Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Marion, speaks to members of the Westside Conservative Club at the Machine Shed Restaurant in Urbandale on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, before filing nomination papers for Iowa’s 2026 U.S. Senate race.
Tom Barton, Cedar Rapids Gazette
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, speaks to members of the Westside Conservative Club at the Machine Shed Restaurant in Urbandale on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, before filing nomination papers for Iowa’s 2026 U.S. Senate race.
Tom Barton, Cedar Rapids Gazette
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, speaks to members of the Westside Conservative Club at the Machine Shed Restaurant in Urbandale on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, before filing nomination papers for Iowa’s 2026 U.S. Senate race.
Tom Barton, Cedar Rapids Gazette
State Sen. Zach Wahls, D-Coralville, speaks with reporters at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, after filing nomination papers for Iowa’s 2026 U.S. Senate race.
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson formally entered Iowa’s 2026 U.S. Senate race Wednesday, filing nomination papers for the June 2 GOP primary while acknowledging the political headwinds facing Republicans this fall and outlining how she plans to confront them.
Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Marion, files nomination papers with the Iowa Secretary of State’s office at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, to appear on the June 2 Republican primary ballot for the U.S. Senate.
State Sen. Zach Wahls, D-Coralville, speaks with reporters at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, after filing nomination papers for Iowa’s 2026 U.S. Senate race.
State Sen. Zach Wahls, D-Coralville, files nomination papers at the Iowa Secretary of State’s office in the Iowa Capitol on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, to appear on the June 2 Democratic primary ballot for U.S. Senate.
Iowa Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Zach Wahls answers questions from reporters ahead of filing nominating paperwork for U.S. Senate at the Iowa Secretary of State's Office at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (Tom Barton/The Gazette)
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, speaks with reporters at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, after filing paperwork to run for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat.
Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Marion, speaks to members of the Westside Conservative Club at the Machine Shed Restaurant in Urbandale on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, before filing nomination papers for Iowa’s 2026 U.S. Senate race.
Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Marion, files nomination papers with the Iowa Secretary of State’s office at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, to appear on the June 2 Republican primary ballot for the U.S. Senate.
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, speaks with reporters at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, after filing paperwork to run for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat.
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, speaks to members of the Westside Conservative Club at the Machine Shed Restaurant in Urbandale on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, before filing nomination papers for Iowa’s 2026 U.S. Senate race.
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, speaks to members of the Westside Conservative Club at the Machine Shed Restaurant in Urbandale on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, before filing nomination papers for Iowa’s 2026 U.S. Senate race.
State Sen. Zach Wahls, D-Coralville, speaks with reporters at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, after filing nomination papers for Iowa’s 2026 U.S. Senate race.
State Sen. Zach Wahls, D-Coralville, files nomination papers at the Iowa Secretary of State’s office in the Iowa Capitol on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, to appear on the June 2 Democratic primary ballot for U.S. Senate.
State Sen. Zach Wahls, D-Coralville, speaks with reporters at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, after filing nomination papers for Iowa’s 2026 U.S. Senate race.