What they say

In the October13 debate, Turek said he had worked on a state appropriation for cancer coverage.

What the record shows ·

Turek and Austin Baeth introduced H.F.489 in February2025 to fund pediatric-cancer research. Turek later voted for S.F.2480 on May2, 2026. That separate signed law directs the first $3 million in specified nicotine-tax receipts to pediatric-cancer research and related purposes each year beginning July2027.

Limit: H.F.489 was a proposal, not the enacted funding vehicle. S.F.2480 takes effect January2027, and its cancer appropriation begins July2027. A future appropriation does not establish that a lab has received funds, and this is separate from firefighter retirement benefits. The debate did not identify which cancer-funding measure he meant.

Matches stated direction

What they say

In the October13 debate, Turek said he had voted for Iowa’s foreign-farmland ownership restrictions.

What the record shows ·

He voted yes on S.F.2204, which strengthened reporting and enforcement. It built on earlier ownership restrictions.

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What they say

In the October13 debate, Turek said he had voted for Iowa’s foreign-farmland ownership restrictions.

What the record shows ·

He voted yes on S.F.2204 on February26, 2024, in a95–0 House vote. Signed April9, the law strengthened registration, reporting, enforcement and penalties involving foreign interests in agricultural land.

Limit: This establishes his vote on that2024 law. Iowa’s underlying ownership restrictions predate it; the vote does not make him their original author or prove every later restriction.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

Asked about missed votes, Turek said his attendance exceeded 90% in his first three years.

What the record shows ·

Turek voted on 90.98% of named House floor roll calls in 2023–2025; this measures voting, not daily or committee attendance.

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What they say

Asked about missed votes, Turek said his attendance exceeded 90% in his first three years.

What the record shows ·

He cast an aye or nay on 1,019 of 1,120 named House floor roll calls in 2023–2025: 90.98% combined.

Limit: This counts procedural votes too; it measures floor voting, not daily or committee attendance.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

Turek said he voted with Republicans more than 700 times.

What the record shows ·

A conservative journal census identifies at least 793 votes alongside a majority of House Republicans, counting separate floor actions rather than distinct bills.

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What they say

Turek said he voted with Republicans more than 700 times.

What the record shows ·

The journals show at least 793 named floor votes through October 2, 2026 where he joined a majority of House Republicans.

Limit: This is a lower bound counting votes, including procedural votes, not separate bills or laws.

Issues in this record

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Costs and the economyHealth careGovernment accountabilityFarms, rural Iowa, and propertyHousing affordabilityMarijuana policy

Evidence timeline

Dated records, with sources attached.

  1. race event

    Official candidate list updated

    The Iowa Secretary of State's candidate list, last updated August 19, showed all three candidates for the statewide Senate contest when The Stated Record checked it on September 2.

  2. race event

    State Fair soapbox reported

    Iowa Public Radio reported on the separate soapbox appearances by Turek, Laehn, and Hinson between August 14 and August 17.

  3. finance

    FEC filing snapshot

    July Quarterly 2026, principal campaign committee JOSH TUREK FOR IOWA.

  4. race event

    Major-party nominees chosen

    Hinson won the Republican primary and Turek won the Democratic primary, as Radio Iowa reported on June 3.

  5. public support

    Public support record

    Turek's campaign reports endorsements from former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin and more than 50 current and former elected officials.

  6. official action

    Matches stated record claim

    His campaign says he sponsored Iowa legislation to cut taxes for first-time homebuyers. The Iowa Legislature lists Turek among the sponsors of H.F. 697, a bill to create a housing tax credit program and increase first-time-homebuyer tax incentives. Limit: Sponsorship is not enactment. Turek is one of 32 listed sponsors, not the first-listed sponsor, and the official history shows the bill was introduced and referred to the State Government Committee in April 2023.

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Sources78 source records

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  1. Current Iowa House membershttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/house

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Sep 7, 2026

    Used only for Turek's current chamber, district, and party.

    official office record

    For: Current role; Background, goals, record and campaign money

  2. Representative Josh Turekhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=33969

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    District 20, Democrat, Health and Human Services Committee.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  3. Pushing for Changehttps://turek4iowa.com/platform/

    Josh Turek for Iowa · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions are attributed, not independently verified facts.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Government accountability: corporate PAC money; Costs: minimum wage; Health care: insulin cost cap; Farms: right to repair and country-of-origin labeling; Government accountability: campaign contribution limits; Disabilities: wheelchair repair under Medicaid; Veterans: the homestead tax credit; Matches stated record claim

  4. House File 349 bill history (2025)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF349&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 12, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    State minimum hourly wage; by Turek; introduced and referred to Labor and Workforce.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Costs: minimum wage

  5. House File 404 bill history (2023)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF404&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    State minimum hourly wage; by Turek.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Costs: minimum wage

  6. House File 405 bill history (2025)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF405&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 13, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Insurance coverage for prescription insulin; by Turek; introduced and referred to Commerce 2025-02-13, no later action.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Health care: insulin cost cap

  7. House File 502 bill history (2023)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF502&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Insurance coverage for prescription insulin; by Turek.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Health care: insulin cost cap

  8. House File 2442 bill history (2026)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2442&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 16, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Repair of equipment associated with farm implements; by Turek; referred to Agriculture.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Farms: right to repair and country-of-origin labeling

  9. House File 2443 bill history (2026)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2443&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 16, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Country of origin label; by Turek; referred to Agriculture.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Farms: right to repair and country-of-origin labeling

  10. H.F. 286 (2025), limiting campaign contributions to political committeeshttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF286&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 10, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    By Turek; introduced and referred to State Government 2025-02-10, no later action.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Government accountability: campaign contribution limits

  11. House File 288 bill history (2025)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF288&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 10, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Limiting campaign contributions; by Turek; referred to State Government. H.F. 286 is the companion for political committees.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Government accountability: campaign contribution limits

  12. House File 2430 bill history (2026)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2430&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 12, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Limiting individual campaign contributions; by Turek.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Government accountability: campaign contribution limits

  13. House File 697 bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF697&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 10, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 7, 2026

    Official sponsor, description, and action history for H.F. 697.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Matches stated record claim

  14. Itemized receipts from committees, Josh Turek for Iowa (C00915645), 2025-2026https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00915645&two_year_transaction_period=2026&contributor_type=committee

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Same method.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Government accountability: corporate PAC money

  15. @Turek4Iowa on X, March 3, 2026https://x.com/turek4iowa/status/2028908544955687080

    X · Published Mar 3, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Public post from the account the campaign site links to.

    social profile

    For: Government accountability: corporate PAC money; Government accountability: campaign contribution limits

  16. @Turek4Iowa on X, September 19, 2025https://x.com/Turek4Iowa/status/1969187304360092089

    X · Published Sep 19, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Public post from the account the campaign site links to.

    social profile

    For: Government accountability: corporate PAC money

  17. @Turek4Iowa on X, May 6, 2026https://x.com/turek4iowa/status/2051821798769954956

    X · Published May 6, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Public post from the account the campaign site links to.

    social profile

    For: Costs: minimum wage

  18. @Turek4Iowa on X, January 31, 2026https://x.com/Turek4Iowa/status/2017691733270704453

    X · Published Jan 31, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Public post from the account the campaign site links to.

    social profile

    For: Costs: minimum wage; Farms: right to repair and country-of-origin labeling; Government accountability: campaign contribution limits

  19. House File 2194 bill history (2024)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2194&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 1, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Reimbursement for repair of complex rehabilitation technology under Medicaid; subcommittee recommended passage 2024-02-01.

    official legislative record

    For: Disabilities: wheelchair repair under Medicaid

  20. H.F. 2706 (2024), reimbursement for the repair of complex rehabilitation technology under Medicaidhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2706&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 19, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Committee bill (House Ways and Means, formerly House Study Bill 744), floor manager Rep. Best; passed the House 91-0 on April 19, 2024, the session's final day; read in the Senate and referred to Health and Human Services the same day; no further action. Turek is not its sponsor, cosponsor, or floor manager.

    official legislative record

    For: Disabilities: wheelchair repair under Medicaid

  21. Iowa House Journal, April 19, 2024, page 884 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 19, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Roll call on House File 2706: yeas 91, nays 0, absent or not voting 9; Turek among the yeas. The same journal records adjournment sine die at 4:23 a.m.

    official legislative record

    For: Disabilities: wheelchair repair under Medicaid

  22. House File 425 bill history (2025)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF425&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 17, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Same subject; introduced and referred to Health and Human Services.

    official legislative record

    For: Disabilities: wheelchair repair under Medicaid

  23. State lifts prescription requirement for wheelchair repair through Medicaidhttps://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/08/13/state-lifts-prescription-requirement-for-wheelchair-repair-through-medicaid/

    Iowa Capital Dispatch · Published Aug 13, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    The campaign's own citation for its passed-bill claim. Blocks automated readers; read by the editor on 2026-09-08.

    original reporting

    For: Disabilities: wheelchair repair under Medicaid

  24. House File 79 bill history (2023)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF79&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Disabled veteran homestead tax credit; by Turek; 2023 actions only.

    official legislative record

    For: Veterans: the homestead tax credit

  25. Iowa Code section 425.15, disabled veteran tax credit (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Section history ends with 2021 Acts, chapter 148, section 1; no 2023 amendment.

    official legislative record

    For: Veterans: the homestead tax credit

  26. H.F. 718 (2023), local government property taxeshttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF718&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Published May 4, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Passed House April 19, 2023; House concurred in the Senate amendment and passed the bill May 2, 2023 (H.J. 957); signed by the Governor May 4, 2023; 2023 Acts, chapter 71.

    official legislative record

    For: Veterans: the homestead tax credit; His votes on Iowa income and property taxes

  27. Iowa House Journal, May 2, 2023, page 957 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published May 2, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Roll call on House File 718 as amended by the Senate: ayes 94, nays 1; Turek among the ayes.

    official legislative record

    For: Veterans: the homestead tax credit; His votes on Iowa income and property taxes

  28. Iowa Code section 426A.11, military service exemption (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Exemption of four thousand dollars of taxable value; amended by 2023 Acts, chapter 71.

    official legislative record

    For: Veterans: the homestead tax credit

  29. Turek reflects on first legislative sessionhttps://www.kmaland.com/news/turek-reflects-on-first-legislative-session/article_07403ba2-f334-11ed-b079-8385307ac0d5.html

    KMAland · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    The campaign's citation for the homestead-credit claim. Shows a bot-check page to automated readers; read by the editor in his browser on 2026-09-08, and the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-08-07 carries the same text.

    original reporting

    For: Veterans: the homestead tax credit

  30. Marijuana Should Be Federally Legalized And Taxed, U.S. Senate Candidate Josh Turek Sayshttps://www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-should-be-federally-legalized-and-taxed-u-s-senate-candidate-josh-turek-says/

    Marijuana Moment · Published Sep 7, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Used only for Turek's quoted words at an Iowa State University football tailgate.

    original reporting

    For: Marijuana: legalization

  31. House File 442 bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF442&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 24, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    31 sponsors at introduction, Turek among them; Gaines added March 2, 2023. Referred to Public Safety; no other action listed before END OF 2023 ACTIONS.

    official legislative record

    For: Marijuana: legalization

  32. House File 442 (90th General Assembly), bill text (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 24, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Explanation: Division II retail marijuana regulation; 10 percent excise tax on each retail sale; possession limits for people 21 and older.

    official legislative record

    For: Marijuana: legalization

  33. Iowa PBS debate, October 7: Turek on the steel plant votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQXwr856YrI&t=602s

    Iowa PBS · Published Oct 7, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    10:02. The quoted words read the same in YouTube's captions and in Iowa PBS's own transcript.

    candidate statement

    For: His vote on the steel plant tax credits

  34. Iowa Press Debates: U.S. Senate, transcripthttps://www.iowapbs.org/shows/iowapress/special/14524/iowa-press-debates-us-senate

    Iowa PBS · Published Oct 7, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The host's own transcript of the October 7 debate, the second copy for quoted words.

    candidate statement

    For: His vote on the steel plant tax credits; His vote on Iowa's 2024 illegal reentry law; His votes on Iowa income and property taxes; His bill on private equity buying homes

  35. Iowa House Journal, October 2, 2026 (special session), pages 1191-1192 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Oct 2, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Roll call on House File 2801: ayes 75, nays 17, 8 absent or not voting; Turek among the ayes. The session met and adjourned the same day. The daily journal is marked as a proof copy.

    official legislative record

    For: His vote on the steel plant tax credits

  36. House File 2801 (2026), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2801&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Ways and Means bill changing the Major Economic Growth Attraction (MEGA) program. Passed the House 75-17 and the Senate 28-19 on October 2, 2026; signed by the governor the same day.

    official legislative record

    For: His vote on the steel plant tax credits

  37. House File 2801, enrolled text (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Oct 2, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Section 4: one business in a rural county may get a tax credit of up to 10 percent of its qualifying investment, paid over ten years, once the project or a set part of it is in service and at least half the jobs tied to it are on the payroll.

    official legislative record

    For: His vote on the steel plant tax credits

  38. House File 2801 fiscal note (document)

    Iowa Legislative Services Agency · Published Oct 2, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Citing a press release from the governor's office, the note says the bill's changes are meant to allow an award for a Mesabi Metallics steel plant.

    official legislative record

    For: His vote on the steel plant tax credits

  39. Iowa PBS debate, October 7: Turek on his immigration votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQXwr856YrI&t=2172s

    Iowa PBS · Published Oct 7, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    36:12. The quoted words read the same in YouTube's captions and in Iowa PBS's own transcript.

    candidate statement

    For: His vote on Iowa's 2024 illegal reentry law

  40. Iowa House Journal, March 19, 2024, pages 622-623 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Mar 19, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Roll call on Senate File 2340: ayes 64, nays 30; Turek, Forbes and Judge among the ayes.

    official legislative record

    For: His vote on Iowa's 2024 illegal reentry law

  41. Senate File 2340 (2024), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF2340&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 10, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Illegal reentry bill; passed the House 64-30 on March 19, 2024; signed by the governor April 10, 2024.

    official legislative record

    For: His vote on Iowa's 2024 illegal reentry law

  42. Senate File 2340, enrolled text (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 10, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Section 2: entering or being found in Iowa after being denied admission to, or excluded, deported or removed from, the United States is a crime, with felony grades after some convictions.

    official legislative record

    For: His vote on Iowa's 2024 illegal reentry law

  43. Iowa House members, 90th General Assemblyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/house?ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Party of each member; of the 64 ayes on Senate File 2340, 61 are listed as Republicans and three (Forbes, Judge and Turek) as Democrats.

    official office record

    Iowa House roster, 90th General Assembly

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Party roster bounds the calculation: at most 36 Democrats across 100 simultaneous seats. A voting side of at least 69 necessarily includes a majority of House Republicans. Historical replacement entries do not add simultaneous seats.

    official legislative record

    For: His vote on Iowa's 2024 illegal reentry law; Voting alongside a Republican majority

  44. Iowa PBS debate, October 7: Turek on his tax voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQXwr856YrI&t=899s

    Iowa PBS · Published Oct 7, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    14:59 to 15:07. The quoted words read the same in YouTube's captions and in Iowa PBS's own transcript.

    candidate statement

    For: His votes on Iowa income and property taxes

  45. Iowa House Journal, April 19, 2024, pages 902-903 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 19, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Roll call on Senate File 2442: ayes 68, nays 24; Turek among the ayes.

    official legislative record

    For: His votes on Iowa income and property taxes

  46. Senate File 2442 (2024), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF2442&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Published May 1, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Ways and Means bill on income tax rates and property taxes; passed the House 68-24 on April 19, 2024; signed by the governor May 1, 2024.

    official legislative record

    For: His votes on Iowa income and property taxes

  47. Senate File 2442 fiscal note (final action) (document)

    Iowa Legislative Services Agency · Published May 10, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Division I decreases individual income tax rates to a flat 3.8 percent beginning in tax year 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: His votes on Iowa income and property taxes

  48. House File 718 fiscal note (final action) (document)

    Iowa Legislative Services Agency · Published May 4, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    New limits on county and city property tax rates and a new homestead exemption for homeowners 65 and over.

    official legislative record

    For: His votes on Iowa income and property taxes

  49. Iowa PBS debate, October 7: Turek on private equity and housinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQXwr856YrI&t=1159s

    Iowa PBS · Published Oct 7, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    19:19 to 19:28. The quoted words read the same in YouTube's captions and in Iowa PBS's own transcript.

    candidate statement

    For: His bill on private equity buying homes

  50. House File 745 (2025), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF745&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Published Mar 5, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    By Turek; introduced and referred to Local Government March 5, 2025; no later action listed.

    official legislative record

    For: His bill on private equity buying homes

  51. House File 745, as introduced (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Mar 5, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Lets cities bar purchases of single-family homes by companies using private equity, hedge or real estate funds, July 2025 through June 2030.

    official legislative record

    For: His bill on private equity buying homes

  52. Bills sponsored by Josh Turek, 2023-2024https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/findLegislation/findBillBySponsorOrManager?ga=90&pid=33969

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Bills he sponsored or cosponsored in the 90th General Assembly; no title concerns private equity or purchases of single-family homes.

    official legislative record

    For: His bill on private equity buying homes

  53. WHO13 debate, October13https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1seS3B4Myg&t=248s

    WHO13 · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Paraphrase from saved native captions. Provenance documented in dated event note.

    candidate statement

    WHO13 debate, October13

    WHO13 · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Paraphrase from saved native captions. Provenance documented in dated event note.

    candidate statement

    For: Expanding public-safety cancer benefits; Pediatric-cancer funding proposals and vote

  54. HSB266 and H.F.969 historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HSB266&enhanced=true&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Primary record reviewed October 22, 2026 for this debate comparison.

    official legislative record

    For: Expanding public-safety cancer benefits

  55. Iowa House Journal, April15 2025, pages943–944 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 15, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Primary record reviewed October 22, 2026 for this debate comparison.

    official legislative record

    For: Expanding public-safety cancer benefits

  56. H.F.969 enrolled texthttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF969.html

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Primary record reviewed October 22, 2026 for this debate comparison.

    official legislative record

    For: Expanding public-safety cancer benefits

  57. H.F.969 signed-law historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF969&enhanced=true&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Primary record reviewed October 22, 2026 for this debate comparison.

    official legislative record

    For: Expanding public-safety cancer benefits

  58. H.F.489 introduced texthttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/attachments/HF489.html

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 20, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Primary record reviewed October 22, 2026 for this debate comparison.

    official legislative record

    For: Pediatric-cancer funding proposals and vote

  59. Iowa House Journal, May2 2026, page1100 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published May 2, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Primary record reviewed October 22, 2026 for this debate comparison.

    official legislative record

    For: Pediatric-cancer funding proposals and vote

  60. S.F.2480 enrolled texthttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF2480.html

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Primary record reviewed October 22, 2026 for this debate comparison.

    official legislative record

    For: Pediatric-cancer funding proposals and vote

  61. S.F.2480 signed-law historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF2480&enhanced=true&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Primary record reviewed October 22, 2026 for this debate comparison.

    official legislative record

    For: Pediatric-cancer funding proposals and vote

  62. WHO13 debate, October13https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1seS3B4Myg&t=3118s

    WHO13 · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Paraphrase from saved native captions. Provenance documented in dated event note.

    candidate statement

    For: His vote on foreign farmland reporting

  63. Iowa House Journal, February26 2024, pages389–390 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 26, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Primary record reviewed October 22, 2026 for this debate comparison.

    official legislative record

    For: His vote on foreign farmland reporting

  64. S.F.2204 enrolled texthttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/SF2204.html

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Primary record reviewed October 22, 2026 for this debate comparison.

    official legislative record

    For: His vote on foreign farmland reporting

  65. S.F.2204 signed-law historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF2204&enhanced=true&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Primary record reviewed October 22, 2026 for this debate comparison.

    official legislative record

    For: His vote on foreign farmland reporting

  66. WHO13 debate, Turek at 7:07https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1seS3B4Myg&t=427s

    WHO13 · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Paraphrased from saved native captions. Asked about missed votes, Turek described his first three years and his votes with Republicans.

    candidate statement

    For: First-three-year House floor voting

  67. Iowa House Journals, 2023https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/journals/house?ga=90&session=1&year=2023

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Complete saved journal index and PDF corpus; named floor roll calls, including procedural votes. Combined 2023–2025: 1,019 aye/nay responses out of 1,120. Conservative bipartisan lower bound through October 2, 2026: 793 votes. All 288 indexed PDFs accounted for; nine unnamed tallies excluded. Floor voting is not daily or committee attendance.

    official legislative record

    For: First-three-year House floor voting; Voting alongside a Republican majority

  68. Iowa House Journals, 2024https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/journals/house?ga=90&session=2&year=2024

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Complete saved journal index and PDF corpus; named floor roll calls, including procedural votes. Combined 2023–2025: 1,019 aye/nay responses out of 1,120. Conservative bipartisan lower bound through October 2, 2026: 793 votes. All 288 indexed PDFs accounted for; nine unnamed tallies excluded. Floor voting is not daily or committee attendance.

    official legislative record

    For: First-three-year House floor voting; Voting alongside a Republican majority

  69. Iowa House Journals, 2025https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/journals/house?ga=91&session=1&year=2025

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Complete saved journal index and PDF corpus; named floor roll calls, including procedural votes. Combined 2023–2025: 1,019 aye/nay responses out of 1,120. Conservative bipartisan lower bound through October 2, 2026: 793 votes. All 288 indexed PDFs accounted for; nine unnamed tallies excluded. Floor voting is not daily or committee attendance.

    official legislative record

    For: First-three-year House floor voting; Voting alongside a Republican majority

  70. WHO13 debate, Turek at 6:45https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1seS3B4Myg&t=405s

    WHO13 · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Paraphrased from saved native captions. Asked about missed votes, Turek described his first three years and his votes with Republicans.

    candidate statement

    For: Voting alongside a Republican majority

  71. Iowa House Journals, 2026https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/journals/house?ga=91&session=2&year=2026

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Complete saved journal index and PDF corpus; named floor roll calls, including procedural votes. Combined 2023–2025: 1,019 aye/nay responses out of 1,120. Conservative bipartisan lower bound through October 2, 2026: 793 votes. All 288 indexed PDFs accounted for; nine unnamed tallies excluded. Floor voting is not daily or committee attendance.

    official legislative record

    For: Voting alongside a Republican majority

  72. Iowa House roster, 91th General Assemblyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/house?ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Party roster bounds the calculation: at most 36 Democrats across 100 simultaneous seats. A voting side of at least 69 necessarily includes a majority of House Republicans. Historical replacement entries do not add simultaneous seats.

    official legislative record

    For: Voting alongside a Republican majority

  73. 2026 General Candidate List (document)

    Iowa Secretary of State · Reviewed Sep 7, 2026

    Official printed-candidate field. The list is dated August 19, 2026 and was checked on September 2, 2026.

    official election record

    For: Official candidate list updated

  74. Iowa's U.S. Senate candidates make their case at the state fairhttps://www.iowapublicradio.org/political-news/2026-08-18/iowa-u-s-senate-candidates-state-fair-soapbox

    Iowa Public Radio · Published Aug 18, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 7, 2026

    Used for dated event facts and clearly attributed candidate statements.

    original reporting

    For: State Fair soapbox reported

  75. July Quarterly 2026 filing, FEC-1997598https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00915645/1997598/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 7, 2026

    Current non-superseded filing returned by OpenFEC at 00:51 UTC on September 4, 2026 (the evening of September 3 in Iowa) and confirmed unchanged on September 7, 2026. Receipts and disbursements are the election-cycle-to-date figures, Column B on the summary page; cash on hand and debts are the period-end figures.

    fec filing

    For: FEC filing snapshot

  76. Turek wins Democratic Primary, Hinson GOP nomineehttps://www.radioiowa.com/2026/06/03/turek-wins-democratic-primary-hinson-gop-nominee-for-iowas-us-senate-seat/

    Radio Iowa · Published Jun 3, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 7, 2026

    Used for the primary-result chronology event.

    original reporting

    For: Major-party nominees chosen

  77. Tom Harkin endorsement announcementhttps://turek4iowa.com/news/new-former-u-s-senator-tom-harkin-endorses-josh-turek-for-u-s-senate/

    Josh Turek for Iowa · Published May 8, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 7, 2026

    Campaign-reported endorsement. The source owner and limits are shown rather than treated as independent reporting.

    endorsement

    For: Public support record

  78. Elected-official endorsement announcementhttps://turek4iowa.com/news/josh-turek-announces-new-slate-of-endorsements/

    Josh Turek for Iowa · Published Mar 18, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 7, 2026

    Campaign-reported announcement supporting the count of more than 50 current and former elected-official endorsements.

    endorsement

    For: Public support record