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Iowans Call Out Ashley Hinson for Voting to Continue Iran War for a Seventh Time

Iowans Call Out Ashley Hinson for Voting to Continue Iran War for a Seventh Time

In This Week’s Edition of the Ashley Accountability Alert, Hinson Faces Heat From Iowans for Continuing Iran War, While New Report Surfaces Showing Hinson Has Increased Her Net Worth by Up to 15X

DES MOINES – This week, Iowans across the state called out Ashley Hinson for voting to continue the costly Iran War for a seventh time as local leaders launched the“ Hinson’s Gain, Iowa’s Pain” statewide tour.

Meanwhile, as Iowans deal with “record diesel prices,” “surg[ing]” gas costs, fertilizer prices “near peak levels,” and inflation higher than the national average, a new report this week revealed that Hinson has increased her net worth by up to 15x since getting to Congress, including “earning $1M last year from a stock she claimed not to have.” 

But that wasn’t even the worst of it for Ashley Hinson…

  • First, Iowans gathered in Cedar Rapids one year after Hinson launched her Senate campaign to launch the “Hinson’s Gain, Iowa’s Pain” statewide tour, as Iowans hold Hinson accountable for selling out their communities to enrich herself and her billionaire donors.
  • Then, Iowans in every corner of the state continued to hear about how Ashley Hinson’s support for the Iran War is driving up prices across the state.
  • In a 24 hour time span, gas in Des Moines shot up 24 cents per gallon and diesel is up 58% from last year just as peak harvest season hits.
  • Next, Hinson cast her seventh vote to continue the war in Iran. Even as other Iowa Republicans hit their limit, Hinson is continuing to stand by a costly war that has uniquely cost Iowa.
  • Hinson has continued to publicly defend the war in Iran and downplay the impact on Iowans, despite admitting in private that it’s a “political liability.” What’s more: She has raked in tens of thousands of dollars from Big Oil companies seeing record profits up to $14 billion from the Iran war.
  • But what’s even more, Hinson’s Senate campaign has been caught admitting she wants to cut Social Security services, making it harder for Iowa seniors to get the benefits they’ve earned.
  • To round out the week, Iowans impacted by high diesel, gas, and grocery costs from the Ashley Hinson-backed Iran War continued the “Hinson’s Gain, Iowa’s Pain” statewide tour in Council Bluffs.
  • “A fourth-generation Iowa farmer, at a voter event Thursday, said candidates like Ashley Hinson will not look out for farmers like him who are struggling with high diesel prices.”
  • “‘Those who are first generation are trying to get started in farming; they have no hope to get into this market when diesel is that high,’ the Iowa farmer said.”
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See What Iowans Were Seeing and Reading This Week: 

MeidasTouch News: Ashley Hinson’s net worth has increased 15x since coming to Congress, including earning $1M last year from a stock she claimed not to have

  • Iowa Republican Representative and U.S. Senate Candidate Ashley Hinson’s net worth has increased up to 15x since she was elected to Congress according to recent financial disclosures. Hinson reported receiving at least $1 million in earnings from a stock in her husband’s old company she claimed to have sold after joining the powerful House Appropriations Committee which has control over the federal budget.
  • In her 2025 report, filed in August 2026, Hinson reported assets between $2,261,083 and $8,765,000 and reported no liabilities. That is up to a 15 fold net worth increase in six years since coming to Congress.
  • Earlier this year, Hinson got caught in a lie claiming she had sold all individual stocks and was invested only in mutual funds since becoming a member of Congress. 
  • But on her financial disclosure for 2024, five years into serving in Congress, Hinson reported her husband Matthew Arenholz’s ownership of individual stock in High Street Insurance Partners worth between $1 and $5 million. 
  • In August of this year, Hinson submitted another financial disclosure form, this time for 2025, which revealed she had actually earned up to $1 million last year in dividends from the High Street Insurance stock she claimed to no longer own.

The Gazette: Iowa Democrats launch statewide tour criticizing Hinson

  • Iowa Democrats and other critics of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ashley Hinson launched a statewide tour Monday in Cedar Rapids criticizing Hinson’s record on healthcare, tariffs and other economic issues.
  • Organizers argued Hinson’s personal wealth has grown while policies she supported in Congress have increased costs or reduced government services for Iowans.
  • “I see families who can’t afford their premiums. I see seniors choosing between prescriptions and groceries,” Scheetz said. “I see a healthcare system in this state that is stretched to the breaking point.”
  • Gallagher, owner of Ad Craft Printing, said his company has seen paper and toner costs rise more than 30%, which he attributed to tariffs and higher shipping costs.
  • Jacklin criticized Hinson over changes at the Social Security Administration, saying seniors have faced difficulty getting help with their benefits.
  • Democrats also criticized Hinson for supporting the Republican reconciliation law that made significant changes to Medicaid and for backing President Donald Trump’s tariffs and war with Iran, which have led to soaring fuel and fertilizer costs squeezing farmers and consumers.

Shot: Ashley Hinson said “anyone who’s going to propose cuts to Social Security is going to get a hell no from me.”

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Chaser: “A spokesman for Hinson’s campaign said she supported staff reductions for Social Security.”

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Radio Iowa: Iowa diesel price up 58% from a year ago

  • The average price for a gallon of diesel fuel in Iowa is at a record high $6.06 a gallon today according to Triple-A.
  • The price of diesel in Iowa today is about 58% higher than it was a year ago. An analysis by Penn State University found Midwest farmers use about three gallons of diesel for every acre of corn and soybeans they harvest. That suggesting that with today’s price it will cost Iowa farmers at least $1200 more to harvest a 160-acre field of corn this year.

WHBF: QCA farmers react to record-high diesel prices

  • Prices for diesel fuel climbed to a record high this week. The national average is $6.23 a gallon as of Monday, according to AAA. Local farmers rely on diesel to make it through the harvest season.
  • “I’ll probably only get enough fuel to make it through the spring and we’ll see,” said Joe Dierickx, a farmer outside of DeWitt, Iowa.

KTIV: Diesel prices strain Siouxland farmers as gas costs also climb

  • The price of diesel has steadily risen over the past few months, straining the wallets of drivers and farmers alike.
  • AAA says on Monday, Sept. 14, the average price of diesel in Iowa was $6.06 per gallon, up more than $2.50 from the same time last year.
  • Along with drivers, many farmers say the rise in cost has forced them to adjust for the harvest season. Austin Carlson, who runs Carlson Farms near Quimby, Iowa, with his father, says he didn’t anticipate how high prices would climb.
  • “We usually would book diesel for contract, say 1,000 or 2,000 gallons. This spring we had a decent price, should have booked more, thinking maybe it would go down and it’s only gone up from there,” Carlson said. “That’s going to affect harvesting and hauling it to town. It’ll cost an extra anywhere from $10 to $18 per trip, hauling it to Little Sioux Corn Processors or over to Platinum Crush.”

KCRG: Inflation up in the Midwest as it continues to outpace national average, report finds

  • The latest report from the Common Sense Institute says the Midwest’s inflation rose to 3.6% in August from 3.5% a year ago.
  • That’s higher than the national average Consumer Price Index, which stayed flat at 3.4% from this time last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Common Sense Institute says this is the seventh month in a row that the Midwest has had higher inflation than the national average.

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