Ashley Hinson announces an offer for the headquarters of the Iowa Senate after Ernst’s retirement

Republican representative Ashley Hinson announced on Monday his offer for the American Senate, in the race to succeed in withdrawing the senator from GOP Joni Ernst.

“I present myself for the American Senate,” said Hinson in an appearance in a popular afternoon conversation radio program in Iowa.

Hinson – A former presenter of New TVs who is in his third term representing the 2nd district of the Iowa Congress, which covers the northeast part of the State – presented his support for President Donald Trump.

“I run to be President Trump’s best ally in the American Senate,” she said. “I’m proud to fight with him.”

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The republican representative Ashley Hinson of Iowa launched on Tuesday a Senate campaign in the race to succeed the retirement of the Senator of Gop Joni Ernst. (Getty Images)

Her news occurred a few hours after Ernst, in a video on social networks, officially announced that she would not ask for her re -election in the middle of next year.

“Having been raised in a family that gave me so much love and support, now as our family ages and grows, it is time for me to come back. After a huge prayer and a reflection, I will not ask for re -election in 2026,” said a video published on social media.

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Ernst, an army reserve to retirement and an Iowa National Guard officer who served during the war in Iraq, had fought for months to present herself to re -election in 2026. And in her video, she said: “It was not an easy decision.”

Ernst drew national attention for the first time 11 years ago with her advertisements “Make ‘Em Squeal” while she won the high level elections of the Senate in Iowa in the race to succeed in removing the longtime Democratic Senator Tom Harkin.

And Ernst underlined in his video that “11 years ago, Iowans elected me as the first veteran combat woman in the American Senate, and they did it with a mission in mind – to make Washington shout. And I am proud to say that we have delivered. We have reduced waste, fraud and abuses through the federal government.”

The republican senator Joni Ernst of Iowa announced on Tuesday that she would not ask for his re-election in the mid-term of 2026. (Reuters)

Hinson, in a Social media messagethanked Ernst for his “incredible service to our state and our nation” as well as for his friendship. “Iowa is better thanks to your altruistic service,” she said.

In her radio interview, she told the host Simon Conway that among her priorities while presenting herself in the Senate, there are “secure borders, keeping men away from girls sports, reducing taxes for our families of workers, defending agriculture of Iowa and helping our young Iowans who try to buy a house and to start a family.”

Hinson also undertook to campaign in the 99 counties of Iowa, starting with a launch event on Friday.

And as she entered the race, Hinson was approved by the Republican senses. Jim Banks of Indiana, Katie Britt from Alabama and Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma.

The leader of the majority of the room, representative Steve Scalie, the representative of the majority of whips Tom Emmer, the president of the republican management of the Chamber, Elise Stefanik and the chief of the majority of the Iowa, Bobby Kaufmann, also argued Hinson.

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Communications Director Maeve Coyle, Following Hinson’s Announcement, Argued That “Republicans Failed to Convince Joni Ernst to Run for Reelection, and now they may be Stuck with Ashley Hinson, Who Has Repeatedly vote Life Harder for Iowans by Voting to Slash Medicaid, Cheering on the Chaotic Tariffs that Threaten Iowa’s Economy, Voting Against Measures to reduce the cost of insulin and threaten Social Security.

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Iowa was once a top of the top of the high -level battle that the former president Barack Obama Carried in its Victoires de la Maison Blanche 2008 and 2012. But the state moved to the right during the recent electoral cycles, President Donald Trump bearing the state of nine points in 2016, eight points in 2020 and 13 points last November.

The Republicans currently hold the two seats in the American Senate of the State – Ernst and the longtime senator Chuck Grassley – and the four districts of the Congress of Iowa, as well as all the offices on the level of the State, with the exception of the State auditor, who is held by the Democrat Rob Sand, who presents himself for the governor next year.

But the Democrats of Iowa are under tension after having reversed two seats in the GOP state Senate during special elections so far this year.

The delegation of the Iowa congress is delegation teams of the congress during the annual fundraising of the roast funds and the conduct of Senator Joni Ernst at monks, Iowa, June 3, 2023. From left to right, Governor Marianne Milian, Reensing, Ashley Hinson, Rep. (Rachel Mummey / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Four Democrats are already presenting themselves in the Senate in Iowa. The field includes the representative of the Josh Turek State, a paralympian basketball player in a wheelchair, the senator from the state Zach Wahls, the executive director of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, Nathan Sage and the president of the School Board of Monks, Jackie Norris.

“An open seat in Iowa is only the last example of democrats expanding the senatorial map,” said Lauren French, spokesperson for the majority of the Senate aligned by PAC Democrats, in a statement.

But Senator Tim Scott of Southern Carolina, Chairman of the National Republican Senate Committee (NRSC), said in a statement: “The NRSC is confident that Iowans elect a Republican to continue to fight for them and defend the order of President Trump in 2026.”

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Republicans are not only intended to defend themselves, but also to develop the current majority of the 53-47 Senate in the elections of next year.

Republicans of the Senate appreciated a favorable map in the 2024 cycle when they overthrow four seats from blue to red to win back the majority.

But the ruling party – the Republicans – traditionally faced with political -opposite winds in mid -term elections. However, a current reading of the 2026 card indicates that the GOP may be able to take offense in certain key states.

In the battlefield, Georgia, which Trump narrowly carried in the race for the White House of last year, the Republicans consider the senator of the first mandate Jon Ossoff as the most vulnerable democrat in re -election of next year.

They are also targeting Battleground Michigan, where Democratic Senator Gary Peters retires at the end of next year, and Swing State New Hampshire, where longtime Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen has decided not to ask for a fourth six -year term in the Senate.

The Target List of the NRSC is also the Minnesota in Blue-Leaning, where Democratic Senator Tina Smith does not present herself to re-election.

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But the GOP defends an open seat in the battlefield of North Carolina, where the Republican senator Thom Tills decided not to be re -elected. And the Republicans will probably be forced to spend resources to defend Senator Jon Husted from Ohio – who was appointed to succeed the former senator and president now Vice JD Vance – while he faces the former Democratic Sherrod Brown next year.

Meanwhile, the Democrats also aim for the moderate senator Susan Collins – who has not yet announced her expected re -election in 2026 – in Maine à Moyen Bleu.