Ashley Hinson

Away from Congress, Ashley Hinson plays violin at Antioch Christian Church and volunteers with local charities.¹ She and her husband, Matt, are raising two sons in Marion.¹ Before elected office, her workday was more likely to involve a television camera: she spent more than a decade reporting for KCRG in Cedar Rapids.¹

Born in Des Moines, Hinson graduated from Valley High School and earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Southern California in 2004.² Her broadcast journalism work covered subjects including eastern Iowa flooding and rising healthcare costs, and her official biography records two regional Emmy awards.¹ She served in the Iowa House from 2017 through 2020 and entered Congress in January 2021.²

Hinson currently represents Iowa's 2nd District and serves on the Appropriations Committee and the House committee examining competition with China's Communist Party.¹ In February 2026, she introduced the bipartisan After Hours Child Care Act with Democratic and Republican colleagues.³ The proposal would fund childcare options for parents working evenings, weekends or unpredictable schedules, including grants for providers to expand staffing and facilities.⁴

Her Senate platform promises permanent tax relief for working families, more affordable childcare, insurance claim transparency and limits on large investors buying single family homes.⁵ She also proposes temporarily suspending gas taxes and improving rural healthcare and maternal care.⁵ She faces Democrat Josh Turek on November 3 for the open seat of retiring Republican Joni Ernst.⁶