NEW: Josh Turek Slams Ashley Hinson For Hypocrisy on Stock Trading Ban

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June 5, 2026

PRESS: turek4iowa.com

NEW: Josh Turek Slams Ashley Hinson For Hypocrisy on Stock Trading Ban 

Hinson has gotten up to 10x wealthier since she got to Washington and currently owns up to $5M in insurance stock 

Des Moines, IA – In response to yesterday’s reporting about Ashley Hinson’s hypocrisy around banning Members of Congress from owning and trading stock, U.S. Senate candidate Josh Turek released the following statement: 

“Ashley Hinson is an out-of-touch multi-millionaire who has repeatedly sold out Iowans to enrich herself and her ultra-wealthy donors. Despite campaigning on banning congressional stock trading, she still holds up to $5 million in insurance company stock. No matter what she says now, the truth is that she refused to support a ban on Members of Congress from owning and trading stock when she had the chance to do something about it. Iowans are going to see right through this, because they know Ashley Hinson does not represent our Iowa values.” 

In case you missed it: 

Heartland Signal: Iowa Senate candidate Ashley Hinson touts congressional stock ban, while a loophole fueled her own wealth

• On the campaign trail, Hinson has repeatedly leaned into this narrative, boasting that she “proactively” sold her individual stocks to send a message to Iowans that she did not run for office to get wealthy. But a closer look at Hinson’s federal financial disclosures and her recent votes in Congress, reveals a gap between her campaign rhetoric and her personal finances. 
• While Hinson did divest from just publicly traded stocks, her family’s net worth quietly skyrocketed by up to 10 times since she was sworn into office in January 2021…[due to a] massive private portfolio [that] remained completely intact — propping up a family net worth that climbed from a maximum of $1.6 million before she took office to as much as $8 million by 2024.

Punchbowl News: Stock trading ban plays on campaign trail

• Hawkeye State. The stock trading issue was particularly salient during our swing through Iowa last week, where scores of candidates brought it up unprompted.
• “I’m fighting to ban stock trading in Congress,” said Rep. Ashley Hinson, the GOP nominee for Senate, in her first campaign ad.
• Iowa Democrats find Hinson’s stance disingenuous, noting she didn’t sign onto Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s (R-Fla.) stock trading ban discharge petition. 
• Hinson’s opponent, Democrat Josh Turek, is also pushing a stock trading ban.
• “She’s someone that is now, in her time in D.C., 10 times more wealthy than when she went,” Turek said. Per Hinson’s financial disclosures, she entered Congress in 2020 with a net worth of between $560,000 and $1.7 million. As of her 2024 report, Hinson had a net worth of between $2 million and $8 million.