WATCH LIVE: Trump rallies in Iowa with GOP Senate candidate Ashley Hinson

Ashley Hinson, Iowa's Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, is set to share a stage with President Donald Trump in Sioux City on Thursday. The visit to the conservative northwest aims to boost turnout but ties Hinson to a president with poor approval, according to PBS NewsHour.

Hinson, now a U.S. House member, must keep Trump loyalists engaged while courting voters upset about factory job losses, closed clinics and weaker farm profits. Having launched the campaign as Trump's would-be chief Senate ally, Hinson now stresses bipartisanship, vowing to "push back on him" when Iowa's interests demand. Hinson has called Trump's beef import plan a bad idea, described the Iran war as too costly, and objected to eased Russia sanctions, yet stayed with the White House on a House vote over continuing that war while two Iowa colleagues defected.

Democrat Josh Turek blames tariffs and the Iran war for hurting Iowa and accuses Hinson of rubber-stamping Trump's policies, yet offers to work with Trump on immigration, which Republicans call a moderate act. Turek's general-election commercials stand out: AP's AdImpact analysis found no other Iowa federal candidate invoking Trump by name.

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