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Josh Turek
- Democratic · Iowa House District 20 · On the Nov 3 ballot for US Senate, Iowa
- $24.3M
- Raised · 2026 cycle
- $3.1M
- Cash on hand · through Oct 14, 2026
- 47
- Age
Now
US Senate, Iowa · Tue, Nov 3
Ashley Hinson RepublicanThomas Laehn LibertarianJosh Turek Democratic
- Newest poll
- Hinson 48, Turek 46, Laehn 1 · co/efficient, Oct 28, 2026 · polls as of Oct 30, 2026, from VoteHub
Career
Holds IA State House 20. On the 2026 ballot for US Senate IA, status qualified.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $21.2M · Debts owed $0
Reports through Oct 14, 2026. Matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so it could be the wrong person.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle, not the six-year figures fec.gov shows for senators. Main committee: Josh Turek for Iowa. No donor names are shown.
Spectrum
1 published measureThe marker is the one published measure below. The middle means centrist on that measure’s own scale, not the middle of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2022 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Matched by name only, so it could be the wrong person.
Method and limits
Published score −0.934 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 278 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
More about Josh Turek
Offices held (1 term or office)
- State House, Iowa
Official pages (2 links)
Their own pages
Government records
Sources (7 sources)
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Aug 19, 2026.
Open States people (current) CSVs
Who holds the seat. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0 (Open States people data).
Compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns. Not an official source.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- Photo: Iowa General Assembly. Image · Free to use.
- Age: Wikidata, counted to Nov 3, 2026. A community-edited source, not an official record. We show the age, never the birth date.
- First win in our records: State House district 20, 2022-11-08. Basis: first win in our records (Election Wrld results files; earlier wins may exist outside them).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
Not available for Josh Turek: a voting record, a background.
DataSources: FEC, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026