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Hinson rejects Ramaswamy ad as Turek pitches Iowa pragmatism

Jonathan Karl's This Week interviews press Iowa's Senate candidates on Trump, household costs and how they would represent the state.

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This Week with George Stephanopoulos Full Broadcast - Sunday, October 25, 2026

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6:30Iowa business reporting brings tariffs and rising costs into the Senate campaign.
7:08Hinson calls for Ramaswamy's ad to be removed and faces questions about Trump and Iran.
12:43Karl presses Hinson on inflation, fuel prices and healthcare expenses.
16:50Turek argues Iowa is a moderate state and identifies policy areas where he agrees with Trump.
23:26Moore says Democrats missed investment opportunities in some states and rejects a presidential bid.
32:20The roundtable examines the Ramaswamy ad, then turns to turnout, inflation and the Alaska Senate race.

Ashley Hinson wants it removed. Asked by Jonathan Karl about Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother, the Republican Iowa Senate nominee says: "I think it's absolutely terrible, and I think they should take the ad down."

That answer opens an interview that keeps returning to a larger question: how Hinson balances her support for Donald Trump with her promise to put Iowa first. Karl presses her on the war in Iran, inflation, fuel prices and healthcare expenses, following a report on tariffs and the pressures facing Iowa businesses.

The October 25 edition of This Week drew roughly 270,000 views in ten hours, an unusually strong start for a regular ABC News upload. Despite the program's George Stephanopoulos title, Karl anchors this broadcast, taking the Senate interviews outside the Washington studio and into Iowa.

In Shell Rock, Democratic nominee Josh Turek offers a different reading of the electorate. He describes Iowa as more moderate than its Republican voting record might suggest, identifies areas of agreement with Trump and calls himself a "common sense prairie populist." His pitch centers on pragmatism and connecting with Republican voters rather than treating party labels as fixed boundaries.

The broadcast then widens to Democratic midterm prospects. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says the party has missed opportunities by failing to invest earlier in some states, discusses redistricting and rejects a presidential bid. The closing roundtable returns to the Ramaswamy ad before taking up turnout, economic concerns and the administration's actions over the Alaska Senate race.

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