In Iowa Senate race, Hinson-Turek matchup set for November

Key Points:

• Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek, a two-time Paralympic gold medalist, won the Democratic nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat, defeating state Sen. Zach Wahls in a race highlighting party ideological divides.
• Turek will face Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson, who won the GOP primary decisively, in the general election for the Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Joni Ernst.
• In the Republican gubernatorial primary, political outsider Zach Lahn defeated three-term Rep. Randy Feenstra, despite Feenstra’s endorsement from former President Trump; Lahn will face Democratic state auditor Rob Sand in November.
• Democrats see an opportunity to flip the Senate seat in Iowa, a state that has trended solidly Republican in recent years, with Turek positioning himself as a consensus-builder from the state's conservative western region.
• Republicans have criticized Turek as a liberal aligned with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, while Turek and his supporters emphasize his bipartisan legislative record and appeal to Iowans seeking change.