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Trump-backed Iowa US Senate hopeful says Iran war must 'be brought to a successful and immediate end'
By Alex Nitzberg
Published September 23, 2026
As Americans endure elevated fuel costs with the midterm elections on the horizon, Rep. Ashley Hinson — a Republican running for U.S. Senate in Iowa — asserted in a post on X that the Iran war should "be brought to a successful and immediate end."
"Iowans are being squeezed and shouldn’t have to foot the bill at the pump or the checkout line for the war in Iran. We need to use every option at our disposal to provide some relief from high prices," Hinson said in the Monday post on X.
"That includes suspending the gas tax, pausing diesel exports, unleashing E-15 everywhere we can, reinstating the $1/gallon biodiesel tax credit, and creating a diesel relief program to help our farmers and truckers being crushed by the high costs," she continued.
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Republican Iowa U.S. Senate candidate Ashley Hinson is interviewed onstage at an Americans for Prosperity event at the Adventureland amusement park on Aug. 22, 2026 in Altoona, Iowa. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)
"While doing this, we should also ensure our highway trust fund is replenished, so that Iowans don’t suffer from crumbling roads and bridges while relief comes our way now. These actions to lower costs are needed ASAP, and the war needs to be brought to a successful and immediate end," Hinson wrote.
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House on Wednesday.
Hinson announced a U.S. Senate bid last year on the same day that Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, announced that she would not run for re-election. President Donald Trump then endorsed Hinson for the Senate seat days later.
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Iowa Republican U.S. Senate candidate, Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) plays the violin during her BBQ fundraiser at the Horizon Events Center on August 29, 2026, in Clive, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall/Getty Images)
Hinson is running against Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek, who is backed by former President Barack Obama.
The congresswoman has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since early 2021.
During an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump said, "But I have a big decision to make. Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before ... Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?"
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Former Rep. Mike Rogers, the Trump-backed U.S. Senate candidate in Michigan running against Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed, issued a video on Monday in which he called for a swift end to the Iran war.
"Michigan families are struggling with the price of everyday life. Groceries cost too much. We have to bring prices down. The war with Iran needs to end, and end quickly. When it does, energy costs will plummet. But Michigan families can’t afford to wait for that to happen," Rogers said in the video.
Rogers had previously called for suspending state and federal gas taxes, but added a call in the video for the imposition of a temporary U.S. diesel export embargo until the war ends.
Trump-backed incumbent House Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa asserted in part of a Monday post on X, "We must immediately suspend the federal and state gas tax, sell American diesel to Americans first, and get relief to the farmers and truckers who cannot wait. Then we fix the cause by drilling more here, selling E15 year-round, and ending the open-ended war."
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