Josh Turek

Josh Turek makes affordability and cost of living central to his 2026 Iowa Senate campaign, citing rising housing, health-care, insurance, and other service costs alongside stagnant wages. He says he would raise the federal minimum wage, impose a federal ban on price gouging for food, reverse Medicaid and SNAP cuts from the 2025 tax-and-spending law, and seek tax relief for working- and middle-class families by requiring billionaires and large corporations to pay more; he has also criticized tariffs for increasing costs and harming Iowa farmers and rural communities.

Josh Turek supports comprehensive, bipartisan federal immigration reform that secures the border, simplifies an earned pathway to citizenship, deports people who are unlawfully present and commit crimes, and combats fentanyl trafficking. He has called for regulation and accountability for ICE agents and defended his 2024 vote for Iowa Senate File 2340 while distinguishing that state-level action from his proposed federal ICE reforms.

Josh Turek supports strengthening public education by ending school vouchers, restoring Department of Education funding, increasing funding for public schools, and protecting funding for Iowa Area Education Agencies (AEAs). His campaign says he sponsored legislation to repeal school vouchers and improve transparency around nonpublic-school accreditation.

Josh Turek says he would end unnecessary wars that put American lives at risk and opposes costly foreign entanglements without congressional approval. His campaign platform emphasizes protecting veterans and military families, while his statement on U.S. military action in Iran said bombing Iran is not the same as lasting change and warned against a long conflict absent congressional authorization.

Josh Turek supports federal right-to-repair legislation so farmers can repair their own equipment or use independent shops, and advocates tariff relief and trade-policy changes to reduce input costs and expand markets for Iowa agriculture.

Josh Turek supports creating a public health insurance option to expand access and reduce costs, particularly for rural Iowans, and opposes Medicaid cuts while calling for stronger federal support for public coverage.

Josh Turek supports protecting reproductive freedom and has pledged to work in the U.S. Senate to codify Roe v. Wade. He has criticized Iowa’s abortion ban at roughly six weeks, saying it contributes to health-care problems and drives OB/GYNs from the state.

Josh Turek says he would fight climate change and create jobs by investing in clean-energy technologies such as wind and solar. His campaign also emphasizes environmental protection, including clean air and water, incentives for farmers to use practices that protect water and soil, funding for water-quality sensors, and action against companies that pollute water supplies.

No newer campaign policy statement was found after August 7, 2026, but Josh Turek's Iowa legislative record provides a sourced indication of his positions: he voted against HF 654 (2023), which expanded where firearms could be kept in locked vehicles, and against 2024 bills authorizing professional weapon permits for school employees; he voted for HF 2421, HF 2464, and HF 2556, which addressed firearm-hold liability, firearm/ammunition merchant-category codes and registries, and damages related to local firearms regulations, respectively.

Josh Turek says he will defend fundamental freedoms, including freedom of speech and protest and the right to marry whom one loves; oppose removing gender-identity antidiscrimination protections from Iowa’s civil-rights code; eliminate barriers to education, health care, and employment for people with disabilities; end federal 14C subminimum-wage certificates; and protect Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. His campaign also says he opposes gender-affirming surgeries for minors, according to a June 2026 campaign statement reported by PolitiFact.

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Josh Turek has said he would support banning corporate PAC money in campaigns and passing a constitutional amendment to reverse the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. He has also expressed support for congressional and Supreme Court term limits.