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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Joshua Turek

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. Senate · Iowa
Filing address
Council Bluffs, IA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
TUREK, JOSHUA
Next election
General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Iowa with the whole state highlighted

Iowa

FEC page

DemocraticU.S. Senate · IowaOpen seatGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID S6IA00298 · Principal campaign committee: JOSH TUREK FOR IOWA

Total raised$20,152,882.38
Total spent$16,545,789.08
Cash on hand$3,607,093.30
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $18,033,721.87PACs and other committees: $539,130.16Party committees: $67,500.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,416,340.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $96,190.35
  • Individual contributions$18,033,721.8789%
  • PACs and other committees$539,130.163%
  • Party committees$67,500.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,416,340.007%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$96,190.350%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$7,552,655.8373%
  • Contributions over $200$2,819,085.2827%
  • Itemized from inside Iowa$862,501.3828%
  • Itemized from other states$2,243,659.1972%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $560,947.74 · New York $355,066.44 · Massachusetts $223,212.19 · District of Columbia $129,140.29 · Maryland $95,670.30. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$14M$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,008,592.11OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $356,611.36YEAR-END: raised $677,806.00YEAR-END: spent $931,313.14APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,122,302.99APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $763,296.59PRE-PRIMARY: raised $654,397.99PRE-PRIMARY: spent $685,468.01JULY QUARTERLY: raised $2,813,427.81JULY QUARTERLY: spent $1,177,524.02OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $13,876,355.48OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $12,631,575.962025-092025-122026-032026-052026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

76 committees reported giving $481,981.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Show all 76 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Joshua Turek$9,859,360.20
  • Independent expenditures opposing Joshua Turek$470,532.50

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Iowa U.S. Senate, 2026 · 12 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Joshua Turek (D)$20,152,882.38$3,607,093.302026-09-30
Ashley Hinson Arenholz (R)$14,147,972.57$2,172,988.592026-10-14
Joni K Ernst (R)$2,006,940.15$1,801,802.092026-09-30
Nathan Sage (D)$1,433,543.65$8.882026-09-30
James Carlin (R)$494,420.13$5,266.222026-06-30
Jackie Norris (D)$363,563.01$0.002026-03-20
James Scholten (D)$213,415.45$8,144.302025-12-31
Thomas Raymond Laehn (L)$61,145.58$9,035.082026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Ashley Hinson 45.9% · Josh Turek 46.1% (Turek +0.2%). Averages listed on Wikipedia from 270toWin, Decision Desk HQ, FiftyPlusOne, RealClearPolitics, Silver Bulletin.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
co/efficient (R)October 15–19, 2026863 (LV)± 3.3%Ashley Hinson 48% · Josh Turek 45%
Trafalgar Group (R)October 13–15, 20261,094 (LV)± 2.9%Ashley Hinson 46% · Josh Turek 44%
GS Strategy Group (R)/ New River Strategies (D)October 9–13, 2026602 (LV)Ashley Hinson 44% · Josh Turek 46%
NPA PollingOctober 8–12, 2026678 (LV)± 3.8%Ashley Hinson 47% · Josh Turek 44%
YouGovOctober 6–12, 20262,245 (LV)± 3.1%Ashley Hinson 46% · Josh Turek 47%
Marist UniversityOctober 8–11, 2026(LV)±6.6%Ashley Hinson 45% · Josh Turek 48%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election in Iowa (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: JOSH TUREK FOR IOWA.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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