Ashley Hinson and Josh Turek Hold First Iowa Senate Debate

Ashley Hinson and Josh Turek held their first debate for Iowa’s open Senate seat. Coverage ranges from competing campaign messages and policy disputes to Hinson’s criticism of Turek’s legislative attendance.

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Ashley Hinson R · IA-2

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This story reports what happened without casting Hinson in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Hinson’s record.

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Outlets agree Ashley Hinson and Josh Turek took part in their first debate as candidates for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat.

Left-leaning outlets frame the contest around competing campaign messages about which candidate is out of step, including on affordability, Iran and health care. Center outlets mostly focus on policy clashes and the candidates’ defenses of their records. Right-leaning outlets foreground Hinson’s criticism of Turek’s legislative attendance and per diem.

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“Competing campaign labels”

MS NOW presents the contest as a fight over which candidate is out of step, with competing messages on affordability, Iran and health care.

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MS NOWOCT 7 · 7:15 PM ET

Too Trumpy vs. too liberal? Iowa’s Senate candidates set to debate which label fitsHinson is expected to cast Turek as too liberal and is defending her record on affordability and the Iran war.CRED 75BAL 65 PORTRAYS HINSON: CRITICAL

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