Is Trump About to Lose Iowa and the Senate?

Iowa State Legislator Josh Turek - a two-time Paralympic gold medalist now running for U.S. Senate - reveals why Iowa is collapsing under Trump's policies and why this "red state" is actually in play for 2026.

DEVASTATING IOWA STATS:

50th in economic growth (DEAD LAST in the nation)

#1 in farm foreclosures (Trump tariffs crushing family farms)

Only state with a GROWING cancer rate

31 healthcare facilities closed (hospitals, nursing homes)

110,000 Iowans losing healthcare (Medicaid/SNAP cuts)

133,000 people + 30% of family farms seeing premiums DOUBLE or TRIPLE

JOSH TUREK'S MESSAGE:

"Iowa is not a red state - we're a common-sense state that has masqueraded as red. Trump's flags and signs are coming down everywhere we go. People are saying 'We still believe in democracy. We still believe in checks and balances. We're not for this level of naked corruption or cuts to people's healthcare just to give tax breaks to billionaires.'"

WHY IOWA IS IN PLAY:

✓ First open Senate race since 1968 (no incumbency advantage)

✓ Also open Governor's race + 2 open Congressional seats

✓ Won 3 of 4 Congressional seats in Trump's first midterm

✓ Only 1.5% away from winning 3 of 6 statewide offices in 2022

✓ Independents and Republicans saying "I voted for Trump but this isn't what I signed up for"

THE FARM CRISIS:

Trump gave $20 billion to Argentina so China could buy their soybeans instead of Iowa's. Now Iowa leads the nation in farm foreclosures. Family farms that have been in families for generations are disappearing. Rural communities are being decimated.

Trump calls the affordability crisis a "scam" and "hoax" - but Iowa farmers and families are living the reality every single day.

WHO IS JOSH TUREK?

Two-time Paralympic GOLD medalist (Team USA Basketball)

State Legislator representing Iowa's REDDEST Democratic seat

Born with spina bifida after his dad was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam

Overcame 21 surgeries by age 12 to compete in four Paralympics

Won his first legislative race by just 6 VOTES in a district Trump won twice

Re-elected by 5 points while Trump won the same district by 8 points

Married to an immigrant (now U.S. citizen) working in healthcare

National Wheelchair Basketball Hall of Fame inductee

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